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Department Chair: Rita Mehta	Department Manager: Stephanie Zakarian
Graduate Program Coordinator: Judy Straub	Department Assistant: Eva Chudnow
Undergraduate Program Coordinator/Lead Advisor: Rexton Lynn	Undergraduate Advisor: Aubrie Tait
Biology Teaching Laboratory and Facilities Support Technician: Nicole Hack
Department Office: (831) 459-5358	Administrative Office: CBB, Room 207, 209

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Faculty

Name	Title	Email
Suzanne H Alonzo	Title Associate Vice Provost Full Professor	Email shalonzo@ucsc.edu
Roxanne Santina Beltran	Title Assistant Professor	Email rsbeltra@ucsc.edu
Giacomo Bernardi	Title Professor	Email bernardi@ucsc.edu
Abraham Lee Borker	Title Assistant Teaching Professor	Email aborker@ucsc.edu
Mark H Carr	Title Professor	Email mhcarr@ucsc.edu
Omar Eduardo Cornejo Ordaz	Title Associate Professor	Email omcornej@ucsc.edu
Daniel P Costa	Title Director Institute of Marine Science Distinguished Professor	Email costa@ucsc.edu
Donald A Croll	Title Professor	Email dcroll@ucsc.edu
Robin C Dunkin	Title Associate Teaching Professor Faculty Director \| Teaching and Learning Center Director of Marine Mammal Stranding Program	Email rdunkin@ucsc.edu
Laurel R Fox	Title Professor Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Email fox@ucsc.edu
Kathleen M Kay	Title Professor Jean H. Langenheim Chair in Plant Ecology and Evolution	Email kmkay@ucsc.edu
Joanna Lynne Kelley	Title Associate Professor	Email jokelley@ucsc.edu
Auston Marmaduke Kilpatrick	Title Professor	Email akilpatr@ucsc.edu
Kristy Kroeker	Title Professor Associate Dean of Research and Research Impact	Email kkroeker@ucsc.edu
Bruce E Lyon	Title Professor	Email belyon@ucsc.edu
Aide Macias Khan	Title Assistant Professor	Email amacia16@ucsc.edu
Rita S Mehta	Title Professor, Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Email rmehta2@ucsc.edu
Eric Peter Palkovacs	Title Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Director, Fisheries Collaborative Program	Email epalkova@ucsc.edu
Ingrid M Parker	Title Professor	Email imparker@ucsc.edu
Malin Pinsky	Title Associate Professor	Email mpinsky@ucsc.edu
Jarmila Pittermann	Title Professor	Email jpitterm@ucsc.edu
Grant Pogson	Title Professor Emeritus	Email pogson@ucsc.edu ghpogson@gmail.com
Donald C Potts	Title Professor	Email potts@ucsc.edu potts@biology.ucsc.edu
Peter T Raimondi	Title Professor	Email raimondi@ucsc.edu
Beth Alison Shapiro	Title Professor Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor	Email bashapir@ucsc.edu
Terrie M Williams	Title Professor	Email tmwillia@ucsc.edu
Erika S Zavaleta	Title Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor CAMINO Faculty Director Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Faculty Director	Email zavaleta@ucsc.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Title	Email
James A Estes	Title Adjunct Professor	Email jestes@ucsc.edu
Lynda J Goff		Email goff@ucsc.edu
Burney J Leboeuf	Title Professor Emeritus	Email leboeuf@ucsc.edu
Andrew T Newberry	Title Professor Emeritus Biology	Email taxa@ucsc.edu
Charles L Ortiz	Title Professor	Email clortiz@ucsc.edu ortiz@biology.ucsc.edu
John N Thompson	Title Distinquished Research Professor	Email jnthomp@ucsc.edu

Lecturers

Name	Title	Email
Kristen Kusic Heady	Title Lecturer	Email kkusic@ucsc.edu
Christopher M Lay	Title Lecturer Administrative Director, Kenneth Norris Center for Natural History	Email cml@ucsc.edu
Baldo B Marinovic	Title Lecturer Research Associate	Email bbmarino@ucsc.edu
Timothy J Miller	Title Doctor	Email tijmille@ucsc.edu t1m1ll3r@gmail.com
Sean B Reilly	Title Lecturer	Email sreilly@ucsc.edu

