{"id":22352,"date":"2024-12-03T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/people\/jmfear\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T10:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:38:13","slug":"john-fear","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/people\/john-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"John Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Fear is deputy director of North Carolina Sea Grant and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wrri.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water Resources Research Institute<\/a>\u00a0of the University of North Carolina system. He focuses on developing and executing research portfolios for the two interinstitutional programs. He works to increasing the links among the research, extension and communication sections of both organizations, with a special emphasis on creating new student engagement opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Fear worked as research coordinator for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccoastalreserve.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve<\/a>\u00a0program within the N.C. Division of Coastal Management for nine years. In this role, he conducted original research and facilitated studies by partners at the 10 sites of the NCCR-NCNERR and their respective watersheds. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ims.unc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute of Marine Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fear previously chaired the core management team for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/sentinelsites\/north-carolina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Carolina Sentinel Site Cooperative<\/a>, a multiagency partnership established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He also is a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deq.nc.gov\/about\/divisions\/water-resources\/water-resources-science-and-data\/water-sciences-home-page\/nutrient-criteria-development-plan\/criteria-implementation-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Criteria Implementation Committee<\/a>, which works with the Department of Environmental Quality\u2019s Division of Water Resources on the state\u2019s Nutrient Criteria Development Plan.<\/p>\n<p>A native of New Bern, NC, Fear holds a doctorate in environmental sciences and engineering from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNC-CH<\/a>\u2018s School of Public Health, and a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology and chemistry from UNC-CH. 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