Former Lab Members

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Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow

My research focuses on climate-fishery interactions in coastal ecosystems, and, in particular, climate stressors and fishery species found throughout California and western Latin America. Prior to beginning my postdoc here at UCSC, I completed my PhD in Marine Biology, with a specialization in Interdisciplinary Environmental Research, at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. And, before that, I was an undergrad banana slug! Long-term, I hope to use my scientific training and body of work to help contribute to socially-just strategies for marine conservation and fisheries management.

Dr. Nikka Malakooti

Kroeker/Kilpatrick lab

Dr. Malakooti is now a CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellow.

For her PhD work, Dr. Malakooti explored the effects of global change on infectious disease and how disease transmission affected population dynamics of key taxa in kelp forests and their persistence along the northeast Pacific coast.

Dr. Lauren Bell

Former PhD student.

Dr. Bell is now the Research Director at the Sitka Sound Science Center.

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Lauren’s Instagram

Dr. Jason Toy

Former PhD student

Dr. Toy is currently a postdoctoral scholar at Old Dominion University.

Jason's Website

Dr. Emily Donham

Former PhD student.

Dr. Donham is now a Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Santa Barbara.

Emily’s Website

Evan O'Brien

Kroeker Lab tech from 2015-2020

Evan is now a commercial sea cucumber and scallop diver and shellfish grower operating out of Sitka.

Dr. Arley Muth

Former postdoctoral scholar. Dr. Muth is now Editor-in-Chief for the Journal Ecology and Evolution.

Dr. Umi Hoshijima

Former postdoctoral scholar

Umi’s love for the ocean, passion for sharing knowledge, and infectious laughter will never be forgotten.

Dr. Tye Kindinger

Former postdoctoral scholar

Dr. Kindinger is now working with NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Project! Check out her bio in the Journal Oceanography.

Dr. Brent Hughes

Former postdoctoral scholar

Dr. Hughes is now an Associate Professor at Sonoma State University. See Dr. Hughes' website here

Shannon Myers

Kroeker lab tech from 2020-2021

Cassie Powell

Kroeker Lab tech 2020, undergraduate intern 2016-2019

Sarah Lummis

Sarah is a former PhD candidate with the Kroeker Lab. Her research focused on community ecology and coastal sustainability questions, seagrass ecosystems distribution and phenology, and how those ecosystems are impacted by local industries such as aquaculture.