PostDocs

Name	Title	Email
Lucas Da Cunha Godoy	Title PhD	Email ldacunha@ucsc.edu lcgodoy@duck.com
Obed Garcia	Title Postdoctoral Scholar	Email ogarci12@ucsc.edu
Nicky Lustenhouwer	Title Postdoctoral scholar	Email nlustenh@ucsc.edu

Graduate Students

Name	Title	Email
Salma Abdel-Raheem	Title PhD Student	Email stabdelr@ucsc.edu salma@ucsc.edu
Serena Vilaga Barasi	Title Graduate Student	Email sbarasi@ucsc.edu
Jessie Beck	Title PhD Candidate	Email jnbeck@ucsc.edu jessie@oikonos.org
Kathryn Marie Bernier	Title PhD Candidate - Zavaleta Lab	Email kmbernie@ucsc.edu bernier.kathryn@gmail.com
Jaelyn Teresa Bos	Title Graduate Student	Email jbos@ucsc.edu
Wendy Bragg	Title PhD Candidate - Raimondi Lab	Email wbragg@ucsc.edu
Timothy Michael Brown	Title Graduate Student - Zavaleta Lab	Email timbrown@ucsc.edu
Tina Cai	Title Graduate Student - Kelley Lab	Email qcai17@ucsc.edu
Elsie Cecilia Prieto Carrillo	Title Graduate Student, Mehta Lab	Email elpcarri@ucsc.edu
Molly Rose Cassatt‑Johnstone	Title Graduate Student - Shapiro Lab	Email mcassatt@ucsc.edu
Cerise Chen	Title PhD Candidate- Bernardi Lab	Email jchen263@ucsc.edu
Jahiya Clark	Title PhD Student - Zavaleta Lab	Email jclark17@ucsc.edu
George Michael Colaco	Title Graduate Student	Email gcolaco@ucsc.edu
Jenna Contuchio	Title PhD Student	Email jecontuc@ucsc.edu
Louise Alissa De Morais	Title PhD Candidate, Alonzo Lab	Email ldemorai@ucsc.edu louisem.alissa@gmail.com
Aspen Aurora Ellis	Title Ph.D. Student	Email aaellis@ucsc.edu
Iris Thalia Flores	Title PhD Student- Kroeker Lab	Email irtflore@ucsc.edu
Billy Gardner	Title Graduate Student - Kilpatrick Lab	Email wjgardne@ucsc.edu
Francis David Gerraty	Title PhD Student	Email fgerraty@ucsc.edu
Cecilia Adela Girvin	Title PhD Student	Email cegirvin@ucsc.edu
Matthew Robert Glasenapp	Title PhD Candidate	Email mglasena@ucsc.edu
Laura Conlin Goetz	Title PhD Candidate and NOAA Affiliate	Email lgoetz@ucsc.edu laura.c.goetz@noaa.gov
Julia Harencar	Title Ph.D. Candidate - Kay Lab	Email jharenca@ucsc.edu jharencar@gmail.com
Natasha Andrea Hinojosa	Title Ph.D. Candidate	Email nahinojo@ucsc.edu natasha.a.hinojosa@gmail.com
Evan Ho	Title Graduate Student	Email evho@ucsc.edu
Elizabeth Anne Howard	Title Director, Younger Lagoon Reserve Graduate Student, EEB	Email eahoward@ucsc.edu
Uwayezu Janvier	Title Graduate Student- Meyer Lab	Email ujanvier@ucsc.edu
Nautica Tarez Jones	Title Ph.D Student	Email natjones@ucsc.edu
Pedro Juarez	Title Ph.D student / Kay Plant Evolution Lab	Email pjuarez1@ucsc.edu pedrojuarezr@gmail.com
Nikolas John Kaplanis	Title PhD Candidate - Raimondi - Carr Lab	Email nkaplani@ucsc.edu
