| Abarbanel, Henry D. I. |
Director, Institute for Nonlinear Science; Professor, Physics and Research |
UCSD |
(858)534-5590 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Model Building on strange attractors for geophysical fluid dynamics |
| Agnew, Duncan C. |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2590 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Crustal deformation measurement and interpretation; geophysical data analysis; geophysical instrumentation. |
| Allen, Eric |
Assistant Professor of Biology, Marine Biology |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2570 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Environmental genomics; Microbial oceanography, ecology, evolution, biogeography; Genetic structure of microbial populations; Molecular genetics and ecological physiology. |
| Aluwihare, Lihini Indira |
Assistant Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 822-4886 |
Biological Oceanography |
Production, consumption, and burial of marine organic matter. Chemistry and biology of marine polysaccharides and proteins. Natural abundance 14C dating of marine dissolved organic compounds. |
| Armi, Laurence |
Professor of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics |
UCSD |
(858)534-6843 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Coherent vortices (meddies; Oceanic mixing and circulation; Stratified flows in the ocean, atmosphere, laboratory, and engineering applications. |
| Arrhenius, Gustaf |
Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858)534-2961 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Origin and early evolution of ocean-atmosphere; molecular evolution toward life; surface reactions on minerals. |
| Auad, Guillermo |
Assistant Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 822-1564 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Decadal to centennial climate variability. Observed and modeled air-sea feedbacks. Effects of climate change on productivity and species distribution. |
| Azam, Farooq |
Professor, Marine Microbiology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858)534-6850 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Marine microbial ecology; marine biogeochemistry; aquaculture microbiology. Biochemical adaptations of marine bacteria. Role of bacteria in marine food-web dynamics. Microbial biogeochemistry. |
| Backus, George |
Research Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus IGPP |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2468 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Relativity; core-mantle boundary phenomenon; core fluid mechanics; inversion of geomagnetic data. |
| Bada, Jeffrey |
Professor of Marine Chemistry MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4258 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Characterization of the dissolved fluorescent components in seawater using laser fluorometry; geochemical and cosmochemical applications of two-step laser mass spectrometry; detection of extraterrestrial organic compounds on Earth; stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic chronologies obtained from animal teeth; accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon measurements of bomb 14C in mammalian tissues; amino acid diagenetic reactions and their implications and applications. |
| Ballance, Lisa T. |
Adjunct Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Leader, Ecosystem S |
UCSD |
(858) 546-7173 |
Nearshore Biology/Ecology |
Ecology of Seabirds and Cetaceans
Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Management of Protected Species
Species Diversity Patterns and Trends in Space and Time (Interannual to Regime Shift Scales) |
| Barbeau, Katherine M. |
Assistant Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858) 822-4339 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Biogeochemical cycling of trace materials in the marine environment. Grazer-mediated transformations of trace metals; iron photochemistry. |
| Barlow, Jay P. |
Adjunct Professor of Biological Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858) 546-7178 |
Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology |
Marine mammal population dynamics; marine mammal survey methods; conservation policy; acoustics. |
| Barnett, Tim P. |
Research Marine Physicist CRD/MPL |
UCSD |
(858) 534-3223 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Climate dynamics: El Niño-Southern Oscillation; greenhouse gas detection studies; climate forecast model development; decadal climate change. |
| Bartlett, Douglas H. |
Professor of Marine Microbial Genetics |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5233 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Adaptation of deep-sea bacteria to high pressure and low temperature; Virulence determinants in vibrios;Environmental adaptation of vibrios; Detection of pathogens in the marine environment; Functional genomics of selected marine microbes. |
| Benson, Andrew A. |
Professor of Biology, Emeritus |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4300 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Calcium regulation in spawning Pacific salmon; agricultural applications of methanol effects on plant growth; arsenic metabolism in marine organisms. |
| Berger, Jonathan |
Research Geophysicist/Senior Lecturer IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2889 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Design and operation of a worldwide network of very broadband seismometers for the study of earthquake source mechanisms and earth structure; design and development of infrasonic sensors; development of satellite telemetry for global seismic data transmission; application of seismological technigues to the monitoring of nuclear weapons test limitation treaties; design and development of data acquisition and communication systems. |
| Berger, Wolfgang H. |
Professor of Oceanography/Director, California Space Institute |
UCSD |
(858) 882-2545 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Cenozoic paleoceanography based on deep-sea sediments; multidecadal climate fluctuations from marine varves and tree rings; climate and ecosystem response. |
| Blackman, Donna |
Research Geophysicist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-8813 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Numerical modeling of mantle deformation at oceanic spreading centers; hydroacoustic studies of nuclear test monitoring capabilities; morphology, gravity, and tectonics of ridge-transform plate boundaries. |
| Bock, Yehuda |
Research Geodesist/Senior Lecturer/Director, Scripps Orbit and Permanent Ar |
UCSD |
(858)534-8031 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Precise GIS and GPS, geophysical data archiving; meteorological and climatological applications of GPS; crustal deformation, tectonics, and earthquake studies using space geodesy; development of space geodetic methods-GPS and interferometric SAR |
| Brahamsha, Bianca |
Assistant Research Microbiologist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7505 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Molecular biology and physiology of cyanobacteria; bacterial motility and chemotaxis; bacterial diversity. |
| Brinton, Edward |
Research Biologist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2148 |
Biological Oceanography |
Vertical distribution and zoogeography of euphausiids; population study of California Current euphausiids; Antarctic krill; seasonal and interannual variation in distributions and life histories of euphausiids in the California Current.
|
| Brown, Kevin M. |
Associate Professor/Research Geologist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5368 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Interaction between fluids and tectonic and environmental systems; structural geology; marine geology; experimental investigations into the processes controlling fluid flow through sediments and rocks; aqueous and geochemical flux measurements in the marine environment. |
| Buckingham, Michael J. |
Professor, Ocean Acoustics |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7977 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Ocean acoustic propagation; ambient noise inversions; acoustic imaging; volcano acoustics; bubble dynamics; sediment acoustics. |
| Burton, Ronald S. |
Professor of Marine Biology/Director, MBRD/Head, Biology Section |
UCSD |
(858) 822-5784 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Molecular adaptations to environmental stress; population genetics of marine organisms; evolutionary biology and ecology.
