Climate and Ecosystems Group
We are a group of NOAA and UC Santa Cruz oceanographers and ecologists that are examining how physical and biological processes affect the California Current Ecosystem. Below are some of our research themes that highlight our work. Please see who we are and our recent publications at the pages above.
Our group values diversity. We are immigrants and the descendants of immigrants. We are atheists, agnostics, and people of faith. We don’t all look the same, love the same, or share the same heroes. We are scientists.
Steven Bograd (Supervisory Research Oceanographer)
B.Sc. University of Arizona (1985)
M.Sc. University of Washington (1989)
Ph.D. University of British Columbia (1998)
Elliott Hazen (Research Ecologist)
B.Sc. Duke University (2000)
M.Sc. University of Washington (2003)
Ph.D. Duke University (2008)
Briana Abrahms (Research Ecologist)
B.Sc. Brandeis University (2008)
Ph.D. University of California – Berkeley (2016)
Michael Jacox (Research Oceanographer)
B.Sc. University of Colorado (2005)
Ph.D. University of California – Santa Cruz (2012)
Heather Welch (UCSC – Project Specialist)
B.A. Whitman College (2010)
M.Sc. James Cook University (2014)
Stephanie Brodie (UCSC – Project Scientist)
B.Sc. (Hons class I) University of Queensland, Australia (2008)
Ph.D. University of New South Wales, Australia (2016)
Isaac Schroeder (UCSC – Research Scientist)
B.Sc. Murray State University (1992)
M.Sc. University of Missouri – Columbia (1996)
Ph.D. Old Dominion University (2007)
Gemma Carroll (Postdoctoral Researcher)
B.S. Macquarie University (2010)
Ph.D. Macquarie University (2017)
Mercedes Pozo Buil (Postdoctoral Researcher)
B.S., University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain (2008)
M.S. University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain (2009)
Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology (2017)
Megan Cimino (Project Scientist)
B.Sc. California Polytechnic State University
at San Luis Obispo (2009)
Ph.D. University of Delaware (2016)
Stefan Koenigstein (Project Scientist)
Dipl.-Biol. University of Bremen (2010)
Dr. rer. nat. University of Bremen (2017)
Students
Ellen Willis-Norton (UCSC – PhD Student)
B.Sc. Wellesley (2012)
Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz – EEB (presently)
Hannah Blondin (Stanford – PhD Student)
B.S. University of New Hampshire (2015)
M.E.M. Duke University (2018)
Ph.D. Stanford University (presently)
Alumni
Aaron Carlisle (U Delaware – Assistant Professor)
B.Sc. Princeton (1999)
M.Sc. Moss Landing Marine Lab (2006)
Ph.D Stanford University (2012)
Kylie Scales (Assistant Lecturer – University of the Sunshine Coast)
B.Sc. University of Plymouth (2005)
M.Sc. University of Exeter (2010)
Ph.D. University of Plymouth (2015)
Matt Savoca (Stanford Postdoctoral Researcher)
B.S. Cornell University (2010)
Ph.D. University of California – Davis (2017)
Erin Satterthwaite (CA Seagrant Fellow)
B.Sc. Juniata College (2010)
M.Sc. University of California, Davis (2015)
Ph.D. University of California, Davis (2018)