Kelly Ann Keen	Title Graduate Student - Costa Lab	Email keakeen@ucsc.edu
Matthew Choi Kustra	Title PhD Candidate -Alonzo Lab	Email mkustra@ucsc.edu
Edith Lai	Title PhD Student	Email edylai@ucsc.edu
Hugh Evan Leonard	Title PhD Student	Email heleonar@ucsc.edu
Nikka Malakooti	Title PhD Candidate	Email nmalakoo@ucsc.edu malakooti@ucsc.edu
Madeline Grace Mcnelis	Title PhD Student	Email mmcnelis@ucsc.edu
Scottie Herndon Meek	Title Graduate Student - Pittermann Lab	Email msmeek@ucsc.edu
Miranda Kathleen Melen	Title PhD Candidate - Parker Lab	Email mkmelen@ucsc.edu
Megan Molinari	Title Graduate Student	Email mmolina9@ucsc.edu megmolinari@gmail.com
Calvin Joseph Munson	Title Graduate Student - Carr Lab	Email cmunson@ucsc.edu
Emily Corinne Nazario	Title PhD Student - Williams Lab	Email enazario@ucsc.edu
Sushmita Poudel	Title Graduate Student-Conservation and Solutions Lab	Email spoudel@ucsc.edu sus.poudel22@gmail.com
Ando Landisoa Rabearisoa	Title PhD Student, Croll Lab	Email arabeari@ucsc.edu
Amelia Hope Reynolds	Title Masters Student	Email ahreynol@ucsc.edu ameliahreynolds@gmail.com
Milagros Guadalupe Rivera	Title PhD Student	Email migriver@ucsc.edu
Kara Ryan	Title Graduate Student	Email kamaryan@ucsc.edu
Ryan Salladay	Title Graduate Student- Pittermann Lab	Email rsallada@ucsc.edu
Allyson Christine Sawkins	Title PhD Candidate - Bernardi Lab	Email asawkins@ucsc.edu
Garrett Thomas Shipway	Title PhD Student	Email gshipway@ucsc.edu
Madeline Claire Slimp	Title Graduate Student	Email mslimp@ucsc.edu
Haley Sophie Robb Spears	Title Graduate Student - Costa Lab	Email hsrobb@ucsc.edu
Nikita Meenakshi Sridhar	Title PhD Student - Kroeker Lab	Email nmsridha@ucsc.edu nikitasridhar12@gmail.com
Theresa‑Anne Marie Tatom‑Naecker	Title Graduate Student - Costa Lab	Email ttatomna@ucsc.edu theresa.naecker@gmail.com
Georgia Margaret Third	Title PhD student	Email gthird@ucsc.edu
Florencia Ornela Vilches	Title PhD student - Costa/Beltran Labs	Email fvilches@ucsc.edu
Ben Walker	Title PhD Candidate	Email bejwalke@ucsc.edu
Ciara Mary Wanket	Title Graduate Student	Email cwanket@ucsc.edu
Vincent Weber	Title Graduate Student	Email viweber@ucsc.edu
Eric Crosman Witte	Title Graduate Student - Bernardi Lab	Email ewitte@ucsc.edu
Shinji Yamamoto	Title Graduate Student - Bernardi Lab	Email syamamo5@ucsc.edu
Haleigh Tien-Yu Yang	Title PhD Student	Email hatyang@ucsc.edu
Emma Yockman	Title Graduate Student - Parker Lab	Email eyockman@ucsc.edu
Maya Zeff	Title Graduate Student – Global Change Research Group	Email mgreenhi@ucsc.edu

