Faculty
Todd Anderson
Associate Professor of Biology
Interests:
Marine ecology, recruitment processes, population and community ecology of coastal temperate and tropical fishes, influence of habitat structure on demographic processesMore info:
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Andrew J. Bohonak
Associate Professor of Biology
Interests:
Freshwater invertebrates, population genetics, population ecology, estimation of gene flow and dispersal, invasion geneticsMore info:
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Rulon W. Clark
Assistant Professor of Biology
Interests:
Behavioral ecology, predator-prey interactions, animal communication, foraging behavior, conservation ecology, integrating animal behavior with population ecologyMore info:
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Doug Deutschman
Professor of Biology
Interests:
Population and community dynamics; plant community structure; population modeling; scaling from individuals to ecosystems; application of statistics and computer models to ecosystem management.More info:
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Matt Edwards
Associate Professor of Biology
Interests:
Marine ecology: scale-dependent regulation of subtidal kelp forests, recruitment processes in marine macroalgae (with emphasis on the role of dormant stages), impacts of large disturbances (El Niño-Southern Oscillations).More info:
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Janet Franklin
Professor of Biology
Adjunct Professor of GeographyInterests:
Landscape ecology, plant ecology, biogeography, biophysical remote sensing, digital terrain analysis, and geographic information science.More info:
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Brian T. Hentschel
Associate Professor of Biology
Interests:
Marine invertebrates, benthic ecology, complex life cycles, ontogenetic niche shifts, larval ecology, deposit feeding, organism-flow interactions.More info:
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Kevin Hovel
Associate Professor of Biology
Interests:
Marine invertebrate conservation ecology: relationship between habitat structure and faunal survival and abundance; effects of habitat fragmentation on fauna in marine systems; crustacean ecology; larval dispersal and recruitment; seagrass community ecology; kelp forest ecology.More info:
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Chun-Ta Lai
Assistant Professor of Biology
Interests:
Biosphere-atmosphere interactions, biological control of carbon and water transfer, hydrological and ecological impacts of climatic change, applications of stable isotopes in global change studiesMore info:
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Rebecca Lewison
Assistant Professor of Biology
Interests:
Vertebrate conservation, population ecology, behavioral ecology, estimating the impact of anthropogenic disturbances, resource and land use.More info:
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David A. Lipson
Associate Professor of Biology
Interests:
Soil microbial ecology; plant-microbe interactions; biogeochemistry; linking microbial diversity to ecosystem processes.More info:
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Jeremy Long
Assistant Professor of Biology
Interests:
Marine chemical ecology; consumer-prey interactions; ecology of planktonic, rocky shore, and salt marsh ecosystemsMore info:
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Leroy R. McClenaghan Jr.
Professor of Biology
Interests:
Mammalian ecology; ecological genetics; conservation genetics.
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Walter C. Oechel
Professor of Biology
Interests:
Plant physiological ecology; ecosystem ecology, effects of global change and elevated carbon dioxide on native ecosystems, especially tundra and Mediterranean-type ecosystems.More info:
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Global Change Research Group
Tod W. Reeder
Professor of Biology
Interests:
Molecular ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles, particularly those of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.More info:
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Kathy Williams
Associate Professor of Biology
Interests:
Insect/plant interactions; effects of food quality on insect population dynamics; insects as indicators of biodiversity and habitat restoration.More info:
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Staff
Jim Zimmer
Jim Zimmer is the Ecology Program Area technician. He supplies ecology classes with the equipment and supplies needed to perform laboratory exercises and experiments. He also manages and maintains and a large collection of research equipment used in classes and in student research. Jim is an avid birder and has extensive knowledge of the natural history and ecology of birds in San Diego county and beyond.
Lisa Thurn
Lisa Thurn is the Ecology Analytical Technician and is responsible for managing and operating an analytical chemistry laboratory. Lisa conducts chemical analyses on samples collected by Ecology faculty and students, and also is responsible for assuring quality of results and preparation of reports of analyses. She also supervises student assistants and manages a local accounting system for user-generated fees, assists faculty in the development of new course offerings that deal with the use of scientific instrumentation and chemical analyses, and provides advice to faculty and graduate students on problems associated with chemical analyses and sampling techniques.
Emeritus Faculty
Roger Carpenter
Lloyd Chen
Boyd Collier
George Cox
Dick Ford
Tom Ebert
Stuart H. Hurlbert
Research Emeritus Professor
Interests:
Limnology; competition and predation in freshwater and saline lakes; experimental design and mathematical ecology.More info:
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Center for Inland WatersAl Johnson
Neil Krekorian
Rick Phleger
