Faculty

Kenneth H. Coale, Ph.D., Director
Global biochemistry ~ trace metals ~ radionuclides ~ chemical oceanography

Ivano Aiello, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Geological oceanography ~ sedimentation ~ stratigraphy

Simona Bartl, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Immunology and the evolution of host defenses ~ molecular biology techniques ~ science and technology education

Lawrence Breaker, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Physical oceanography ~ remote sensing ~ time series analysis

William W. Broenkow, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor
Physical oceanography ~ satellite oceanography ~ marine optics and instrumentation

Gregor M. Cailliet, Ph.D., Professor
Ecology of marine fishes ~ life histories of deep-sea organisms ~ ecology of sharks and rays ~ marine fisheries ~ population biology

David Ebert, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Life history of elasmobranchs ~ systematics ~ ecology

Lara A. Ferry-Graham, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Ecomorphology of marine fishes ~ hydrodynamics and biomechanics, prey capture, locomotion, ventilation

Michael S. Foster, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor
Phycology ~ marine ecology ~ impact of oil on marine plants and animals

Jonathan B. Geller, Ph.D., Professor
Invertebrate zoology ~ molecular marine ecology ~ evolutionary biology

Michael H. Graham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Phycology ~ ecosystem processes ~ dispersal dynamics ~ population dynamics of habitat-forming species

H. Gary Greene, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor
Marine geophysics ~ plate boundary tectonics ~ submarine canyons ~ coastal processes ~ marine benthic habitat characterization

James T. Harvey, Ph.D., Professor
Ecology of marine reptiles, birds, and mammals ~ statistics ~ radio telemetry

Stacy L. Kim, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Benthic ecology of invertebrates ~ anthropogenic influences in marine communities ~ flow effects on larval dispersal

Lester H.Lange, Ph.D., Emeritus Faculty
Higher mathematics

Valerie J. Loeb, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Antarctic krill population dynamics ~ ichthyoplankton ~ antarctic marine fisheries

James W. Nybakken, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor
Marine invertebrate zoology ~ marine ecology

John S. Oliver, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Benthic ecology ~ disturbance ecology ~ restoration ecology

Joan M. Parker, M.L.S.
Librarian

Erika Shaw, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Physical oceanography ~ internal waves

Richard Starr, Ph.D. (SeaGrant), Adjunct Professor
Tagging and tracking movements of rockfishes associated with marine reserves ~ species-habitat associations ~ use of hydroacoustic equipment, submersibles, and hydroacoustic techniques in fisheries management

Nicholas A. Welschmeyer, Ph.D., Professor
Biological oceanography ~ phytoplankton-zooplankton relations ~ algal pigments

Richard C. Zimmerman, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Ecological physiology of marine autotrophs ~ radiative transfer and remote sensing of optically shallow waters ~ ecosystem productivity ~ numerical modeling