Sean Anderson is an American conservation biologist, restoration ecologist and professor of Environmental Science and Resource Management (ESRM) at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI).
[1] Anderson embraces education and research alike, managing projects from California to Oceania and the Middle East.
[2][3][4][5] Anderson's projects are often broad in scope and typically grapple with evolving or novel environmental challenges.
Examples of his work include: wetland restoration in Turkey[6] and New Orleans,[7] Cook Islands coral reef monitoring,[8] ecotoxicological and socioeconomic impact of major oil spills such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon[9] and 2015 Refugio[10] spills, and quantification of microplastic pollution across the planet.
[11] Anderson co-directs the Aerial and Aquatic Robot Research (AARR) team which has now grown into a large group of multidisciplinary faculty and students working on various coastal efforts from over the horizon monitoring of Marine Protected Areas to long-term oil seep impacts from wildfires.