COAST interns work with professionals at state and federal agencie​s, non-profit organizations and private companies on projects that are critical to their hosts' missions and mandates. Below are examples of products that COAST interns produced or significantly contributed to during their summer internships.

Summer 2022

• Mila Berntsen ​(Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Protected Resources Division: Black Abalone & Sedimentation Literature Review
  
• Michael Guzman (CSU San Marcos), Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: 2023 California Sea Grant Host “Get To Know You” Video​
  
• ​Hiu Ting (Tiffany) Ko (Sonoma State), California State Lands Commission: 2023 Biennial Report on the California Marine Invasive Speies Program 
  
• Alondra Ruiz Contreras (Cal State Fullerton), California State Lands Commission: Implicit Bias​
  

Summer 2021

• Amanda Chiachi (CSU Northridge), California Ocean Science Trust: ​​DDT & California’s Marine Environment
  
• Jayda Parsons (CSU Bakersfield), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region​: Brown Box Crab​
  
• Emily Haydis (CSU Monterey Bay), Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Bet-Hedging Response to Changes in Salinity within Fouling Communities in Different Parts of the San Francisco Bay Estuary​ Presentation​
  
• Michaela Melanson​ (San José State​), NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Sustainable Fisheries Division: 
  Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Presentation​

Summer 2020

• Demetra Panos (CSU Northridge​​), California Ocean Science Trust​​​: ​Final Presentation​; OST DEI Initiatives; and Kelp pH and O₂​ ​Schematic​
  
• Ariel Gasca (San José State), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region​: Falling Stars and Rising Sea Urchin Spells Kelp Forest Disaster for Northern California​
  
• Emily Haydis (CSU Monterey Bay), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region​: Pinto Abalone Rise in Northern California Against All Odds
  
• Kao Ger (Rose) Her (Sacramento State), California State Lands Commission Marine Invasive Species Program: Final Presentation​
  
• Nathan Shapiro​ (CSU Channel Islands​), Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Deep Sea Coral Story Map​​​; Get Into Your Sanctuary: Maritime Heritage​ Presentation; and A Revival of Chumash Maritime Culture: Tomol Crossing​ Presentation​
  

• Julisa Portugal (Cal State LA), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region: Final Presentation​
  
• Ethan Roberts (Sacramento State), Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve​: Marine Life Illustrations​
  
• Anna Thomasdotter (CSU Long Beach), NOAA ​National Marine Fisheries Service Protected Resources Division: Poster Presentation​
  
• Lauren Zaragoza (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region: ​Spiny Lobster Growth Band Protocol ​
  

Summer 2018

• Melissa Abderrahim (CSU Monterey Bay), Ocean Science Trust: Multi-Stressors Infographic, Ocean Acidification Infographic and Ocean Protection Council-Science Advisory Team Information Sheet
  
• Melissa Belen (San Diego State), Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: Final Presentation
  
• Danielle Nestler (Sacramento State), California State Lands Commission Marine Invasive Species Program: Final Presentation and Final Report
  
• Deena Strunk (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), NOAA ​National Marine Fisheries Service Sustainable Fisheries Division: Final Presentation
  

Summer 2017