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R e i k o M i c h i s a k i
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
831-775-1739, 831-1745 (Fax)
reiko@mbari.org

OBJECTIVE:
Expand technical and analytical skills in oceanographic engineering

EDUCATION:
UCLA Los Angeles CA
UCSC Santa Cruz, CA B.A., Computer and Information Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jan., 1994 to Present
MBARI Moss Landing, CA 95039 Research Technician: Scientific research in biological oceanography. Processing and management of CTD and bio-optical datasets on UNIX and DOS platforms. Responsibilities include data management, data processing, application programming, publication support in statistical analysis and graphic support, documentation, technical and progress report generation, lab and ship support, and development of processing procedures.

Jun, 1988 to Jan, 1994
MX3 Consulting Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Computer Consultant: Automated business systems development of healthcare and accounting software. Integrated circuit programming. Single-user, multi-user, and network configurations on XENIX and DOS platforms. System development including functional analysis, data conversion, integration, custom programming, system configuration and installation, training, and technical support.

Mar., 1987 to 1988
ADAQ Systems Corporation Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Senior Software Engineer: Product R & D. Transportation systems development and support. XENIX based multi-user system with remote user access and wireless communication. Responsibilities included product research, simulations, programming, marketing and technical support.

Oct., 1983 to 1987
Intel Corporation Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Product Engineer:Microprocessor R & D on VAX VMS, UNIX and DOS platforms. Projects include: iAPX 432 32 bit microprocessor, 80786 display processor, and 82598 communication processor. Manufacturing development which entailed characterization of the I.C. (voltage, timing, temperature, and functional test statistics), test and Q.A. programming. Management of CAE tools for automated test vector generation , test conversion tools and project management tools..

ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS:
AGU American Geophysical Union
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
Point Lobos State Park Volunteer Carmel, CA

