Department Directory
| Department Chair: Rita Mehta | Department Manager: Stephanie Zakarian |
| Graduate Program Coordinator: Judy Straub | Department Assistant: Eva Chudnow |
| Undergraduate Program Coordinator/Lead Advisor: Rexton Lynn | Undergraduate Advisor: |
| Biology Teaching Laboratory and Facilities Support Technician: Nicole Hack | |
| Department Office: (831) 459-5358 | Administrative Office: CBB, Room 207, 209 |
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- Title
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
- Department
- Ocean Sciences Department
- Phone 2185910615
- Website
- Office Location
- Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building, OHB 149
- Mail Stop Long Marine Lab
- Mailing Address
- Ocean Health Building, 115 McAllister Way
- Santa Cruz CA 95060
Research Interests
Animal ecophysiology and demography, including population dynamics and endocrinology and how populations respond to both natural (e.g., climate change) and unnatural forcings (e.g., commercial hunting, pollution) in their environment
Biography, Education and Training
- Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, 2022
- M.A., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, 2020
- M.S., Wildlife Science, Oregon State University, 2017
- B.S., Environmental Science, Duke University, 2014
Selected Publications
Kettemer, L.E., Ramm, T.,Broms, F., Biuw, M., Blanchet, M.A., Bourgeon, S., Pallin, L.J., et al. 2023. Don’t mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration. R. Soc. open sci. 10 (9), 230069. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230069
Cimino, M. A., Conroy, J. A., Connors, E., Bowman, J., Corso, A., Ducklow, H., Pallin, L.J., et al. 2023. Long‐term patterns in ecosystem phenology near Palmer Station, Antarctica, from the perspective of the Adélie penguin. Ecosphere, 14(2), e4417. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4417
Pallin, L. J., Kellar, N. M., Steel, D., Botero-Acosta, N., et al. 2023. A surplus no more? Variation in krill availability impacts reproductive rates of Antarctic baleen whales. Global Change Biology, 29(8), 2108-2121. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16559
Pallin, L.J., Botero-Acosta, N., Steel, D. et al. 2022. Variation in blubber cortisol levels in a recovering humpback whale population inhabiting a rapidly changing environment. Sci Rep 12, 20250. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24704-6
Bierlich, K. C., Hewitt, J., Schick, R., Pallin, L., Dale, J., Friedlaender, A., ... & Johnston, D. W. 2022. Seasonal gain in body condition of foraging humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 2363. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1036860
Pallin L., Bierlich K. C., Durban J., Fearnbach H., Savenko O., Baker C. S., Bell E., Double M. C., de la Mare W., Goldbogen J., Johnston D., Kellar N., Nichols R., Nowacek D., Read A. J., Steel D. and Friedlaender A. 2022. Demography of an ice-obligate mysticete in a region of rapid environmental change. R. Soc. open sci. 9, 220724. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220724
