Advisor: Dave Checkley
Degree: 2013
Thesis: Interannual-to-Decadal Changes in Phytoplankton Phenology, Fish Spawning Habitat, and Larval Fish Phenology
Institution: East Carolina University
Position: Assistant Professor
ASCHR16@ECU.EDU

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2017
Thesis: The distribution of suspended microplastics and nanoplastics in the Northeast Pacific and their effects on zooplankton consumers
Institution: Applied Ocean Sciences
Position: Senior Scientist
jenni.brandon@appliedoceansciences.com

Advisor: Todd Martz
Degree: 2015
Thesis: Novel Marine Inorganic Carbon Sensors for the Anthropocene
Institution: SIO
Position: Research/Development Engineer
pjbresnahan@ucsd.edu

Advisor: Peter Franks
Degree: 2015
Thesis: Fine-scale spatial and temporal plankton distributions in the Southern California Bight: lessons from in situ microscopes and broadband echosounders
Institution: University of San Diego
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
cbrisenoavena@sandiego.edu

Advisor: Kathy Barbeau
Degree: 2014
Thesis: Iron and copper organic complexation in marine systems: Detection of multiple ligand classes via electrochemistry
Institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
rbundy@whoi.edu

Advisor: Peter Franks
Degree: 2019
Thesis: A Ratchet to Shore: Transport of Robotic Larvae by Internal Waves with a Mean Flow
Institution: Rutgers University
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
jgarwood@marine.rutgers.edu

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2012
Thesis: Laboratory and In Situ Investigations of Factors Affecting the Growth and Survivorship of the Scyphozoan Jellyfish Aurelia sp1
Institution: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Position: Citizen Science Coordinator
cawooda@si.edu

Advisor: Andrew Allen
Degree: 2020
Thesis: Characterizing the influence of iron on the cellular processes of marine phytoplankton
Institution: SIO
Position: Postdoc
tcoale@ucsd.edu

Advisor: Art Miller
Degree: 2020
Thesis: Modeling Perspective of the Physical-Biological Response of the California Current to ENSO
Institution: UC Santa Cruz/NOAA
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
ncorder1@ucsc.edu

Advisor: Dave Checkley
Degree: 2011
Thesis: The export of carbon mediated by mesopelagic fishes in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Institution: Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research
Position: na
petedavison@sonic.net

Advisor: Mike Landry
Degree: 2011
Thesis: Mesozooplankton trophic variability in a changing ocean
Institution: SIO
Position: Zooplankton Ecologist
mdecima@ucsd.edu

Advisor: Kathy Barbeau
Degree: 2008
Thesis: Physiological, ecological, and evolutionary studies of trace metal homeostasis in marine microbes, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, 2008
Institution: J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)
Position: Assistant Professor
cdupont@jcvi.org

Advisor:
Degree:
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Institution: SIO
Position: assistant professor
mdecima@ucsd.edu

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2017
Thesis: Improving Biological Object Classification in Plankton Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks, Geometric Features, and Context MetadataResearch Scientist
Institution: Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific
Position: Research Scientist
jeffrey.ellen@navy.mil

Advisor: Mike Landry
Degree: 2017
Thesis: Plankton community composition and grazing dynamics in upwelling regions of the Pacific Ocean
Institution: U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
Position: Fellow - Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Portland, OR
ali.freibott@gmail.com

Advisor: Dave Checkley
Degree: 2009
Thesis: Foraging ecology of North Pacific albacore in the California Current System, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, CA, 2009
Institution: One Earth Future
Position: Acting Director, Secure Fisheries Program
sglaser@oneearthfuture.org

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2012
Thesis: Abundance and ecological implications of microplastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Institution: Center for American Progress
Position: Managing Director; Director, Ocean Policy
miriam.goldstein@gmail.com

Advisor: Lihini Aluwihare
Degree: 2008
Thesis: Microbial metabolism in the deep ocean, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, CA, 2008
Institution: National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility, WHOI
Position: Research Specialist
rhansman@whoi.edu

Advisor: Kathy Barbeau
Degree: 2007
Thesis: Oceanographic and ecological consequences of iron localization in phytoplankton photosystems, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2007
Institution: University of Georgia
Position: Assistant Professor
bmhopkin@uga.edu

Advisor: Mark Ohman and George Sugihara
Degree: 2006
Thesis: Separating environmental effects from fishing impacts on the dynamics of fish populations of the Southern California region, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2006.
Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
Position: Distinguished Professor
chsieh@ntu.edu.tw

