CMBC Core Faculty & Researchers

Lisa Levin - Director CMBC
Greg Rouse   -  Associate Director CMBC
Richard Norris  -   CMBC Interdisciplinary Programs Director
Stuart Sandin  -   Assistant Professor - Marine Ecology
Jennifer Smith -  Assistant Professor in Marine Ecology and Conservation
Kathryn Mengerink SIO Lecturer, Staff Attorney Environmental Law Institute
Sarah Mesnick - Ecologist and CMBC Liaison to NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, SIO Lecturer
Marco Octavio Aburto-Oropeza - Project Scientist, Gulf of California
Brad Erisman - Postdoctoral Employee, Gulf of California
Alan Sielen - Senior Fellow for  International Environmental Policy
Michael Tillman - Research Associate
Marcia Moreno-Baez - Postdoctoral Employee, Gulf of California
Dan Cartamil - Project Scientist, Shark research consortium
Andrew Nosal - Postdoctoral Employee, Shark research consortium

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CMBC Affiliated Faculty  & Researchers

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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
4105 Hubbs Hall

Ballance, Lisa: Director, Protected Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interest: Ecology and conservation of cetaceans and seabirds
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/prd
(858) 546-7173

Barlow, Jay: Leader, EEZ Mammals and Acoustics Program, Protected Resources Division,  NOAA Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Adjunct Professor of Biological Oceanography SIO
Research interest: Marine mammals and acoustics
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/prd-eez.aspx
(858) 546-7178

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
2140 Hubbs Hall

Geoffrey Braswell: Associate Professor
Research interests: Settlement pattern studies; emergence of complex society and economic systems, alternative  models of social and political systems.
858-822-0726
284 Soc. Sci Bldg.

Callender, Craig:  Professor, Philosophy & Ethics
Research interest:  Philosophy of science
858-822-4911
8077 H & SS
 

Research interest: Natural Resource/Environmental Economics, Applied Economics, Econometrics
http://dss.ucsd.edu/~rcarson/
(858) 534-1055
323 Economics Building   

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

Cayan, Dan:  Researcher CASPO
Research interest:  links between gloabl-regional climate variability and hydrologic fluctuations; large-scale exchange of heat and water between ocean and atmosphere.
858-534-4507
201 B Nierenberg Hall

Charles, Chris: Associate Professor Geoscience
Research interest: Paleoceanography/paleoclimatology, biogechemical cycling
858-534-5911 

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
2220 Sverdrup Hall

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

Bruce Cornuelle:  Research oceanographer, Associate Director CSPO
Research Interest:  Large-scale ocean circulation, acoustic remote sensing
858-534-4021
411 Nierenberg Hall

Cowhey, Peter: Dean, Director Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
Research interest: international political economy, comparative foreign policy, biological threats
(858) 534-1946
4200 RBC-IRPS/IGCC

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
332 Ritter Hall

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
203 Vaughan Hall

Driscoll, Neal :  Professor Geoscience Research Division
Research interests:  Sea-level fluctuations, sedimentation and stratigraphy 
http://sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/?who=ndriscoll 
(858)822-5026
307 Vaughan Hall  

Dutton, Peter: Leader, Marine Turtle Genetics Program, Protected Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries Service, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Lecturer SIO.
Research interest: marine turtles, conservation genetics, tagging and tracking
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/prd-turtles/
(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
306 Social Science Building

Evans, Ivan: Professor of Sociology
Research Interest: Sociology of the Environment (Climate change and politics of water management in S. Africa)
858-534-2614
489 Soc Sci Bldg

Evans, John H.: Professor of Sociology/Chair
Research interest: Sociology of Culture, Religion, Politics, Bioethics
858-534-2779
401 Soc Sci Bldg.

Franks, Peter: Professor of Biological Oceanography
Research interest:  Phytoplankton ecology
858-534-7528

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
102 Vaughan Hall

Fricker, Helen : Associate Professor, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP)
Research Interest: distribution and movement of marine ice
(858) 534-6145
3202 Munk lab/IGPP

Gee, Jeff: Professor Geoscience
Research interest: studies of past geomagnetic field variations, particularly intensity fluctuations
858-534-4707
300 Ritter Hall

Gerrodette, Tim:  Leader, ETP Cetacean Assessment Program, Protected Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interest: assessment, management and conservation of marine life
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/prd-etp
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

Gneezy, Ayelet: Assistant Professor, Rady School of Management
Research Interest:
858-534-4131
3S154 Otterson Hall

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)

Groves, Theodore (Ted): Professor Economics
Research interest: microeconomic theory and regulation, public and welfare economics
http://econ.ucsd.edu/~tgroves/
(858) 534-2818
317 Economics Building

Hamdoun, Amro: Assistant Professor
Research interests: Cell and Development Biology, environmental toxicology
Hubbs Hall
(858) 822-5839

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
201 Vaughan Hall

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
303 CCS Bldg & 23 Old Scripps Bldg
 

