People | Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology

Austen Apigo

Graduate Student

Microbial ecology, community ecology, biogeography, structure-function relationships, foliar fungal endophyte biology.

Ryoko Oono

Rachel Behm

Graduate Student

1234 Noble Hall

Insect systematics, species diversity & distribution, Ophionine wasps of So. Calif., flies of the Palmyra Atoll.

Hillary Young

Shelley Bennett

Graduate Student

Plant-insect interactions, ambrosia beetles, invasive species, riparian restoration.

Carla D'Antonio

Danielle Black

Graduate Student

Scott Hodges

Samuel Bogan

Graduate Student

Gretchen Hofmann

An Bui

Graduate Student

1234, 2234 Noble Hall

Community ecology, functional ecology, population modelling.

Hillary Young Thomas Turner

Zachary Cabin

Graduate Student

4211 Life Sciences Building

Evolution, molecular signals of selection, genetics, and pollination patterns.

Scott Hodges

Braulio Castillo

Graduate Student

Marine microbial ecology, physiological ecology, ecosystem function, marine biogeochemistry.

Lizzy Wilbanks

Jannine Chamorro

Graduate Student

2413 Marine Science Institute

Global change biology, marine invertebrates, thermal tolerance, phenotypic plasticity, epigenetics.

Gretchen Hofmann

Jasmine Childress

Graduate Student

Armand Kuris

Xochitl Clare

Graduate Student

2003 Marine Science Institute

Ocean acidification, climate change biology, eco-physiology, predator-prey, marine invertebrates.

Gretchen Hofmann

Adam Cohen

Graduate Student

2001 Bren Hall

Comparative limnology of high-elevation Sierra Nevada lakes and reservoirs and their downstream effects.

John M. Melack

Dana Cook

Graduate Student

2225, 2235 Noble Hall

Coral reef ecology, phase shifts, herbivory, browsing.

Russell Schmitt Sally Holbrook

Samantha Csik

Graduate Student

2108 Noble Hall

Marine ecology, invertebrate ecophysiology, environmental stressors.

Adrian Stier

Kathryn Culhane

Graduate Student

2113 Noble Hall

Natural disturbance, wildfire, community ecology.

Hillary Young

Bartholomew DiFiore

Graduate Student

2108 Noble Hall

Kelp forest ecology, predator-prey interactions, fisheries, trophic ecology.

Adrian Stier

Erin Dillon

Graduate Student

115 Building 408

Coral reef community ecology, paleoecology, sharks, conservation biology.

Douglas McCauley

Kelsey Dowdy

Graduate Student

Josh Schimel

Terra Dressler

Graduate Student

Ecophysiology, environmental DNA, conservation genetics, riparian ecology.

Erika Eliason

Sevan Esaian

Graduate Student

Holly Moeller Lizzy Wilbanks

Robert Fitch

Graduate Student

Carla D'Antonio

Elizabeth Forbes

Graduate Student

Community ecology, ecosystem ecology, interaction networks; impacts of large herbivore loss on ecosystem carbon dynamics.

Hillary Young

Johanna Fornberg

Graduate Student

2003 Marine Science Institute

Armand Kuris Kevin Lafferty

Kenneth Gilliland

Graduate Student

1224 Noble Hall

Herpetological ecology, evolution, and conservation.

Samuel Sweet

Ana Guerra

Graduate Student

1109 Noble Hall

Community ecology, coral reef fish biology, fish behavioral ecology.

Douglas McCauley

Shannon Hagerty

Graduate Student

Josh Schimel

Molly Hardesty-Moore

Graduate Student

Urban ecology, mammalogy, population and community ecology, conservation biology, animal movement, carnivore ecology.

Douglas McCauley

Emily Hardison

Graduate Student

1166 Bio II

Ecophysiology, ichthyology, comparative physiology of marine organisms.

Erika Eliason

Nicholai Hensley

Graduate Student

4201 Life Sciences Building

Behavioral genetics in bioluminescent marine ostracods.

Todd Oakley

Lacey Hughey

Graduate Student

115 Building 408

Wildlife ecology and management, animal movement and migration, remote sensing, ecology of collective behavior.

Douglas McCauley

Jason Johns

Graduate Student

4113 Life Sciences Building

Evolutionary genetics, plant physiology, alpine plant ecology.

Scott Hodges

Tatum Katz

Graduate Student

2214 Noble Hall

Disease ecology, amphibian chytridiomycosis, spatial modeling, amphibian conservation, statistical methods.

Cherie Briggs

Margaret Klope

Graduate Student

Hillary Young

Juliet Knowles

Graduate Student

Phylogenetics, Herpetology, Taricha torosa, genetics, Chytrid.

Samuel Sweet

Kai Kopecky

Graduate Student

Adrian Stier Russell Schmitt

Logan Kozal

Graduate Student

2409 Marine Science Institute

Global change biology, transgenerational plasticity, blue carbon, fisheries and aquaculture species.