|
| Cande, Steven C. |
Professor of Geophysics GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-1552 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geomagnetism, geomagnetic polarity reversal timescale, magnetization of the oceanic crust, paleo-intensity variations of the geomagnetic field; plate tectonics, global plate reorganizations, Cenozoic motion between East and West Antarctica, structure of the Ross Sea, tectonics of the South Pacific |
| Carnevale, George F. |
Research Oceanographer |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4775 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Vortex dynamics; turbulence; vortex stability. |
| Castillo, Paterno R. |
Professor of Geology GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-0383 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Petrology and isotope geochemistry of MORB and OIB; petrologic and tectonic evolution of the western Pacific; mantle geodynamics. |
| Cayan, Daniel R. |
Research Meteorologist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4507 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Links between global-regional climate variability and hydrologic flucuations in North America;impacts of climate variability and climate change on California; large-scale exchange of heat and water between the ocean and the atmosphere. |
| Cessi, Paola |
Professor/Research Scientist PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-0622 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Models of the oceanic general circulation; convection in geophysical fluids; models of climate dynamics. |
| Chadwell, Carl David |
Assistant Project Scientist MPL |
UCSD |
(858)534-2663 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Development of seafloor geodetic techniques using GPS and precision acoustics; seafloor crustal deformation at oceanic spreading centers and subduction thrust faults; GPS meteorology in ocean environments. |
| Charles, Christopher D. |
Associate Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5911 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Paleoceanography / paleoclimatology; isotope tracers of climate change; deep sea sediment record of biogeochemical cycling. |
| Checkley, David M. |
Professor MLRG |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4228 |
Biological Oceanography |
Ecology of marine zooplankton and fish; effects of weather and air-sea interactions on plankton and fishes; role of zooplankton in the marine nitrogen cycle; whale plankton interactions; long-term change in pelagic zooplankton and fish. |
| Cheng, Lanna |
Research Biologist MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4836 |
Biological Oceanography |
Ecology and distribution of the oceanic insect Halobates; marine insects in general; biodiversity of aquatic insects in Southeast Asia. |
| Chereskin, Teresa |
Research Oceanographer/Senior Lecturer |
UCSD |
(858)534-6368 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Eastern boundary currents; acoustic Doppler techniques for direct measurement of velocity; wind driven circulation; Southern Ocean. |
| Constable, Catherine G. |
Professor IGPP |
UCSD |
(858) 534-3183 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geomagnestism and paleomagnetism, data analysis and inverse theory; recent and paleosecular variation of the geomagnetic field; recent geomagnetic and paleo-geomagnetic field modeling; the crustal magnetic field; influence of boundary conditions of the geomagnetic field; electrical conductivity of Earth's mantle. |
| Constable, Steven C. |
Professor in Residence |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2409 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Electrical conductivity of crust and mantle; seafloor instrumentation; geophysical data analysis and inversion. |
| Cornuelle, Bruce |
Research Oceanographer/Director, PORD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4021 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Large scale circulation; inverse methods / numerical modeling; ocean tomography. |
| Cox, Charles S. |
Professor of Oceanography, Emeritus SIO |
UCSD |
(858) 534-3235 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Roughness of sea surface; growth of wind waves; sea-surface turbulence; electrical conductivity of the ocean lithosphere; electric fields generated by oceanic motions. |
| Crutzen, Paul J. |
Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 822-4985 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Atmospheric chemistry and its role in climate and biogeochemical cycles. |
| Curray, Joseph R. |
Professor of Geology, Emeritus SIO |
UCSD |
(858) 534-3299 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Tectonics and geological history of northeastern Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. |
| D, Gerald L. |
Associate Research Geophysicist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5517 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Coupling between seismic fields on land and offshore underwater acoustic fields, including those created by land vehicle activity and nuclear tests; geophysical inversions with sources of opportunity; properties of naturally occurring sounds in the ocean, including surf zone activity; underwater vocalizations by marine mammals; acoustic particle velocity and other measurable physical phenomena associated with underwater acoustic fields; matched field processing; infrasonic air acoustics; interference patterns due to waveguide propagation. |
| Davis, Russ E. |
Professor of Oceanography PORD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4415 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Lagrangian observation of ocean currents; ocean instrumentation; ocean\'s role in climate. |
| Dayton, Paul K. |
Professor of Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858) 534-6740 |
Nearshore Biology/Ecology |
Benthic ecology; marine conservation and policy; evolution and natural history; general ecology. |
| Deane, Grant B |
Researcher Oceanographer |
UCSD |
(858) 534-0536 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
The study of oceanic ambient noise in coastal regions and the surf zone with a particular interest in the sound generated by surf and open ocean breaking waves; the physics and acoustics of air entrainment by breaking waves; the propagation and absorption of sound in marine sediments; three-dimensional ocean acoustic propagation. |
| Dickson, Andrew G. |
Associate Professor-In-Residence In Marine Chemistry MPL |
UCSD |
(858) 822-2990 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Analytical chemistry of carbon dioxide in seawater; biogeochemistry of the upper ocean; marine inorganic chemistry; quality control of oceanic carbon dioxide measurements; thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions at high temperatures and pressures. |
| Dizon, Andrew G. |
Adjunct Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 546-7089 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology' |
Conservation biology; marine mammal molecular ecology. |
| Dorman, Leroy M. |
Professor of Geophysics |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2406 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Seismology; especially seismic structure of the seafloor; Scholte waves; seafloor instrument development, especially of Ocean-Bottom Seismometers (OBSs)and seismic sources; operation of OBS facility. |
| Dorman, Clive E. |
Research Oceanographer |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7863 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Marine meteorology; coastal meteorology; air-sea interaction. |
| Driscoll, Neal W. |
Professor, Geosciences |
UCSD |
(858) 822-5026 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Sedimentation and Stratigraphy; Sea-level fluctuations; Lithospheric deformation |
| Felbeck, Horst |
Professor of Marine Biology |
UCSD |
(858) 534-6647 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Physiology of hydrothermal vent community animals; interactions between invertebrates and chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts; molecular approaches to study the metabolism of bacterial symbionts. |
| Fialko, Yuri A. |
Associate Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 822-5028 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Volcanology; Earthquake physics; Space geodesy (InSAR/GPS); Crustal deformation. |
| Filloux, Jean H. |
Research Oceanographer, Rtad PORD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2075 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Electromagnetic exploration of the oceanic lithosphere and mantle; electromagnetic studies of large scale oceanic motions, ocean and earth tides. |
| Flatau, Piotr J. |
Assistant Research Meteorologist CSI/CAS |
UCSD |
(858) 534-1025 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Marine optics; remote sensing of ocean color; cloud physics and light scattering; clouds and climate. |
| Franks, Peter J. S. |
Professor of Biological Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7528 |
Biological Oceanography |
