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Chris Scholin is the MBARI representative to the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) Management Committee, as well as a member of the COS Fellowship & Curriculum Committee. Scholin is the President and CEO of MBARI. A Missouri native, he received a B.A. in biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a M.A. in molecular biology and immunology from Duke University and a Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (MIT/WHOI) Joint Program in Biological Oceanography. Dr. Scholin first came to MBARI as a postdoctoral fellow and in 1994 joined the staff as a scientist with a focus on development and application of molecular probes for detection of a variety of water borne microbes, in particular toxic and harmful algae. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Scholin served as Chair of MBARI’s Research Division from mid-2005 to early 2009. In addition to his role with COS, he currently serves on an External Advisory Committee for the University of Miami’s Oceans and Human Health Center as well as on the Board of Trustees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He maintains an active research program that focuses on development and application of instruments for collecting and analyzing microorganisms remotely in coastal, open ocean and deep sea environments.
Publications
Scholin, C. 2010. What are “ecogenomic sensors?” A review and thoughts for the future. Ocean Science 6: 51-60.
Doucette, G.J., C.M. Mikulski, K.L. Jones., K.L. King, D.I. Greenfield, R. Marin III, S. Jensen, B. Roman, C.T. Elliott and C.A. Scholin. 2009. Remote, subsurface detection of the algal toxin domoic acid onboard the Environmental Sample Processor: assay development and initial field trials. Harmful Algae 8:880-888.
Scholin, C, G. Doucette, S. Jensen, B. Roman, D. Pargett, R. Marin III, C. Preston, W. Jones, J. Feldman, C. Everlove, A. Harris, N. Alvarado, E. Massion, J. Birch, D. Greenfield, R. Vrijenhoek, C. Mikulski, K. Jones. 2009. Remote Detection of Marine Microbes, Small Invertebrates, Harmful Algae, and Biotoxins using the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP). Oceanography 22:158-167
Preston, C., R. Marin III, S. Jenson, J. Feldman, E. Massion, E. DeLong, M. Suzuki, K. Wheeler, D. Cline, N. Alvarado, and C. Scholin. 2009. Near real-time, autonomous detection of marine bacterioplankton on a coastal mooring in Monterey Bay, California, using rRNA-targeted DNA probes Environmental Microbiology 11:1168-1180. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01848.x
Greenfield, D., R. Marin III, G.J. Doucette, C. Mikulski, S. Jensen, B. Roman, N. Alvarado, C.A. Scholin. 2008. Field applications of the second-generation Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) for remote detection of harmful algae: 2006-2007. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 6: 667-679.
