Bio/CV
Moose O’Donnell is the executive director of the Office of Energy, Climate & Environment. He has more than 20 years of experience as a marine scientist and focuses on helping scientists make their work relevant and impactful.
Most recently, he was deputy director of the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and the Bodega Marine Lab. He built collaborations across academic research groups and between the UC Davis campus and the Bodega Marine Lab.
For seven years, he was executive director of the Master of Translational Medicine program at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. The graduate program connects bioengineering at both campuses and trains students to bring health innovations from concept to clinical use. He directed all aspects of the program and built partnerships inside and outside the university so that students could carry research through to real-world application.
Earlier, as a senior scientist at California Ocean Science Trust, he worked to bring the best available science into marine policy discussions. He helped monitor the state’s network of marine protected areas and worked on the multi-state Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel. His areas of interest include ocean acidification, fisheries management, climate change and environmental monitoring.
Moose earned his PhD in Marine Biology from Stanford University. He is also is a proud graduate of UC Berkeley, receiving his BA from the English Department in 1993.