Physical-biological coupling from microscale to mesoscale; analytical and numerical models of coupled physical- biological systems; phytoplankton production at fronts; red tides and harmful algal blooms. |
| Fricker, Helen A. |
Associate Research Geophysicist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-6145 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Glaciology of ice shelves; antarctic ice sheet mass balance; satellite radar and laser altimetry. |
| Frieman, Edward A. |
Director Emeritus/Research Professor of Physics |
UCSD |
(858) 822-1510 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Turbulent phenomena in fluids and plasmas; global change; sustainability. |
| Frouin, Robert J. |
Associate Research Meteorologist |
UCSD |
(858)534-6243 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Radiative transfer in the atmosphere and ocean; air-sea interactions; biogeochemical cycles. |
| Gaasterland, Terry |
Director, Scripps Genome Center; Professor, Computational Biology |
UCSD |
(858) 822-4600 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Alternative Splicing in Eukaryotic Genes; Microbial Genome Annotation; Regulation of RNA. |
| Gee, Jeffrey S. |
Professor in Residence |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4707 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Processes of remanence acquisition in igneous rocks and the origin of associated magnetic anomalies; application of paleomagnetic/anomaly data to crustal accretionary processes; quantitative analysis of silicate and magnetic fabrics in cumulate rocks. |
| Georgakakos, Konstantine P. |
Director, Hydrologic Research Center |
UCSD |
(858) 794-2726 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Hydrology; hydroclimatology; hydrometeorology. |
| Gerstoft, Peter |
Associate Scientist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7768 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Inverse problems; ocean acoustics; estimation of refractivity from radar clutter. |
| Gerwick, William |
Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 534-0578 |
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Cyanobacteria; biosynthesis; drug discovery; marine natural products. |
| Gerwick, Lena |
Research Scientist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-0566 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Zebrafish; innate Immunity
Genomics; drug Discovery. |
| Gibson, Carl H. |
Professor of Engineering Physics/ Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858)534-3184 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Theory and laboratory measurements of turbulent properties; measurement of fluxes of heat, momentum, and moisture over the open ocean from FLIP and aircraft; theory of turbulent mixing; studies of mixed layer development and oceanic diffusive phenomena by towed small-scale sensors; fluid dynamics of hot/cold/fresh water discharges into the coastal ocean; analysis of towed microstucture data; development of fossil turbulence theory; laboratory studies of stratified turbulence. |
| Gieskes, Joris |
Professor of Oceanography MRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4257 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Geochemistry of interstitial waters in marine sediments; ocean-borehole geochemistry; hydrothermal geochemistry; chemistry of methane seeps. |
| Gilbert, J. Freeman |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2470 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Normal mode theory; inverse problems; earthquake source mechanisms; deep aspherical structure; anelasticity in the earth; low frequency networks; seismic ray imaging. |
| Gille, Sarah |
Assistant Professor of Oceanography and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineerin |
UCSD |
(858) 822-4425 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Southern Ocean dynamics; satellite oceanography; ocean response to bathymetry. |
| Goericke, Ralf |
Associate Research Oceanographer |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7970 |
Biological Oceanography |
Physiological ecology of phytoplankton; ecology of the tropical and subtropical open ocean; isotopic tracers in marine systems. |
| Goldberg, Edward D. |
Professor of Chemistry |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2407 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Marine pollution. |
| Graham, Nicholas E. |
Associate Research Meteorologist |
UCSD |
(858) 794-2396 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
El Niño/Southern Oscillation; low-frequency climate variability; climate forecasting. |
| Graham, Jeffrey B. |
Research Physiologist; Marine Biologist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-8044 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Comparative physiology of fishes: swimming and buoyancy adaptation, respiratory adaptations, and cardiovascular physiology. |
| Guza, Robert T. |
Professor CCS/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-0585 |
Coastal Processes/ Coastal and Ocean Engineering |
Currents in the surf zone; directional properties of wind waves in shallow water; infragravity waves. |
| Harding, Alistair J. |
Research Geophysicist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4301 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Crustal structure of the East Pacific Rise; 3-D tomographic study of the Clipperton transform; modeling and evolution of Moho at oceanic ridges; reflection seismic processing. |
| Hastings, Philip A. |
Professor of Marine Biology/Curator of Marine Vertebrates |
UCSD |
(858) 822-2913 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Systematics, biogeography and evolution of marine fishes; evolution of behavior; behavioral ecology of fishes. |
| Hawkins, James W. |
Professor of Geology GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2161 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Evolution of convergent plate margins of western Pacific, and origin of back-arc basins such as Parece Vela Basin, Lau Basin and Mariana Trough; origin and emplacement of ophiolites on convergent plate margins; crustal evolution, western Pacific basin, and western North America. |
| Haygood, Margo G. |
Professor of Marine Biology |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5987 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Molecular biology of symbiosis; iron transport and regulation in marine bacteria; production of bioactive compounds by microbial symbionts; molecular evolution. |
| Hedlin, Michael A. H. |
Research Geophysicist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-8773 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Structure of Earth's crust and mantle; use of seismic and acoustic energy for nuclear test ban verification; analysis of acoustic signals from large-scale atmospheric disturbances. |
| Hemmingsen, Edvard A. |
Research Physiologist, Emeritus CMBB |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4009 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Bubble nucleation in gas supersaturated liquids; gas bubble disease in animals; respiratory and cardiovascular functions in fishes. |
| Hendershott, Myrl C. |
Professor of Oceanography CCS/Pord |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5705 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Solution of Laplace\'s tidal equations for deep-sea tides including solid Earth loading; mean circulation of the Adriatic Sea; continental-shelf circulation; two-dimensional and quasi-geostrophic turbulence; internal waves and fine structure; tides and ocean normal modes; large-scale ocean circulation. |
| Hessler, Robert R. |
Professor of Biological Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2665 |
Nearshore Biology/Ecology |
Arthropods, primarily crustaceans, from many points of view. |
| Hildebrand, John A. |
Professor of Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4069 |
Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology |
Field studies in: Southern California, Gulf of California, Hawaii, offshore Washington, Bering Sea, Arctic, Southern Ocean. Marine mammal population census using acoustics. Impact of anthropogenic sound on marine mammals. |
| Hilton, David R. |
Professor of Geochemistry |
UCSD |
(858) 882-0639 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Hydrogeological applications of noble gases. Noble gas geochemistry of mantle-derived rocks and fluids
Volatile mass balance of subduction zones. Stable isotope-noble gas isotope and relative abundance relationships in oceanic basalts. |
| Hodgkiss, William S., Jr. |
Professor, MPL |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2836 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Adaptive digital signal processing and time series analysis with applications to adaptive array processing; time- evolving spatial distribution and statistical characterization of ambient ocean noise; propagation of acoustic energy through the water column and its interaction with the surface and bottom; matched-field procesing and full-field inversions for water column and seafloor geoacoustic parameters; tropospheric electromagnetic propagation and environmental parameter inversions. |
| Holland, Linda Z. |
