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Mikaela Freeman joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL's) Coastal Science Division in Seattle in 2016 after earning her Master’s of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Washington’s School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. At PNNL, Freeman is a research scientist who focuses on marine renewable energy, particularly environmental and socio-economic effects; outreach and engagement with regulators, stakeholders, and communities; as well as co-location of marine renewable energy with aquaculture. She has also supported projects related to offshore wind energy community engagement and environmental effects as well as environmental justice. Her master’s work focused on marine spatial planning in Washington through assessing potential spatial and temporal conflicts between marine uses.

• Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of marine renewable energy
• Stakeholder and regulator engagement
• Marine policy
• Marine resource management
• Marine spatial planning
• Co-location of marine uses

• Environmental and marine policy
• Marine energy
• Offshore wind energy
• Project management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Conducting interviews
• Institutional review board (IRB) certification
• Environmental justice
• Survey monkey

• MMA in marine and environmental policy, University of Washington, 2015
• BS in natural sciences with emphasis is biology, University of Puget Sound, 2012. Minor in environmental policy and decision making

• Planning for effective public participation, International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Certificates: Foundations in Public Participation, 2016

• Sidney D. and Barbara F. Campbell Maritime Studies Endowed Fellowship, University of Washington, 2014, 2015

2022

• Freeman M.C., R.S. O'Neil, L. Garavelli, D. Hellin, and J. Klure. 2022. "Case Study on the Novel Permitting and Authorization of PacWave South, a US Grid-Connected Wave Energy Test Facility: Development, Challenges, and Insights." Energy Policy 168. PNNL-SA-175192. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113141
• Garavelli L., M.C. Freeman, L.G. Tugade, D. Greene, and J. Mcnally. 2022. "A feasibility assessment for co-locating and powering offshore aquaculture with wave energy in the United States." Ocean and Coastal Management 225. PNNL-SA-170040. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106242

2021

• Copping A.E., D.J. Rose, and M.C. Freeman. 2021. "Moving from scientific research to consenting guidance for MRE environmental risk." In Proceedings of the 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2021), September 5-9, 2021, Virtual, Online, 1912-1 - 1912-7. Southampton:European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series. PNNL-SA-161459.
• Hemery L.G., D.J. Rose, M.C. Freeman, and A.E. Copping. 2021. "Retiring environmental risks of marine renewable energy devices: The “habitat change” case." In Proceedings of the 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2021), September 5-9, 2021, Virtual, Online, 1931-1 - 1931-6. Plymouth:European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series. PNNL-SA-160799.

2020

• Copping A.E., L.G. Hemery, D.M. Overhus, L. Garavelli, M.C. Freeman, J.M. Whiting, and A.M. Gorton, et al. 2020. "Potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy development - the state of the science." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 11:Article No. 879. PNNL-SA-156387. doi:10.3390/jmse8110879
• Copping A.E., M.C. Freeman, A.M. Gorton, and L.G. Hemery. 2020. "Risk Retirement - Decreasing Uncertainty and Informing Consenting Permitting Processes for Marine Renewable Energy Development." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 3:172. PNNL-SA-150723. doi:10.3390/jmse8030172

2019

• Copping A.E., M.C. Freeman, A.M. Gorton, and L.G. Hemery. 2019. "A Risk Retirement Pathway for Potential Effects of Underwater Noise and Electromagnetic Fields for Marine Renewable Energy." In OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE, October 27-31, 2019, Seattle, WA. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-147090. doi:10.23919/OCEANS40490.2019.8962841
• Whiting J.M., A.E. Copping, M.C. Freeman, and A.E. Woodbury. 2019. "Tethys Knowledge Management System: Working to Advance the Marine Renewable Energy Industry." International Marine Energy Journal 2, no. 1:29-38. PNNL-SA-132718. doi:10.36688/imej.2.29-38
• Whiting J.M., A.E. Copping, M.C. Freeman, and A.E. Woodbury. 2019. "Tethys Knowledge Management System: Working to Advance the Marine Renewable Energy Industry." International Marine Energy Journal 2, no. 1:29-38. PNNL-SA-140333. doi:10.36688/imej.2.29-38

2018

• Copping A.E., M.C. Freeman, A.M. Gorton, and S. Dreyer. 2018. "Managing Environmental Effects to Facilitate Marine Renewable Energy Development." In The 4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2018), September 9-13, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan. Keelung City:National Taiwan Ocean University. PNNL-SA-135255.

2016

• Freeman, M.C., Whiting, L., and Kelly, R.P. 2016. Assessing potential spatial and temporal conflicts in Washington's marine waters. Marine Policy, v 70, pp. 137-144.