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CMBC Core Faculty & Researchers
Jeremy Jackson Director CMBC
Greg Rouse Associate Director CMBC
Richard Norris CMBC Interdisciplinary Programs Director
Russell Chapman CMBC Executive Director
Stuart Sandin Assistant Researcher - Marine Ecology
Jennifer Smith Assistant Professor in Marine Ecology and Conservation
Kathryn Mengerink Lecturer, Staff Attorney Environmental Law Institute
Sarah Mesnick Ecologist and CMBC Liaison to NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Marco Octavio Aburto-Oropeza - Project Scientist, Gulf of California
Brad Erisman - Postdoctoral Employee, Gulf of California
Laetitia Plaisance Postdoctoral Employee, CReefs Project
Alan Sielen - Senior Fellow for International Environmental Policy
Michael Tillman - Research Associate
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CMBC Affiliated Faculty & Researchers
Azam, Farooq: Distinguished Professor Marine Microbiology
Research interest: Microbial oceanography; marine biogeochemistry; aquaculture
microbiology; coral microbiology; Biochemical adaptations of marine bacteria; Role of bacteria in marine food-web dynamics
http://mbrd.ucsd.edu/labpages/azam_lab.cfm
The Origins of Slime (video interview with Farooq Azam)
(858) 534-6850
Ballance, Lisa: Marine Ecologist and Leader, Ecosystems Studies Program, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interest: Ecology and conservation of cetaceans and seabirds
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/prd-ecology.aspx
(858) 546-7173
Barlow, Jay: Program Leader, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Adjunct Professor of Biological Oceanography
Research interest: Marine mammals and acoustics
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/prd-eez.aspx
(858) 546-7178
Baum, Julia: Postdoctoral Employee
Research Interest: Marine Ecology and Conservation
/baum
(858) 822-5912
Berger, Wolfgang (Wolf): Professor of Oceanography, / Director of California Space Institute
Research interest: Climate and ecosystem response
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/berger.html
(858) 822-2545
Burton, Ron: Professor of Marine Biology, Director of MBRD, Head, Biology Section
Research interest : Evolutionary biology and ecology;population genetics of marine organisms
http://web.mac.com/ronburton1/
(858) 822-5784
Carson, Richard: Professor of Economics
Research interest: Natural Resource/Environmental
Economics, Applied Economics, Econometrics
http://dss.ucsd.edu/~rcarson/
(858) 534-1055
Cartwright, Lisa: Associate Professor, UCSD Department of Communications
Research interest: Media and communication in US health and medicine; science,media and film studies.
http://communication.ucsd.edu/people/f_cartwright.html
(858) 822-2695
Chapman, Russell L.: Executive Director CMBC
Research interest: Algal ultrastructure and phylogeny;biology of the Trentepohliaceae (Chlorophyta);ribosomal gene sequencing and molecular evolution in algae and bryophytes
/chapman
(858) 822-1706
Checkley, David: Professor of Oceanography
Research Interest: Ecology of zooplankton and fish, zooplankton and the nitrogen cycle
http://iod.ucsd.edu/~checkley
858-534-4228
Cheng, Lana: Research Biologist
Research interest: Marine insects; biodiversity of aquatic insects in Southest Asia
http://mbrd.ucsd.edu/labpages/cheng_lab.cfm
(858) 534-4836
Cowhey, Peter: Dean, Director Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
Research interest: international political economy, comparative foreign policy
(858) 534-1946
Dayton, Paul: Professor of Oceanography
Research interest: benthic ecology, marine conervation and policy, evolution and natural history. http://sio.ucsd.edu/rab/act_detail.cfm?state=%26)NK.T%2C%3F%5C%0A
(858) 534-6740
Davis, Zeinabu Irene: Professor of Communications, Independent filmmaker
Research interest: media production, analysis and outreach
http://communication.ucsd.edu/people/f_davis.z.html
858-534-6328
Dickson, Andrew : Professor in Residence in Marine Chemistry
Research interests: marine inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry of carbon dioxide in seawater.