Research Biologist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2085 |
Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology |
Chordate evolutionary relationships; developmental genetics of amphioxus; evolution and development. |
| Holland, Nicholas D. |
Professor of Marine Biology |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2085 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Developmental evolution (using comparative molecular genetics to establish body part homologies between distantly related animals), with attention to the origin of the vertebrates from the invertebrates. |
| Holm-Hansen, Osmund |
Research Biologist/Senior Lecturer MRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2339 |
Biological Oceanography |
Polar marine biology; biological and biochemical studies in polar sea; phytoplankton photoadaptation; effects of solar ultraviolet radiation on phytoplankton; macro- and micro-element nutrition. |
| Hunter, John R. |
Adjunct Professor MLRG |
UCSD |
(858) 546-7127 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Ecology, physiology, behavior, and early life history of fishes. |
| Iacobellis, Sam F. |
Assistant Research Meteorologist/Project CRD/CSI |
UCSD |
(858) 534-3126 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Air-sea interactions; climate modeling; cloud-radiation interactions. |
| Ierley, Glenn R. |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP/PORD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5917 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Turbulence and stability; planetary dynamo theory. |
| Inamdar, Anand K. |
Specialist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-9894 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Radiation-convection interactions, atmospheric greenhouse effect and water vapor feedback; cloud-radiative forcing; surface radiation budget estimates from satellites. |
| Inman, Douglas L. |
Research Professor of Oceanography, Emeritus CCS |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4334 |
Coastal Processes/ Coastal and Ocean Engineering |
Transport of sediment by winds, waves, and currents and application to coastal morphology; wave climate and coastal evolution; water quality; sediment and sorbed contaminants in runoff; Paleocoastlines and marine archaeology. |
| Jackson, Jeremy B. C. |
Professor of Oceanography GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 882-2432 |
Nearshore Biology/Ecology |
Paleobiology and macroevolution; speciation and extinction; ecology and paleoecology of coral reefs; marine conservation; bryozoans and mollusks. |
| Jaehne, Bernd |
Research Marine Physicist PORD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-6860 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Air-gas exchange; small-scale water surface waves; digital image processing. |
| Jaffe, Jules S. |
Research Oceanographer MPL |
UCSD |
(858) 534-6101 |
Biological Oceanography |
Development of in-situ sensing devices for ocean explorations; three-dimensional acoustic and optical imaging of phytoplankton and zooplankton. |
| Jensen, Paul R. |
Associate Specialist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7322 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology' |
Microbial chemical ecology; natural products chemistry and drug discovery from marine microbes; microbial distributions and interactions with marine plants and invertebrates. |
| Johnson, Kenneth G. |
Associate Project Scientist |
UCSD |
(858) 822-2814 |
Nearshore Biology/Ecology |
Paleopbiology of reef corals; effects of environmental change on tropical reef ecosystems. |
| Johnson, Catherine L. |
Assistant Professor of Geophysics |
UCSD |
(858) 822-4077 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Thermal and tectonic evolution of the planets; geomagnetism and paleomagnetism. |
| Kahru, Mati |
Associate Specialist MRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-8947 |
Biological Oceanography |
Satellite oceanography; remote sensing and optics of phytoplankton; red tides and harmful algal blooms. |
| Kalmijn, Adrianus J. |
Research Oceanographer PORD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4670 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Physics approach to sensory biology; electric and magnetic field detection; hydrodynamic and acoustic field detection; mathematical-physical principles of sensory systems; behavioral, electrophysiological, and biophysical experiments. |
| Kastner, Miriam |
Professor of Earth Sciences GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2065 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
The role of fluids in the transport of heat and solutes into the ocean, atmosphere and mantle in subduction zones; gas hydrates and global change; chemical paleoceanography; sedimentary geochemistry and diagenesis: mineralogical, chemical and isotopic studies of recent and older sediments; processes responsible for the formation of submarine hydrothermal deposits; the orgin of present day and ancient phosphorites, dolomites and cherts. |
| Keeling, Charles D. |
Professor of Oceanography GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4230 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Carbon cycle in nature with emphasis on interaction of atmospheric carbon dioxide with oceanic and terrestrial nutrient cycles; global changes brought about by the burning of fossil fuels; geochemical modeling, including steady-state and time-dependent nonlinear relationships and isotopic variations. |
| Keeling, Ralph |
Assistant Professor MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-7582 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Air-sea gas exchange measurements of variations in atmospheric oxygen; recent perturbations to the global carbon cycle; detection of ocean heat storage using atmospheric inert gases. |
| Kennedy, Michael P. |
Research Associate GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2751 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Tectonic history of the Pacific North America continental margin; Tertiary stratigraphy of the southern California continental margin; recency and character of faulting in the southern California borderland; age and structure of marine terraces; liquefaction. |
| Kennel, Charles F. |
Director SIO/Vice Chancellor of Marine Sciences DO/SIO |
UCSD |
(858)534-2826 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Space plasma physics; astrophysics; global environmental science. |
| Kent, Graham M. |
Assistant Research Geophysicist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-7386 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geology; mid-ocean ridge processes; structure of oceanic crust; rifted margins. |
| Knauss, John A. |
Research Associate PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-9747 |
Marine Law Policy /Planning |
History of marine policy; law of the sea; ocean circulation. |
| Knowlton, Nancy |
Professor of Marine Biology MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)882-2486 |
Biological Oceanography |
Marine biodiversity; ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics of coral reef organisms; speciation. |
| Knox, Robert A. |
Research Oceanographer/Lecturer/Associate Director SIO Pord/SOMTS |
UCSD |
(858)534-4729 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Equatorial ocean circulation and dynamics; acoustic remote sensing of ocean circulation |
| Kooyman, Gerald L. |
Research Professor CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-2091 |
Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology |
Behavior and physiology of diving in marine vertebrates: especially emperor penguins; conservation of marine reptiles, birds, and mammals. |
| Kuperman, William A. |
Professor of Oceanography MPL |
UCSD |
(858)534-1803 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Ocean acoustics; signal processing; inverse methods. |
| Lal, Devendra |
Professor of Nuclear Geophysics GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2134 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Nuclear geophysics; cosmic ray-produced radioisotopes in diverse terrestrial environments, atmosphere, lakes, oceans, and sediments; development of quantitative methods for the study of process geomorphology including continental weathering and erosion processes; phosphorus biodynamics in oceans using cosmogenic 32P, 33P and 7Be radionuclides; studies of past accumulation and ablation rates of polar ice using in situ-produced cosmogenic 14C. |
| Lange, Carina B. |
Associate Researcher GRD/MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-4605 |
Biological Oceanography |
Phytoplankton (diatoms); transport to the seafloor; burial in the sediment; time-series; laminated sediments. |
| Lange, Carina B. |
Associate Researcher GRD/MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-4605 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Phytoplankton (diatoms); transport to the seafloor; burial in the sediment; time series; laminated sediments. |
| Laske, M. Gabrielle |
