Senior Survey Technician - Kathryn Hough, Hometown: Kodiak, AK
Kathy, originally from the east coast, obtained a Bachelors degree in Ecology and has conducted marine research on the west coast since 1995. She has worked for NOAA in federal and contract positions since 1998, and has sailed on five NOAA ships as a scientist and/or survey technician. Four years at-sea on NOAA and commercial vessels have taken her from Panama up to the Arctic Circle, out the Aleutian Island Chain, to Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Maine. She loves being on the water! Kodiak, Alaska has been her home (well, her cat's home because she is always at-sea!) since 2001.
Prior Maritime Experience:
2007 - Present: Senior Survey Technician, NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson, NOAA/OMAO, Kodiak, AK
2006 - 2007: Survey Technician, NOAA Ship Miller Freeman, NOAA/OMAO, Seattle, WA
2006: North Pacific Groundfish Observer, Saltwater, Inc. for NOAA/AFSC, Anchorage, AK
2005: Biologist, Aquatic Farms, Ltd. for NOAA/SWFSC, La Jolla, CA
2005: Crew, M/V Ermine, Alitak, AK
2005: Biological Science Technician, NOAA/AFSC, Kodiak, AK
2001 - 2004: Wildlife Biologist, NOAA/AFSC, Kodiak, AK
2001: Biological Science Technician, Johnson Controls for NOAA/SEFSC, Pascagoula, MS
1998 - 2001: Biologist, NOAA/SWFSC and Aquatic Farms, Ltd., La Jolla, CA
1996 - 1998: Biologist, Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK
1995: Research Assistant, Pacific Cetacean Group, Marina, CA
1993 - 1995: Research Assistant, Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
1994: Research Assistant/Intern, Atlantic Cetacean Research Center, Gloucester, MA
1993: Photo Lab Technician/Intern, Severn Graphics, Inc., Glen Burnie, MD
1992 - 1993: Veterinarian Technician, Pasadena Animal Hospital, Pasadena, MD
1989: Education Assistant/Intern, Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Brigantine, NJ
Survey Technician - Jessica Sheehan, Hometown: Greenfield, NH
Jessica (Jay) attended Maine Maritime Academy where she received a B.S. in Marine Science. Before coming to work for NOAA she worked as a lab technician in a QA Microbiology Laboratory in New Hampshire. She is a PADI advanced diver, and she enjoys soccer, music, dancing, strange looking fish, and board games. Prior Maritime experience: S/V Bowdoin, R/V Friendship, T/V M.C. Hill, UNOLS R/V Longhorn.