Hewitt, Roger: Assistant Center Director, NOAA Fisheries Service, 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

Iacobellis, Sam:  Senior Lecturer SIO CASPO
Research interest: air-sea interactions, climate modeling
858-534-3126
204 Nierenberg Hall

Jackson, Jeremy: Former Director of CMBC (Retired)
Research interest:   Paleobiology and macroevolution; speciation and extinction;
ecology and paleoecology of coral reefs
http://cmbc.ucsd.edu/Faculty_and_Researchers/jackson
http://www.oceanrx.org

Jacobsen, Mark: Assistant Professor - Economics
Research interest:  Economics of climate change, environmental policy instruments
http://econ.ucsd.edu/~m3jacobs/
(858) 822-7767
223 Economics Building

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

Kennel, Charlie: Professor
Research interest: Global environmental science, intersection of science and policy
858-822-6524
338 Nierenberg Hall

Kline, David: Assistant Project Scientist
Research Interest:  climate change research, experimental ecology, marine diseases, coral reproduction.  Impacts of increasing CO2 and temperatures on coral reefs.
858-534-8947
216 Sverdrup Hall

Knowlton, Nancy: 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

Krishnan, Vish - Professor, Rady School of Management
Research Interest:  new product development and process innovation
858-822-1991
35144 Otterson Hall

Lake, David, Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean of Social Science
858-534-6073
501 Soc. Sci Bldg

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
328 Ritter Hall

Levin, Lisa A.: Professor of Oceanography; Director CMBC
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
2236 Sverdrup Hall

McIntosh, Craig: Assistant Professor of Economics, IR/PS
Research interest: development economist focused on program evaluation, policy impacts
http://irps.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/craig-mcintosh.htm
(858) 822-1125
Room 1305 IRPS (MC 0519)

Mengerink, Kathryn:  SIO Lecturer, 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 and Science Liaison, NOAA Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, SIO Lecturer
Research interest: patterns of species diversity, conservation and management of endangered marine vertebrates, social and molecular ecology of marine mammal
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/prd-behavior
/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

Nosal, Andrew P, Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interest: spatial ecology of elasmobranch fishes (sharks and rays), particularly the mechanisms governing movement phenomena, such as aggregation behavior, sexual segregration, seasonal migration, navigation, and diel activity patterns.
http://cmbc.ucsd.edu/People/nosal

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
2153 Sverdrup Hall

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

Perrin, Bill:  NOAA Research Scientist
Research interest:  systematics and ecology of cetaceans
858-546-7096

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
Name a Species
(858) 534-7973
2170 Hubbs Hall

Sandin, Stuart: Assistant Professor - Marine Ecology
Research interest: Marine community ecology and conservation
/sandin
858-534-4150
4150 Hubbs Hall

Send, Uwe: Professor
Research interest: ocean observing techniques and systems.; Ocean-climate interaction, CO2 uptake, acidificaiton
858-822-6710
446 Nierenberg Hall

Semmens, Brice:  Assistant Professor
Research interest: quantitative ecology, stock assessment, marine ecology, conservation biology, coral reef ecology, fisheries management.
858-822-0518
3140 Hubbs Hall
What PBS series episode "Grouper Moon" with Brice Semmens, Christy Pattlengill-Semmens (REEF) and others

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, Lecturer Rady School, Lecturer SIO
Research interest:  environmental policy, sustainable development, climate and remote sensing data policy
(858) 822-2489
http://esi.ucsd.edu
13314 Akinson Hall

Shurin, Jonathan:  Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interest:  Community and ecosystem ecology in aquatic environments
858-534-0705
4258 Biology Bldg.

Smith, Jennifer: Assistant Professor
Research Interest: benthic marine ecosystems
/smith
(858) 246-0803
2160 Hubbs Hall

Stasch, Rupert: Associate Professor Anthropology
Sociocultural anthopology (Melanesia, Indonesia)
858-246-0534
276 Social Science Bldg.

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
2120 Hubbs Hall  

Squires, Dale:  Leader, Social Science Program, Fisheries Resources Divsion, NOAA Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Adjunct Professor, UCSD Department of Economics
Research interest : natural resource and environmental economics: fisheries economics,
productivity, regulation
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/frd
(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
306 E SDSC

Taylor, Barbara:  Leader, Marine Mammal Genetics Program,  Protected Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interests: recovery factors for endangered marine mammals
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/prd
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/

Tresguerres, Martin, Asst. Professor
858-534-5895
3135 Hubbs Hall

Vacquier, Vic:  Professor emeritus/IGERT Advisory panel memeber
 Research interest: Fertilization in arine invertebrates
858-534-403

Vetter, Russ:  Director, Fisheries Resources Division,  NOAA Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research interest: fish ecology and molecular genetics
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/frd
(858)546-7125

Walker, H.J.: Marine Vertebrate Collection Manager
Research interest: fish identification
858-534-2199
231 Vaughan Hall

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
310 Economics Building

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