PEOPLE
Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering
Sloan Fellow in Ocean Sciences
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.
President’s Postdoctoral Researcher
I am an ecophysiologist broadly interested in how changing environmental conditions drive alterations in individual physiological responses that scale to influence higher-level ecological processes. As a UC President’s Postdoctoral Researcher, I am investigating how previous environmental conditions and diet influence responses to ocean acidification and marine heatwaves across generations in shellfish species. I aim to cultivate and maintain collaborative relationships between aquaculture farmers, academia, marine stewards, and policymakers through my research."
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PhD Candidate
I’m a fifth year PhD student curious about the spatial vulnerability of key taxa to changing ocean conditions. Specifically, I'm conducting lab experiments, SCUBA surveys, a meta-analysis, and a species distribution model to work with collaborators and identify where stressful conditions exist for Dungeness crabs throughout the California current. I find it essential to advocate for science that informs policy, diversity and equality in research, and involving stakeholders throughout the scientific process.
PhD Student, Kroeker/Kilpatrick lab
I'm a fifth year PhD student interested in the effects of global change on infectious disease. I am exploring how disease transmission affects population dynamics of key taxa in kelp forests and their persistence along the northeast Pacific coast.
PhD Student
I’m a third year PhD student broadly interested in transitions between kelp forests and urchin barrens. I am conducting experiments to determine the indirect effects of sunflower seastars on urchin grazing to explore the potential of sunflower seastar outplanting as a kelp forest restoration tool. Outside of my research interests, I am passionate about science communication and environmental justice.
PhD Student
I’m a second year PhD student who’s interested in studying how climate change alters kelp forest community structure. More specifically, I’m interested in purple urchin grazing and how that might intensify with warming, resulting in kelp deforestation. I’m hoping that my research will contribute to the efforts of conservation and provide information as to what we can do to help our kelp forest ecosystems thrive.
PhD Student
I’m a first year PhD student interested in studying how climate change alters coastal ecosystems. I’m specifically interested in the impacts of deoxygenation and ocean warming on forage fish populations as a means for understanding the greater impacts on the trophic system, including commercially and culturally important species. My goal as a student is to produce science that informs stakeholders and policy while being a strong advocate for environmental justice and education throughout my career.
Associate Specialist
I am Kroeker lab staff working mostly in Sitka, Alaska to facilitate the lab's work in Sitka Sound. I have been involved in Marine Sciences, particularly benthic ecology, for nearly twenty years. My masters work focused on Aleutian Island Kelp forest community dynamics. I am also a member of the US Antarctic Dive Program.
