PEOPLE
Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Associate Dean of Research and Research Impact, PB Sci
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 sixth 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 Candidate, Shapiro/Kroeker Lab
I am a third year PhD student co-advised by Beth Shapiro and Kristy Kroeker. I study the ancient mammoth steppe ecosystem of Ice Age Alaska and Yukon using sedimentary ancient DNA (aDNA). My research focuses on ecological and genetic response to disturbance, community reconstruction of the Bering Land Bridge, and the impact of paleoclimate and habitat on animal distributions.
PhD candidate, Kroeker/Kilpatrick lab
I'm a sixth 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 candidate
I am a fourth year PhD student interested in the ecology underlying transitions between kelp forests and urchin barrens. My research focuses on tools for the protection and restoration of kelp forest habitat. I have a designated emphasis in the Coastal Science and Policy program, and hope that my work contributes to actionable solutions in the management and/or policy space.
PhD Student
I’m a third 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 second 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.
PhD Student
I am a first year PhD student. Some of my previous work focused on how storms change coral reef dynamics and how ocean acidification affects juvenile Dungeness crab behavior and fatty acid tissue composition. For future research I am interested in how marine heatwaves and ocean acidification affect kelp forest ecosystems. I recently earned my NAUI Assistant Instructor certification, through which I aim to make diving more accessible.
PhD student
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.
Jr Specialist
I am a field technician supporting Kroeker lab research on sustainable shellfish aquaculture in California. We are investigating seaweed communities settled on oyster farms across the state to understand important estuarine ecologies and to inform growers of potential economic benefits of secondary seaweed harvests. I studied Marine Biology and Agroecology in my undergrad at UCSC and am constantly inspired by the people and nearshore environments connected to our marine food systems.
