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Bernardi, Giacomo	Associate Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5124	Nearshore Biology/Ecology	Fish molecular phylogenetics and population biology; fish systematics, genetic diversity, and ecosystems threatened by human activity, primarily on organisms in Monterey Bay.
Bruland, Kenneth W.	Professor, Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-4587	Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography	Chemical oceanography, marine and aquatic biogeochemistry of trace metals and radionuclides; analytical techniques for determining trace metals, metalloids, and radionuclides in natural waters and their interactive influences with phytoplankton.
Carr, Mark H.	Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	UCSC	(831)459-3958	Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources	Population and community ecology of coastal benthic organisms; ecology of natural and artificial reefs and kelp forests; long-term, large scale ecological monitoring; marine protected areas; design and analysis of environmental impact studies.
Costa, Daniel P.	Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	UCSC	(831)459-2786	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Physiological ecology of marine mammals and birds; rates and patterns of energy expenditure during foraging and reproduction; analysis of life history patterns as related to foraging ecology, foraging behavior and habitat utilization related to oceanography, development of new technology, use of marine animals to acquire oceanographic data.
Crews, Phillip	Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry	UCSC	(831)459-2603	Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography	Marine natural products chemistry, organic structural analysis by NMR; analysis of organic spectroscopy data and chromatographic separation techniques in newly isolated marine natural products.
Croll, Donald	Associate Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-3610	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Foraging ecology of marine mammals and birds; island restoration; ecosystem effects of introduced species.
Delaney, Margaret L.	Professor, Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-4736	Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change	Paleoceanography and marine geochemistry; geologic and chemical changes over time using paleoceano-graphic geochemical records.
Edwards, Christopher A.	Assistant Professor in Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831) 459-3734	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Physical oceanography of coastal and basin scale flows; geophysical fluid dynamics; interactions of biological and physical oceanographic processes.
Estes, James	Adjunct Professor, Biological Resources Division of U.S.G.S.	UCSC	(831)459-2820	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Community ecology of sea otters; the influence of vertebrate consumers on biological communities.
Fisher, Andrew	Professor, Earth Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-5598	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Hydrogeology; fluid circulation in the lithosphere; ridge and flank processes; surface water - ground water interaction, modeling of fluid, heat, solute transport; laboratory studies of geotechnical and hydrologic properties.
Flatté, Stanley M.	Professor, Physics	UCSC	(831)459-2090	Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology	Wave propagation in random media; character of random variations in the earth, ocean, and atmosphere from observations of wave fluctuations.
Flegal, Russell	Professor, Environmental Toxicology	UCSC	(831)459-2093	Select a category...	Biogeochemical cycles of metals and anthropogenic perturbations of those cycles.
Garrison, Robert E	Professor Emeritus, Earth Sciences and Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-5563	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Sedimentology, sedimentary petrology; sedimentology, paleoceanography, and diagenesis of deep-water pelagic sediments and rocks, particularly those deposited beneath upwelling zones.
Garza, John Carlos	Adjunct Faculty in Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831) 420-3903	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Population genetics; conservation genetics; molecular evolution; molecular ecology; molecular genetics of fish and marine mammals in California, particularily salmonids and pinnipeds.
Gill, James B.	Professor, Earth Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-3842	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Igneous petrology; geochemistry of island arcs and mid-ocean ridges; evolution of continental crust and lithosphere at continental margins; short lived radionuclides; collaborations with MBARI and JAMSTEC.
Goff, Lynda	Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	UCSC	(831)459-4419	Biological Oceanography	Evolution of photosynthetic marine organisms and the evolution of mitochondrial, plastid and nulcear genomes.
Goldman, Joel C.	Researcher	UCSC	(831)459-5563	Biological Oceanography	Phytoplankton ecology; cycling of nutrients and energy transfer in the microbial food chain; dynamics of nutrient uptake by marine phytoplankton; interaction of chemical-biological processes at the microbial level, physical-biological processes on marine primary productivity.
Griggs, Gary B.	Professor, Earth Sciences Director, Institute of Marine Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-5006	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Coastal processes and engineering; coastal evolution and development; shoreline processes, coastal engineering, and coastal hazards; impacts of coastal engineering structures on shorelines; littoral drift and sand budgets.
Griggs, Gary	Professor, Earth Sciences Director, Institute of Marine Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-5006	Coastal Processes/ Coastal and Ocean Engineering	Coastal processes and engineering; coastal evolution and development; shoreline processes, coastal engineering, and coastal hazards; impacts of coastal engineering structures on shorelines; littoral drift and sand budgets.
Kaplan, David M.	Assistant Researcher, Institute of Marine Sciences	UCSC	831-459-4789	Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources	Population dynamics of marine species, coastal oceanography, effects of marine protected areas, plankton transport, larval dispersal, modeling, computational ecology, primary productivity.
