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Ocean Sciences

A312 Earth and Marine Sciences Building
(831) 459-4730
http://oceansci.ucsc.edu/


Program Description | Faculty | Course Descriptions

Faculty and Professional Interests

Professor

Kenneth W. Bruland
Chemical oceanography, biogeochemistry of trace metals and radionuclides, aquatic chemistry, geochemistry

Margaret L. (Peggy) Delaney
Paleoceanography, marine geochemistry

Robert E. Garrison (Emeritus)

Andrew M. Moore
Physical oceanography; numerical ocean modeling; air-interaction; ocean prediction

A. Christina Ravelo
Stable isotope geochemistry and chemical oceanography, paleoclimatology

Mary W. Silver
Biological oceanography, marine plankton, midwater ecology

Jonathan P. Zehr
Aquatic microbial ecology, biological oceanography

Associate Professor

Raphael M. Kudela
Ecological modeling and remote sensing, satellite oceanography, phytoplankton ecology and harmful algal blooms

Assistant Professor

Christopher A. Edwards
Physical oceanography, numerical modeling of coastal- and basin-scale dynamics

Matthew D. McCarthy
Organic geochemistry, marine organic geochemistry, global biogeochemical cycles

Adjunct Professor

James R. Hein
Marine mineralogy, marine mineral deposits, marine geochemistry, paleoceanography, environmental geochemistry, marine geology

Ronald J. Schusterman
Psychobiology and sociobiology of marine mammals, animal cognition and communication

Associate Adjunct Professor

Steven H. Haddock
Ecology of bioluminesence and gelatinous zooplankton from blue-water and deep-sea environments

Jeffrey D. Paduan
Coastal ocean dynamics: surface currents, wave heights, wind and tidal forcing from high-frequency radar data

Randall S. Wells
Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of small cetaceans

Assistant Adjunct Professor

John Carlos Garza
Population and ecological genetics of marine organisms

Lecturer

Joel Goldman
Phytoplankton ecology, microbial food chain dynamics

Thomas Guilderson
Paleoceanography, tracer chemistry, carbon cycle, climate change

Baldo Marinovic
Plankton biology, Euphausiid (krill) population biology, zooplankton ecology, pelagic food web dynamics, climate change potential impacts on zooplankton and fisheries

Carrie Pomeroy
Marine policy and fisheries management

Professor

Daniel P. Costa (Biological Sciences)
Physiological ecology of marine mammals and birds

Phillip O. Crews (Chemistry)
Marine natural products chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, organic structural analysis by NMR, natural products of marine macro- and microorganisms

Andrew T. Fisher (Earth Sciences)
Hydrogology, crustal studies, heat flow, modeling

Stanley M. Flatté (Emeritus, Physics)

A. Russell Flegal (Environmental Toxicology)
Anthropogenic perturbations of biogeochemical cycles, applications of isotopic tracers in anthropology and archaeology

Laurel R. Fox (Biological Sciences)
Terrestrial population and community ecology, plant-animal interactions

James B. Gill (Earth Sciences)
Igneous petrology, geochemistry of island arcs

Lynda J. Goff (Biological Sciences)
Algal symbiosis, host-parasite relationships, molecular evolution

Gary B. Griggs (Earth Sciences)
Coastal processes, hazards and engineering

Burney LeBoeuf (Emeritus, Biological Sciences)

Marc S. Mangel (Applied Mathematics and Statistics)
Mathematical modeling of biological phenomena, especially the evolutionary ecology of growth, aging, and longevity; quantitative issues in fishery management; mathematical and computational aspects of disease

J. Casey Moore (Earth Sciences)
Geofluids, structural geology, tectonic hydrogeology, marine geology

A. Todd Newberry (Emeritus, Biological Sciences)

Charles (Leo) Ortiz (Biological Sciences)
Physiology of marine mammals, physiological integration, physiology of secretion

Donald C. Potts (Biological Sciences)
Coral reef ecology, genetics, evolution, and geological history; marine biodiversity; tropical biology, global change, and remote sensing

Peter Raimondi (Biological Sciences)
Marine ecology, evolutionary ecology, experimental design, applied ecology

Eli A. Silver (Earth Sciences)
Marine geology and geophysics, active tectonics, remote sensing

Lisa Sloan (Earth Sciences)
Paleoclimatology, climate change, Earth system science, surficial processes

Donald R. Smith (Environmental Toxicology)
Neurotoxicity, cellular and organismal responses to environmental toxins

Lincoln Taiz (Biological Sciences)
Plant development, light regulation of stomatal opening

Terrie M. Williams (Biological Sciences)
Vertebrate locomotor and thermoregulatory physiology; marine biodiversity; comparative vertebrate energetics, exercise physiology

James C. Zachos (Earth Sciences)
Paleoceanography, marine stratigraphy, geochemistry

Associate Professor

Giacomo Bernardi (Biological Sciences)
Fish biology, phylogenetics, evolution

Mark Carr (Biological Sciences)
Marine ecology, applied marine ecology

Don Croll (Biological Sciences)
Foraging ecology of marine birds and mammals, island conservation/ecology

Grant H. Pogson (Biological Sciences)
Molecular population genetics, ecological genetics, marine invertebrates and fishes