Research
SAFS is involved in many collaborative partnerships with research programs and groups across the campus, the region, the nation, and the world. Learn more about our research programs (listed below) and the impact they have on scientific research.
In addition, SAFS faculty and NOAA Fisheries have a partnership to fund graduate students working on stock assessment and resource economics for fisheries management. Scientists at NOAA are also supporting the work of two of our faculty members, Chris Anderson and Trevor Branch, on these topics.
Alaska Salmon Program
Directors: Thomas Quinn, Ray Hilborn, and Daniel Schindler
The Burke Museum Ichthyology Collection
Curator: Luke Tornabene
Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST)
Director: Julia Parish
Columbia Basin Research
Directors: Jim Anderson and John Skalski
CoralChange
Director: Jacqueline Padilla-Gamiño
The Freshwater Initiative
Director: Gordon Holtgrieve
Friday Harbor Laboratories
Director: Megan Dethier
The Molecular Ecology Research Lab
Directors: Lorenz Hauser and Kerry Naish
Ocean Modeling Forum
Directors: Phil Levin and Tessa Francis
Today’s Farmed Fish
Lead Researcher: Chris Anderson
UW Program on Climate Change
Director: Becky Alexander
The Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Unit Leader: Sarah Converse
Assistant Unit Leader: Mark Scheuerell
Western Regional Aquaculture Center (WRAC)
Director: Graham Young
The Wetland Ecosystem Team
Director: Charles “Si” Simenstad