Our Team – California Current Ecosystem

Lead PIs

Name	Organization	Interests	Email
Katherine Barbeau (Lead PI)	SIO	Trace Metal Biogeochemistry	kbarbeau@ucsd.edu
Mike Stukel (Co-Lead PI)	FSU	Plankton Ecology & Biogeochemistry	mstukel@fsu.edu

Co-PIs

Name	Organization	Interests	Email
Andrew Allen	SIO/JVCI	Phytoplankton Ecology & Genomics	aallen@jcvi.org
Lihini Aluwihare	SIO	Dissolved Organic Matter	laluwihare@ucsd.edu
Andrew Barton	SIO	Plankton Ecology & Climate Impacts	adbarton@ucsd.edu
Simone Baumann-Pickering	SIO	Marine Mammal Acoustics	sbaumann@ucsd.edu
Moira Décima	SIO	Zooplankton Ecology	mdecima@ucsd.edu
Julia Diaz	SIO	Microbial Biogeochemistry	j2diaz@ucsd.edu
Marina Frants	SIO	Information Management	mfrants@ucsd.edu
Sven Kranz	Rice University	Primary Productivity	skranz@rice.edu
Arthur Miller	SIO	Physical Oceanography & Modeling	amiller@ucsd.edu
Mark Ohman	SIO	Mesozooplankton Ecology	mohman@ucsd.edu
Colleen Petrik	SIO	Ecosystem Modeling	cpetrik@ucsd.edu

Associates

Name	Organization	Interests	Email
Tristan Biard	Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale	Rhizarian Ecology	Tristan.Biard@univ-littoral.fr
James Bishop	UCB	Marine Biogeochemistry	jkbishop@berkeley.edu
Steven Bograd	PFEL	Physical Oceanography	sbograd@pfeg.noaa.gov
Jeff Bowman	SIO	Marine Microbiology	jsbowman@ucsd.edu
Anela Choy	SIO	Food Web & Ecosystem Dynamics	anela@ucsd.edu
Emmanuele Di Lorenzo	Brown University	Biophysical Modeling	e.dilorenzo@brown.edu
Julie Dinasquet	Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Marine Bacteria	jdinasquet@ucsd.edu
Christopher Edwards	UC Santa Cruz	Ecosystem Modeling	cedwards@ucsc.edu
Peter Franks	SIO	Biophysical Modeling	pfranks@ucsd.edu
Sven Gastauer	SIO/TISF	Marine Bioacoustics	sgastauer@ucsd.edu
Mati Kahru	SIO	Satellite Remote Sensing	mkahru@ucsd.edu
Todd Martz	SIO	Sensor Development	trmartz@ucsd.edu
Cari Paulenich	SIO	Education & Outreach	cpaulenich@ucsd.edu
Amina Schartup	SIO	Trace Metal Biogeochemistry	aschartup@ucsd.edu
Brice Semmens	SIO	Fisheries Resource Management	bsemmens@ucsd.edu
Uwe Send	SIO	Mooring Observations	usend@ucsd.edu
Rasmus Swalethorp	SIO/CalCOFI	Ichthyo & Zooplankton Ecology	rswalethorp@ucsd.edu
Bill Sydeman	FIAER	Seabird Ecology	wsydeman@faralloninstitute.org

Postdocs

Name	Interests	Email
Kiefer Forsch	Iron Biogeochemistry	kforsch@ucsd.edu
Benjamin Granzow	Biological Transformation of Terpenoids	bgranzow@ucsd.edu
Natalie Posdaljian	Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals as Ecosystem Sentinels	nposdalj@ucsd.edu

