Angela Szesciorka, PhD

Dr. Angela Szesciorka is a Research Associate in the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University. She is interested in baleen whale migration and behavioral ecology, and the threats whales face in human- and climate-impacted ecosystems. Dr. Szesciorka earned her PhD in Oceanography as a Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and her MSc in Marine Science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. She has been studying blue, humpback, and fin whales off the U.S. West Coast for more than 10 years. Her work with Dr. Kate Stafford in the Marine Mammal Bioacoustics and Ecology Lab focuses on Arctic and sub-Arctic baleen whale species. When she's not in the field or analyzing data, Dr. Szesciorka can be found watching horror movies with extremely salty popcorn, riding roller coasters at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and going to baseball games.