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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  Select a category...  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.  
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  Select a category...  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 (858  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.