California Killer Whale Project

Wednesday, December 10th

California Killer Whale Project
Presented by Alisa Schulman-Janiger

Alisa Schulman-Janiger has been the director/coordinator of the shore-based ACS/LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project since 1984. She has served on ACS/LA’s Board of Directors since 1983. She is one of the instructors for the Cabrillo Whalewatch program. She has been photo-identifying California killer whales, archiving their sightings, and studying their distribution, natural history, and behavior for over 30 years, which evolved into the California Killer Whale Project. She is the co-author of the 1997 NOAA Technical Memorandum called “Killer Whales of California and Western Mexico: A Catalog of Photo-Identified Individuals”, and is working on updating this catalog. Alisa spends several weeks each year in Monterey Bay continuing her killer whale research. She is an on-board naturalist on boats in both southern California and Monterey Bay; she has also worked as on-board naturalist in Baja California and Alaska, naturalist and staff scientist while researching humpback whales in Massachusetts, and field researcher on harbor porpoise, humpback whales, and killer whales with the National Marine Mammal Lab in Alaska. She was the marine biologist/educator in San Pedro High School’s Marine Science Magnet for 21 years, and on boats for the 10 previous years. She has a B.S. in Zoology (emphasizing marine biology) from CSU Long Beach, and a life science teaching credential from CSU Dominguez Hills. Alisa has authored and co-authored many papers on killer whales, gray whales, and humpback whales. Her work with killer whales and gray whales has been featured on National Geographic Explorer and PBS.
Directions: From I-5 take 52 West. Drive to bottom of hill, take a right on La Jolla Shores Blvd. Drive one mile to light. Go through light and up the hill a short distance; Sumner Auditorium is on the left, set back from the street and down a short flight of wide cement stairs. There is an ARGO sign on the right side of the building in front of the auditorium. Wynette will be wearing an Orca hat.
Join us and members of ACS for a pre-lecture dinner at 5pm, Osteria Romantica, 2151 Avenida De La Playa, La Jolla Shores, 858-551-1221 RSVP NEEDED