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Department Chair: Mark Carr	Department Manager: Stephanie Zakarian
Graduate Program Coordinator: Judy Straub	Department Assistant: Eva Chudnow
Undergraduate Program Coordinator/Lead Advisor: Bee Vadakan	Undergraduate Advisor: Cole Baisch
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 Full Professor	Email shalonzo@ucsc.edu
Roxanne S. Beltran	Title Assistant Professor	Email rsbeltra@ucsc.edu
Giacomo Bernardi	Title Professor	Email bernardi@ucsc.edu
Mark H Carr	Title Professor	Email mhcarr@ucsc.edu
Omar Cornejo Ordaz	Title Associate Professor	Email omcornej@ucsc.edu
Daniel P Costa	Title Director Institute of Marine Science Distinguished Professor	Email costa@ucsc.edu
Don Croll	Title Professor	Email dcroll@ucsc.edu
Robin C Dunkin	Title Assistant Teaching Professor	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 Kelley	Title Associate Professor	Email jokelley@ucsc.edu
Auston Marmaduke Kilpatrick	Title Professor	Email akilpatr@ucsc.edu
Kristy Kroeker	Title Professor	Email kkroeker@ucsc.edu
Bruce Lyon	Title Professor	Email belyon@ucsc.edu
Dr. Rita S. Mehta	Title Professor	Email rmehta2@ucsc.edu
Eric Palkovacs	Title Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives Director, Fisheries Collaborative Program; Associate Director, Institute of Marine Sciences	Email epalkova@ucsc.edu
Ingrid M. Parker	Title Professor	Email imparker@ucsc.edu
Jarmila Pittermann	Title Associate Professor	Email jpitterm@ucsc.edu
Grant H 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 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 Le Boeuf	Title Professor Emeritus	Email leboeuf@ucsc.edu
A Todd 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
Chris 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
Joffrey Jouma'a	Title Postdoctoral Fellow	Email jjoumaa@ucsc.edu joffreyjoumaa@icloud.com
David P. Lohse	Title Project Scientist	Email dlohse@ucsc.edu
Nicky Lustenhouwer	Title Postdoctoral scholar	Email nlustenh@ucsc.edu
Chloé Orland	Title Postdoctoral Scholar	Email corland@ucsc.edu

Graduate Students

Name	Title	Email
Salma Tharwat Abdel‑Raheem	Title PhD Student	Email stabdelr@ucsc.edu salma@ucsc.edu
Stephanie Kristin Adamczak	Title Graduate Student	Email sadamcza@ucsc.edu
Nevé Baker	Title Graduate student - Paleogenomics Lab	Email dnbaker@ucsc.edu
Serena Vilaga Barasi	Title Graduate Student	Email sbarasi@ucsc.edu
Jessie Beck	Title PhD Candidate	Email jnbeck@ucsc.edu jessie@oikonos.org
Lauren Elizabeth Bell	Title PhD Student, Kroeker Lab	Email laebell@ucsc.edu
Kathryn M. Bernier	Title PhD student - Zavaleta Lab	Email kmbernie@ucsc.edu bernier.kathryn@gmail.com
Wendy Bragg	Title PhD Student - Raimondi Lab	Email wbragg@ucsc.edu
Timothy Michael Brown	Title Graduate Student - Zavaleta Lab	Email timbrown@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
Louise Alissa De Morais	Title PhD Student, Alonzo Lab	Email ldemorai@ucsc.edu louisem.alissa@gmail.com
Aspen Aurora Ellis	Title Ph.D. Student	Email aaellis@ucsc.edu
Arina Favilla	Title Graduate Student - The Costa Lab	Email afavilla@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
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 Gardner 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
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
Madeline Grace Mcnelis	Title PhD Student	Email mmcnelis@ucsc.edu
Miranda Kathleen Melen	Title Graduate Student - Parker Lab	Email mkmelen@ucsc.edu
Megan Molinari	Title Graduate Student	Email mmolina9@ucsc.edu megmolinari@gmail.com
Mark Matthew Morales	Title PhD Candiate - Carr Lab and Hazen Lab	Email mamamora@ucsc.edu
Calvin Joseph Munson	Title Graduate Student - Carr Lab	Email cmunson@ucsc.edu
Emily Corinne Nazario	Title PhD Student - Williams Lab	Email enazario@ucsc.edu
Rachel Elizabeth Pausch	Title Graduate Student, Raimondi Lab	Email rpausch@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
Milagros Guadalupe Rivera	Title PhD Student	Email migriver@ucsc.edu
Haley Sophie Robb	Title Graduate Student - Costa Lab	Email hsrobb@ucsc.edu
Ryan Salladay	Title Graduate Student- Pittermann Lab	Email rsallada@ucsc.edu
Allyson Christine Sawkins	Title PhD Student - Bernardi Lab	Email asawkins@ucsc.edu
Christa Seidl	Title PhD Student - Kilpatrick Lab	Email cseidl@ucsc.edu
Casey James Sheridan	Title Graduate Student -Carr Lab	Email cjsherid@ucsc.edu
Madeline Claire Slimp	Title Graduate Student	Email mslimp@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
Eric Crosman Witte	Title Graduate Student - Bernardi Lab	Email ewitte@ucsc.edu
Shinji Yamamoto	Title Graduate Student - Bernardi Lab	Email syamamo5@ucsc.edu

