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Julie Anderson
Senior
Laboratory Technician
and Associate
Faculty,
Biological Science
and
Aquarium & Aquaculture Science
Office/Lab: SM 234-236, Biology Prep Area
Voice Mail: (949) 582-4657
Division Office: (949) 582-4820
Email: Janderson@saddleback.edu
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Julie
is a Senior Lab Technician for Biological Sciences and Associate
Faculty for Aquarium and Aquaculture Science at Saddleback College,
where she has been employed for 28 years at Saddleback College. She
earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Sciences, emphasis in
Marine Science, from San Diego State University and is a
certified SCUBA diver, scientific diver, small boat operator and
collects, maintains and propagates a variety of marine organisms in
approximately 3,200 gallons of temperate and tropical marine aquarium
systems for the college. In addition to her fulltime job
as technician, where she preps, maintains and manages instructional
supplies, instruments and equipment used in the biological sciences, she
also teaches part time for Biology and Aquarium Science. She also oversees
the new Aquarium
and Aquaculture Science program and supporting Aquarium Lab
Facility. As a long-time enthusiast for the oceans, marine ecology and the
global conservation efforts of threatened marine ecosystems, she was
instrumental in the development of a premiere Certificate/Degree program,
Aquarium & Aquaculture Science, which was officially accredited by the
State Chancellor's Office, October 2003. It is the first and only program
of its kind in the State of California. Over $115,000 of
supplies, equipment and funding have been secured over the past 10 years,
dating back from the grassroots, pilot course, Marine Aquariums 1998 to present day.
Several major Industry, Research Facilities and Public Aquariums,
Interpretive Centers and Organizations have partnered with Saddleback
Colleges' Aquarium & Aquaculture Science Program and provide supplies,
equipment, serve on advisory committee for curriculum and program review,
and sponsor work-based learning experiences by providing various workshops
and back scenes tours.
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