Marine Biology

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

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

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

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

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.

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)

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

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

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.

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.