Lead-PI
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Name | Institution | Interests | |
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Mark Ohman | SIO | Mesozooplankton Ecology | mohman@ucsd.edu |
Co-PIs
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Name | Institution | Interests | |
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Andrew Allen | SIO/JVCI | Microbial Genomics | aallen@jcvi.org |
Lihini I. Aluwihare | SIO | Dissolved Organic Matter | laluwihare@ucsd.edu |
Katherine A. Barbeau | SIO | Iron Geochemistry | kbarbeau@ucsd.edu |
Julia Diaz | SIO | Microbial Biogeochemistry | j2diaz@ucsd.edu |
Moira Décima | SIO | Zooplankton Ecology | mdecima@ucsd.edu |
Marina Frants | SIO | Information Management | mfrants@ucsd.edu |
Ralf Goericke | SIO | Phytoplankton Ecology | rgoericke@ucsd.edu |
Michael Landry | SIO | Food-Web Structure and Function | mlandry@ucsd.edu |
Arthur Art Miller | SIO | Physical Oceanography; Modeling | amiller@ucsd.edu |
Mike Stukel | FSU | Carbon export | mstukel@fsu.edu |
Associates
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Name | Institution | Interests | |
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Andrew Barton | SIO | Plankton Ecology and Climate Impacts | adbarton@ucsd.edu |
Simone Baumann-Pickering | SIO | Marine Mammal Acoustics | sbaumann@ucsd.edu |
Tristan Biard | Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale | Rhizarian ecology | Tristan.Biard@univ-littoral.fr |
James Bishop | UCB | Marine Biogeochemistry | jkbishop@berkeley.edu |
Steven Bograd | PFEL | Physical Oceanography | sbograd@pfeg.noaa.gov |
Jeff Bowman | SIO | Marine Microbiology | jsbowman@ucsd.edu |
Anela Choy | SIO | Food Web and Ecosystem Dynamics | anela@ucsd.edu |
Emmanuele Di Lorenzo | Georgia T. | Biophysical Modeling | edl@eas.gatech.edu |
Christopher Edwards | UC Santa Cruz | Ecosystem Modeling | cedwards@ucsc.edu |
Peter Franks | SIO | Biophysical Modeling | pfranks@ucsd.edu |
Sven Gastauer | SIO/TISF | Marine Bioacoustics | sgastauer@ucsd.edu |
Mati Kahru | SIO | Satellite Imagery | mkahru@ucsd.edu |
Sven Kranz | Florida State University | Phytoplankton Ecology | skranz@fsu.edu |
Todd Martz | SIO | Chemical Sensors | trmartz@ucsd.edu |
Cari Paulenich | SIO | Education, Outreach and Capacity Building | cpaulenich@ucsd.edu |
Colleen Petrik | SIO | Ecosystem Modeling | cpetrik@ucsd.edu |
Daniel L. Rudnick | SIO | Mesoscale Ocean Physics | drudnick@ucsd.edu |
Amina Schartup | SIO | Marine Biogeochemistry | aschartup@ucsd.edu |
Brice Semmens | SIO | Fisheries Resource Management | bsemmens@ucsd.edu |
Uwe Send | SIO | Moored Observations | usend@ucsd.edu |
Bill Sydeman | FIAER | Seabird Ecology | wsydeman@faralloninstitute.org |
Affiliated Personnel
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Name | Institution | Interests | |
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Ron Burton | SIO | Molecular Probes for Protists | rburton@ucsd.edu |
Bruce Cornuelle | SIO | Ocean Circulation Modeling | bcornuelle@ucsd.edu |
Julie Dinasquet | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Marine bacteria | jdinasquet@ucsd.edu |
Michael Jacox | NOAA/ERD | Ocean physical-biological interactions | michael.jacox@noaa.gov |
Brittany Loust | Ocean Institute | Education and outreach | BrittanyLoust@oceaninstitute.org |
Jennifer MacKinnon | SIO | Ocean Mixing | jmackinn@ucsd.edu |
Brian Palenik | SIO | Microbial Diversity | bpalenik@ucsd.edu |
Alexis Pasulka | Cal Poly/SLO | Microbial ecology | apasulka@calpoly.edu |
Jonathan Shurin | UCSD | Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology | jshurin@ucsd.edu |
Ken Smith | MBARI | Deep-sea Benthic Ecology | ksmith@ucsd.edu |
Rasmus Swalethorp | SIO/IOD | Ichthyo & Zooplankton ecology | rswalethorp@ucsd.edu |
Darcy Taniguchi | CSU San Marcos | Planktonic food webs | dtaniguchi@csusm.edu |
Andrew Thompson | NOAA/FRD | Ichthyoplankton ecology | Andrew.thompson@noaa.gov |
Elizabeth L. Venrick | SIO | Phytoplankton Floristics | evenrick@ucsd.edu |
