Dr. Jeffrey Short recently retired from a 31-year career as a research chemist at NOAA, where he worked primarily on oil pollution and other contaminant issues. He was the leading chemist for the governments of Alaska and the United States for the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and guided numerous studies on the distribution, persistence, and effects of the oil on the ecosystem. During his last two years at NOAA, Jeffrey launched a research effort aimed at determining the effects of ocean acidification on commercially important shellfish in Alaska.

Jeffrey is the author of more than 60 scientific publications and has contributed to three books on oil pollution. He is now Pacific Science director with Oceana.