Hillary Thalmann

NOAA-EPP LMRCSC Doctoral Graduate
Ph.D., Fisheries Science
Oregon State University

Hillary earned her Ph.D. in Fisheries Science from Oregon State University – Hatfield Marine Science Center under the advisement of Dr. Jessica Miller. She studied the effects of temperature and marine heatwaves on the growth and feeding ecology of the early life stages of Pacific Cod in the Gulf of Alaska. She hopes to merge her interests in fisheries ecology, marine heatwaves, ecological modeling, and teaching into a career as a fisheries scientist. Hillary graduated magna cum laude from Western Washington University in June 2018 with a B.S. in Biology (marine emphasis) and a B.A. in English.

NERTO Project Title: 
 Assessing Pacific Cod metabolic rate under variable temperature scenarios using otolith stable isotopes and microchemistry

NOAA Mentor: Dr. Ben Laurel

Academic Advisor: Dr. Jessica Miller

Publications/Presentations

  1. Almeida, L.Z.; Laurel, B.J.; Thalmann, H.L.; Miller, J.A. 2024. Warmer, earlier, faster: Cumulative effects of Gulf of Alaska heatwaves on the early life history of pacific cod. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 12(1).
  2. Thalmann, H.L., Laurel, B.J., and Miller, J.A. 2023. Juvenile Pacific Cod nursery growth and foraging in response to marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska. 5th International Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean. Bergen, Norway. Poster.
  3. Laurel B.L., Abookire, A., Barbeaux, S., Copeman, L., Duffy-Anderson, J.,  Hurst, T.P., Litzow, M., Kristiansen, T., Miller, J.A., Paulson, W., Rooney, S., Thalmann, H. L., and Rogers, L. 2023. Pacific cod in the Anthropocene: an early life history perspective under changing thermal habitats. Fish & Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12779
  4. Blaisdell, J., Thalmann, H.L., Klajbor, W., Zhang, Y., Miller, J.A., Laurel, B.J., & Kavanaugh, M.T. (2021). A dynamic stress-scape framework to evaluate potential effects of multiple environmental stressors on Gulf of Alaska juvenile Pacific Cod. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.656088
  5. Thalmann, H. L., E. A. Daly, and R. D. Brodeur. 2020. Two anomalously warm years in the northern California Current: Impacts on early marine steelhead diet composition, morphology, and potential growth. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 149, 369-382. doi: 10.1002/tafs.10244. (Featured Paper)
  6. Thalmann, HL, EA Daly, and RD Brodeur. Two anomalously warm years in the northern California Current: Impacts on early marine steelhead diet composition, morphology, and potential growth. Presented at the Fish Without Borders Workshop: Idaho Chapter American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. Oral Presentation. March 2021. (Invited Speaker).
  7. Thalmann, HL, B Laurel, and JA Miller. Too hot to handle: effects of thermal variability on juvenile Pacific Cod foraging and growth. Presented at the 2021 Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Oral Presentation. January 2021. (Best Student Oral Presentation)
  8. Thalmann, HL, J Blaisdell, W Klajbor, Y Zhang, JA Miller, B Laurel, M Kavanaugh, and L Ciannelli. A dynamic stress-scape framework to evaluate potential effects of multiple environmental stressors on Gulf of Alaska juvenile Pacific Cod. Presented at the 2021 Annual NSF NRT Meeting. Poster Presentation. January 2021.
  9. Thalmann, H. L., E. A. Daly, and R. D. Brodeur. 2020. Two anomalously warm years in the northern California Current: Impacts on early marine steelhead diet composition, morphology, and potential growth. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 149, 369-382. doi: 10.1002/tafs.10244. (Featured Paper)

NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)
(410) 651-7870
Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005
Funding Agency: NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI)

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