Lisa Ann Zeigler | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Microbial metagenomics | lzeigler@ucsd.edu |
Post-Docs
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Name | Institution | Interests | |
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Tyler Coale | SIO | Eukaryotic phytoplankton | tcoale@ucsd.edu |
Viktoria Steck | SIO | marine microbial nutrition | vsteck@ucsd.edu |
Jesse Wilson | SIO | Environmental monitoring | jmwilson@ucsd.edu |
Graduate Students
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Name | Institution | Interests | Supervisor | |
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Jamee Adams | SIO | Nutrient cycling | Julia Diaz | jcadams@ucsd.edu |
Dante Capone | SIO | Zooplankton ecology, Carbon cycling, Wildfires | Moira Decima | dcapone@ucsd.edu |
Julia Chavarry | SIO | Food Web Ecology | Dr. Anela Choy | J4chavar@ucsd.edu |
Christian Fender | FSU | Zooplankton and the Biological Carbon Pump | Mike Stukel | ckf18b@my.fsu.edu |
Shailja Gangrade | SIO | Biophysical Interactions | Peter Franks | sgangrad@ucsd.edu |
John Irving | FSU | Zooplankton Ecology | Mike Stukel | jpi18@my.fsu.edu |
Rob Lampe | SIO | Eukaryotic phytoplankton | Andrew Allen | rlampe@ucsd.edu |
Caroline Lowcher | SIO | California Current upwelling system | Uwe Send | clowcher@ucsd.edu |
Stephanie Matthews | SIO | Zooplankton Ecology | Mark Ohman | s3matthe@ucsd.edu |
Kelley McBride | SIO | Biophysical interactions | Peter Franks | kmcbride@ucsd.edu |
Tammy Russel | SIO | Seabird Ecology | Maria Vernet | tmrussel@ucsd.edu |
Sarah Schwenck | SIO | Microbial ecology | Andrew Allen | sschwenc@ucsd.edu |
Anya Stajner | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Zooplankton and Global change ecology | Moira Decima | astajner@ucsd.edu |
Monika Thukral | SIO | Phytoplankton Ecology & Metabolites | Andrew Allen & Bradley Moore | mthukral@ucsd.edu |
Ralph Riley Torres | SIO | Organic Matter Cycling | Lihini Aluwihare | rrtorres@ucsd.edu |
Wiley Wolfe | SIO | Seawater carbonate chemistry | Todd Martz | wwolfe@ucsd.edu |
Natalie Yingling | FSU | Plankton ecology | Mike Stukel | ny18b@my.fsu.edu |
Technical Affiliates
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Name | Institution | Interests | |
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Shonna L Dovel | SIO | Phytoplankton Sampling | sdovel@ucsd.edu |
David Jensen | SIO | Information Management | dwjensen@ucsd.edu |
Megan Roadman | SIO | Phytoplankton Sampling | mroadman@coast.ucsd.edu |
Linsey Sala | SIO | Pelagic Invertebrates | lsala@ucsd.edu |
Robin Westlake Storey | SIO | Project Office Coordinator | rwestlakestorey@ucsd.edu |
Rebecca Asch
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
Jennifer Brandon
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
Philip Bresnahan
Degree: 2015
Thesis: Novel Marine Inorganic Carbon Sensors for the Anthropocene
Institution: Univ. of North Carolina, Wilmington
Position: Assistant Professor
bresnahanp@uncw.edu
Christian Briseno-Avena
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 North Carolina, Wilmington
Position: Assistant Professor
brisenoavenac@uncw.edu
Randie Bundy
Degree: 2014
Thesis: Iron and copper organic complexation in marine systems: Detection of multiple ligand classes via electrochemistry
Institution: University of Washington
Position: Assistant Professor
rbundy@uw.edu
Jessica Carrière-Garwood
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
Alison Cawood
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
Tyler Coale
Degree: 2020
Thesis: Characterizing the influence of iron on the cellular processes of marine phytoplankton
Institution: SIO
Position: Postdoc
tcoale@ucsd.edu
Nathalí Cordero-Quiros
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
Peter Davison
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
Moira Decima
Degree: 2011
Thesis: Mesozooplankton trophic variability in a changing ocean
Institution: SIO
Position: Assistant Professor
mdecima@ucsd.edu
Christopher Dupont
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
Jeff Ellen
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