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

• Asanuma, H., F. Chavez, C. Collins, R. Michisaki, T. Rago. 1999. Hydrography Of The California Current System Off Central California, 1997-1998. Poster, Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, California.
• Castro, C. G., C. Collins, J.T. Pennington, J. Gago, R. Michisaki, E. Rienecker, F. Chavez. 2005 Distribution Pattern Of Total Organic Carbon In The Eastern Boundary Of The North Pacific. ASLO Poster, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Castro, C., C. Collins, P. Walz, G. Friederich, R. Michisaki, J.T. Pennington, F. Chavez. 1999. The nutrient consequences of the 1997-98 El Niņo off central California. El Niņo Workshop, Dec. 6-9, MBARI, Moss Landing, California.
• Castro, C., C.A. Collins, R. Michisaki, P. Walz, H. Asanuma, and F.P.Chavez. 1999. Variability of Thermohaline and Chemical Properties During the 1997-98 El Nino off Central California. EPOC Poster, Lake Tahoe, California.
• Castro, C.G., C.A. Collins, P. Walz, J.T. Pennington, R.P. Michisaki, G. Friederich and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Chemical variability during El Niņo 1997-98 off central California. Progress in Oceanography, 54, 171-184
• Castro, Michisaki, Baumgartner, Bograd, Castro, Chavez, Collins, Durazo, Garcia, Gaxiola-Castro, Hayward, Huyer, Lynn, Mascarenhas, Robert, Smith, Wheeler, Whitney 2001. The 1997-8 El Nino Atlas of Oceanographic Conditions Along the West Coast of North American (23N - 50N). Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA Technical Report NPS-OC-01-002
• Chavez, F, J.T. Pennington, R. Michisaki, A. McPhadyen, J. Ryan. 1999. The SECRET of the 1997-98 El Niņo off central California. El Niņo Workshop, Dec. 6-9, MBARI, Moss Landing, California.
• Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, C.G. Castro, J.P. Ryan, R.P. Michisaki, B. Schlining, P. Walz, K.R. Buck, A. McFayden and C.A. Collins. 2002. Biological and chemical consequences of the 1997-98 El Niņo in central California waters. Progress in Oceanography. 54, 205-232
• Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R. Michisaki and J. Ryan. 2004. The Monterey Bay Ocean Time-series and Observatory (MOTO) sheds light on multi-decadal basin-scale fluctuations of anchovies and sardines. Ecosystem Observations, Spring 2004, pp. 20-21.
• Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R. P. Michisaki, G. Friederich, K. S. Johnson, C. A. Collins 2005. Decadal Coastal Ocean Observations of Environmental Variability. TOS UNESCO IOC International Ocean Research Conference, June 6-10, 2005 Paris, France
• Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R.P. Michisaki, and K.R. Buck. 2000. Response of the pelagic ecosystem in response to a ten-year warming trend in Monterey Bay, California. In: Beyond El Nino: a conference on Pacific climate variability and marine ecosystem impacts, from the tropics to the Arctic; 2000 March 23-26; La Jolla, CA. p. 30. 
• Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R.P. Michisaki, K.R. Buck. 2000. Response of the pelagic ecosystem to a ten-year warming trend in Monterey Bay, California. Poster, Ocean Sciences, San Antonio, Texas.
• Chavez, F.P., R. Michisaki, J.T. Pennington, G. Freiderich, T. Anderson and R. Kudela. 1998. Interpreting and assimilating long term multi-platform information from a temperate coastal upwelling system. TOS, Paris, France.
• Chavez, F.P., R.P. Michisaki, G.E. Friederich, J.T. Pennington, B. Schlining, C. Fayos, P. Walz, C. Sakamoto, R. Hopcroft, R. Kudela, C. Castro, E. Mauri, K.R. Buck. 1999. A ten-year time series for Monterey Bay, California: Seasonal, interannual and long-term patterns. Poster, TOS, Reno, Nevada.
• Johnson, K.S., Fitzwater, S.E., Elrod, V.A., Chavez, F.P., Pennington, J.T., and Michisaki, R. 2001 Asian Dust Influence on North Pacific Gyre Waters: Recent Findings from the R/V Western Flyer Hawaii Expedition. Poster.
• MacFadyen, A., John Ryan, Reiko Michisaki and Francisco Chavez. 1999. Comparison of in situ and satellite-derived chlorophyll and primary production for central California during 1998-99. EPOC Poster, Lake Tahoe, California.
• Michisaki, R P ; Pennington, J T ; Friederich, G ; Chavez, F P 2005. A Day In The Life Of Monterey Bay: A Window Into North Pacific Ecosystem Dynamics. ASLO Poster, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Michisaki, R. P., Chavez, F.P., G.E. Friederich, J.T. Pennington, B. Schlining, C. Fayos, P. Walz, C. Sakamoto, R. Hopcroft, R. Kudela, C. Castro, E. Mauri, K.R. Buck. 1999. A ten-year time series for Monterey Bay, California: Seasonal, interannual and long-term patterns. Best Region Interdisciplinary Poster, Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, California.
• Michisaki, R. P., F. P. Chavez, G. E. Friederich, J. T. Pennington, B. Schlining,C. Fayos, P. Walz, C. Sakamoto, R. Hopcroft, R. Kudela, C. Castro, E. Mauri. 1999. Detecting The Effects Of Global Change In The Open Ocean Waters Of Monterey Bay, California. Poster, Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, California.
• Michisaki, R. P., K. R. Buck and F. P. Chavez (1995): Primary productivity and chlorophyll from the North Atlantic, July - August 1993, MBARI Technical Report #9620.
• Michisaki, R. P., K. R. Buck and F. P. Chavez (1996): Primary productivity and chlorophyll from the East Pacific, Feb. - Apr.1994, MBARI Technical Report #9621.
• Michisaki, R., Chavez, F. P., Friederich, G. 1995. Evolution of Chemical and Biological Properties in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean During 1995 From Automated Surface Mapping. Poster, Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA
• Michisaki, R., J.T. Pennington, C.G. Castro, F. Chavez. March, 2001. El Niņo and La Niņa across the central California upwelling zone: physics, nutrients, and effects on phytoplankton. Poster, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Santa Cruz, California.
• Michisaki, R., J.T. Pennington, F. Chavez. 1999. Effect of the 1997-98 El Niņo on chlorophyll and primary production across the central California upwelling zone: temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Poster, El Niņo Workshop, Dec. 6-9, MBARI, Moss Landing, California.
• Michisaki, R., J.T. Pennington, F. Chavez. 1999. Temporal and spatial variations in chlorophyll and primary produciton during 1997-99 along CalCoFI Line 67 in central California. EPOC Poster, Lake Tahoe, California.
• Michisaki, R., J.T. Pennington, R. Marin, A. Roberts, P. Walz, F. Chavez. 2002. Oceanography on the Edge: The MBNMS on the margin of the North Pacific Ocean. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, California.
• Pennington, J T ; Castro, C G ; Evans, W W ; Friederich, G E ; Michisaki, R P ; Chavez, F P 2005 A Carbon Budget For The Northern And Central California Coastal Upwelling System. ASLO Poster, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Pennington, J.T., Michisaki, R.P., Collins, C.A., Kuwahara, V., Lance, V., Marinovic, B., Chavez, F.P. February, 2004. Alongshore variability of the California Current System from Central to Baja California in winter and spring 2003: physical, chemical and biological properties. ASLO, Honolulu.
• Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, C. Castro, F. Chavez. 1999. Effect of the 1997-98 El Niņo on chlorophyll and primary production across the central California upwelling zone: temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey, California.
• Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, C.G. Castro, F. Chavez. 2000. Effect of the 1997-98 El Niņo on chlorophyll and primary production across the central California upwelling zone: temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Won Best Poster award, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Santa Cruz, California.
• Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, C.G. Castro, F. Chavez. 2001. El Niņo and La Niņa across the central California upwelling zone: physics, nutrients, and effects on phytoplankton. ASLO, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, F. Chavez. 2000. Effect of the 1997-98 El Niņo on chlorophyll and primary production across the central California upwelling zone: temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Poster, Ocean Sciences, San Antonio, Texas.
• Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, R. Marin, A. Roberts, P. Walz, F. Chavez. 2002. Across the NE Pacific in spring, 2001: Physical, chemical and biological measures on a mid-latitude section. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.