Charlie Endris

Geologist/GIS Specialist
Three weeks after graduating from Hamilton College with a Bachelor's
degree in Geology in May 1998, I shipped out to Australia with the Ocean
Drilling Program. For the next three years I spent ten, 2-month cruises
on the 472 ft. drillship, JOIDES Resolution, as a Marine Lab
Specialist. Much of my time at sea involved assisting scientists in
the paleomagnetism lab, as well as working with a team of other technicians
to process and curate hundreds of drilled deep-sea cores. Later
I began work as a teacher and First Mate with the non-for-profit organization,
Living Classrooms Foundation. Onboard an historic wooden-hulled Skipjack
sailboat, I would assist the captain in sailing the boat while teaching
children about the ecology and history of the Chesapeake Bay.
Now in my second year at Moss Landing Marine Labs, I have joined the
Center for Habitat Studies under the direction of Dr. H. Gary Greene.
I have recently been awarded a California Sea Grant traineeship which
will focus on mapping benthic marine habitats in the San Juan Islands
of Washington state.