As Science Liaison for Coast Guard PACAREA, Dr. Phil McGillivary coordinates science conducted using Coast Guard aircraft, buoytenders, and high latitude science conducted on Coast Guard icebreakers. He previously worked in the Office of Secretary of Defense after a post-doc at NOAA in Monterey, California, through a joint appointment with the Naval Postgraduate School, and an earlier post-doc at the Marine Science Institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara. His doctorate in Ecology from the University of Georgia on biogeochemical fluxes at fronts along the Gulf Stream followed employment at the NOAA oceanographic laboratory in Miami, Florida. His experience includes more than two years on research vessels and submersibles and expertise on unmanned aircraft, underwater and surface vessels.
