People
Our people are the engine which drives the incredible research and education across our state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories.
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Department Chair:
Raphael M. Kudela
- Title
- Department Chair and Distinguished Professor
- Phone
- 831-459-3290
- Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences
- A461
Department Staff
Faculty

My research is interested in quantifying ocean and climate variability and change through advanced statistical tools.

I use ocean models to investigate dynamics of the coastal ocean, including the physical circulation, ocean ecosystem processes, and mechanisms for larval transport with implications for marine population connectivity.

I primarily study how interactions between physical, biological and chemical processes shape the response of coastal marine ecosystem from planktonic organisms to mid and higher trophic level species.

I’m a quantitative ecologist using data science, modeling, and synthetic approaches to solve interdisciplinary environmental problems, particularly in the sea.

I am focused on using new biotelemetry technology to understand the underwater behavior and ecology of marine mammals.

My research is focused on phytoplankton dynamics in the Eastern Pacific Ocean coastal region and finding new applications for remote sensing technology.

I am a chemical oceanographer who studies the role of marine particles in the cycling of carbon, nutrients, and trace elements and isotopes in the ocean.

My research investigates the biogeochemistry of mercury and other trace metals in the ocean, land, and cryosphere at a variety of time and space scales.

I use of amino acids and other nitrogen-containing biomarkers to study open ocean and hydrothermal sea floor ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles.

My research involves ocean circulation modeling, data assimilation, and ocean prediction.

Dr. Moreno is a marine biogeochemist who studies the interactions between phytoplankton and nutrients, with strong emphasis on oxygen and carbon. In her interdisciplinary lab, she utilizes lab experiments, field work and models to quantify the impacts from natural and climate change factors on global oxygen and its impact on the ecosystem as a whole.

I study how the water cycle, temperature, oceans, and vegetation responded to past climatic change, particularly warm periods in Earth’s history, using molecular and isotopic analyses of marine and terrestrial sediments.

I study stable isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, and paleoclimatology.

My research interests include understanding the environmental factors driving the diversity, biogeography and activity of marine nitrogen-fixing microbes.

My research focuses on how microorganisms control the availability of nitrogen, a critical element in all life as we know it.
Affiliate & Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
Affiliate Faculty
- Michael W. Beck
- Director, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience & AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience
- Steven J Bograd
- Researcher
- Beth Caissie
- Adjunct Professor
- Caroline Brett Casey
- Research Scientist
- Megan Cimino
- Assistant Researcher
- John Anthony Colosi
- Adjunct Professor
- Andrea Fassbender
- Research Scientist
- John Carlos Garza
- Adjunct Professor
- Jeffrey D Paduan
- Adjunct Professor
- Colleen Reichmuth
- Research Scientist
- Yuichiro Takeshita
- Adjunct Professor
- Mark H Carr
- Professor
- Daniel P Costa
- Director Institute of Marine Science
- Phillip Crews
- Distinguished Research Professor
- Don Croll
- Professor
- Andrew T Fisher
- Distinguished Professor
- Laurel R Fox
- Professor Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Gary B Griggs
- Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences
- Mathis Hain
- Assistant Professor
- Marc Mangel
- Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus
- Baldo B Marinovic
- Lecturer
- Jeffrey D Paduan
- Adjunct Professor
- Adina Paytan
- Faculty
- Grant H Pogson
- Professor Emeritus
- Donald C Potts
- Professor
- J. Xavier Prochaska
- Professor
- Peter T Raimondi
- Professor
- Scott A Shaffer
- Research Associate
- Lisa C Sloan
- Professor Emerita
- Don Smith
- Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Distinguished Professor
- Randall S Wells
- Research Associate
- Terrie M Williams
- Professor
- James Zachos
- Distinguished Professor
Emeriti
- Kenneth Bruland
- Distinguished Professor of Ocean Sciences
- Peggy Delaney
- Professor emerita
- Mary W Silver
- Professor Emerita
- Jonathan Zehr
- Distinguished Professor
Graduate Students
- Julia Grace Baer
- Graduate Student
- Miranda C Baker
- Graduate Student
- Anne Katherine Beulke
- Graduate Student Researcher
- Julia Christensen Cheresh
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Xinyun Cui
- graduate student researcher
- Patrick Christopher Daniel
- Graduate Student
- Kimberly Anne Delong
- graduate student
- Marissa Despins
- PhD Student
- Lauren M Fritz
- PhD Student
- Ilysa Stefanki Iglesias
- PhD Candidate
- Allison Laubach
- PhD Candidate
- Carolina Lazari
- Graduate student
- Wing Kwan Esther Mak
- PhD Candidate
- Katherine Chang Mateos
- PhD Student
- Genevieve Pugsley
- PhD Candidate
- Zan Kay Stremler
- PhD Student
- Aubrey Jade Trapp
- PhD Candidate
- Dongran Zhai
- PhD Candidate
- Yan Zhang
- graduate student
In Memoriam
Robert Garrison
Sedimentology