http://andrew.ucsd.edu
(858) 822-2990
Driscoll, Neal : Professor Geoscience Research Division
Research interests: Sea-level fluctuations, sedimentation and stratigraphy
http://sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/?who=ndriscoll
(858)822-5026
Dutton, Peter: Protected Resources Division, NOAA SWFSC
(858) 546-5636
Erie, Steven P. : Professor of Political Science, Adjunct Professor of History
Research interest: public policy, ethnic/minority politics
http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/erie.htm
(858) 534-3083
Franks, Sharon: Co-Director, Center for Education Outreach; PI, Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence - CA (COSEE-CA)
Research interest: strategies for ocean science education
(858)822-4466
Fricker, Helen : Associate Professor, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP)
Research Interest: distribution and movement of marine ice
(858) 534-6145
Gerrodette, Tim: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interest: assessment, managmeent and conservation of marine life
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/staff.aspx?&id=823
858-546-7131
Gibson, Clark: Professor of Political Science, Director of International Studies
Research interest: Environmental politics
http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/gibson.htm
858-822-5140
Graff-Zivin, Josh: Associate Professor of Economics, IRPS
Research Interest: economics – health, the environment, and international development– and
focuses on how uncertainty and heterogeneity affect both individual and
societal decision-making.
http://irps.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty-spotlights/spotlight-joshua-graff-zivin.htm
858-822-6438
Room 1313 IRPS (MC0519)
Graham, Jeffrey: Research Physiologist, Marine Biologist, Senior Lecturer
Research interest: comparative physiology of fishes
http://mbrd.ucsd.edu/labpages/graham_lab.cfm
858-534-8044
Groves, Theodore (Ted): Professor Economics
Research interest: microeconomic theory and regulation, public and welfare economics
http://econ.ucsd.edu/~tgroves/
(858)534-2818
Hastings, Philip A.: Professor and Curator of Marine Vertebrates
Research interest: systematics, morphological and molecular phylogenetics , life history and conservation of fishes, marine biogeography, evolution of behavior
http://mbrd/hastings/index.cfm
(858) 822-2913
Hendershott, Myrl: Professor of Oceanography
Research interest: large-scale ocean circulation
http://sio.ucsd.edu/rab/act_detail.cfm?state=%26%29%2E7%2DTL%3B%5F%0A858-534-5705
(858) 534-5705
Hewitt, Roger: Director, Fisheries Resources Division, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interest: Use of acoustics to conduct resource surveys;
foraging tactics of whales, seals, penguins and other seabirds in
relation to their prey; biological responses to climatic variability;
resource management schemes that incorporate ecosystem considerations.
http//swfsc.noaa.gov/staff.aspx?id=600
(858) 546-5602
Hildebrand, John: Professor of Oceanography, Adjunct Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research interest: Marine mammal population census with acoustics; ambient noise impacts on marine mammals
http://www.mpl.ucsd.edu/people/staff/jhildebrand.html
http://www.ece.ucsd.edu/~jhildebrand/
http://www.cetus.ucsd.edu/
(858) 534-4069
Hillgarth, NIgella, Executive Director, Birch Aquarium at Scripps
http://aquarium.ucsd.edu
(858) 822-4356
Holt, Rennie: Director, SWFSC Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, SWFSC
Research interest: managing Antarctic marine living resources from an ecosystem perspective
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?id=551&ParentMenuId=42
(858) 546-5601
Jackson, Jeremy: Professor Geoscience Research Division
Research interest: Paleobiology and macroevolution; speciation and extinction;
ecology and paleoecology of coral reefs
http://www.siograddept.ucsd.edu/Profile/?who=jbjackson
http://www.oceanrx.org
(858) 822-2432
Jacobsen, Mark: Economics
Jetz, Walter: Assistant Professor Biology
Research interest:Evolutionary history and ecological patterns
http://biology.ucsd.edu/faculty/jetz.html
Lab: http://www.biology.ucsd.edu/labs/jetz
(858) 822-6731
2254 Biology Bldg
Keeling, Ralph: Professor
Research interest: global carbon cycle; air-sea gas exchange, paleoclimate theory
http://sio.ucsd.edu/rab/act_detail.cfm?state=%26(%5E%23*W%3C%3F%5D%0A
(858) 534-7582
312 Vaughan Hall
Knowlton, Nancy: Adjunct Professor, Founding Director CMBC
Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Institution - NMNH - Washington, DC
Research interest: ecology and evolution of coral reef organisms
http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/ocean%5Fhall/index.html
/knowlton
(202) 633-0668
Koslow, Tony: Researcher, Director of CalCOFI
Research interest: seamount ecology and fisheries, impacts of fisheries an deep-sea conservation; impacts of climate variability and change
http://sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/?who=jkoslow
(858) 534-7284
Leichter, James: Assistant Professor
Research interest: Ecological consequences of oceanographic forcing mechanisms in coastal habitats; roles of environmental variability in structuring benthic marine communities.
