Dr. Raymond Wells is professor of Biology at Los Angeles Pierce Community college and serves as Research Associate at Ocean Studies Institute in California State University. He received his PhD in Biological Science from University of Southern California and Catalina Marine Science Center in 1985. He also served as Research Associate in the Department of Biological Sciences at University of Southern California. He was a member of the Board of Directors at Southern California Academy of Sciences (2001-2004), Western Society of Naturalists, National Science Foundation Consulting Board, Prescott College Sea of Cortez Marine Station - Educational Resources Moderator, Scientific Advisory Board, Los Angeles Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and Ecology Advisory Board, California Science Center, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History.

Marine ecology