Kastak, David	Assistant Research Ocean Scientist, Institute of Marine Sciences	UCSC	(831) 459-3345	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Marine mammal learning, behavior and psychobiology; animal cognition, communication, signal detection and psychophysics; sensory ecology and physiology.
Koch, Paul L.	Professor, Earth Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-5861	Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change	Vertebrate paleobiology; isotope biogeochemistry, paleoclimatology; vertebrate ecology.
Kudela, Raphael	Associate Professor, Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-3290	Biological Oceanography	Phytoplankton ecology; ecological modeling; remote sensing and bio-optics; light-nutrient interactions in phytoplankton; harmful algal blooms.
Le Boeuf, Burney J.	Research Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5014	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Behavioral Ecology and sociobiology of marine mammals, especially seals and sea lions. Evolution of social and reproductive behavior. Behavior and physiology of diving and foraging in elephant seals.
Mangel, Marc S.	Professor, Environmental Studies	UCSC	(831)459-5797	Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources	Population and conservation biology; behavioral ecology, salmonids, krill and marine mammal-fisheries interactions.
Marinovic, Baldo	Assistant Researcher	UCSC	(831)459-2471	Biological Oceanography	Plankton biology; euphausiid (krill) population biology; zooplankton ecology; pelagic food web dynamics and the potential impacts of climate change on zooplankton/fisheries interactions.
McCarthy, Matthew D.	Assistant Professor in Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831) 459-4718	Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography	Marine organic geochemistry / oceanic biogeochemical cycles. Biogeochemistry of dissolved organics in the ocean, in particular organic nitrogen; organic biogeochemistry of hydrothermal crustal fluids; molecular-level radiocarbon measurements, organic tracers for microbial sources in biogeochemical systems.
McNutt, Marcia	Professor, Earth Sciences	UCSC	(831)775-1814	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Global tectonics and marine geophysics; dynamic deformation of the lithosphere in both marine and terrestrial environments.
Miller, Peter	Assistant Researcher	UCSC	(831) 459-5005	Biological Oceanography	Phytoplankton, harmful algal blooms, molecular genetic methods for species detection..
Moisander, Pia H.	Assistant Researcher	UCSC	831-459-5846	Estuaries/Bays/Coastal Watersheds	Microbial ecology; nitrogen-fixation in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments; nitrogen cycle; cyanobacteria; microbial detection in the environment using molecular approaches; http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~piam
Moore, J. Casey	Professor of Earth Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-2574	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Structural geology, tectonics, and marine geology; fluid-rock interactions; structural and hydrogeologic evolution of accretionary prisms; fluid interactions in the evolution of sedimentary rocks.
Ortiz, Charles L. (Leo)	Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-2247	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Physiology of marine mammals, physiology of secretion; northern elephant seals behavior and population genetics, marine mammal fasting .
Otteman, Karen	Associate Professor, Environmental Toxicology	UCSC	(831) 459-3482	Select a category...	How bacterial pathogens sense and respond to host environments; specifically studying the ulcer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori.
Parker, Ingrid M.	Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5017	Nearshore Biology/Ecology	Biological Invasions; adaptation, rates of spread, and ecological impacts of exotic species. Coastal plant ecology, plant pathogen interactions, invasive plant diseases.
Pearse, John	Research Professor of Biology	UCSC	(831)459-2455	Nearshore Biology/Ecology	Marine invertebrate ecology; Long-term changes in nearshore populations of marine invertebrates, especially rocky shores, and factors effecting their distribution, abundance, and reproduction.
Pogson, Grant	Assistant Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5122	Nearshore Biology/Ecology	Processes that affect the levels and patterns of genetic variation in nature marine populations; technique development for measuring genetic variability at DNA level.
Potts, Donald C.	Professor of Biology	UCSC	(831) 459-4417	Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change	Current Research Interests: Interdisciplinary program on environmental change at Midway Atoll in the NW Hawaiian Islands, history of scleractinian reefs, including paleontology, paleoclimate, sea-level fluctuations and environmental change. Emphases on Papua New Guinea and Hawaii, remote sensing of coastal environments – airborne, ecology, genetics, evolution, phylogeny, systematics of the Order Scleractinia (stony corals); specialist on the Family Poritidae, emphases on the NW Hawaiian Islands, main Hawaiian islands, and Papua New Guinea, marine biodiversity - national and international programs; sustainability.