http://sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/?who=jleichter
http://www.uncw.edu/aquarius/2004/06_2004/j_leichter.htm
(858) 822-5330
Levin, Lisa A.: Professor of Oceanography
Research interest: Invertebrate and fish life histories, dispersal, demography, and evolution;community ecology of soft-bottom assemblages in deep-sea and intertidal habitats; animal-sediment interactions; ecology of methane seeps; biodiversity of sediment ecosystems
http://levin.ucsd.edu/
(858) 534-3579
McIntosh, Craig: Assistant Professor of Economics, IR/PS
Research interest: development economist focused on program evaluation
http://irps.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/craig-mcintosh.htm
(858) 822-1125
Room 1305 IRPS (MC 0519)
Mengerink, Kathryn: Staff Attorney, Environmental Law Institute; Director, Oceans Program
Research interest: law and policy options to conserve and protect the marine environment
/mengerink
http://www.eli.org
(858) 822-5821
Mesnick, Sarah: Ecologist, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interest: patterns of species diversity, conservation and management of endangered marine vertebrates, social and molecular ecology of marine mammal
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/staff.aspx?id=849
/mesnick
(858) 546-7148
Mitchell, Greg: Research Biologist /Lecturer
Research interests: Phytoplankton photosynthetic physiology and ecology; ocean optics and satellite remote sensing of phytoplankton biomass and primary production; effects of UV-B on marine microorganisms
http://spg.ucsd.edu/People/Greg/greg.html
(858)534-2687
Moore, Jim: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Research interest: Primate behavioral ecology, comparisons with marine mammals; conservation;
relationships among demography and ecology in the evolution of complex sociality
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/
http://scprf.ucsd.edu/
858-534-5572
Morin, Philip A: Research Molecular Geneticist
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Area of Interest: marine mammal population gentics and conservation; molecular methods and technology
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/staff.aspx?id=841
Norris, Richard, Professor of Paleobiology
Research interest: Paleoceanography; role of plankton evolution in biogeochemical cycles;
structure and dynamics of large-scale diversification in the history of life
http://sio.ucsd.edu/rab/act_detail.cfm?state=%26%28%3E%2B%25T%3C%27X%0A
(858) 822-1868
Ohman, Mark: Professor / Curator Scripps Pelagic Invertebrates Collection
Research interest: Long-Term Ecological Research in the California Current System; population ecology of marine zooplankton
http://sio.ucsd.edu/rab/act_detail.cfm?state=%26%28%3E%27%2EW%2CKV%0A
http://collections.ucsd.edu/pi/index.cfm
http://ccelter.sio.ucsd.edu/
(858) 534-2754
Oreskes, Naomi: Professor of History and Science Studies
Research interest: historical development of scientific knowledge, methods, and practices in the earth and environmental sciences, and understanding scientific consensus and dissent
http://historyweb.ucsd.edu/oreskes/pages/profile.html
(858)534-4695
Peach, Cheryl Program Scientist, Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Research interest: new initiatives in education and outreach
(858) 822-5323
Plaisance, Laetitia: Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interest: Molecular systematics, phylogentic data-analyses of corals
http://www.creefs.org
(858) 822-5388
Robbins, Joel: Associate Professor of Anthropology
Research interest: cultural change
http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/Faculty_Profiles/robbins.html
(858)822-2612
Rouse, Greg: Professor / Curator Scripps Benthic Invertebrate Collection
Research interest: phylogeny and systematics of marine animals, evolution of life history strategies in marine animals
http://sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/?who=grouse
http://collections.ucsd.edu/bi/
http://spineless.ucsd.edu/gregr.html
(858) 534-7973
