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: Aubrie Tait |
| 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
- Associate Professor
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
- Department
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department
- Phone 831-459-5357
- Website
- Office Location
- CSC Coastal Biology Building, 217
- Office Hours by appointment
- Mail Stop CBB/EE Biology
- Mailing Address
- 130 McAllister Way
- Santa Cruz CA 95060
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Ecology, Population Biology, Evolution, Fisheries, Climate Change
Summary of Expertise
Adaptation of species to environmental change, from genes to communities, including quantitative ecology and population genomics.
Honors, Awards and Grants
2023 Population Ecology Most Cited Paper Award 2023
2022 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2022 Best In-Person Talk, International Biogeography Society Meeting, Vancouver, BC
2022-2023 Earth Leadership Program Fellow
2020 Ocean Award in Science, Finalist, Blue Marine Foundation and BOAT International
2020 Outstanding Ecological Theory Paper, Ecological Society of America (Tekwa et al. 2019)
2019 Science News SN10: One of ten early- and mid-career “scientists to watch”
2019 Early Career Fellow, Ecological Society of America
2018 “Rising Star in Ecology,” Atwood Colloquium in Ecology & Evolution, U. Toronto
2016 Early Career Scientist Award, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
2015 Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
2014 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Ocean Sciences
2014 Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigators Award, American Society of Naturalists
2012 Best Presentation, 2nd International Symposium: Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean, ICES/PICES
2011 Outstanding Student Research in Ecology Award, 2nd Place, Ecological Society of America
2009 Best Student Paper in Organismal/Population Biology, Western Society of Naturalists
2009-2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (awarded 2006)
2006-2009 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Research Fellow