Administrative Staff

Name	Title	Email
Karah Ammann	Title Associate Research Specialist	Email kncox@ucsc.edu karah.ammann@ucsc.edu
Laura Marie Anderson	Title Associate Research Specialist	Email lmanders@ucsc.edu
Lina M Arcila Hernandez	Title Postdoctoral Researcher	Email larcilah@ucsc.edu linaarcila@gmail.com
Susan Arnold	Title Staff Research Associate Biology Teaching Labs	Email sarnold@ucsc.edu
Cole Phillip Baisch	Title EEB Undergraduate Academic Advisor	Email cpbaisch@ucsc.edu
Christy A Bell	Title Research Specialist	Email bell@ucsc.edu
Philippine Chambault	Title Postdoctoral fellow	Email pchambau@ucsc.edu philippine.chambault@gmail.com
Eva Patlak Chudnow	Title Department Assistant	Email echudnow@ucsc.edu
Melissa A Douglas	Title Intertidal Associate Research Specialist	Email mredfiel@ucsc.edu melissa.douglas@ucsc.edu
James A Estes	Title Adjunct Professor	Email jestes@ucsc.edu
Sarah M Ford	Title Lab Manager I	Email sford1@ucsc.edu
Rani N Gaddam	Title Research Associate	Email gaddam@ucsc.edu
Maya K George	Title Research Specialist	Email mgeorge@ucsc.edu
Nicole Hack	Title Biology Teaching Laboratory and Facilities Support Technician	Email nhack@ucsc.edu
Traci L Kendall	Title Specialist Williams Lab Program Manager	Email tkendall@ucsc.edu
Matthew Choi Kustra	Title PhD Candidate -Alonzo Lab	Email mkustra@ucsc.edu
Daniel P Malone	Title Associate Specialist	Email dmalone@ucsc.edu
Susan McEvoy	Title Postdoctoral Scientist	Email sumcevoy@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
Alexis Necarsulmer	Title Assistant Specialist	Email anecarsu@ucsc.edu
Anthony M Pagano	Title #	Email ampagano@ucsc.edu
Logan Joseph Pallin	Title Graduate Student, Friedlaender/Costa Lab	Email lpallin@ucsc.edu
Alejandro Pietrek	Title Research Associate	Email apietrek@ucsc.edu alepietrek@gmail.com
Martin F. Quigley	Title Executive Director Adjunct Professor	Email maquigle@ucsc.edu martin.quigley@du.edu
Patrick William Robinson	Title Año Nuevo Reserve Director Lecturer	Email farfol@ucsc.edu patrick.robinson@ucsc.edu
Luiz Rocha	Title Assistant Adjunct Professor	Email lrochafi@ucsc.edu lrocha@calacademy.org
William Seligmann	Title Junior Research Specialist	Email wseligma@ucsc.edu
Andrew G Sharo	Title NSF Postdoctoral Fellow	Email asharo@ucsc.edu
Judy Straub, PhD	Title Graduate Program Coordinator Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-Based Opportunities (CAMINO)	Email jstraub@ucsc.edu
Karen Elaine Tanner	Title Research Fellow - Parker Lab	Email ketanner@ucsc.edu
Bernie R Tershy	Title Assistant Adjunct Professor	Email tershy@ucsc.edu bernie.tershy@gmail.com
Bryan Randall Tom	Title Principal Animal Technician	Email btom@ucsc.edu
Vivan Bee Vadakan	Title Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Lead Advisor	Email vvadakan@ucsc.edu eebadvising@ucsc.edu
Mallarie Yeager	Title Postdoc	Email mayeager@ucsc.edu mallarieyeager1@gmail.com
Stephanie C Zakarian	Title Department Manager	Email szak@ucsc.edu
Kelly M Zilliacus	Title Specialist	Email kzilli@ucsc.edu