Assistant Research Geophysicist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-8774 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Seismology. Propagation of seismic surface waves on global and regional scales; development of 3-D upper mantle models; seismic anisotropy. |
| Latz, Michael I. |
Research Biologist and Senior Lecturer MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-6579 |
Biological Oceanography |
Effect of flow on phytoplankton; sensory biology; physiological ecology of bioluminescence in the ocean. |
| Latz, Michael I. |
Research Biologist and Senior Lecturer MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-6579 |
Environmental Toxicology |
Effect of heavy metals on the physiology of marine organisms; oxidative stress. |
| Latz, Michael I. |
Research Biologist and Senior Lecturer MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-6579 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Flow sensing in phytoplankton: transduction and intracellular signaling, changes in gene expression; sensory biology; physiological control of bioluminescence. |
| Latz, Michael I. |
Associate Research Biologist MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-6579 |
Physiology |
Sensory biology; ecological physiology of midwater animals; ecology of bioluminescence in the ocean. |
| Levin, Lisa |
Professor MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-3579 |
Biological Oceanography |
Invertebrate life histories: dispersal, demography, and evolution; community ecology of soft-bottom assemblages in deep-sea and intertidal habitats; animal-sediment interactions. |
| Levin, Lisa |
Professor MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-3579 |
Nearshore Biology/Ecology |
Invertebrate life histories: dispersal, demography, and evolution; community ecology of soft-bottom assemblages in deep-sea and intertidal habitats; animal-sediment interactions. |
| Lewin, Ralph A. |
Professor of Marine Biology, Emeritus MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-4836 |
Physiology |
Experimental phycology; marine microbiology; algal physiology and biochemsitry. |
| Lippmann, Thomas C. |
Assistant Research Oceanographer CCS |
UCSD |
|
Coastal Processes/ Coastal and Ocean Engineering |
Coastal processes; nearshore processes and infragravity waves; surface wave breaking; evolution of large scale nearshore bathymetry. |
| Longuet-Higgins, Michael S. |
Adjunct Professor SIO, lnls |
UCSD |
(858)534-3936 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Sea surface dynamics; microstructure of the ocean surface; heat and gas exchange; free-surface dynamics; breaking waves; bubble dynamics; natural sources of underwater sound; sonoluminescence. |
| Lonsdale, Peter |
Professor of Oceanography MPL |
UCSD |
(858)534-2855 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Marine geology; structural geomorphology of plate boundary zones; tectonic history of the Pacific basin; geology of seamounts and guyots. |
| Lubin, Dan |
Associate Research Physicist CSI/CAS |
UCSD |
(858)534-6369 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Global climatology; instrumentation for global change research; satellite remote sensing of Earth’s polar regions; theoretical radiative transfer. |
| Lugmair, Gunter W. |
Research Chemist and Geochemist GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2746 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geochemistry: Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, U-Pb chronology of lunar, meteoritic, and terrestrial materials; Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr isotopic studies on terrestrial basalts, ultramafic nodules in basalts, and eclogites. |
| Macdougall, J. Douglas |
Professor of Earth Sciences, GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-3294 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Isotope geochemistry: chemical composition and evolution of the earth’s mantle; processes and chronology of development of oceanic and continental crust from isotope systematics; paleoenvironmental changes using seawater isotopes as tracers. |
| Macdougall, J. Douglas |
Professor of Earth Sciences GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-3294 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Isotope geochemistry: chemical composition and evolution of the earth’s mantle using isotopic systems and trace elements as tracers; processes and chronology of development of oceanic and continental crust from isotope systematics; paleoenvironmental changes using seawater isotopes as tracers. |
| Mason, Simon James |
Assistant Research Meteorologist MPL |
UCSD |
(858)882-2574 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Climate modeling and prediction; seasonal forecasting; interannual climate variability; statistical methods in climatology. |
| Masters, T. Guy |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-4122 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geophysical modeling; use of data from global digital seismic networks to study the fine structure of the deep earth and the large-scale 3-D structure of the mantle; development of dynamically consistent models of the earth’s mantle; small-scale seismic tomography and event location using data from local networks. |
| McGowan, John A. |
Research Professor of Oceanography MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2074 |
Biological Oceanography |
Biogeography; water mass analysis; multiple stable states in the community of the North and South Pacific central water masses; large scale patterns in space and time and the Californian El Niño; diversity maintenance; time-series in coastal California. |
| Mcgowan, John A. |
Research Professor of Oceanography MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2074 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Biogeography; water mass analysis; multiple stable states in the community of the North and South Pacific central water masses; large scale patterns in space and time and the Californian El Niño; diversity maintenance; time-series in coastal California. |
| Melville, W. Kendall |
Professor of Oceanography MPL/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-0478 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Wave dynamics; nonlinear surface and internal waves; air-sea interaction; surface wave breaking; acoustic and microwave remote sensing. |
| Miles, John W. |
Research Professor of Applied Mechanics And Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2885 |
Coastal Processes/ Coastal and Ocean Engineering |
Wave dynamics; wave generation; nonlinear waves; wave diffraction; hydrodynamic stability. |
| Miles, John W. |
Research Professor of Applied Mechanics And Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2885 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Wave dynamics; wave generation; nonlinear waves; wave diffraction; hydrodynamic stability. |
| Miller, Arthur J. |
Research Oceanographer CRD/CSI |
UCSD |
(858)534-8033 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Ocean modeling and prediction; coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling; predictability of climate variations. |
| Minster, Jean-Bernard |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-5650 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Space geophysics; propagation and attenuation of seismic waves; nuclear monitoring by seismic means; applications of space geodesy to the study of plate motions and deformation; intermediate-term earthquake prediction; precise airborne and spaceborne laser altimetry. |
| Mitchell, B. Gregory |
Associate Research Biologist/Lecturer MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2687 |
Biological Oceanography |
Phytoplankton: photosynthetic physiology and ecology; ocean optics and satellite remote sensing of phytoplankton biomass and primary production; effects of UV-B on marine microorganisms. |
| Mitchell, B. Gregory |
Associate of Research Biologist/Lecturer MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2687 |
Physiology |
Phytoplankton: photosynthetic physiology and ecology; ocean optics and satellite remote sensing of phytoplankton biomass and primary production; effects of UV-B on marine microorganisms. |
| Molinski, Tadeusz F. |
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry |
UCSD |
(858)534-7115 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Organic chemistry; chemical/geochemical/ biogeochemical oceanography: Marine natural products, drugs from the sea; pharmaceutical potential of marine antifungal agents from marine invertebrates; chemical synthesis of marine natural products. |
| Molinski, Tadeusz F. |
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7115 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Organic chemistry; chemical/geochemical/ biogeochemical oceanography: marine natural products, drugs from the sea; pharmaceutical potential of marine antifungal agents from marine invertebrates; chemical synthesis of marine natural products. |
| Moser, H. Geoffrey |
Research Associate MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)546-7129 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Marine fishes; ichthyoplankton aspects of CALCOFI; reproduction, development, systematics, and ecology of marine fishes.
