Personnel

Graduate Students

	Affiliation	Areas of Research	Advisor	Email
Nina Bean	CSU, Northridge	Acclimatization potential of reef-building corals exposed to global and local stressors	Peter Edmunds	Email
Danielle Becker	University of Rhode Island	Impacts of local and global anthropogenic stressors on coral reef resilience.	Hollie Putnam	Email
Stephanie Bilodeau	Georgia Institute of Technology	Spatial ecology and species interactions on coral reefs	Mark Hay	Email
Noe Castenada	UC Santa Barbara	Morphological and behavioral variation in feeding interactions of reef fishes	Deron Burkepile	Email
Dennis Conetta	University of Rhode Island		Hollie Putnam	Email
Dana Cook	UC Santa Barbara	Effects of spatial heterogeneity in browsing on coral reef community and dynamics.	Russell J. Schmitt	Email
Melissa Duvall	Duke University	Interactions between reef topography and hydrodynamics	Jim Hench	Email
Erica "Rickie" Ewton	Oregon State University	Reciprical interactions between coral microbiome and coral bleaching	Andrew Thurber	Email
Jordan Gallagher	UC Santa Barbara	Effects of anthropogenic nutrients on macroalgal performance and reef resilience	Sally Holbrook	Email
Jack Girard	CSU, Northridge	How structure and assemblages of octocorals affect community dynamics in the reef ecosystem	Peter Edmunds	Email
Jessica Glanz	CSU Northridge	Effects of associated invertebrates on algal host physiology	Robert Carpenter	Email
Carsten Grupstra	Rice University	Ecological functions of viruses in coral reef ecosystems	Adrienne Correa	Email
Randi Honeycutt	UC Santa Barbara	Physical and biological oceanography	Russell J. Schmitt	Email
Lauren Howe-Kerr	Rice University	The role of viral infection in coral bleaching and disease	Adrienne Correa	Email
Ashtyn Isaak	CSU Northridge	Effects of ocean acidification in coral reef communities	Robert Carpenter	Email
Nicholas Jeffress	Duke University	Moorea/Tetiaroa circulation and wave modeling	Jim Hench	Email
Grace Klinges	Oregon State University	Mapping biogeographic variation of the coral holobiont	Rebecca Vega-Thurber	Email
Kai Kopecky	UC Santa Barbara	Disturbance dynamics and coral community reassembly	Russell J. Schmitt	Email
Kaitlyn Landfield	UC Santa Barbara	Reef nutrient dynamics	Deron Burkepile	Email
Becca Maher	Oregon State University	Impacts of environmental stressors on coral-microbe interactions	Rebecca Vega-Thurber	Email
Adriana Messyasz	Oregon State University	Role of viruses in coral health, disease, and biogeochemical cycling	Rebecca Vega-Thurber	Email
Scott Miller	Florida State University		Andrew Rassweiler	Email
Nury Molina	UC Santa Barbara	Role of herbivorous fish in promoting coral reef resilience.	Deron Burkepile	Email
Kyle Neumann	UC Santa Barbara	Nutrient dynamics in kelp forests and coral reef ecosystems.	Deron Burkepile	Email
Mallory Rice	UC Santa Barbara	Effects of environmental stressors on the physiology and ecology of calcifying organisms.	Deron Burkepile	Email
Emily Schmeltzer	Oregon State University	Coral microbial ecology	Rebecca Vega-Thurber	Email
Sarah Seabrook	Oregon State University		Andrew Thurber	Email
Jayslen Serrano	CSU Northridge	Effects of ocean acidification on coral reef interactions	Robert Carpenter	Email
Kelly Speare	UC Santa Barbara	Effects of anthropogenic stressors on coral recruitment and juvenile coral survival.	Deron Burkepile	Email
Walter Torres	Duke University	3D circulation and wave modeling around Moorea	Jim Hench	Email
Kaela Tyler	CSU, Northridge		Robert Carpenter	Email
Jacey Van Wert	UC Santa Barbara	Ecophysiology, icthyology, marine ecology, anthropogenic effects	Erika Eliason	Email
Alex Vompe	Oregon State University	The association between environmental stressors and phase shifts in corals and their microbiomes	Rebecca Vega-Thurber	Email
Madison Willert	Georgia Institute of Technology	Coral reef biology, climate change, ecology	Mark Hay	Email
Megan Williams	CSU, Northridge	Alternative stable states and phase shifts occurring on coral reefs	Peter Edmunds	Email
Erin Winslow	UC Santa Barbara	Coral community dynamics	Hunter Lenihan	Email
Kelly Wong	CSU, Northridge		Peter Edmunds	Email
Sigfrido Zimmermann	CSU Northridge		Peter Edmunds	Email