Zoltan Matica works for the California Department of Water Resources in the Ecological Studies Branch as an Environmental Scientist. His work has focused on fish passage issues and habitat restoration efforts on the Yolo Bypass floodplain, ecological fish studies on the Yolo Bypass and on the Feather River, and on the restoration of salmonid runs on the San Joaquin River.
Zoltan studied fisheries biology at Humboldt State University, served with the Fiji Peace Corps as a fisheries extension and aquaculture advisor, worked for ten years at the National Marine Fisheries Service in the Marine Mammal Protection Branch, has been working for 13 years with DWR, and has assisted with the production of the annual AFS Environmental Scientist Workshops.