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Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology

Division of Mathematics, Life, and Physical Sciences
4311 Life Sciences and Technology Building
Telephone: (805) 893-3511
Undergraduate Information: (805) 893-3052
Graduate Information: (805) 893-2979
Undergraduate e-mail: eemb-ugrad@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Graduate e-mail: eemb-gradasst@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Website: www.eemb.ucsb.edu/
Department Chair: Débora Iglesias-Rodriguez


 
Faculty
Cherie Briggs, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Professor (theoretical ecology and systems biology) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Deron Burkepile, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, Professor (ecology of communities and ecosystems)
Craig Carlson, PhD, University of Maryland, Professor (marine microbial ecology)
Eleanor Caves, Assistant Professor
Carla D'Antonio, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Professor (plant and ecosystem ecology, management of wildlands, impacts and concerns regarding invasive species, species effects on ecosystem processes, restoration ecology) Joint Appointment: ENVST
Erika Eliason Parsons, PhD, University of British Columbia, Associate Professor (Ecological & Evolutionary Physiology, Marine Biology, Zoology)
Thomas Even, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Senior Lecturer SOE (population and community ecology, river ecology, predator-prey interactions, science education)
Halley Froehlich, PhD, University of Washington, Assistant Professor Joint Appointment: ENVST
Steve Gaines, PhD, Oregon State University, Professor (marine ecology and conservation, consequences of climate change, biostatistics)
Scott Hodges, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (plant evolutionary biology, molecular approaches to population biology, ecological genetics, and systematics)
Gretchen Hofmann, PhD, University of Colorado, Professor (physiological and ecological responses of marine organisms to environmental change)
Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez, PhD, Swansea University, Professor (mechanisms controlling diversity, function and resilience in marine biota)
Anna James, Lecturer Potential SOE Joint Appointment: CRSTU
Armand Kuris, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (parasite ecology, marine ecology, role of infectious processes in ecosystems, control of human schistosomiasis, crustacean biology)
John Latto, PhD, Imperial College, Senior Lecturer SOE (population and community ecology) Joint Appointment: CRSTU
Leander Love-Anderegg, Assistant Professor
Sally Macintyre, PhD, Duke University, Professor (physical-biological coupling; physical limnology and oceanography with particular emphasis on turbulence and its implications for the biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems; tropical, temperate and arctic lakes; flow and ecosystem dynamics in kelp forests)
Susan Mazer, PhD, UC Davis, Professor (evolutionary biology, plant ecology and evolution, mating system evolution, evolutionary quantitative genetics, comparative ecology, plant reproductive biology)
Douglas McCauley, PhD, Stanford University, Biology/Hopkins Marine Station, Professor (understanding the ecology of communities and ecosystems in a rapidly changing world)
Hillary Young McCauley, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (community ecology)
Holly Moeller, PhD, Assistant Professor (mathematical ecology and evolution, community ecology, biological oceanography)
Todd Oakley, PhD, Duke University, Professor (macroevolutionary biology)
Ryoko Oono, PhD, University of Minnesota, Associate Professor (plant-microbe interactions)
Stephen Proulx, PhD, University of Utah, Professor (evolutionary theory)
Alyson Santoro, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (Biological Oceanography, Ecosystem Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Population and Community Ecology)
Josh Schimel, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (microbial ecology; soil biology; ecosystem ecology) Joint Appointment: ENVST
Russ Schmitt, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Professor (marine community ecology and population)
Adrian Stier, PhD, University of Florida, Associate Professor (Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Marine Biology, Population and Community Ecology)
Samuel Sweet, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (vertebrate systematics and evolutionary morphology; herpetology)
Thomas Turner, PhD, UC Davis, Associate Professor (population and quantitative genetics, genetic basis of adaptation and speciation, functional analysis of natural variation, systems biology of adaptation)
Elizabeth Wilbanks, PhD, UC Davis, Assistant Professor (Quantitative Biology, Marine Science, Microbial ecology & Evolution, and Molecular Biology, Marine genomics)
Soojin Yi, Professor

 
Emeriti Faculty
Alice Alldredge, PhD, UC Davis (biological oceanography; ecology of marine plankton; marine particulate matter; carbon cycling)
Daniel Botkin, PhD, Rutgers University (ecology)
Mark Brzezinski, PhD, Oregon State University
James Childress, PhD, Stanford University (ecological physiology)
Peter Collins, PhD, University of London (endocrinology)
Scott Cooper, PhD, University of Wisconsin
John Endler (evolution and ecology of animal color patterns; vision and morphology)
Sally Holbrook, PhD, UC Berkeley
Bruce Mahall, PhD, UC Berkeley
John Melack, PhD, Duke University Joint Appointment: ESM
William Murdoch, PhD, University of Oxford (population ecology; regulation of populations; predator-prey relationships)
Roger Nisbet, PhD, University of St. Andrews
Omer Reichman, PhD, Northern Arizona University (ecology; animal behavior)
William Rice, PhD, Oregon State University
Stephen Rothstein, PhD, Yale University
Raul Suarez, PhD, University of British Columbia
Robert Warner, PhD, UC San Diego, Scripps

 
Affiliated Faculty
Tony de Tomaso, PhD (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)
Patricia Holden, PhD (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)
Bruce Kendall, PhD (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)
Joel Rothman, PhD (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program)
David Siegel, PhD (Geography)
William Smith, PhD (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program)
Dave Valentine, PhD (Earth Science)