Ocean Sciences
2015-16 General Catalog
A312 Earth and Marine Sciences Building
(831) 459-4730
http://oceansci.ucsc.edu/
Program Statement | Course Descriptions
Faculty and Professional Interests
Professor
Margaret L. (Peggy) DelaneyPaleoceanography, 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
Matthew D. McCarthy
Marine organic geochemistry and chemical oceanography, global biogeochemical cycles, compound-specific stable isotopes and radiocarbon
Andrew M. Moore
Physical oceanography; numerical ocean modeling; air-interaction; ocean prediction
A. Christina Ravelo
Stable isotope geochemistry and chemical oceanography, paleoclimatology
Jonathan P. Zehr
Aquatic microbial ecology, biological oceanography
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
Emeritus Faculty
Kenneth W. Bruland
Robert E. Garrison
Mary W. Silver
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 and Adjunct Faculty
Michael Beck (The Nature Conservancy, Long Marine Laboratory)
Marine conservation, regional biodiversity planning, habitat restoration, marine proprietary rights
Giacomo Bernardi (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Fish biology, phylogenetics, evolution
Mark Carr (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Marine ecology, applied marine ecology
Daniel 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)
Ecology and conservation of islands and seabirds
Andrew Fisher (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Hydrogeology, crustal studies, coupled flows, modeling
A. Russell Flegal (Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology)
Anthropogenic perturbations of biogeochemical cycles, applications of isotopic tracers in anthropology and archaeology
Laurel Fox (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Terrestrial population and community ecology, plant-animal interactions
John Carlos Garza (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
Population and ecological genetics of marine organisms
Gary Griggs (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Marine Sciences)
Coastal geology, oceanography
Thomas Guilderson (Institute of Marine Sciences)
Applied isotope geochemistry, biogeochemistry, carbon cycle, climate studies
Steven Haddock (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Ecology of bioluminescence and gelatinous zooplankton from blue-water and deep-sea environments
Sean Hayes (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
Behavior, ecology, genetics and population dynamics with a particular interest in salmon and pinnipeds
Roger Linington (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Marine natural products, drugs for neglected diseases, chemical biology, chemical probes
Marc Mangel (Applied Mathematics and Statistics)
Quantitative and behavioral ecology, marine fisheries, with particular application to salmonids, rockfish and krill
Baldo Marinovic (Institute of Marine Sciences)
Plankton biology, Euphausiid (krill) population biology, zooplankton ecology, pelagic food web dynamics, and the potential impacts of climate change on zooplankton and fisheries interactions
Jeffrey Paduan (NOAA/COTS Center for Integrated Marine Technology)
Coastal ocean dynamics, physical oceanographic modeling from high frequency radar data
Adina Paytan (Institute of Marine Sciences)
Biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, chemical oceanography, environmental and aquatic chemistry
Grant Pogson (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Molecular population genetics, ecological genetics, marine invertebrates and fishes
Donald Potts (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Coral reef ecology, genetics, evolution, and geological history; marine biodiversity; tropical biology, global change, and remote sensing
Peter Raimondi (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Marine ecology, evolutionary ecology, experimental design, applied ecology
Colleen Reichmuth (Institute of Marine Sciences)
Behavioral, sensory, and cognitive ecology of marine mammals
Scott Shaffer (Biological Sciences, SJSU)
Physiological ecology of vertebrate animals, especially birds and mammals
Eli Silver (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Tectonics, remote sensing, and applied geophysics
Lisa Sloan (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Earth history and global change, stratigraphy-sedimentation, methods in Paleoclimatology, topics in climate change
Donald Smith (Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology)
Neurotoxicity, cellular and organismal responses to environmental toxins
Terrie Williams (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Large mammal physiology, bioenergetics, exercise and environmental physiology
Alexandra Worden (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
Mechanisms and controls of microbial population dynamics with an emphasis on carbon cycling in marine ecosystems
James Zachos (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Oceanography, stable isotope geochemistry, sedimentology/stratigraphy, oceans and climate, deep time paleoclimates, paleoceanography
Revised: 09/01/15