Department Directory
Department Chair: Mark Carr | Department Manager: Jacqueline Rose |
Graduate Advisor: Judy Straub | Administrative Assistant: Stephanie Zakarian |
Undergraduate Advisor: Karina Frazier | Undergraduate Advisor: Bee Vadakan |
Biology Teaching Laboratory and Facilities Support Technician: Nicole Hack | |
Department Office: (831) 459-5358 | Administrative Office: CBB, Room 207, 209 |

- Title
- Associate professor
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
- Department
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department
- Institute of Marine Sciences
- Affiliations Environmental Studies Department
- Phone 831-459-5022 (Office)
- Website
- Office Location
- CSC Coastal Biology Building, 221
- Office Hours By Appointment
- Mail Stop CBB/EE Biology
- Mailing Address
- 113 McAllister Way
- Santa Cruz CA 95064
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Climate Change, Coastal Science, Ecology, Geochemistry, Marine Biology, Marine Sciences, Environmental Policy, Ocean Studies, Science Communication, Sustainability
Summary of Expertise
Community ecology, species interactions, global change biology, marine ecology
Research Interests
Coastal sustainability, climate change, multiple stressors, social-ecological systems, policy and management
Selected Publications
- Kroeker KJ, Micheli F and MC Gambi. (2013) Community dynamics and ecosystem simplification in a high-CO2 ocean. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 110: 12721-12726.
- Kroeker KJ, Micheli F and MC Gambi. (2013). Ocean acidification causes ecosystem shifts via altered competitive interactions. Nature Climate Change, 3: 156-159.
- Strong A, Kroeker KJ, Teneva L, Mease LA, and R Kelly (2014). Ocean Acidification 2.0: Managing our changing coastal ocean chemistry BioScience.
- Kroeker KJ, Kordas RL, Crim RN and GG Singh. (2010). Meta-analysis reveals negative yet variable effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms. Ecology Letters 13: 1419–1434.