Spencer Johnson
Award/Details
2020 Hollings; 2017 Marine Science Scholars Program
Johnson has been involved in several research projects during his time at Western, including modeling benthic carbon transport and studying fish community variation with respect to shoreline armoring. He also participated in UCSB’s summer program studying how kelp affects ocean acidification, and interned for two summers at the Nisqually Reach Nature Center near Olympia. Johnson is also a 2019-2021 NOAA Hollings Scholar, where he studied peatlands in Homer, Alaska at the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. He planned to continue addressing pressing issues such as climate change through science.
Major
BS, Environmental Science (Marine Emphasis)