Coastal Science and Policy
2018-19 General Catalog
Coastal Science and Policy Program
251 Ocean Health Building
http://csp.ucsc.edu
Program Statement | Course Descriptions
Faculty and Professional Interests
Core Faculty
Professor
Mark Carr
Marine conservation and ecology, marine and coastal conservation policy
Donald Croll
Marine conservation biology, marine vertebrate ecology
Daniel Press
Environmental policy and regulation, sustainable food systems
Pete Raimondi
Design of conservation and restoration projects, marine ecology, experimental design and statistics
Erika Zavaleta
Conservation biology, global change effects on ecosystems, climate change adaptation
Associate Professor
Elliot Campbell
Policy and governance, Earth sciences, agroecology, global biogeochemical cycles
Assistant Professor
Anne Kapuscinski
Sustainability science and policy
Kristy Kroeker
Climate change ecology, coastal management and policy
Kathy Seto
Policy and governance
Jeremy West
Public policy and environmental sustainability
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Suzanne Alonzo (Ecology and Evolutionare Biology)
Ecological modeling and statistics, behavioral ecology, resource management
Jeff Bury (Environmental Studies)
Natural and social system transformation, political economy of climate change
Daniel Costa (Ecology and Evolutionare Biology)
Physiological ecology, ecosystem-based management
Lindsey Dillon (Sociology)
Urban environments and social justice
Christopher A. Edwards (Ocean Sciences)
Ocean modeling, ecosystem processes, marine population connectivity
James Estes (Ecology and Evolutionare Biology)
Marine ecology, food web ecology, marine conservation and management
Andrew T. Fisher (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Earth and ocean sciences, hydrogeology, managed aquifer recharge systems
Greg Gilbert (Environmental Studies)
Applied evolutionary ecology: species interactions and conservation in tropical and temperate ecosystems
David Gordon (Politics)
Social sciences, global coordination, non-traditional modes of collective action, governance outcomes
Gary Griggs (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Coastal geology, shoreline and beach dynamics
Karen Holl (Environmental Studies)
Restoration ecology, design of coastal habitat and international forest restoration, landscape ecology
Sikina Jinnah (Politics)
Policy and governance, environmental governance, climate engineering governance
Marm Kilpatrick (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Disease ecology, population biology, conservation biology, mathematical ecology
Paul Koch (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Stable isotope biogeochemistry, climate change
Raphael Kudela (Ocean Sciences)
Earth and ocean sciences, nutrient loading, harmful algae, water quality
Eric Palkovacs (Ecology and Evolutionare Biology)
Conservation biology, freshwater ecology, invasion biology
Ingrid Parker (Ecology and Evolutionare Biology)
Basic and applied evolutionary ecology of plant-insect mutualisms and plant-pathogen interactions
Adina Payton (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ocean Sciences)
Earth sciences, biogeochemistry, chemical oceanography, paleoceanography
Chris Wilmers (Environmental Studies)
Population and community ecology, wildlife conservation, ecological modeling, marine-terrestrial food webs
Revised: 07/15/18