Advisor: Mark Ohman and Richard Norris
Degree: 2010
Thesis: Macroevolutionary patterns in planktonic foraminifera and the recovery of pelagic ecosystems from the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction
Institution: Yale University
Position: Assistant Professor
pincelli.hull@yale.edu

Advisor: Peter Franks
Degree: 2010
Thesis: The foraging sorties hypothesis: Evaluating the effect of gut dynamics on copepod foraging behavior
Institution: Research Innovations Incorporated
Position: Data Scientist
erdemk@protonmail.com

Advisor: Mike Stukel
Degree: 2020
Thesis: Not just sinking particles: Export and the biological carbon pump in a three-dimensional ocean driven by
Institution: University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
tbkelly@alaska.edu

Advisor: Art Miller
Degree: 2008
Thesis: Physical-biological climate changes in the Southern California Bight, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2008.
Institution: SIO
Position: Programmer/Analyst
hjkim@ucsd.edu

Advisor: Kathy Barbeau
Degree: 2008
Thesis: Iron distribution and phytoplankton iron limitation in the southern California Current System, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2008.
Institution: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Milford, CT
Position: Research Ecologist
andrew.king@gmail.com

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2021
Thesis: Responses of the Southern California Current System Zooplankton Community to El Niño Variability
Institution: Oregon State Univ/NOAA
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
lauralilly4@gmail.com

Advisor: Kathy Barbeau
Degree: 2020
Thesis: Microbial Iron Acquisition and Organic Matter Cycling in the Marine Environment
Institution: Flathead Lake bio station, Univ. of Montana
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
lauren.manck@flbs.umt.edu

Advisor: Brian Palenik
Degree: 2019
Thesis: Temporal Dynamics of Marine Microbial Communities at the SIO Pier
Institution: US Environmental Protection Agency
Position: Biologist (Post-doc)
maitreyinagarkar@gmail.com

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2016
Thesis: Responses of mesopelagic fish assemblages to environmental disturbance: ocean deoxygenation and oceanic fronts
Institution: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Position: Oceanographer; Presidential Management Fellow
amanda.netburn@noaa.gov

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2017
Thesis: The co-location of blue whales and their euphausiid prey across multiple spatial scales
Institution: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Position: NRC Postdoc
catherine.nickels@noaa.gov

Advisor: Mike Landry
Degree: 2013
Thesis: Marine Protists: Distributions, Diversity and Dynamics
Institution: Cal Poly/SLO
Position: Assistant Professor
apasulka@calpoly.edu

Advisor: Farooq Azam
Degree: 2014
Thesis: Bacterial Alteration and Removal of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Surface Ocean
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Position: Senior Fellow, Biology Dept
byrons@sas.upenn.edu

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2013
Thesis: Ocean fronts in the Southern California Current System and their role in structuring zooplankton distributions, diel vertical migration, and size composition
Institution: Maglev Strategies LLC
Position: Founder and President
jesse@maglevstrategies.com

Advisor: Lihini Aluwihare
Degree: 2020
Thesis: Microbial Ecology of the California Current Ecosystem
Institution: Univ of Michigan
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
sarariv@umich.edu

Advisor: Kenneth Smith, Jr.
Degree: 2006
Thesis: Climate and Food Supply Influences on Mobile Epibenthic Megafauna Populations in the Abyssal NE Pacific from 1989 to 2004, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2006
Institution: MBARI
Position: Director of CeNCOOS
hruhl@mbari.org

Advisor: Dave Checkley
Degree: 2009
Thesis: Influence of Oceanographic Variability on the Planktonic Prey and Growth of Sardine and Anchovy in the California Current Ecosystem, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, CA, 2009
Institution: NOAA, NMFS, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Position: Supervisory Marine Scientist, Ecosystem Sciences Division
ryan.rykaczewski@noaa.gov

Advisor: Farooq Azam
Degree: 2012
Thesis: Microscale habitats and activities of bacteria and theirecological and biogeochemical significance in the ocean
Institution: Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab
Position: Staff Scientist, Nuclear & Chemical Sciences Divsn
samo1@llnl.gov

Advisor: John Hildebrand
Degree: 2008
Thesis: Risso's and Pacific white-sided dolphins in the Southern California Bight: using echolocation clicks to study dolphin ecology, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, 2008
Institution: NOAA - Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Position: Researcher in Cetacean Bioacoustics
melissa.soldevilla@noaa.gov