Research Associate MBRD
(858)546-7129
gmoser@ucsd.edu
Marine fishes; ichthyoplankton aspects of CALCOFI; reproduction, development, systematics, and ecology of marine fishes. |
| Mullin, Michael M. |
Professor of Oceanography MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-0731 |
Biological Oceanography |
Population dynamics of zooplankton; interannual variation in the California Current system; fisheries oceanography. |
| Munk, Walter |
Research Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2877 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Global acoustics; greenhouse; warming; tides. |
| Newman, William A. |
Professor of Oceanography MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2150 |
Biological Oceanography |
Biodiversity, evolution and biogeography of marine and coastal biotas; biology and geology of oceanic reefs. |
| Niiler, Peter P. |
Professor of Oceanography MLRG/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4100 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Ocean circulation; measurements of flow and theory of variability of Eastern Boundary Current systems; relationship of heat flux to global SST variability; remote satellite sensing of ocean; lagrangian circulation measurements in mixed layers of the world ocean; response of upper ocean to strong storms; tropical upper ocean circulation. |
| Northcutt, R. Glenn |
Professor of Neurosciences NU |
UCSD |
(858)534-5612 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Fish neuroscience; evolution of vertebrate nervous systems, particularly in cartilaginous fishes; ontogenetic development and phylogenetic distribution of lateral line systems in fishes and amphibians; sensory and other neural adaptations in coral reef fishes. |
| Ohman, Mark D. |
Professor of Biological Oceanography MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2754 |
Biological Oceanography |
Zooplankton: prey-predator interactions; mortality estimation and other demographic techniques; behavioral population ecology of marine zooplankton, especially planktonic copepods. |
| Orcutt, John A. |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2887 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Seismology; internal structure of ocean spreading centers; genesis of the oceanic lithosphere; structure of the elastic earth using seismology, synthetic seismograms, and geophysical inverse theory; ocean seismo-acoustics including rough seafloor scattering, acoustic-elastic interactions, and the use of small arrays. |
| Palenik, Brian |
Associate Professor of Marine Biology MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-7505 |
Biological Oceanography |
Phytoplankton: adaptation of phytoplankton to their physical and chemical environments, especially nutrient limitation and metal toxicity; phytoplankton evolution; protein structure, function, and evolution. |
| Palenik, Brian |
Associate Professor of Marine Biology MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-7505 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Phytoplankton: adaptation of phytoplankton to their physical and chemical environments, especially nutrient limitation and metal toxicity; phytoplankton evolution; protein structure, function, and evolution. |
| Parker, Robert L. |
Professor of Geophysics PORD/IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2475 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geophysics; geophysical inverse theory; geomagnetism; gravity interpretation; electromagnetic sounding. |
| Perrin, William F. |
Adjunct Professor |
UCSD |
(858)546-7096 |
Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology |
Ecology of cetaceans; systematics of small cetaceans; conservation biology of cetaceans. |
| Peterson, Ray G. |
Associate Researcher PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-1872 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Large-scale ocean circulation; the southern ocean; climate variability in the coupled ocean-atmosphere system; history of oceanography. |
| Phipps Morgan, Jason |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-8862 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geodynamics; geochemical mantle evolution; mid-ocean ridges. |
| Pinkel, Rob |
Professor of Oceanography MPL/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2056 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Physical oceanography; small-scale mixing in the ocean; oceanic internal waves; arctic oceanography; tropical oceanography. |
| Ponganis, Paul J. |
Associate Research Physiologist CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)822-0792 |
Marine Mammal/Vertebrate Biology |
Diving physiology and behavior. |
| Ramanathan, Veerabhadran |
Professor of Ocean Sciences CSI/CAS/CRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-8815 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Physical oceanography; Indian Ocean experiment (INDOEX); air-sea interactions; clouds, aerosols, greenhouse gases, and climate; earth radiation budget measurements. |
| Reid, Freda M. H. |
Research Associate MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2554 |
Biological Oceanography |
Taxonomy and ecology of phytoplankton. |
| Reid, Joseph L. |
Professor Emeritus MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2055 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
General circulation of world oceans and distribution of temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients, and isotopes; zooplankton; geostrophic shear and isopycnal extensions. |
| Roads, John O. |
Research Meteorologist CRD/CSI |
UCSD |
(858)534-2099 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Atmospheric modeling; predictability; large-scale models; large-scale diagnostics. |
| Robbins, Paul E. |
Assistant Professor of Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858)534-6366 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
General circulation of the oceans; transport and distribution of tracers; role of the oceans in climate; oceanic carbon cycle. |
| Roemmich, Dean H. |
Professor MLRG/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2307 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
General circulation of the oceans; role of the oceans climate and climate variability; the California current system. |
| Rosenblatt, Richard H. |
Professor of Marine Biology Sts |
UCSD |
(858)534-2199 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Fish biology; fishes of the eastern tropical Pacific; biochemical genetics of fishes; bathypelagic fish fauna of the North Pacific; functional morphology of fishes. |
| Ross, Arnold |
Research Associate MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2150 |
Biological Oceanography |
Biological oceanography: systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the thoracic cirripedia. |
| Ross, Arnold |
Research Associate MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2150 |
Physiology |
Biological oceanography; systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the thoracic cirrepedia. |
| Rudnick, Daniel |
Associate Professor of Physical Oceanography PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-7669 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Air-sea interactions; dynamics of the upper ocean; oceanic fronts; abyssal flow in the Pacific Ocean |
| Sala, Enric |
Assistant Professor of Marine Ecology |
UCSD |
(858)534-9899 |
Nearshore Biology/Ecology |
Coastal benthic and fish ecology, marine conservation, temperate and tropical ecosystems, species interactions. |
| Salmon, Richard L. |
Professor of Oceanography PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2090 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Geophysical fluid dynamics; theory of the ocean's general circulation. |
| Sandwell, David T. |
