Students

genomics & engineering non-model microbes to study biogeochemistry in extreme environments

Microbial metabolisms relevant to oil biogeochemistry.

marine ecology, conservation, disturbance ecology, kelp forests, primary producers

Investigating water mass sources and transport of materials to kelp forests

Phytoplankton biophysics across time and space scales

My research focuses on linkages between dissolved organic carbon utilization and microbial community structure surrounding coral reefs.

kelp forest nutrient cycling

Using remote sensing technology to aid in the development of net primary productivity and demographic models of kelp forests

My research focus is on how organic matter subsidies structure communities and regulate ecosystem functions on sandy beaches.

Graduate student researcher investigating DOM/bacterioplankton dynamics in the open and coastal ocean.

genetics of rock scallops

Carbon uptake in the global ocean

Phytoplankton community structure in the surface ocean using in-water measurements and satellite remote sensing.

Biological oceanography, with focuses on anthropogenic influences on the physiology and community composition of marine phytoplankton.

Polar climate change, ocean heat content, ocean-atmosphere interaction.

Interactions between microbes and the environment.

I am studying oceanography, organism physiology and ecology across systems such as the open ocean and coral reefs.

Coastal marine ecology, community ecology

Sea urchin ecology, focusing on the impact of fishing and marine reserves on dominant urchin species in the Santa Barbara Chanel.

Synthetic biology and genetic engineering to produce sustainable methods and alternatives to food, fuel, and materials.

I develop molecular tools for marine conservation and management and use them to study human impacts on marine biodiversity.

Marine community ecology, invasion ecology, larval transport.

I study changes in marine socio-ecological systems that result from conservation and development initiatives. My current research focuses on the impacts of rural coastal tourism development on small-scale fisheries.

I am interested in coastal evolution, particularly as it pertains to California estuaries.

Carbon export and biological pump modeling.

particle-attached marine microbes

Carbon Climate, Marine Organisms Genomics.

I am interested in the functioning and efficiency of the ocean’s biological carbon pump.

Offshore dumping of DDT insecticide and related waste near the Channel Islands.

fish and invertebrate communities associated with offshore energy, comparing survey methodology for subsea pipelines

Coastal oceanography; remote sensing-based flux measurements of terrestrial materials in the inner shelf.

Population and community ecology

Jon loves looking at how microbes are adapted to low energy lifestyles and talking in the third person.

physical oceanography

Marine Organisms, Extremophiles, Nutrient cycling, Astrobiology, Carbon & Climate.

Accelerated evolution, biofuels, cyanobacteria, protein engineering, and synthetic biology.

open ocean carbon cycle, biological pump, carbon modeling