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Department Chair:
Andrew M. Moore
Faculty
Affiliated Faculty

Ocean Sciences
Earth & Marine Sciences Bldg.
A-312 Office
A-316 Mailroom
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-4730
Fax: (831) 459-4882
Email: Ocean Sciences
Directions & Parking

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Faculty
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Kenneth
W. Bruland,
Professor
Interests:
Chemical oceanography;
biogeochemistry
of trace metals
and radionuclides,
aquatic chemistry
and geochemistry |
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Margaret
L. (Peggy)
Delaney,
Professor
Interests:
Paleoceanography;
marine geochemistry |
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Christopher
A. Edwards,
Associate Professor
Interests:
Physical oceanography,
numeric modeling
of coastal
and basin-scale
dynamics |
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Robert
E. Garrison,
Professor Emeritus |
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Raphael
M. Kudela,
Professor
Interests:
Ecological
modeling and
remote sensing;
satellite oceanography;
phytoplankton
ecology and
harmful algal
blooms |
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Matthew D. McCarthy, Associate Professor
Interests: Organic geochemistry, marine organic geochemistry, global biogeochemical cycles. Particularly use of amino acids and other nitrogen-containing biomarkers to study open ocean and hydrothermal sea floor ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. |
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Andrew M. Moore , Professor, Department Chair
Interests: Ocean dynamics, numerical modeling and data assimilation, coastal oceanography, tropical air-sea interaction and tropical climate variability, generalized stability analysis, ocean prediction and predictability, adjoint methods in oceanography and meteorology. |
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A.
Christina Ravelo,
Professor
Interests:
Stable isotope
geochemistry
and chemical
oceanography;
paleoclimatology |
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Mary
W. Silver,
Professor Emeritus
Interests: Toxic phytoplankton and food webs; pelagic detrital communities; particle dynamics; plankton ecology |
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Sharon E. Stammerjohn, Assistant Professor
Interests:
Polar oceanography and climate, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding environmental and ecosystem response to climate variability
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Jonathan
P. Zehr,
Professor
Interests:
Aquatic microbial
ecology; biological
oceanography |
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Affiliated Faculty
and Professional
Interests
Faculty
in related
disciplines
from other
departments
and local institutions,
as well as
academic research
affiliates
of the interdepartmental Institute
of Marine Sciences may be invited
to join the
Marine Sciences
Graduate Group.
As such they
may instruct
some courses
in the Ocean
Sciences curriculum
and sponsor
students in
the Ocean Sciences Ph.D. and Marine
Sciences Masters degree programs
administered
by the Ocean
Sciences Department.
Michael Beck, Assistant Adjunct Professor
Interests: Marine conservation, regional biodiversity planning,
habitat restoration, marine proprietary rights
The Nature Conservancy
Long Marine Laboratory
100 Shaffer Rd. UCSC
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Giacomo
Bernardi,
Professor,
Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
Interests: Molecular
ecology and evolution
of fishes
Mark
H. Carr,
Professor,
Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
Interests: Population and Community Ecology of Coastal Marine Organisms
Daniel
P. Costa, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Interests:
Physiological
ecology of marine
mammals and birds
Donald
Croll, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Interests:
Marine ecology, marine conservation biology
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Andrew Fisher,
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Interests: Hydrogeology, crustal studies, heat flow, modeling
A.
Russell Flegal,
Professor, Environmental Toxicology
Interests:
Elemental cycles
in terrestrial
and aquatic systems;
isotope geochemistry;
environmental
toxicology
Laurel
R. Fox, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Interests:
Population and
community ecology, plant-herbivore interactions
John Carlos Garza,
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Interests: Population and ecological genetics of marine
organisms
Fisheries Ecology Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
110 Shaffer Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
James
B. Gill,
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Interests:
Igneous petrology
and geochemistry
of island arcs
Gary
B. Griggs,
Professor,
Earth and Planetary Sciences;
IMS Director
Interests:
Coastal geology,
hazards and engineering
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Steven Haddock, Associate Adjunct Professor
Interests: Ecology of bioluminescence and gelatinous
zooplankton from blue-water and deep-sea environments
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Sean A. Hayes, Assistant Adjunct Professor
Interests: Behavior, ecology, genetics and population dynamics
with a particular interest in salmon and pinnipeds.
Fisheries Ecology Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
110 Shaffer Rd
Santa Cruz CA, 95060
Roger Linington, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Interests: Marine Natural Products, Marine Microbiology, Drugs for Neglected Diseases, Chemical Biology, Chemical Probes
Marc
S. Mangel,
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Interests:
Quantitative
and behavioral
ecology; marine
fisheries,
with
particular application
to salmonids,
rockfish and
krill
Baldo
Marinovic,
Lecturer in
Biology
Interests:
plankton biology,
euphausiid (krill)
population biology,
zooplankton ecology,
pelagic food
web dynamics
and the potential
impact of climate
change on zooplankton
and fisheries
interactions
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Jeffrey
D. Paduan,
Associate Adjunct
Professor of
Ocean Sciences
Interests:
Coastal ocean
dynamics; physical
oceanographic
modeling from
high frequency
radar data
Naval Postgraduate School
Code, OC/Pd -
Monterey, CA 93943
Adina Paytan, Lecturer
Interests: Biogeochemistry, Paleoceanography, Chemical Oceanography, Environmental and Aquatic Chemistry
Grant
H. Pogson,
Associate Professor,
Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
Interests:
Molecular and
ecological genetics
of marine invertebrates
and fishes
Carrie
Pomeroy,
Lecturer
Interests:
Marine policy
and fisheries
management
California Sea Grant Marine Advisor
UCCE Santa Cruz County
1432 Freedom Blvd.
Watsonville, CA 95076
Donald
C. Potts,
Professor,
Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
Interests:
Coral reef ecology,
biodiversity
and systematics;
population biology;
tropical biology
Peter
Raimondi, Professor and Chair, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Interests:
Subtidal and
intertidal community
ecology, ecology
and evolutionary Biology of Marine Organisms
Colleen Reichmuth, Associate Research Biologist and Lecturer
Interests: Behavioral, sensory, and cognitive ecology of marine mammals
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Scott A. Shaffer , Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, San Jose State University
Interests: Research interests include Physiological Ecology of vertebrate animals, espcially birds and mammals. Expertise includes the use of doubly labeled water for detemining field metabolic rates and water flux as well as the application of novel micro-processor based technologies (i.e. data logging tags) to measure behavior and physiology in the field.
Lisa
C. Sloan,
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Dean Graduate Division
Interests:
Paleoclimatology
and Earth system
science,
modeling
of ancient surface
processes, environments
and climates
Donald
R. Smith,
Professor, Environmental Toxicology
Interests:
Toxicology of
aquatic metal
exposures, metabolism
and mechanisms
of action
Kenneth L. Smith , Adjunct Professor
Interests: Pelagic-benthic coupling in the abyssal eartern North Pacific
Senior Scientist
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone: (831) 775-1710
http://www.mbari.org/staff/ksmith/
Randall
S. Wells,
Adjunct
Professor
Interests:
Behavioral ecology
and conservation
biology of small
cetaceans
Senior Conservation Scientist & Dolphin Research Program Manager
Mote Marine Laboratory
1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida 34236 USA
Tel: (941) 388-2705 Fax: (941) 388-4223 www.sarasotadolphin.org
Alexandra Z. Worden, Assistant Adjunct Professor
Interests: Mechanisms and controls of microbial population dynamics
with an emphasis on carbon cycling in marine ecosystems
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
James
C. Zachos,
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Interests:
Paleoceanography,
marine stratigraphy
and stable isotope
geochemistry
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