Potts, Donald C.	Professor of Biology	UCSC	(831) 459-4417	Nearshore Biology/Ecology	Current Research Interests: Interdisciplinary program on environmental change at Midway Atoll in the NW Hawaiian Islands, history of scleractinian reefs, including paleontology, paleoclimate, sea-level fluctuations and environmental change. Emphases on Papua New Guinea and Hawaii, remote sensing of coastal environments – airborne, ecology, genetics, evolution, phylogeny, systematics of the Order Scleractinia (stony corals); specialist on the Family Poritidae, emphases on the NW Hawaiian Islands, main Hawaiian islands, and Papua New Guinea, marine biodiversity - national and international programs; sustainability.
Raimondi, Peter T.	Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5674	Nearshore Biology/Ecology	Marine ecology; evolutionary ecology; design of experiments and monitoring programs.
Rau, Greg H.	Senior Marine Researcher, Institute of Marine Sciences, UCSC (Off Campus)	UCSC	(925)423-7990	Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography	Marine biogeochemistry; carbon and nitrogen isotope natural abundances; CO2 sequestration; CO2 effects on biota; biofouling and ballast water treatment
Ravelo, Christina	Professor, Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-3722	Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change	Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology; stable isotope geochemistry; chemical oceanography, climatology; reconstruction of past ocean circulation patterns; evolution of ocean circulation and climate.
Rubin, Dave	Lecturer in Earth Sciences, Research Associate-USGS	UCSC	(831) 427-4736	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Sedimentology and sediment transort in marine and fluvial systems; origin and interpretation of sedimentary structures and bedforms; Grand Canyon sediment transport and restoration.
Schusterman, Ronald J.	Adjunct Recalled Professor, Ocean Sciences, and Research Marine Scientist R	UCSC	(831)459-3345	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Marine mammal cognition and communication; psychobiology and sociobiology of marine mammals; sensory processes in pinnipeds, especially acoustic psychophysics.
Schweighofer, Karl J.	Visiting Researcher	UCSC	831-459-3924	Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology	Various aspects of computational biology, including comparative genomics, structural bioinformatics, metabonomics, and gene expression analysis, mainly applied to metagenomic data from marine ecosystems.
Shaffer, Scott A.	Assistant Research Biologist, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolog	UCSC	831-459-1291	Physiology	Physiological and behavioral ecology of seabirds and marine mammals. Patterns of energy expenditure and allocation related to life history evolution and morphology. Seabird migration and habitat use related to the ocean environment.
Silver, Mary W.	Professor, Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-2908	Biological Oceanography	Biological oceanography; marine plankton; Structure of marine food chains and the ecology of pelagic detrital communities (“marine snow”) and toxic algal blooms.
Silver, Eli A.	Professor, Earth Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-2266	Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics	Marine geology and geophysics, active tectonics, remote sensing.
Sloan, Lisa C.	Vice Provost & Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor, Earth Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-3693	Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change	Paleoclimatology and earth system science; modeling of ancient surface processes, environments, and climates; characterization of past marine and terrestrial climates, environments, and historical surficial processes.
Smith, Donald	Professor, Environmental Toxicology	UCSC	(831) 459-5041	Select a category...	Environmental and organismal toxicology; toxic metal exposure, metabolism, mechanisms of action.
Tershy, Bernie	Executive Director of Island Conservation and Ecology Group, UCSC	UCSC	(831)459-1461	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Applied and theoretical research in island ecosystems and conservation; Seabird ecology and mysticete ecology.
Wells, Mark	Associate Researcher	UCSC	(207)581-4322	Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography	Trace metal biogeochemistry; influence of bioactive metal requirements and toxicity on the structure and productivity of planktonic algal assemblages in nearshore and offshore seawaters; the form of metals in seawater and the biogeochemical processes which affect metal cycling and removal from the oceans.
Williams, Terrie M.	Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5123	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Marine mammal biology; marine biodiversity, comparative vertebrate energetics, exercise physiology; common morphological features and physiological limitations of marine and terrestrial animals; swimming and running energetics, thermoregulation during exercise; plasticity of mammalian skeletal muscle.
Yildiz, Fitnat	Assistant Professor, Environmental Toxicology	UCSC	831-459-1588	Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology	Ecology and Evolution of pathogenic microorganisms; understanding how fluctuating physical, chemical and biological factors encountered by pathogenic microorganisms in their natural habitats are perceived by the pathogens and affect their adaptation in aquatic ecosystems; identification and characterization the processes governing survival of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic ecosystems.
Zachos, James	Professor, Earth Sciences	UCSC	(831) 459-4644	Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change	Paleoceanography, stable isotope geochemistry, and paleoclimatology; biological, chemical, and climatic evolution of the late Cretaceous and Cenozoic oceans.
Zehr, Jonathan	Professor, Ocean Sciences	UCSC	(831)459-4009	Biological Oceanography	Biological oceanography, aquatic ecology of oceans and lakes; molecular biology techniques to study the microbial ecology of aquatic microbial communities open ocean nitrogen fixation by the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium and other bacteria and cyanobacteria.