Sandin, Stuart: Assistant Researcher - Marine Ecology
Research interest: Marine community ecology and conservation
/sandin
858-534-4150
Severinghaus, Jeff: Professor of Geosciences
Research interest: Mechanisms of millennial-scale climate oscillations, pleistocene global carbon sycle
http://sio.ucsd.edu/rab/act_detail.cfm?state=%26%28%2E%3B%29T%2C3V%0A
http://icebubbles.ucsd.edu/
(858)822-2483
Schoeninger, Margaret: Professor of Anthropology
Research interest: behavior and ecology reconstruction, subsistence strategies
http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/Faculty_Profiles/schoeninger.html
(858) 822-1890
Schkade, David: Rady School of Management
Research interest: Decision making, public policy, environment, law
http://www.rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/schkade/
(858) 822-5933
Shaffer, Lisa: Executive Director, UCSD Environment and Sustainability Initiative; Adjunct Professor Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
Research interest: environmental policy, sustainable development, climate and remote sensing data policy
(858) 822-2489
http://esi.ucsd.edu
Smith, Jennifer: Professor
Research Interest: benthic marine ecosystems
/smith
(858) 246-0803
Sugihara, George, Professor
Research interest: food-web structure, species abundance patterns, market mechanisms for marine conservation, empirical climate modeling,
http://www.siograddept.ucsd.edu/Profile/?who=gsugihara
A sample of articles based on Dr. Sugihara's research
- An Icelandic success: A model way to catch and keep fish
- Using Chaos Theory to Revitalize Fisheries
- Economic plan could protect chinook from pollock fisheries
(858) 534-5582
Squires, Dale, Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics
Research interest : natural resource and environmental economics: fisheries economics,
productivity, regulation
(858) 546-7113
Stocks, Karen, Research Scientist, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Research interest: biodiversity informatics, marine biogeography, seamount ecology
http://www.sdsc.edu/profile/kstocks.html
http://seamounts.sdsc.edu/stocks_page.htm
(858) 822-3631
Taylor, Barbara, Leader Protected Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries
Research interests: recovery factors for endangered marine mammals
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/staff.aspx?&id=798
858-546-5620
Michael Tillman, Research Associate
Research interests: conservation and mangement of marine mammals, whaling issues and the subsistence use of marine wildlife resources
http://cmbc.ucsd.edu/People/Faculty_and_Researchers/tillman/
Vetter, Russ, Leader Fish Ecology Group, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interest: fish ecology and molecular genetics
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/staff.aspx?&id=602
(858)546-7125
Watson, Joel, Professor, Chair, UCSD Department of Economics
Research Interest: Game theoretic models of contractual settings
http://www.econ.ucsd.edu/~jwatson/
(858) 534-3384
Wesson, Dolores, Associate Director, Coastal Storms Program, Marine Physical Laboratory
Director of Environment, Conservation and Sustainable Communities
Research interest: Coastal conservation and sustainability
http://www.icfdn.org/aboutus/ourpeople/dolores.htm
UCSD: (858) 534-8041
IFC: (858)677-2916
Woodruff, David: Professor of Biology
Research Interest: the role of population genetics and ecology in determining the past and future evolution of animal species.
http://biology.ucsd.edu/faculty/woodruff.html
(858)534-2375
2258 Biology Bldg.
Zhang, Junjie: Assistant Professor, International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
Research Interest: marine resource economics and energy and climate change issues, economics and policy
(858) 822-5733
MC 0519
http://irps.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty-spotlights/spotlight-junjie-zhang.htm
Zmarzly, Debbie, Program Scientist
http://aquarium.ucsd.edu
(858)534-4087
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