| Alldredge, Alice L. |
Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology |
UCSB |
(805)893-3997 |
Biological oceanography; ecology of marine gelatinous plankton; marine particulate matter and marine snow,
biogeochemical cycling. |
| Aluwihare, Lihini Indira |
Assistant Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 822-4886 |
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. |
| Brinton, Edward |
Research Biologist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2148 |
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.
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| Brzezinski, Mark A. |
Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology |
UCSB |
(805)893-8605 |
Phytoplankton ecology and physiology; phytoplankton cell cycles; elemental cycling in surface ocean. |
| Case, James F. |
Research Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology |
UCSB |
(805)893-2913 |
Bioluminescence; in marine animals and its role in marine ecosystems; invertebrate neurobiology and behavior. |
| Chapman, David |
Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology |
UCSB |
(805)893-7545 |
Phycology; algae (seaweeds and photosynthetic protists), pigments, biochemical evolution. |
| Checkley, David M. |
Professor MLRG |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4228 |
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 |
Ecology and distribution of the oceanic insect Halobates; marine insects in general; biodiversity of aquatic insects in Southeast Asia. |
| Childress, James J. |
Professor, Zoology, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology |
UCSB |
(805)893-3203 |
Biological oceanography; ecological physiology of invertebrates and fishes; physiology of deep-sea animals; metabolic adaptations of hydrothermal vent animals; chemoautotrophic endosymbioses. |
| Clegg, James S. |
Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology, BML |
UCD |
(707)875-2010 |
Biological oceanography; ecological physiology of invertebrates and fishes; physiology of deep-sea animals; metabolic adaptations of hydrothermal vent animals; chemoautotrophic endosymbioses. |
| Franks, Peter J. S. |
Professor of Biological Oceanography |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7528 |
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. |
| Gaylord, Brian |
Assistant Professor, Evolution and Ecology, BML |
UCD |
707-875-1940 |
Ecological biomechanics and biological-physical coupling in coastal marine ecosystems; general patterns in biology arising from physiologically or environmentally imposed physical constraints. This research vein represents a fusion of organismal biology with population ecology, and also links with fields of physics, solid and fluid mechanics, and nearshore oceanography. |
| Goericke, Ralf |
Associate Research Oceanographer |
UCSD |
(858) 534-7970 |
Physiological ecology of phytoplankton; ecology of the tropical and subtropical open ocean; isotopic tracers in marine systems. |
| Goff, Lynda |
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
UCSC |
(831)459-4419 |
Evolution of photosynthetic marine organisms and the evolution of mitochondrial, plastid and nulcear genomes. |
| Goldman, Joel C. |
Researcher |
UCSC |
(831)459-5563 |
Phytoplankton ecology; cycling of nutrients and energy transfer in the microbial food chain; dynamics of nutrient uptake by marine phytoplankton; interaction of chemical-biological processes at the microbial level, physical-biological processes on marine primary productivity. |
| Hamner, William M. |
Professor of Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution Director: Marine Scien |
UCLA |
(310)825-9302 |
Behavior of pelagic animals;dynamics of animal aggregations at sea. Fine-scale physical and chemical structure of the sea via SCUBA and submersibles. |
| Holm-Hansen, Osmund |
Research Biologist/Senior Lecturer MRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2339 |
Polar marine biology; biological and biochemical studies in polar sea; phytoplankton photoadaptation; effects of solar ultraviolet radiation on phytoplankton; macro- and micro-element nutrition. |
| Jacobs, David K. |
Assistant Professor of Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution |
UCLA |
(310)206-7885 |
Developmental genetics and the evolution of marine invertebrate morphology, speciation in the sea, impact of climate and oceanographic change of faunal evolution, and marine functional morphology. |
| Jaffe, Jules S. |
Research Oceanographer MPL |
UCSD |
(858) 534-6101 |
Development of in-situ sensing devices for ocean explorations; three-dimensional acoustic and optical imaging of phytoplankton and zooplankton. |
| Jellison, Robert |
Associate Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute |
UCSB |
(760)873-6445 |
Limnology: limnological measurements and analysis of plankton dynamics in hypersaline Mono Lake. |
| Kahru, Mati |
Associate Specialist MRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-8947 |
Satellite oceanography; remote sensing and optics of phytoplankton; red tides and harmful algal blooms. |
| Knowlton, Nancy |
Professor of Marine Biology MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)882-2486 |
Marine biodiversity; ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics of coral reef organisms; speciation. |
| Komada, Tomoko |
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Earth System Science |
UCI |
(949) 824-5754 |
Origin and cycling of coastal organic matter. |
| Kudela, Raphael |
Associate Professor, Ocean Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-3290 |
Phytoplankton ecology; ecological modeling; remote sensing and bio-optics; light-nutrient interactions in phytoplankton; harmful algal blooms. |
| Lange, Carina B. |
Associate Researcher GRD/MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-4605 |
Phytoplankton (diatoms); transport to the seafloor; burial in the sediment; time-series; laminated sediments. |
| Largier, John |
Professor, Environmental Science & Policy, BML |
UCD |
707-875-1930 |
Coastal oceanography and ecology, field-based study of water motion and the associated transport of water-borne material. This includes oceanographic study of bays in upwelling regions, small "west coast" estuaries characterized by arid summers, bar-built mouths and pulsed winter inflow, and nearshore circulation (e.g., outflow from rivers, shoaling internal tides, and wind/wave-driven flows). Larval/juvenile dispersal, coastal water quality (e.g., beach pollution), and primary productivity (including harmful algal blooms). |
| Latz, Michael I. |
Research Biologist and Senior Lecturer MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-6579 |
Effect of flow on phytoplankton; sensory biology; physiological ecology of bioluminescence in the ocean. |
| Levin, Lisa |
Professor MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-3579 |
Invertebrate life histories: dispersal, demography, and evolution; community ecology of soft-bottom assemblages in deep-sea and intertidal habitats; animal-sediment interactions. |
| Marinovic, Baldo |
Assistant Researcher |
UCSC |
(831)459-2471 |
Plankton biology; euphausiid (krill) population biology; zooplankton ecology; pelagic food web dynamics and the potential impacts of climate change on zooplankton/fisheries interactions. |
| Martiny, Adam C. |
Assistant Professor, Dept. Earth System Science & Ecology and Evolutionary |
UCI |
949-824-9713 |
Global change, Marine microbial ecology, Ecology and evolution of cyanobacteria, harmful algae blooms, environmental genomics |
| Martiny, Jennifer |
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
UCI |
949-824-0487 |
Microbial ecology and biodiversity, including the dynamics and diversity of salt marsh bacteria and marine viruses and bacteria.
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| Marty, Gary D. |
D.V.M. School of Veterinary Medicine Assistant Research Pathologist |
UCD |
(530)754-8062 |
Environmental toxicology and fish pathology: Effects of pollutants and diseases on marine fish; wild and cultured fish; Levels of organization from the subcellular to the population. |
| McGowan, John A. |
Research Professor of Oceanography MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2074 |
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. |
| Miller, Peter |
Assistant Researcher |
UCSC |
(831) 459-5005 |
Phytoplankton, harmful algal blooms, molecular genetic methods for species detection.. |
| Mitchell, B. Gregory |
Associate Research Biologist/Lecturer MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2687 |
Phytoplankton: photosynthetic physiology and ecology; ocean optics and satellite remote sensing of phytoplankton biomass and primary production; effects of UV-B on marine microorganisms. |
| Morgan, Steven G. |
Professor, Department of Environmental Science & Policy BML |
UCD |
(707)875-1920 |
Nearshore biology/ecology; ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation of marine invertebrates and fishes; coastal oceanography. |
| Mullin, Michael M. |
Professor of Oceanography MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-0731 |
Population dynamics of zooplankton; interannual variation in the California Current system; fisheries oceanography. |
| Newman, William A. |
Professor of Oceanography MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2150 |
Biodiversity, evolution and biogeography of marine and coastal biotas; biology and geology of oceanic reefs. |
| Ohman, Mark D. |
