MMI's administrative team supports the director in overseeing MMI’s fiscal, personnel, and communications activities. Their role is to help all of MMI function efficiently, effectively, and ethically. Click on their photos to learn more about how Mark and Minda support marine mammal research and graduate student education.
The Whale Habitat, Ecology, and Telemetry Laboratory focuses on studying whale movements and their relationship to their complex and changing environments.
The Cetacean Conservation and Genomics Laboratory explores the genomes of whales and dolphins to understand the past, assess the present, and conserve the future.
The Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Laboratory focuses on the ecology, behavior and conservation of marine megafauna including cetaceans, pinnipeds, seabirds, and sharks.
The Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network documents occurrences and investigates the causes of marine mammal strandings in Oregon.
The Marine Mammal Institute integrates research, scientific, and academic studies within Oregon State University. Our critical mission is to advance conservation and the understanding of marine mammal ecology, which incorporates habitat, food web, health, and environmental issues.
Explore recent MMI highlights on our News & Events and Featured Stories pages. Be sure to check out MMI's exciting research areas under the Research heading.
Marine mammals are protected by federal law. It is illegal for unauthorized persons to disturb, handle, or feed them.
Learn more about Stranding Do's and Don'ts.
The Cut reached out to Dr. Renee Albertson, a marine biologist at the Marine Mammal Institute, who was able to shed some light on why dolphins excel at achieving every skin-care goal we strive for without a 12-step routine, pricey facials, or even thinking about it at all, really.
MMI scientists have joined cetacean experts from around the world in signing an open statement that calls attention to "the real and imminent extinction risk to whales, dolphins, and porpoises."
