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Cailene Gunn is an Earth scientist in the Coastal Sciences Division at the Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Sequim, Washington. She received her BS in geology from Bates College in Maine, with a focus on biogeochemistry. Her current work focuses on environmental monitoring and understanding the potential ecological and social impacts of offshore renewable energy systems. She explores innovative and sustainable solutions to support the energy and resilience needs of coastal communities. Gunn’s background is in coastal wetland ecology and biogeochemical cycling along the terrestrial-aquatic interface. She has experience in greenhouse gas studies, carbon assessments, habitat restoration, and long-term monitoring through field research and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping. She also serves as a science translator, communicating and disseminating technical research to diverse audiences through science communication, outreach, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

• Environmental monitoring for marine renewable energy 
• Social-ecological systems 
• Science communication  
• Ecosystem resilience and restoration 
• STEM outreach and education

BS in geology, Bates College

2024 

• Arkema, K.K., Field, L., Nelson, L.K., Ban, N.C., Gunn, C. and Lester, S.E., 2024. Advancing the design and management of marine protected areas by quantifying the benefits of coastal ecosystems for communities. One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.04.019  

2023 

• Lonergan, C., Kniep, K. and Gunn, C., 2023. How PNNL's STEM Ambassadors Program is Changing Research-Community Interactions: 3 Case Studies-23482. WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States). 

2022

• Arkema, K.K., Geerlofs, S.H. and Gunn, C.M., 2022. Valuing Ecosystems in Equitable Energy Transition Planning (No. PNNL-33658). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). https://doi.org/10.2172/1976174  
• Hemery, L.G., Mackereth, K.F., Gunn, C.M. and Pablo, E.B., 2022. Use of a 360-degree underwater camera to characterize artificial reef and fish aggregating effects around marine energy devices. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050555 
• Amerson, A.M., T.M. Harris, S.R. Michener, C.M. Gunn and J.H. Haxel. 2022. "A Summary of Environmental Monitoring Recommendations for Marine Energy Development That Considers Life Cycle Sustainability." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10, no. 5:586. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050586
• Gunn C.M., A.M. Amerson, K.L. Adkisson, and J. Haxel. 2022. "A framework for effective science communication, outreach and engagement strategies and disseminating research findings for marine energy projects." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10, no. 2:130. PNNL-SA-169179. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10020130 

2020

• Ward N.D., J.L. Indivero, C.M. Gunn, W. Wang, V.L. Bailey, and N.G. McDowell. 2020. Longitudinal gradients in tree stem greenhouse gas concentrations across six Pacific Northwest coastal forests. PNNL-30257. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Longitudinal gradients in tree stem greenhouse gas concentrations across six Pacific Northwest coastal forests
• Yabusaki S.B., A.N. Myers-Pigg, N.D. Ward, S.R. Waichler, A. Sengupta, Z. Hou, and X. Chen, et al. 2020. "Floodplain inundation and salinization from a recently restored first-order tidal stream." Water Resources Research 56, no. 7:Article No. e2019WR026850. PNNL-SA-149723. doi:10.1029/2019WR026850

2019

• Wang W., N.G. McDowell, N.D. Ward, J.L. Indivero, C.M. Gunn, and V.L. Bailey. 2019. "Constrained tree growth and gas-exchange of seawater-exposed forests in the Pacific Northwest, USA." Journal of Ecology 107, no. 6:2541-2552. PNNL-SA-144278. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13225
• Ward N.D., J.L. Indivero, C.M. Gunn, W. Wang, V.L. Bailey, and N.G. McDowell. 2019. "Longitudinal gradients in tree stem greenhouse gas concentrations across six Pacific Northwest coastal forests." Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences 124, no. 6:1401-1412. PNNL-SA-138892. doi:10.1029/2019JG005064
• Borde, A., Zimmerman, S., Cullinan, V., Gunn, C., & Hanson, A. (2019) Lower Columbia River and Estuary Habitat Monitoring Study, PNNL-26476. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
• Sengupta, A., Indivero, J., Gunn, C., Tfaily, M. M., Chu, R. K., Toyoda, J., Bailey, V., Ward, N., & Stegen,     J. C. (2019). Spatial gradients in the characteristics of soil-carbon fractions are associated with abiotic features but not microbial communities. Biogeosciences, 16(19), 3911-3928.

2018

• Diefenderfer H.L., V.I. Cullinan, A.B. Borde, C.M. Gunn, and R.M. Thom. 2018. "High-Frequency Greenhouse Gas Flux Measurement System Detects Winter Storm Surge Effects on Salt Marsh." Global Change Biology 24, no. 12:5961-5971. PNNL-SA-135874. doi:10.1111/gcb.14430

2016

• Johnson, B., Bohlen, C. C., Gunn, C., Beirne, E., Barry, C., Craig, M., & Dostie, P. 2016. Ecogeomorphology of two salt marshes in midcoast Maine. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cbep-publications/24/
• Gunn, C. M. (2016). Methane emissions along a salinity gradient of a restored salt marsh in Casco Bay, Maine. Bates College Honors Theses. 175.