Professor of Biological Oceanography MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2754 |
Zooplankton: prey-predator interactions; mortality estimation and other demographic techniques; behavioral population ecology of marine zooplankton, especially planktonic copepods. |
| Palenik, Brian |
Associate Professor of Marine Biology MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-7505 |
Phytoplankton: adaptation of phytoplankton to their physical and chemical environments, especially nutrient limitation and metal toxicity; phytoplankton evolution; protein structure, function, and evolution. |
| Prezelin, Barbara B. |
Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology |
UCSB |
(805)893-2879 |
Marine primary production: spectral regulation, esp. changing UV climatology; biological clocks, diurnal periodicity; phytoplankton biology/ecology esp. coastal red tide organisms, open ocean cyanobacteria and polar community assemblages. |
| Quetin, Langdon B. |
Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute |
UCSB |
(805) 893-2096 |
Zooplankton; ecological physiology; energetics; long-term ecological research; Antarctic marine ecology. |
| Reid, Freda M. H. |
Research Associate MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2554 |
Taxonomy and ecology of phytoplankton. |
| Ross, Arnold |
Research Associate MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2150 |
Biological oceanography: systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the thoracic cirripedia. |
| Ross, Robin M. |
Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute |
UCSB |
(805)893-2096 |
Zooplankton; ecological physiology; energetics; long-term ecological research; Antarctic marine ecology. |
| Silver, Mary W. |
Professor, Ocean Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-2908 |
Biological oceanography; marine plankton; Structure of marine food chains and the ecology of pelagic detrital communities (“marine snow”) and toxic algal blooms. |
| Silverman, Michael |
Research Associate In Biology MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)456-5317 |
Marine microbiology; genetic regulation of bioluminescence; environmental sensing and bacterial motility. |
| Smith, Kenneth L. |
Research Biologist/Senior Lecturer MBRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-4858 |
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. |
| Spero, Howard |
Professor of Geology |
UCD |
(530)752-3307 |
Paleoceanography: Biogeochemistry of living and fossil marine organisms. Stable isotopes, paleoenvironmental reconstruction of chemistry; circulation and physical parameters of modern and ancient oceans; paleoclimatology. |
| Sugihara, George |
Professor PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-5582 |
Species abundance patterns; food-web structure; nonlinear dynamics; empirical climate modeling. |
| Thomas, William H. |
Research Biologist, Rtad MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2211 |
Historic phytoplankton data; snow algae. |
| Tsuji, Frederick I. |
Research Biochemist MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-3197 |
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 |
Marine invertebrate molecular biology; fertilization in marine invertebrates; molecular biology of gamete recognition proteins in marine invertebrates; invertebrate immunity. |
| Venrick, Elizabeth L. |
Research Oceanographer/Lecturer MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-2068 |
Phytoplankton Ecology: community structure and phytogeography; applied statistics and sampling design. |
| Vermeij, Geerat |
Professor, Department of Geology |
UCD |
(530)752-2234 |
Biological Oceanography: evolutionary biology, paleobiology, malacology; the distribution, evolution, and history of organisms and their communities. |
| Vernet, Maria |
Associate Research Biologist MRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-5322 |
Phytoplankton ecology and physiology; plant pigments; carbon cycle. |
| Yayanos, A. Aristides |
Professor-In-Residence MBRD/CMBB |
UCSD |
(858)534-2935
(858 |
Deep-sea biology; high pressure molecular biophysics; radiation biology. |
| Zehr, Jonathan |
Professor, Ocean Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-4009 |
Biological oceanography, aquatic ecology of oceans and lakes; molecular biology techniques to study the microbial ecology of aquatic microbial communities open ocean nitrogen fixation by the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium and other bacteria and cyanobacteria. |
| Zimmer, Richard K. |
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Neurosciences Pr |
UCLA |
(310) 206-4981 |
Ecology and sensory biology of aquatic organisms; chemical signals and
communication |
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