Beth Horvath, M.S.

Professor Horvath graduated from Westmont and earned a master’s degree in biology with an emphasis in marine sciences at CSU Long Beach. She joined the Westmont faculty in 1978 part time and became full time in 1990. As a field biologist, she gives students field experiences along the coast. She works as a research associate in the Invertebrate Labs at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; she served as an intern there as a Westmont student. She studies gorgonian corals and has described new species off the coasts of California, Washington and the Aleutian Islands. She consults with 15 governmental and non-governmental agencies in identifying these corals.