Faculty Directory

• Associate Vice Provost
• Full Professor

• shalonzo@ucsc.edu

• Alonzo Lab Website
• Google Scholar Profile

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 223

Sexual selection, social behavior, evolutionary theory, quantitative methods in ecology and evolution

• Assistant Professor

• rsbeltra@ucsc.edu

• Lab Website
• Google Scholar

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 215

Marine mammal behavior at the intersection of physiology and ecology. Diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. 

• Professor

• bernardi@ucsc.edu

• Bernardi Lab
• Selected Publications

• Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building, A248

• Assistant Teaching Professor

• aborker@ucsc.edu

• UCSC Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program
• Personal Website

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 240

• Professor

• mhcarr@ucsc.edu

• Carr lab
• Selected Publications
• Google Scholar

• Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building, 254 A

Ecology of coastal marine ecosystems

• Associate Professor

• omcornej@ucsc.edu

• Cornejo Lab

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 272

Understanding how evolutionary processes that have shaped host and microbe genomes can increase our ability to predict organismal health and disease. In our lab we study how natural selection Read more ...

• Director Institute of Marine Science
• Distinguished Professor

• costa@ucsc.edu

• Costa Lab

• CSC Coastal Biology Auxiliary Building, CBB 256

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Postdoctoral, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

• Professor

• dcroll@ucsc.edu

• Lab Web Page
• Selected Publications

• Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building, 248B

• Associate Teaching Professor
• Faculty Director | Teaching and Learning Center
• Director of Marine Mammal Stranding Program

• rdunkin@ucsc.edu

• Dunkin Lab Home
• Teaching and Learning Center

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 211

• Professor Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

• fox@ucsc.edu

• Fox Lab

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 265 CBB

• Professor
• Jean H. Langenheim Chair in Plant Ecology and Evolution

• kmkay@ucsc.edu

• Kay Lab
• Publications

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 258

Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Genetics

• Associate Professor

• jokelley@ucsc.edu

• Kelley Lab

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 270

My research group focuses on evolutionary and functional genomics and adaptation to extreme environments. We are interested in understanding how populations diverge and adapt to the environments Read more ...

• Professor

• akilpatr@ucsc.edu

• Kilpatrick Lab
• Publications

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 252

Disease Ecology
Population Biology
Conservation

• Professor
• Associate Dean of Research and Research Impact

• kkroeker@ucsc.edu

• Lab webpage

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 221

Community ecology, species interactions, global change biology, marine ecology

• Professor

• belyon@ucsc.edu

• Lyon Lab
• Lyon Publications

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 276 Coastal Biology Building

Evolutionary Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Ornithology

• Assistant Professor

• amacia16@ucsc.edu

• Lab Website
• Google Scholar

Eviolutionary Biology, Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Genetics

• Assistant Professor

• amart474@ucsc.edu
• arimartinez043@gmail.com

• Forest Fear Lab

I am interested in understanding the causes and consequences of social information for species interactions from the perspectives of behavioral and community ecology.  Social information that Read more ...

• Professor, Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

• rmehta2@ucsc.edu

• ELVer UCSC
• Selected Publications

• Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building, Coastal Biology Building 265

Comparative physiology
Functional morphology
Behavioral ecology, Animal Behavior, Ethology

• Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
• Director, Fisheries Collaborative Program

• epalkova@ucsc.edu

• Palkovacs Lab

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, CBB 225

Freshwater ecology, eco-evolutionary dynamics, fisheries and fish ecology

• Professor

• imparker@ucsc.edu

• Parker lab page
• Selected Publications (Google Scholar)

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 260

Plant ecology and evolution, invasion biology, plant conservation, restoration

• Associate Professor

• mpinsky@ucsc.edu

• Global Change Research Group

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 217

Adaptation of species to environmental change, from genes to communities, including quantitative ecology and population genomics.

• Professor

• jpitterm@ucsc.edu

• Pittermann Lab
• Selected Publications

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 274

• Professor Emeritus

• pogson@ucsc.edu
• ghpogson@gmail.com

• Pogson Lab
• Selected Publications

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 254 Coastal Biology Building

• Professor

• potts@ucsc.edu
• potts@biology.ucsc.edu

• Potts Laboratory
• Selected Publications

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, CBB 213

• Professor

• raimondi@ucsc.edu

• Raimondi/Carr Lab
• Selected Publications

• Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building, Center for Ocean Heallth, Room 254B

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Marine Organisms

Statisitics

Experimental Design and analysis 

• Professor
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor

• bashapir@ucsc.edu

• UCSC Paleogenomics Lab

• Biomedical Sciences, 144

Molecular evolution; Genome evolution; Ancient DNA

• Distinquished Research Professor

• jnthomp@ucsc.edu

• Thompson Laboratory homepage
• Selected Publications

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 278 Coastal Biology Building

Coevolution of species; evolution and ecology of interactions among species; assembly and diversification of the web of life

• Professor

• tmwillia@ucsc.edu

• Williams Lab
• Selected Publications

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 262

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
• CAMINO Faculty Director
• Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Faculty Director

• zavaleta@ucsc.edu

• The Zavaleta Lab
• Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program
• Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities

• CSC Coastal Biology Building, 268

Ecology
Conservation Science
Global Change Biology
Plant Biodiversity
Plant-Animal Interactions
Meta-analysis
Community and Ecosystem Dynamics
Nitrogen Read more ...