Kenneth H. Coale, Ph.D., Director
Global biochemistry ~ trace metals ~ radionuclides ~ chemical oceanography
Ivano Aiello, Ph.D.
Geological oceanography ~ sedimentation ~ stratigraphy
James P. Barry, Ph.D. (MBARI)
Benthic and polar ecology ~ biological oceanography ~ chemosynthetic communities
Simona Bartl, Ph.D.
Immunology and the evolution of host defenses ~ molecular biology techniques ~ science and technology education
William W. Broenkow, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor
Physical oceanography ~ satellite oceanography ~ marine optics and instrumentation
Gregor M. Cailliet, Ph.D.
Ecology of marine fishes ~ life histories of deep-sea organisms ~ ecology of sharks and rays ~ marine fisheries
David Ebert, Ph.D.
Life history of elasmobranches ~ systematics ~ ecology
Lara A. Ferry-Graham, Ph.D.
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
Robert E. Garrision, Ph.D. (UCSC)
Marine sedimentology ~ diagenesis of marine sediments ~ sedimentary tectonics ~ paleoceanography
Jonathan B. Geller, Ph.D.
Invertebrate zoology ~ molecular marine ecology ~ evolutionary biology
Michael H. Graham, Ph.D.
Phycology ~ ecosystem processes ~ dispersal dynamics ~ population dynamics of habitat-forming species
H. Gary Greene, Ph.D.
Marine geophysics ~ plate boundary tectonics ~ submarine canyons ~ coastal processes, and marine benthic habitat characterization
James T. Harvey, Ph.D.
Ecology of marine reptiles, birds, and mammals ~ statistics ~ radio telemetry
Stacy L. Kim, Ph.D.
Benthic ecology of invertebrates ~ anthropogenic influences in marine communities ~ flow effects on larval dispersal
Valerie J. Loeb, Ph.D.
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.
Marine ecology ~ benthos ~ pollution ~ habitat restoration
Joan M. Parker, M.L.S.
Librarian
Bruce H. Robison, Ph.D. (MBARI)
Deep sea ecology ~ marine fishes ~ bioluminescence ~ undersea technology|
Erika Shaw, Ph.D.
Physical oceanography ~ internal waves ~
Richard Starr, Ph.D. (SeaGrant)
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.
Biological oceanography ~ phytoplankton-zooplankton relations ~ algal pigments
Richard C. Zimmerman, Ph.D. (ODU, Norfolk, Virginia)
Ecological physiology of marine autotrophs ~ radiative transfer and remote sensing of optically shallow waters ~ ecosystem productivity ~ numerical modeling
Revised 3/15/05