Dr. Stein is head of the Biology Department at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) where he oversees a variety of projects related to in-stream and coastal water quality, hydromodification, ecohydrology, bioassessment, and monitoring and assessment of aquatic resources, including wetlands streams and estuaries. His research focuses on effects of human activities on the condition of aquatic ecosystems, and on developing tools to better assess and manage those effects. Dr. Stein serves on numerous technical workgroups, committees, and scientific advisory panels at the Federal, State, and local levels related to water quality and wetland and stream assessment and management. Dr. Stein has research experience in a variety of disciplines related to environmental assessment, including multimedia distribution of environmental contaminants, stormwater monitoring, and wetland functional assessment. Dr. Stein’s experience includes wetland delineation, design of mitigation and restoration projects, development of monitoring programs, establishment of mitigation banks, and landscape-scale assessment.