I have pulled down most of my site and am overhauling/experimenting with it over the next 10 days or so. I will have my new and improved website back up by late July.

Late Julytarget relaunch

What is being rebuilt

A sharper home for applied coastal science.

The new Pirate Lab site is being redesigned as a professional, accessible, and media-ready hub for research, teaching, publications, field updates, and sabbatical-era experiments.

01

Research portfolio

Clear summaries of current work in restoration ecology, coastal opinion research, oil spill ecotoxicology, plastics, seafood sustainability, environmental justice, and conservation technology.

02

Field teaching

Cleaner pathways into service-learning courses, student research, New Orleans field work, coastal monitoring, and experiential environmental science at CSU Channel Islands.

03

Media and public access

Better contact information, downloadable images, press background, project descriptions, and context for journalists, collaborators, prospective students, and community partners.

Renovation map

The site is being rebuilt, not abandoned.

The goal is to keep the useful long-running blog and field archive while replacing older broken page structures with a more coherent single-author/lab site. The redesigned version will be easier to maintain in WordPress, faster to load, and more consistent with current accessibility expectations.

  • Preserve the useful archive of field notes and past project updates.
  • Rebuild core pages around research, teaching, publications, and media needs.
  • Improve accessibility, mobile responsiveness, image performance, and editorial consistency.
  • Use the sabbatical year as a chance to experiment with better science communication.
Piratical Sabbatical circular logo with a pirate dolphin and Channel Islands map linework.

Build status

What happens next.

This temporary page will remain simple while the full site is rebuilt behind the scenes.

1

Clean structure

Replace legacy page clutter with a clear WordPress-editable information architecture.

2

Curate content

Update biography, research summaries, media assets, teaching links, and publication pathways.

3

Optimize access

Test mobile layouts, keyboard navigation, contrast, reduced motion, and image performance.

4

Relaunch

Bring back the larger site with a more polished design and a lower-maintenance editing workflow.

Pirate Lab snapshot

Restoration, coasts, technology, and public environmental understanding.

Pirate Lab is the research and teaching home of Dr. Sean Anderson at California State University Channel Islands, with work spanning coastal systems, restoration ecology, environmental monitoring, community-engaged field science, conservation robotics, and the human dimensions of natural resource management.

Coastal systems

Monitoring, management, and public perception of beaches, estuaries, fisheries, oil spills, microplastics, and sea-level-rise adaptation across the California coast and beyond.

Restoration ecology

Long-term field projects in wetland, riparian, dune, reef, grassland, shrubland, woodland, and bottomland hardwood forest systems.

Teaching by doing

Applied undergraduate research, service learning, field courses, student-centered science communication, and community partnerships from southern California to coastal Louisiana.

Contact while the site is down

Need to reach Dr. A?

The main site is being rebuilt, but professional and media inquiries can still be directed to Dr. Sean Anderson through CSU Channel Islands contact channels.

NameDr. Sean Anderson
AffiliationEnvironmental Science and Resource Management, CSU Channel Islands
Emailsean.anderson@csuci.edu