Benjamin Chen, Clm Email & Phone Number

Oakland, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

California, United States

As Project Manager, Ben acquired and implemented Harmful Algal Bloom remediation projects on behalf of BlueGreen in California. During his tenure, Ben had developed strategies using a novel floating algaecide to suppress cyanobacteria blooms and to keep the waters safe for contact recreation. Ben used a combination of monitoring tools, including In-Situ.

San Francisco Bay Area

As Aquatic Project Manager, Ben prepared and managed project schedules, monitor budgets for multiple projects and prepare scopes and service quotes as needed. He also handled the preparation of permit applications and regulatory documents to ensure compliance with statewide laws, regulations and/or project objectives. Ben also conducted scientific studies.

San Francisco Bay Area

Concord, CA

As the Technical Services Manager, Ben supports sales and operations groups by assisting in the acquisition of new customers and managing key accounts and projects requiring an extra degree of technical content. Ben is responsible for production and maintenance of materials that inform the buying public of our services including: website content, mailings.

Orange County, California Area

Benjamin is the regional manager of a lake management service company in Southern Califonia. Responsibilities include meeting with clients to discuss lake needs, determining the scope and nature of work needed, identifying aquatic plants and algae, coordinating services, developing and implementing projects, writing grants and reports and supervising.

Mission Viejo, CA

Benjamin maintained the quality of Lake Mission Viejo's biology. Under the Lake Biologist's direction, he performed the daily duties required to keep the lake and shorelines clean and safe for recreation at a premier trophy fishery in Southern California. Daily routines involve keeping beaches, shoreline and lake clean of all debris, performing water.

Deer Lake

Benjamin has worked at a Coho salmon (O. kisutch) rearing operation primarily at Deer Lake, located on the SE portion of Baranof Island, SE Alaska. During this time, Benjamin has become competent in all facets of Coho rearing, in addition to several other skills such as construction, maintenance and outdoor knowledge, all associated with remote living. To.

St. Paul, MN

Benjamin worked as a field crew intern for the Minnesota Statewide Survey with the Department of Natural Resources. During the summer of 2012, Ben traveled throughout the state of Minnesota and sampled mussel populations in various streams, rivers and lakes by means of wading, snorkeling and SCUBA diving. He collected biological as well as physical data.

Taichung, Taiwan

Benjamin conducted a month long trial under the supervision of Lee Miin-Huey. His experiment focused on creating transgenic Monilinia fructicola, a fungus responsible for fruit rot, and to determine the virulence of each individual strain he created. Skills learned include, fine motor coordination under a microscope, conducting Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Townsville, Australia

Benjamin volunteered at a Barramundi broodstock hatchery, gaining experience in the daily operations such as: system maintenance, broodstock management, live feed culture and maintenance, and grading and packaging fingerlings for transport.

Served as a translator for Mandarin speakers Planned work by reviewing assignment area to determine organization of neighborhoods and locate households for conducting interviews. Conducted interviews with residents in assigned areas by following stringent guidelines and confidentiality laws. Explained the purpose of the census interview, answered.

Education record

Marine Sciences

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) Fisheries And Wildlife Management, Fisheries, Forestry

Activities and Societies: Pioneer Hall council, Minnesota Student Association, Teaching SMART, intramural sports, judo, springboard.