STUART, FLORIDA - CSA Ocean Sciences Inc., a marine environmental consulting firm that specializes in multidisciplinary projects concerning potential impacts of activities in coastal and marine ecosystems, today announced that Dr. Teresa Thorpe has joined the Team at CSA’s headquarters in Stuart, Florida, as the new Proposal Coordinator. Dr. Thorpe will take charge of managing and coordinating all aspects of CSA’s proposal efforts and provide technical and scientific editing support for the diverse studies produced by CSA scientists.

Dr. Thorpe comes to CSA with an extensive background in all aspects of proposal and project management. After completing her studies at King’s College, London, she was the Senior Biologist with a team from the University of Surrey, UK, that developed a water quality management strategy for small island resources in the Caribbean for the Overseas Development Agency. She then spent 14 years as a Research Biologist at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where she developed proposals and acquired government and non-government funding to conduct commercial and recreational fisheries-based research. Dr. Thorpe relocated to Florida in 2011, where she garnered extensive experience as a Science Editor, conducting technical and scientific editing and peer reviews for manuscript journal submissions.

"I am excited to embrace this new opportunity where I can remain within the science arena and also apply my cognizance of scientific editing” quoted Dr. Thorpe, "I look forward to working with the Team and supporting CSA’s global environmental initiatives" she said. Gordon Stevens, CSA’s Vice President & General Manager, stated, “We are thrilled to find someone of Dr. Thorpe’s caliber, she will be a great asset to CSA and our clients around the world”.

For more information on CSA’s global environmental impact assessment projects, please visit www.csaocean.com.