Dr. James Lindholm (Ph.D. Boston University, 1999) is the James W. Rote Distinguished Professor of Marine Science and Policy in the Division of Science and Environmental Policy at CSU Monterey Bay. His research interests include the landscape ecology of fishes, the recovery of seafloor habitats and associated taxa following the cessation of fishing activity, and the design and efficacy of marine protected areas. Current research activities include projects along the central coast of California, the Florida Keys, and the Gulf of Maine.
Dr. Lindholm received a B.A. in Political Science, with a minor in Philosophy (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo), and earned an M.A. in Environmental Science in 1995 (Boston University). In 1999 he received a Ph.D. from Boston University in the Ocean Conservation Program, a new interdisciplinary program jointly administered by the Boston University Marine Program (Dr. Les Kaufman), the Department of Geography (Dr. Matthias Ruth), and the National Undersea Research Center at the University of Connecticut (Dr. Peter Auster). The Program emphasized the application of field studies, laboratory experimentation, and computer modeling to directly inform policy and management. His dissertation investigated the habitat-mediated survivorship of 0-year Atlantic cod in the context of the ecological effects of bottom trawling in the southern Gulf of Maine, and explored the implications for the design of marine protected areas. From 1999-2000 Dr. Lindholm was a post-doctoral fellow at the National Undersea Research Center at the University of Connecticut. After completing his fellowship, Dr. Lindholm served as the Science Coordinator for NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts from 2000-2003, after which he returned to California to a position as Senior Research Biologist at the Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research in southern California. Dr. Lindholm has developed a productive research program that utilizes a variety of technologies (remotely operated vehicles, autonomous underwater vehicles, occupied submersibles, SCUBA, and acoustic telemetry) to conduct sub-tidal marine ecology.
Since joining CSUMB in 2007, Dr. Lindholm has involved undergraduate and graduate students in the analysis of acoustic telemetry data on fish movement, the recovery of seafloor habitats and associated taxa, and the utility of different sub-sea research platforms for collecting data on seafloor communities. He is also the founder and Director of the Institute for Applied Marine Ecology at CSUMB.
Dr. Lindholm lives with his wife and daughter and enjoys reading and cinema, surfing and triathlons, as well the study of architecture.