Advisor: Art Miller
Degree: 2011
Thesis: Sensitivity analysis, ocean state estimation and diagnostics in the California Current, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2011.
Institution: Yonsei University, South Korea
Position: Assistant Professor
hajsong@yonsei.ac.kr

Advisor: Lihini Aluwihare
Degree: 2018
Thesis: Nitrogen Cycling in the Euphotic Zone of the California Current
Institution: UC Santa Barbara - Dept of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
bstephens@ucsb.edu

Advisor: Mike Landry
Degree: 2010
Thesis: Biological control of vertical carbon flux in the California Current and Equatorial Pacific
Institution: FSU
Position: Assistant Professor
mstukel@fsu.edu

Advisor: Art Miller
Degree: 2012
Thesis: Multiscale dynamics of atmospheric and oceanic variability in the climate system
Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder (ATOC)
Position: Assistant Professor
aneesh.subramanian@colorado.edu

Advisor: Brian Palenick
Degree: 2009
Thesis: Diversity and dynamics of Synechococcus populations in the Southern California Bight
Institution: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
vera.tai@botany.ubc.ca

Advisor: Mike Landry
Degree: 2012
Thesis: Size structuring of planktonic communities: Biological rates and ecosystem dynamics
Institution: CSU San Marcos
Position: Assistant Professor
dtaniguchi@csusm.edu

Advisor: Mike Landry
Degree: 2014
Thesis: Biomass structure and environmental relationships for phytoplankton communities in the southern California Current and adjacent ocean ecosystems
Institution: XenoTech, Kansas City
Position: Study Director
agtaylor78@hotmail.com

Advisor: Mike Landry
Degree: 2017
Thesis: Mesozooplankton responses to climate variability and contributions to microbial export
Institution: unknown
Position: Researcher in Columbia
b1valenc@ucsd.edu

Advisor: Ken Smith
Degree: 2008
Thesis: Deep-sea Bioturbation and the Role of the Sea Urchin Echinocrepis rostrata, Ph.D. thesis, University of California San Diego, CA, 2008;
Institution: University of Washington
Position: Research Scientist for OOI
mvardaro@uw.edu

Advisor: Lihini Aluwihare
Degree: 2021
Thesis: Studies of Nitrogen and Organic Carbon Cycling in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Using Natural Abundance
Institution: Biogeoscience - ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Position: Postdoc
margotw42@gmail.com

Advisor: Mark Ohman
Degree: 2019
Thesis: Zooglider reveals the importance of marine snow, small particles, and body size to planktonic trophic interactions
Institution: Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific
Position: Scientist
benjamin.m.whitmore@niwc.navy.mil

Advisor: Lihini Aluwihare
Degree: 2008
Thesis: Natural Abundance Radiocarbon Studies of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in the Marine Environment
Institution: Fullerton Community College
Position: Associate Professor of Oceanography/Earth Science
rdejesus@fullcoll.edu

Advisor: Peter Franks
Degree: 2015
Thesis: Phytoplankton in Surface Ocean Fronts: Resolving Biological Dynamics and Spatial Structure
Institution: New York University Abu Dhabi
Position: Post-doctoral Researcher
ajd11@nyu.edu

Institution: Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Position: Assistant Scientist
kristen.buck@bios.edu

Institution: Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IEUM)
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
fannychenillat@gmail.com

Institution: Rutgers University - Inst.of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Position: Professor
hfuchs@marine.rutgers.edu

Institution: Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Bremerhaven, Germany
Position: Visiting Scholar, SIO
sgastauer@ucsd.edu

Institution: NIWA, New Zealand
Position: Marine Ecologist
Andres.GutierrezRodriguez@niwa.co.nz

Institution: South China Sea Institute of Oceanology
Position: Professor
qianli@scsio.ac.cn

Institution: CICESE, Ensenada
Position: Researcher
llinacre@cicese.mx

Institution: Trieste University, Italy
Position: Researcher, OGS
fmalfatti@inogs.it

Institution: SIO, K. Prather’s Lab
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
dpetras@ucsd.edu

Institution: FSU
Position: Assistant Professor
mstukel@fsu.edu

Institution: SIO/IOD
Position: Staff Research Associate
rswalethorp@ucsd.edu

Institution: SIO, CASPO & IOD
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
kzaba@ucsd.edu