Professor of Marine Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-7109 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Marine geophysics; charting the remote southern oceans with satellite radar altimeters and ship soundings; thermal and mechanical structure of oceanic lithosphere; tectonic deformation from synthetic aperture radar interferometry. |
| Sasagawa, Glenn |
Associate Project Scientist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-4329 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Absolute gravity measurements; volcanism; post-glacial rebound. |
| Schneider, Niklas |
Assistant Research Oceanographer CRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4218 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Coupled ocean-atmosphere models; Indonesian throughflow; tropical dynamics; decadal climate variability. |
| Sclater, John G. |
Professor, GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-3051 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Tectonic history of the Indian Ocean; thermal models of old ocean floor; heat flow anomalies over salt domes; gridding bathymetry from contour charts. |
| Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Assistant Professor GRD |
UCSD |
(858)822-2483 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Paleoclimatology; quantification of abrupt temperature changes using measurements of nitrogen and argon isotopes in ice cores; Pleistocene global carbon cycle variations deduced from oxygen and noble gas measurements in ice cores; mechanisms of millennial-scale climate oscillations. |
| Seymour, Richard J. |
Research Engineer/Senior Lecturer CCS |
UCSD |
(858)534-2561 |
Coastal Processes/ Coastal and Ocean Engineering |
Ocean technology: wave measurement instrumentation, wave mechanics , generation, and climatology, seasonal spatial and long term variability in North Pacific Basin wave climate, nearshore processes, sediment transport mechanisms. |
| Seymour, Richard J. |
Research Engineer/Senior Lecturer CCS |
UCSD |
(858)534-2561 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Ocean technology; wave measurement instrumentation; wave mechanics, generation and climatology; seasonal spatial and long term variability in North Pacific Basin wave climate; nearshore processes; sediment transport mechanisms. |
| Shadwick, Robert E. |
Professor of Marine Biology MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-7973 |
Physiology |
Skeletal connective tissue mechanics and animal locomotion; energetics and mechanics of fish swimming; echinoderm connective tissues as models for collagen/proteoglycan interactions; hemodynamics and mechanical design of circulatory systems. |
| Shapiro, Vitlali |
Research Physicist CSI/PHYS/ECE |
UCSD |
(858)534-8266 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Collective interaction in space and laboratory plasmas; plasma and fluid turbulence. |
| Shearer, Peter M. |
Professor, IGPP |
UCSD |
858/534-2260 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Structure of Earth’s mantle and core; seismicity of southern California; seismic processing methods |
| Silverman, Michael |
Research Associate In Biology MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)456-5317 |
Biological Oceanography |
Marine microbiology; genetic regulation of bioluminescence; environmental sensing and bacterial motility. |
| Simpson, James J. |
Research Oceanographer MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2789 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Remote sensing/ clouds, climate, and relation to remote sensing estimates of feedback loops; biological/physical interactions; land-atmosphere hydrologic interactions; remote sensing of polar regions. |
| Smith, Kenneth L. |
Research Biologist/Senior Lecturer MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4858 |
Biological Oceanography |
Deep-sea benthic communities: in situ metabolic studies of deep-sea benthic animals and communities in the central and eastern North Pacific; nitrogen and carbon cycling in the deep ocean. |
| Smith, Jerome A. |
Associate Research Oceanographer MPL/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4229 |
Coastal Processes/ Coastal and Ocean Engineering |
Kinematics and dynamics of rip currents; generation of langmuir circulation (mixed layer dynamics); interactions between waves, currents, and bottom topography; mutual influences between wind stress and directional surface wave characteristics. |
| Smith, Paul E. |
Adjunct Professor of Biological Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858)546-7169 |
Fish/Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Resources |
Time series analysis of CALCOFI data; community analysis of California current fishes; deterministic matrix models of schooling coastal pelagic fishes. |
| Smith, Jerome A. |
Associate Research Oceanographer MPL/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4229 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Kinematics and dynamics of rip currents; generation of langmuir circulation (mixed layer dynamics); interactions between waves, currents, and bottom topography; mutual influences between wind stress and directional surface wave characteristics. |
| Somerville, Richard C.J. |
Professor of Meteorology CRD/CAS |
UCSD |
(858)534-4644 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Geophysical fluid dynamics; atmosphere-ocean interactions; climate theory. |
| Spiess, Fred N. |
Research Professor MPL |
UCSD |
(858)534-1621 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Deep-seafloor research; development and use of instruments and vehicles for deep-seafloor geodesy; study of active plate boundary geophysical processes. |
| Sprintall, Janet |
Assistant Research Oceanographer PORD |
UCSD |
(858)882-0589 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Marine climatology; upper ocean heat transport; mixed layer dynamics; climate variability. |
| Stammer, Detlef |
Associate Professor/Research Scientist PORD |
UCSD |
(858)822-3376 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Ocean circulation dynamics; models of the oceanic general circulation; data assimilation; satellite oceanography/remote sensing. |
| Staudigel, Hubert |
Research Geologist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-8764 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Marine geology; geochemical transfer among ocean-crust, biosphere, seawater, and mantle; geochemical earth reference models; volcanology, geochemistry, and geophysics of seamounts and the oceanic crust. |
| Stein, Jeffrey L. |
Research Associate CMBB/MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)538-5780 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Genetic characterization of uncultivated microbes; expression and characterization of pathways encoding bioactive compounds; molecular and biochemical adaptations to extreme environments. |
| Stramski, Dariusz |
Associate Professor of Oceanography, MPL |
UCSD |
(858)534-3353 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Ocean optics; absorption and scattering properties of marine particles; satellite remote sensing of ocean color. |
| Sugihara, George |
Professor PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-5582 |
Biological Oceanography |
Species abundance patterns; food-web structure; nonlinear dynamics; empirical climate modeling. |
| Swift, James H. |
Associate Research Oceanographer PORD/MLRG/STS |
UCSD |
(858)534-3387 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Arctic physical oceanography; global thermohaline circulation; ocean measurement and interpretation. |
| Talley, Lynne D. |
Professor/ Research Oceanographer PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-6610 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
General circulation; hydrography; theory of wind-driven circulation.
