Ocean Sciences
2014-15 General Catalog
A312 Earth and Marine Sciences Building
(831) 459-4730
http://oceansci.ucsc.edu/
Program Description | Course Descriptions
Faculty and Professional Interests
Professor
Kenneth W. Bruland (Emeritus)
Margaret L. (Peggy) Delaney
Paleoceanography, marine geochemistry
Christopher A. Edwards
Physical oceanography, numerical modeling of coastal physical and biological processes, data assimilation
Robert E. Garrison (Emeritus)
Raphael M. Kudela
Biological oceanography, ecological modeling, ocean optics, phytoplankton ecology and harmful algal blooms
Andrew M. Moore
Physical oceanography; numerical ocean modeling; air-interaction; ocean prediction
A. Christina Ravelo
Stable isotope geochemistry and chemical oceanography, paleoclimatology
Mary W. Silver (Emeritus)
Jonathan P. Zehr
Aquatic microbial ecology, biological oceanography
Associate Professor
Matthew D. McCarthy
Marine organic geochemistry and chemical oceanography, global biogeochemical cycles, compound-specific stable isotopes and radiocarbon
Assistant Professor
Phoebe Lam
Particle geochemistry, biological carbon pump, cycling of trace elements and isotopes, chemical oceanography
Carl Lamborg
Trace metal (esp. mercury) biogeochemistry, historical reconstructions of environmental chemistry using natural archives, aquatic chemistry
Marilou Sison-Mangus
Microbial ecology, evolutionary biology, biological oceanography
Adjunct Professor
Steven Haddock
Ecology of bioluminescence and gelatinous zooplankton from blue-water and deep-sea environments
Randall S. Wells
Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of small cetaceans
Associate Adjunct Professor
John Carlos Garza
Population and community ecology, plant-herbivore interactions
Sean A. Hayes
Behavior, ecology, genetics and population dynamics with a particular interest in salmon and pinnipeds
Jeffrey D. Paduan
Coastal ocean dynamics, physical oceanographic modeling from high-frequency radar data
Alexandra Worden
Mechanisms and controls of microbial population dynamics with an emphasis on carbon cycling in marine ecosystems
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Michael Beck
Marine conservation, regional biodiversity planning, habitat restoration, marine proprietary rights
Lecturer
Baldo Marinovic
Plankton biology, Euphausiid (krill) population biology, zooplankton ecology, pelagic food web dynamics, climate change, potential impacts of climate change on zooplankton and fisheries
Adina Paytan
Biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, environmental and aquatic chemistry
Carrie Pomeroy
Marine policy and fisheries management
Colleen Reichmuth
Behavioral, sensory, and cognitive ecology of marine mammals
Scott Shaffer
Links between ecology, morphology, and physiological adaptations of marine vertebrates, particularly how animals use and allocate energy
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Affiliated Professors
Giacomo Bernardi (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Fish biology, phylogenetics, evolution
Mark Carr (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Marine ecology, applied marine ecology
Daniel P. Costa (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Physiological ecology of marine mammals and birds
Phillip Crews (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Marine natural products chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, organic structural analysis by NMR, natural products of marine macro- and microorganisms
Donald Croll (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Foraging ecology of marine birds and mammals, island conservation/ecology
Andrew T. Fisher (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Hydrogeology, crustal studies, coupled flows, modeling
Stanley M. Flatté (Emeritus, Physics)
A. Russell Flegal (Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology)
Anthropogenic perturbations of biogeochemical cycles, applications of isotopic tracers in anthropology and archaeology
Laurel R. Fox (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Terrestrial population and community ecology, plant-animal interactions
James B. Gill (Emeritus, Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Gary B. Griggs (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Coastal processes, hazards and engineering
Donald C. Potts (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Coral reef ecology, genetics, evolution, and geological history; marine biodiversity; tropical biology, global change, and remote sensing
Grant H. Pogson (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Molecular population genetics, ecological genetics, marine invertebrates and fishes
Peter Raimondi (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Marine ecology, evolutionary ecology, experimental design, applied ecology
Eli A. Silver (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Marine geology and geophysics, active tectonics, remote sensing
Lisa Sloan (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Paleoclimatology, climate change, Earth system science, surficial processes
Donald R. Smith (Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology)
Neurotoxicity, cellular and organismal responses to environmental toxins
Terrie M. Williams (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Vertebrate locomotor and thermoregulatory physiology; marine biodiversity; comparative vertebrate energetics, exercise physiology
Paleoceanography, marine stratigraphy, geochemistry
Revised: 09/01/14
