People
Director
 Jason ScorseDirector, Center for the Blue Economy; Program Chair, International Environmental Policy; Associate Professor
Office: 102 C McCone Environmental and natural resource economics, international economics, behavioral economics, environmental policy, econometrics and statistics |
Staff
 Charles ColganLead Market Economist, National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP)
Office: University of Southern Maine Ocean economics, transportation and economic development, urban planning, policy analysis |
 Monica GalliganProgram Manager
Office: McCone Socioeconomics of marine fisheries |
 Pat JohnstonData Manager, National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP)
Email: Pat@OceanEconomics.org Information systems, website development, database maintenance |
 Judith KildowDirector, National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP)
Email: judy@oceaneconomic.org Economics of ocean and coastal resources, climate change, coastal management |
Affiliated Faculty
 Fernando DePaolisAssociate Professor
Office: McCone Building 113 Regional economic development, quantitative methods, mathematical modeling, North American Free Trade Agreement |
 Enrique Alonso GarcíaPermanent Councilor of State of the Spanish Government, Adjunct Professor
Email: enrique.alonso@consejo-estado.es Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law, Marine Policy, Access to Marine Genetic Resources, Offshore Marine Protected Areas, Fisheries and Marine Resources Management, Energy and the Marine Environment, Shipping, Marine Data Bases Interoperability, Seascapes, Marine Bioacoustics, North American Free Trade Agreement and Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, Vessels Interception, Oil Spills Prevention and Management, Multilateral Marine-related Conventions Negotiations, Cetaceans, Marine Animals Welfare, European Union Law and Policy, Food safety, Algae Collections Management. |
 Jeff LangholzAssociate Professor
Office: 214 McCone Biodiversity conservation, environmental conflict management, international environmental policy, protected natural areas, research methods, program evaluation, social entrepreneurship, adaptive management, conservation leadership, sustainable development |
 Jim WilliamsAssociate Professor
Office: McCone Building Interdisciplinary energy and environmental analysis, political economy of energy, science and technology policy, energy resources and policy, climate change policy, electric power systems, engineering-economic modeling, Asian energy |
 Lyuba ZarskyAssociate Professor
Office: 119 McCone Sustainable development, business and sustainability, foreign direct investment and the environment, collaborative governance, development economics, global environmental governance, livelihood-based resource management |
Advisory Board
Coming Soon
The Monterey Institute has dozens of faculty in fields relevant to ocean and coastal resource management, including development, trade, business, security, and public administration. In addition, students can take courses with top marine scientists at our neighboring institutions. The Center for the Blue Economy will soon be hiring new faculty and staff that will be added to this page.
CBE Newsletter
Center for the Blue Economy Celebrates Its First Year
The Monterey Institute’s marine policy research hub, the Center for the Blue Economy, celebrated its first year in operation with an April 12 reception in Monterey. More »
