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Ecology and Evolution

Katharyn Boyer

Katharyn Boyer

Associate Professor
UCLA (Ph.D), San Diego State (M.S.), University of Maryland, College Park (B.S.)
Office: 
Romberg Tiburon Center, Bldg 36, rm 204; Hensill Hall 545
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-3751
Specialties: 
Wetland and coastal ecology and restoration, community ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, nutrient dynamics, trophic interactions
Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter

Professor
North Carolina State University
Office: 
#300, Bldg 36, Romberg Tiburon Center
Office Phone: 
415-338-3732
Specialties: 
Marine phytoplankton ecology, nutrient cycling, primary productivity, ocean acidification effects, microbial ecology
Frank Cipriano

Frank Cipriano

Research Associate Professor and Director of the Molecular Genetics Lab
University of Arizona
Office: 
Hensill 450
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-3453
Specialties: 
Systematics, behavioral ecology, and conservation of Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises); Molecular forensics and species identification; Factors influencing evolution, diversification and speciation in marine ecosystems
William P. Cochlan

William P. Cochlan

RTC Research Professor
University of British Columbia (Ph.D. and B.Sc-H), Dalhousie Univ. (M.Sc.)
Office: 
Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-3541
Specialties: 
Marine Microbial Ecology and Oceanography, specifically phytoplankton ecology and physiology, harmful algal blooms (HABs) nutrient dynamics and algal biofuels.
C. Sarah Cohen

C. Sarah Cohen

Associate Professor
University of Washington
Office: 
Hensill 545, and RTC
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-3750
Specialties: 
Population biology and genetics, molecular evolution of marine animals and plants. Evolution of recognition systems in colonial invertebrates and vertebrates.
Edward F. Connor

Edward F. Connor

Professor
Florida State University
Office: 
Hensill 760
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-6997
Specialties: 
Population and quantitative ecology; insect-plant interactions.
Karen Crow

Karen Crow

Assistant Professor
University of California, Santa Cruz
Office: 
Hensill 214
Office Phone: 
(415) 405-2760
Specialties: 
Evolution and ecology of fishes, Ichthyology, Molecular evolution of duplicate genes, Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Evo-Devo)
Dennis E. Desjardin

Dennis E. Desjardin

Professor and Director of the Harry D. Thiers Herbarium
University of Tennessee
Office: 
Hensill 429
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-2439
Specialties: 
Fungal systematics, ecology and biogeography with a focus on species associated with tropical and island habitats. Bioluminescent fungi. Phylogeny of mushroom-forming lineages.
Richard Dugdale

Richard Dugdale

RTC Research Professor
University of Wisconsin
Office: 
Romberg Tiburon Center
Office Phone: 
415-338-3518
Specialties: 
Biogeochemical cycling and the interaction of phytoplankton, nutrients and CO2
Bettina Engelbrecht

Bettina Engelbrecht

Assistant Professor
University of Darmstadt
Office: 
Dr. Engelbrecht is on leave
Specialties: 
Physiological Plant Ecology, Functional Ecology, Plant Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Tropical Ecology
John Hafernik

John Hafernik

Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Office: 
Hensill 519
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-1740
Specialties: 
Evolution, ecology and conservation biology of insects and their relatives.
Wim Kimmerer

Wim Kimmerer

RTC Research Professor
University of Hawai'i
Office: 
Romberg Tiburon Center
Office Phone: 
415-338-3515
Specialties: 
Aquatic ecosystem of the San Francisco Estuary
Gretchen LeBuhn

Gretchen LeBuhn

Associate Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
Office: 
Hensill 741
Office Phone: 
(415) 405-0729
Specialties: 
conservation biology, plant evolutionary ecology, solitary bee population and community ecology, monitoring
V. Thomas Parker

V. Thomas Parker

Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
Office: 
Hensill Hall 449
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-2375
Specialties: 
Plant Ecology, Community Ecology, Vegetation dynamics (dispersal, seed banks, seedling establishment, mycorrhizae), Fire Ecology, Vegetation conservation and management, Evolution and Ecology of Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) and Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae), Tidal Wetlands, Chaparral, Mixed Evergreen Forests
Robert Patterson

Robert Patterson

Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
Office: 
Hensill 451
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-1237
Specialties: 
Systematic Botany. Phylogenetics of Linanthus & Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae) and Phacelia (Boraginaceae). California floristics.
Eric Routman

Eric Routman

Professor
Washington University
Office: 
Hensill Hall 761
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-1196
Specialties: 
Population Genetics Phylogeography
Ravinder Sehgal

Ravinder Sehgal

Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco
Office: 
Hensill 548
Office Phone: 
(415) 405-0329
Specialties: 
Avian Parasitology, Ecology of Infectious Disease
Greg Spicer

Greg Spicer

Professor
University of Chicago (1990)
Office: 
Hensill 755
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-6756
Specialties: 
Evolutionary biology and molecular systematics of insects and birds,
Jonathon Stillman

Jonathon Stillman

Assistant Professor
Oregon State University
Office: 
Romberg Tiburon Center, B36. @ SFSU: Hensill 425
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-3790
Specialties: 
Environmental and evolutionary physiology of marine organisms, functional genomics of porcelain crabs, thermal physiology, responses to climate change.
Anne Todgham

Anne Todgham

Lecturer
University of British Columbia
Office: 
Hensill Hall 437
Office Phone: 
415-405-2864
Specialties: 
Ecological physiology, environmental genomics, climate change biology
José R. de la Torre

José R. de la Torre

Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco
Office: 
Hensill Hall 668A
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-7043
Specialties: 
Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Environmental Genomics (Metagenomics); Archaea; Nitrogen Cycle; Life in Extreme Environments
Vance Thomas Vredenburg

Vance Thomas Vredenburg

Assistant Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Office: 
Hensill 227
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-7296
Specialties: 
Ecology of emerging infectious disease, amphibian ecology and biogeography, aquatic food webs
Frances Wilkerson

Frances Wilkerson

RTC Research Professor
University of Bristol
Office: 
Romberg Tiburon Center
Office Phone: 
415-338-3519
Specialties: 
Nutrient and phytoplankton interactions in the sea, especially those involving diatoms and eutrophic regions.
Stan Williams

Stan Williams

Arizona State University
Office: 
Hensill 216
Office Phone: 
(415) 338-1695
Specialties: 
Origin, distribution and affinities of American scorpions. Cladistic and phenetic relationships among arthropods, especially scorpions. Arthropod bionomics (particularly of Arachnids). Evolution of morphological mechanisms of scorpions. Urban entomology. Effects of environmental disturbance on species diversity in arthropods.
Andrew Zink

Andrew Zink

Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Office: 
Hensill 436
Office Phone: 
(415) 405-2761
Specialties: 
Evolution of social behavior; mathematical modeling; insect behavior and ecology