Researchers and Administrative Staff

Name	Title	Email
Stephanie Adamczak	Title Graduate Student	Email sadamcza@ucsc.edu
Karah N Ammann	Title Research Specialist	Email kncox@ucsc.edu karah.ammann@ucsc.edu
Laura Marie Anderson	Title Associate Research Specialist	Email lmanders@ucsc.edu
Lina Maria Arcila Hernandez	Title Postdoctoral Researcher	Email larcilah@ucsc.edu linaarcila@gmail.com
Susan Arnold	Title Staff Research Associate/Instructional Support Staff Biology Teaching Labs	Email sarnold@ucsc.edu
Alex Baer	Title Pittermann Lab Biologist	Email abbaer@ucsc.edu
Christy A Bell	Title Research Specialist	Email bell@ucsc.edu
Eva Patlak Chudnow	Title Department Assistant	Email echudnow@ucsc.edu
Kelsey Nicole Cochran	Title Assistant Specialist	Email kncochra@ucsc.edu
Rishi De Kayne	Title Dr.	Email rdekayne@ucsc.edu
Melissa A Douglas	Title Intertidal Research Specialist	Email mredfiel@ucsc.edu melissa.douglas@ucsc.edu
Arina Bronzatto Favilla	Title Graduate Student - The Costa Lab	Email afavilla@ucsc.edu
Nathaniel Clayton Fletcher	Title Associate Specialist	Email nfletche@ucsc.edu
Sarah Mackenzie Ford	Title Lab Manager I	Email sford1@ucsc.edu
Rani N Gaddam	Title Research Associate	Email gaddam@ucsc.edu
Madilyn Marisa Gamble	Title NSF Postdoctoral Fellow	Email mmgamble@ucsc.edu
Maya K George	Title Research Specialist	Email mgeorge@ucsc.edu
Nicole Leslie Hack	Title Biology Teaching Laboratory and Facilities Support Technician	Email nhack@ucsc.edu
Julia Harencar	Title Ph.D. Candidate - Kay Lab	Email jharenca@ucsc.edu jharencar@gmail.com
Elizabeth Anne Howard	Title Director, Younger Lagoon Reserve Graduate Student, EEB	Email eahoward@ucsc.edu
Traci L Kendall	Title Specialist Williams Lab Program Manager	Email tkendall@ucsc.edu
Jessica Marielle Kendall‑Bar	Title Research Fellow	Email jmkendal@ucsc.edu jkb@ucsc.edu
Isabel Orozco Kline	Title Genomics Lab Assistant	Email mohernan@ucsc.edu
Charlie Rexton Lynn	Title Undergraduate Program Coordinator/Lead Advisor	Email crlynn@ucsc.edu eebadvising@ucsc.edu
Daniel P Malone	Title Associate Specialist	Email dmalone@ucsc.edu
Susan Lynn McEvoy	Title Postdoctoral Scientist	Email sumcevoy@ucsc.edu
Blair McLaughlin	Title Associate Researcher, Climate Change Adaptation Scientist	Email bcmclaug@ucsc.edu blair.mclaughlin@ucsc.edu
Joseph E Merz	Title Assistant Adjunct Professor Research Associate	Email jemerz@ucsc.edu
Carrie Melissa Miner	Title Academic Specialist	Email cmminer@ucsc.edu
Megan Molinari	Title Graduate Student	Email mmolina9@ucsc.edu megmolinari@gmail.com
Mark M Morales	Title Postdoctoral Scholar	Email mamamora@ucsc.edu
Emily Corinne Nazario	Title PhD Student - Williams Lab	Email enazario@ucsc.edu
Lexi Necarsulmer	Title Assistant Specialist	Email anecarsu@ucsc.edu
Suzanne Ou	Title Director of Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program	Email suou@ucsc.edu
Anthony M Pagano	Title #	Email ampagano@ucsc.edu
Anjana Parandhaman	Title Postdoctoral Scholar	Email aparandh@ucsc.edu
Sarah E Peterson		Email saepeter@ucsc.edu sarahpeterson23@gmail.com
Alejandro Pietrek	Title Research Associate	Email apietrek@ucsc.edu alepietrek@gmail.com
Martin Francis Quigley	Title Executive Director Adjunct Professor	Email maquigle@ucsc.edu martin.quigley@du.edu
Racine Eileen Rangel	Title Postdoctoral Researcher	Email rrangel3@ucsc.edu
Patrick W Robinson	Title Año Nuevo Reserve Director Lecturer	Email farfol@ucsc.edu patrick.robinson@ucsc.edu
Alexis Rodriguez	Title Biology Teaching Labs Support Technician	Email arodri95@ucsc.edu
William Ernest Seligmann	Title Junior Research Specialist	Email wseligma@ucsc.edu
Regina Spranger	Title Research Fellow	Email rsprange@ucsc.edu
Judy Straub	Title Graduate Program Coordinator Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-Based Opportunities (CAMINO)	Email jstraub@ucsc.edu
Aubrie Dawn Tait	Title EEB Undergraduate Academic Advisor	Email atait@ucsc.edu
Karen Tanner	Title Research Fellow - Parker Lab	Email ketanner@ucsc.edu
Bernie R Tershy	Title Adjunct Professor	Email tershy@ucsc.edu bernie.tershy@gmail.com
Bryan Randall Tom	Title Principal Animal Technician	Email btom@ucsc.edu
Kathryn Anne Uckele	Title Postdoctoral Scholar	Email kuckele@ucsc.edu
Stella Villegas Amtmann	Title Associate Researcher	Email svillega@ucsc.edu
Stephanie C Zakarian	Title Department Manager	Email szak@ucsc.edu
Kelly M Zilliacus	Title Specialist	Email kzilli@ucsc.edu