Kiefer Forsch
Degree: 2021
Thesis: Iron sources, sinks, and cycling in productive coastal seas
Institution: SIO
Position: Postdoc fellow (S. Aarons / C. Dupont labs)
kforsch@ucsd.edu
Alexandra Freibott
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
Sarah Glaser
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
Miriam Goldstein
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
Roberta Hansman
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
Brian Hopkinson
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
Chih-hao Hsieh
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
Pincelli Hull
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
Erdem Karakoylu
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
Thomas Kelly
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
Hey Jin Kim
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
Andrew King
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: Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Position: Research Manager, Marine Biogeochemistry and Oceanography
andrew.king@niva.no
Laura Lilly
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
Lauren Manck
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
Maitreyi Nagarkar
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
Amanda Netburn
Degree: 2016
Thesis: Responses of mesopelagic fish assemblages to environmental disturbance: ocean deoxygenation and oceanic fronts
Institution: White House Office of Science and Technology (Policy)
Position: Assistant Director
amanda.netburn@noaa.gov
Catherine Nickels
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
Alexis Pasulka
Degree: 2013
Thesis: Marine Protists: Distributions, Diversity and Dynamics
Institution: Cal Poly/SLO
Position: Assistant Professor
apasulka@calpoly.edu
Byron Pedler Sherwood
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
Jesse Powell
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
Sara Rivera
Degree: 2020
Thesis: Microbial Ecology of the California Current Ecosystem
Institution: Univ of Michigan
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
sarariv@umich.edu
Henry Ruhl
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
Ryan Rykaczewski
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
Ty Samo
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
Melissa Soldevilla
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
Ha Joon Song
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
Brandon Stephens
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
Mike Stukel
Degree: 2010
Thesis: Biological control of vertical carbon flux in the California Current and Equatorial Pacific
Institution: FSU
Position: Assistant Professor
mstukel@fsu.edu
Aneesh Subramanian
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
Vera Tai
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
Darcy Taniguchi
Degree: 2012
Thesis: Size structuring of planktonic communities: Biological rates and ecosystem dynamics
Institution: CSU San Marcos
Position: Assistant Professor
dtaniguchi@csusm.edu
Andrew Taylor
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
Bellineth Valencia
Degree: 2017
Thesis: Mesozooplankton responses to climate variability and contributions to microbial export
Institution: unknown
Position: Researcher in Columbia
b1valenc@ucsd.edu
Michael Vardaro
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
Margot White
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
Ben Whitmore
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
Roman P. de Jesus
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
Alain de Verneil
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
Kristen Buck
Position: Assistant Scientist
kristen.buck@bios.edu
Fanny Chenillat
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
fannychenillat@gmail.com
Heidi Fuchs
Position: Professor
hfuchs@marine.rutgers.edu
Andres Gutierrez
Position: Marine Ecologist
Andres.GutierrezRodriguez@niwa.co.nz
Daniel Petras
Position: Researcher, Functional Metabolomics Lab
daniel.petras@uni-tuebingen.de