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Division:
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EC
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Status:
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Federal, NOAA Fisheries
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Job Title:
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Program Manager, Harmful Algal Blooms Program
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Phone:
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206-860-6788
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Email:
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send e-mail
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Programs:
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NWFSC Publications
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Background
Dr. Vera Trainer is the Program Manager of the Marine Biotoxin group at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Current research activities include refinement of analytical methods for both marine toxin and toxigenic species detection, assessment of environmental conditions that influence toxic bloom development and understanding how shellfish cope with toxins in their environment. She is the co-PI on a regional Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) research project that will study Pseudo-nitzschia blooms off the WA coast over the next 5 years. Trainer is the lead investigator of the Olympic Region Harmful Algal Bloom (ORHAB) project, a regional monitoring effort involving federal, state and local agencies, coastal tribes, and academic institutions. Dr. Trainer received her B.S. in Biology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and both her M.S. in Biological Oceanography, and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Miami, with postgraduate studies in the Pharmacology Department at the University of Washington.
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