Gretchen Hofmann

Krista Kraskura

Graduate Student

1166 Bio II

Fish physiology, phenotypic plasticity in changing environments.

Erika Eliason

Kaitlyn Landfield

Graduate Student

2009 Marine Science Institute

Community ecology, coral mutualists, nutrient cycling.

Deron Burkepile

Thomas Lankiewicz

Graduate Student

2154 Marine Science Institute

Engineering metabolisms of non-model microbes and microbial communities, anaerobic digestion of cellulosic biomass.

Emily Lau

Graduate Student

Biochemistry and evolution of marine organisms.

Todd Oakley

Terence Leach

Graduate Student

2003 Marine Science Institute

Gretchen Hofmann

Michelle Lee

Graduate Student

1234 Noble Hall

Community ecology, ecosystem services, plant-pollinator interactions, trophic cascades.

Hillary Young

Randall Long

Graduate Student

Plant ecophysiology, invasive species, local adaptation, carbon allocation strategies.

Carla D'Antonio

James Loving-Lichtenstein

Graduate Student

1201 Noble Hall

Jonathan Pruitt

Heili Lowman

Graduate Student

2131 Noble Hall

Coastal biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling, transport and processing of organic matter.

John M. Melack

Stephanie Ma

Graduate Student

1244 Noble Hall

Chaparral, short-interval wildfire, postfire recovery, shrubland restoration, shrubland community ecology.

Carla D'Antonio

Michael Maniscalco

Graduate Student

Marine molecular ecology.

Mark Brzezinski

John McLaughlin

Graduate Student

2004 Marine Biotech

Armand Kuris

Lisa Mesrop

Graduate Student

Marine microbial ecology, microbial eukaryotes, mixotrophy, protistan diversity, and physiology.

Todd Oakley

Ana Miller-ter Kuile

Graduate Student

Hillary Young

Marisa Morse

Graduate Student

2003 Marine Biotech

Armand Kuris

Dana Morton

Graduate Student

2003 Marine Biotech

Armand Kuris

Katrina Munsterman

Graduate Student

2009 Marine Science Institute

Marine ecology, ecosystem ecology, community ecology, herbivory, and fish bioenergetics.

Deron Burkepile

Madeline Nolan

Graduate Student

Carla D'Antonio

Devyn Orr

Graduate Student

Community ecology, herbivore-initiated interaction cascades, global change, biodiversity change, rangeland dynamics.

Hillary Young

Caroline Owens

Graduate Student

Cross-habitat linkages, nutrient subsidies, community ecology, alpine lakes, ecosystem structure and function.

Hillary Young

Kristen Peach

Graduate Student

4213 Life Sciences Building

Ecology and Evolution, plant biology, pollination biology (UV floral patterns), natural selection, climate change.

Susan J. Mazer

Joseph Peters

Graduate Student

1206 Marine Science Institute

Community ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, kelp forest ecology.

Deron Burkepile

Natasha Picciani de Souza

Graduate Student

Todd Oakley

Mallory Rice

Graduate Student

2009 Marine Science Institute

Coral reefs, nutrient pollution, sedimentation, coral ecophysiology, corallivory.

Deron Burkepile

Amelia Ritger

Graduate Student

Adrian Stier

Natalie Rossington

Graduate Student

4213 Life Sciences Building

Evolutionary ecology of California's native plants, geographic variation in traits.

Susan J. Mazer

Ryoko Oono

Taruna Schuelke

Graduate Student

Evolutionary biology, microbiology, genomics, and bioinformatics.

Lizzy Wilbanks

Laura Schultheis

Graduate Student

1113 Noble Hall

Plant ecology, plant ecophysiology, chaparral.

Carla D'Antonio

Michael Shahandeh

Graduate Student

2234 Noble Hall

Behavior, evolution, genetics.

Thomas Turner

Carla D'Antonio

Kelly Thomasson

Graduate Student

3201 Life Sciences Building

Stephen Proulx

Georgia Titcomb

Graduate Student

1234 Noble Hall

Disease ecology, parasitology, conservation, landscape ecology, metabarcoding and eDNA detection.

Hillary Young

Mary Toothman

Graduate Student

2214 Noble Hall

Disease ecology, population and community ecology, conservation, eco-immunology.

Cherie Briggs

Andrea Valdez

Graduate Student

1119 Marine Biotech

Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez

Jacey Van Wert

Graduate Student

Ecophysiology, icthyology, marine ecology, anthropogenic effects.

Erika Eliason

Zoe Welch

Graduate Student

1119 Marine Biotech

Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez

Juliet Wong

Graduate Student

2409 Marine Science Institute

Global change biology, ocean acidification, molecular ecology, transgenerational plasticity, fisheries species research.

Gretchen Hofmann

Lily Zhao

Graduate Student

Adrian Stier

Zoe Zilz

Graduate Student

Armand Kuris