Asia Beder
Alaska Marine Science & Fisheries Career Coalition Coordinator/AmeriCorp VISTA
Phone: 907.274.9699
Fax: 907.277.5242
E-mail: asia.beder@gmail.com
1007 W 3rd Avenue #100
Anchorage, AK 99501
Focus
Manage the Alaska Marine Science & Fisheries Career Coalition website, blog, and other networking sites. Assist with conferences, meetings, and video conferences. Also assists the Alaska Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE) with any projects and website needs.
Experience
- Aquarium intern at the Alaska SeaLife Center - 2009
- Aquarium technician at Alaska Pacific University.
- Field and research experience in Borneo, Maine, Canada, and Alaska.
- Visiting scientist on a NOAA boat cruise from Honolulu to Guam during which I assisted in collecting plankton and acoustical data, conducted mammal surveys, and helped deploy a variety of instruments.
- My most recent research project, that was finished in December, was a study on Pacific cod acoustics which was conducted at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
Education
- B.S. Marine Biology, Alaska Pacific University
Current projects
- Future Alaskans in Fisheries and Marine Science website
- COSEE projects
- Collecting information about the marine science and fishery related degrees offered in Alaska and what you can do with them
- Creating "How to become a ... " information packets to show Native and Rural Alaskans what it takes to get into a marine science and fisheries job
