John Hunt, Research Toxicologist at UC Davis

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For over 30 years John Hunt has been on the research faculty of the University of California, currently as research toxicologist in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at UC Davis.  His work focuses on water pollution assessment, including: designing and conducting large scale monitoring programs, evaluating the effectiveness of vegetated systems to treat contaminated runoff, determining the chemical causes of toxicity, characterizing biological impacts in coastal and estuarine waters and tracing contaminant sources in tributary watersheds.  He served as deputy superintendent of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in charge of science and resource protection; and as research toxicologist with the Bay Foundation of Morro Bay assessing landscape, habitat, water quality and ecological data to address the vision goals and management information needs of the Regional Water Quality Control Board.  He has served on approximately 20 scientific advisory panels and sits on a number of councils and commissions.  With his UC colleagues at Granite Canyon he has published 60 scientific journal articles and dozens of agency reports.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in geography from UC Berkeley, an M.S. degree in marine science from the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and a Ph.D. in environmental studies from UC Santa Cruz.

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Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

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