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| Tauxe, Lisa |
Professor of Geophysics GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-6084 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geomagnetism; applications of paleomagnetism to geological problems; chronostratigraphic problems and origin of remanence in sediments; statistics of paleomagnetic data; behavior of chemical remanent magnetization from experimental studies; long-term behavior of the geomagnetic field. |
| Taylor, Steven W. |
Assistant Researcher, CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-8139 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Marine biochemistry: post-translationally modified polypeptides from marine invertebrates; marine bioinorganic chemistry: metal-binding polypeptides; marine biotechnology: bioadhesion, antimicrobial properties, and anticorrosion properties of polypeptides. |
| Tebo, Bradley M. |
Research Biologist/Senior Lecturer MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-5470 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Marine organic biogeochemisry; the biogeochemical cycling of manganese, iron, and trace metals in marine environments (anoxic basins, surface waters, and hydrothermal vents); physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of bacteria that catalyze metal transformations; microbial chemoautotrophy; bioremediation, marine biotechnology; biomineralization. |
| Tebo, Bradley M. |
Research Biologist/Senior Lecturer MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-5470 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Marine organic biogeochemistry; the biogeochemical cycling of manganese, iron, and trace metals in marine environments (anoxic basins, surface waters, and hydrothermal vents); physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of bacteria that catalyze metal transformations; microbial chemoautotrophy; bioremediation, marine biotechnology; biomineralization. |
| Terrill, Eric |
SIO, Director, Coastal Observing Research and Development Center |
UCSD |
(858) 822-3101 |
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Coastal observing systems and technology development (HF radar, in-situ sensor systems, moorings, autonomous underwater vehicles) Air-sea interaction processes; surface waves, wave breaking, and turbulence and in air-sea fluxes, boundary layers, hurricanes. Acoustical oceanography with emphasis on applications to nearshore, coastal, and upper ocean studies; sound propagation through bubbly flows
Naval hydrodynamics. |
| Thomas, William H. |
Research Biologist, Rtad MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2211 |
Biological Oceanography |
Historic phytoplankton data; snow algae. |
| Tsuchiya, Mizuki |
Research Oceanographer MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-3236 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Large-scale ocean circulation:Atlantic general circulation; mid-depth and deep circulation of the eastern Pacific; western equatorial Pacific ocean circulation. |
| Tsuji, Frederick I. |
Research Biochemist MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-3197 |
Biological Oceanography |
Large-Scale Ocean Circulation; biochemical studies of bioluminescence in squids, fishes and polychaete worms. |
| Tsuji, Frederick I. |
Research Biochemist MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-3197 |
Physiology |
Large-Scale Ocean Circulation; biochemical studies of bioluminescence in squids, fishes and polychaete worms. |
| Vacquier, Victor D. |
Professor of Marine Biology MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-4803 |
Biological Oceanography |
Marine invertebrate molecular biology; fertilization in marine invertebrates; molecular biology of gamete recognition proteins in marine invertebrates; invertebrate immunity. |
| Vacquier, Victor D. |
Professor of Marine Biology MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-4803 |
Marine Biotechnology/Molecular Marine Biology/Marine Microbiology |
Marine invertebrate molecular biology; fertilization in marine invertebrates; molecular biology of gamete recognition proteins in marine invertebrates; invertebrate immunity. |
| Valero, Francisco P.J. |
Research Scientist CSI/CAS |
UCSD |
(858)534-8099 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Climate atmospheric radiative transfer; solar system exploration. |
| Venrick, Elizabeth L. |
Research Oceanographer/Lecturer MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2068 |
Biological Oceanography |
Phytoplankton Ecology: community structure and phytogeography; applied statistics and sampling design. |
| Vernet, Maria |
Associate Research Biologist MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-5322 |
Biological Oceanography |
Phytoplankton ecology and physiology; plant pigments; carbon cycle. |
| Vernet, Maria |
Associate Research Biologist MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-5322 |
Physiology |
Phytoplankton ecology and physiology plant pigments; carbon cycle. |
| Vernon, Frank L. |
Associate Research Geophysicist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-5537 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Earthquake seismology; real-time data acquisition systems; time-series analysis; broadband array systems and analysis, broadband ocean-bottom instumentation, wireless internet for environmental monitoring systems. |
| Wahlen, Martin |
Professor GRD/CAS |
UCSD |
(858)534-0828 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Paleoclimatology; reconstruction of paleo-atmospheres from ice core records in Greenland and Antarctica; global biogeochemical cycles of radiatively important atmospheric trace gases; biosphere-atmosphere interactions |
| Webb, Spahr C. |
Research Oceanographer MPL/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-1844 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Marine geophysics: ocean-bottom seismology, seafloor electromagnetic fluctuations, and transient EM sounding; instrumentation for geophysical and oceanographic applications. |
| Wei, Wuchang |
Associate Research Geologist GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-5844 |
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology and Global Change |
Bio-magneto-isotope-stratigraphy; Cenozoic Paleoceanography; internet applications in geoscience education and research. |
| Weiss, Ray F. |
Professor of Geochemistry GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2598 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Distributions of trace gases in the atmosphere and in the sea, with emphasis on halocarbons, nitrous oxide, and methane; geochemical tracers of ocean circulation and mixing; chemical limnology. |
| Weiss, Ray F. |
Professor of Geochemistry GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2598 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Distributions of trace gases in the atmosphere and in the sea, with emphasis on halocarbons, nitrous oxide, and methane; geochemical tracers of ocean circulation and mixing; chemical limnology. |
| Werner, Brad |
Associate Professor IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-0583 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Nonlinear dynamics, complex systems and self-organized geophysical pattern formation; nearshore and sediment transport and geomorphology: theory, modeling, and field tests; mechanics of granular materials; computer simulation |
| Werner, Brad |
Associate Professor IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-0583 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Nonlinear dynamics, complex systems and self-organized geophysical pattern formation; nearshore and sediment transport and geomorphology: theory, modeling, and field tests; mechanics of granular materials; computer simulation |
| White, Warren B. |
Research Oceanographer PORD/CRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4826 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Planetary wave dynamics; global climate change; coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction. |
| Winant, Clinton D. |
Professor of Oceanography CCS |
UCSD |
(858)534-2067 |
Coastal Processes/ Coastal and Ocean Engineering |
Descriptions of coastal circulation; wind-forced coastal circulation; buoyancy-forced coastal circulation; mixing and dispersion over the continental shelf; circulation in hypersaline lagoons. |
| Winant, Clinton D. |
Professor of Oceanography CCS |
UCSD |
(858)534-2067 |
Estuaries/Bays/Coastal Watersheds |
Descriptions of Coastal Circulation; wind-forced coastal circulation; buoyancy-forced coastal circulation; mixing and dispersion over the continental shelf; circulation in hypersaline lagoons. |
| Winant, Clinton D. |
Research of Oceanography CCS |
UCSD |
(858)534-2067 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Descriptions of coastal circulation; wind-forced coastal circulation; buoyancy-forced coastal circulation; mixing and dispersion over the continental shelf; circulation in hypersaline lagoons. |
| Winterer, Edward L. |
Research Professor of Geology GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2360 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Geologic history of the Pacific, including stratigraphy, sedimentation, and tectonics; comparisons between oceanic pelagic sediments and their analogs in folded mountain belts; plate stratigraphy and the subsidence of ocean crust, oceanic atolls, and continental margins. |
| Worcester, Peter F. |
Research Oceanographer/Senior Lecturer IGPP/MPL/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4688 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Application of acoustic remote sensing techniques to studying large-scale ocean circulation and temperature structure. |
| Yayanos, A. Aristides |
Professor-In-Residence MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-2935
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Biological Oceanography |
Deep-sea biology; high pressure molecular biophysics; radiation biology. |
| Young, Wiiliam R. |
Professor of Physical Oceanography IGPP/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-1380 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
General circulation of the ocean; tracer dispersion in disordered flows; granular dynamics. |
| Zhang, Guang J. |
Associate Research Meteorologist CSI/CAS |
UCSD |
(858)534-7535 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Global climate modeling; convection and cloud parameterization; atmosphere-ocean interaction. |
| Zhang, Xin |
Assistant Research Oceanographer |
UCSD |
(858)534-7153 |
Physical Oceanography/Meteorology/Climatology |
Microstructure of ocean surface; air-sea exchange boundary layer dynamics remote sensing. |
| Zirino, Alberto |
Research Associate MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-8525 |
Chemical/Geochemical/Biogeochemical Oceanography |
Trace metal speciations in seawater and metal-organism interactions; electroanalytical chemistry of seawater; the seawater CO2 system. |
| Zumberge, Mark A. |
Research Geophysicist/Lecturer IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-3533 |
Marine Geology/Geophysics/Tectonics |
Development of marine gravity techniques; optical fiber strainmeter; marine geodesy. |
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