Graduate Students

Name	Interests	Email
Hannah Adams	Mercury Biogeochemistry	hadams@ucsd.edu
Jamee Adams	Nutrient Cycling	jcadams@ucsd.edu
Danya Awshah	Zooplankton Ecology	dawshah@ucsd.edu
Maggie Baker	Primary Productivity	mb203@rice.edu
Victoria Boatwright	Biophysical Interactions	vboatwright@ucsd.edu
Dante Capone	Zooplankton Ecology, Carbon Cycling, Wildfires	dcapone@ucsd.edu
Grace Cawley	Zooplankton Ecology	gcawley@ucsd.edu
Julia Chavarry	Food Web Ecology	J4chavar@ucsd.edu
Tz-Chian Chen	Plankton Dynamics	tc22@fsu.edu
Christian Fender	Zooplankton and the Biological Carbon Pump	ckf18b@my.fsu.edu
Max Fenton	Trace Metal Speciation & Ocean Thermodynamics	mfenton@ucsd.edu
Hannah Forrer	Sinking Organic Matter Chemistry	hforrer@fsu.edu
Shailja Gangrade	Biophysical Interactions	sgangrad@ucsd.edu
Anissa Garcia	Plankton Ecology in Southern California	garci687@csusm.edu
Freya Hammar	Phytoplankton and Microscopic Biodiversity	freya.hammar@gmail.com
Madison Hinz	Plankton Ecology	hinz001@csusm.edu
Vivian (Lin) Hou	Phytoplankton and Diatom Biogeography	vihou@ucsd.edu
Danielle Kampers	Plankton Ecology and Bloom Dynamics	dkampers@ucsd.edu
Soo Yoon Kim	Phytoplankton Ecology	sok044@ucsd.edu
Rob Lampe	Eukaryotic Phytoplankton	rlampe@ucsd.edu
Hsin-Ting Li	Iron Limitation in Marine Phytoplankton	hsl015@ucsd.edu
Kelley McBride	Biophysical Interactions	kmcbride@ucsd.edu
Julia Niehoff	Carbon Cycling	juniehoff@ucsd.edu
Minerva Padilla-Villa	Marine Trace Metal Bioegochemistry	mpadillavilla@ucsd.edu
Tammy Russel	Seabird Ecology	tmrussel@ucsd.edu
Eesha Sachdev	Phosphorus Biogeochemistry	esachdev@ucsd.edu
Anya Stajner	Zooplankton and Global Change Ecology	astajner@ucsd.edu
Ralph Torres	Organic Matter Cycling	rrtorres@ucsd.edu
Rubén Tournier-Broer	Zooplankton Trait Ecology	rtournierbroer@ucsd.edu
Marley Weiss	Carbon Sequestration	mweiss@ucsd.edu
Anthony Wilson	Climate Modeling	a4wilson@ucsd.edu
Taylor Wirth	Biogeochemical Sensor Development	twirth@ucsd.edu

Affiliates

Name	Organization	Interests	Email
Ron Burton	SIO	Molecular Probes For Protists	rburton@ucsd.edu
Bruce Cornuelle	SIO	Ocean Circulation Modeling	bcornuelle@ucsd.edu
Mara Freilich	Brown, University, Microbial Ecology	Microbial Ecology	mara_freilich@brown.edu
Ralf Goericke	SIO	Phytoplankton Ecology	rgoericke@ucsd.edu
Michael Jacox	NOAA/ERD	Ocean Physical-Biological Interactions	michael.jacox@noaa.gov
Michael Landry	SIO	Food-Web Structure and Function	mlandry@ucsd.edu
Brittany Loust	Ocean Institute	Education and Outreach	BrittanyLoust@oceaninstitute.org
Jennifer MacKinnon	SIO	Ocean Mixing	jmackinn@ucsd.edu
Brian Palenik	SIO	Microbial Diversity	bpalenik@ucsd.edu
Alexis Pasulka	Cal Poly/SLO	Microbial Ecology	apasulka@calpoly.edu
Daniel Rudnick	SIO	Mesoscale Ocean Physics	drudnick@ucsd.edu
Jonathan Shurin	UCSD	Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology	jshurin@ucsd.edu
Ken Smith	MBARI	Deep-Sea Benthic Ecology	ksmith@ucsd.edu
Darcy Taniguchi	CSU San Marcos	Planktonic Food Webs	dtaniguchi@csusm.edu
Andrew Thompson	NOAA/FRD	Ichthyoplankton Ecology	Andrew.thompson@noaa.gov
Elizabeth Venrick	SIO	Phytoplankton Floristics	evenrick@ucsd.edu
Lisa Zeigler	Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Microbial Metagenomics	lzeigler@ucsd.edu

Technical Affiliates

Name	Interests	Email
Oceana Di-Loreto	Digital Zooplankton Analysis	odiloreto@ucsd.edu
Shonna Dovel	Phytoplankton Sampling	sdovel@ucsd.edu
David Jensen	Programming, Data Analysis	dwjensen@ucsd.edu
Megan Roadman	Phytoplankton Sampling	mroadman@coast.ucsd.edu
Linsey Sala	Pelagic Invertebrates	lsala@ucsd.edu

Information Management

Name	Interests	Email
Marina Frants	Information Management	mfrants@ucsd.edu

Education and Outreach

Name	Interests	Email
Cari Paulenich	Education & Outreach	cpaulenich@ucsd.edu

Project Coordination

Name	Interests	Email
Robin Westlake Storey	Marine Ecology/Admin Specialist	rwestlakestorey@ucsd.edu