Priya Shukla
Ph.D. student (finished 2023)
Dissertation Title: Resisting Global Change: Oyster Aquaculture and Disease in an Era of Marine Heatwaves
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

prishukla.sci@gmail.com

Julie Gonzalez
Ph.D. student (finished 2023)
Dissertation Title: Ecological and Societal Considerations in Marsh Restoration and Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

julieannegonzalez@gmail.com

Angela Korabik
Ph.D. student (finished 2023)
Dissertation Title: The Impacts of Climate Change on the Reproduction of Native and Invasive Kelps
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Alaska Sea Grant

angela.korabik@noaa.gov

April Ridlon
Postdoctoral Researcher 2021-2022
Current Position: Director of Science, U.S. & California Ocean Conservation, Monterey Bay Aquarium

aridlon@mbayaq.org

Ben Rubinoff
Ph.D. student (finished 2021)
Dissertation Title: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Processes Regulating Estuarine Fouling Communities
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington Sea Grant

rubinoff@uw.edu

Jorge Renteria Bustamante
Postdoctoral Researcher 2018-2021
Current Position: Applied Ecologist, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

jlrenteria@gmail.com

Janet Walker
SDSU Joint Doctoral Program (finished 2020)
Dissertation Title: A Biogeographic Approach to Understanding Burrowing Crab Impacts on an Ecologically Important Salt Marsh Plant
Current Position: Ecologist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)

janw@sccwrp.org

Jordan Hollarsmith
Ph.D. student (finished 2019)
Dissertation Title:
Current Position: Lead Research Biologist at the NOAA Alaska Fishery Science Center

jordan.hollarsmith@noaa.gov

Julie Hopper
Postdoctoral Researcher 2016-2018
Current Position: Sustainability Data Analyst, University of Southern California

juliehopper@berkeley.edu

Megan Kelso
Ph.D. student (finished 2018)
Dissertation Title: Impacts of Extreme Drought, Eutrophication, and Plant Invasion on Salt Marshes and Blue Carbon
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSC Coastal Resilience Lab

mkelso@ucsc.edu

Rachel Wigginton
Ph.D. student (finished 2018)
Dissertation Title: Tidal Marsh Plant Invasion: Restoration, Eutrophication, and Extreme Climate Events
Current Position: Senior Environmental Scientist, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy

rachel.wigginton@deltaconservancy.ca.gov

Jason Sadowski
Ph.D. student (finished 2018)
Dissertation Title: Non-consumptive Effects at the Intersection of Climate Change, Invasive Species, and Temporal Variation
Current Position: Head of Data Science, Pathr.ai

jason@pathr.ai

Christine Sur
Master’s student (finished 2016)
Dissertation Title: Climate Driven Temperature and Salinity Stress on Eelgrass Mesograzers and Epiphytes

christinesur@gmail.com

Pamela Reynolds
Postdoctoral Researcher 2013-2014
Current Position: Associate Director, UC Davis DataLab

plreynolds@ucdavis.com

Brian Cheng
Ph.D. student (finished 2014)
Dissertation Title: Climate Change, Species Invasions, and Predator-Prey Interactions In California Estuaries
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

bscheng@umass.edu

Christy Bowles
Ph.D. student (finished 2013)
Dissertation Title: Stability, Resilience, and Persistence of Two Alternate Soft-Sediment Communities in Bodega Harbor, California
Current Position: Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

bowles@wildlife.ca.gov

Holly Long
Master’s student (finished 2013)
Dissertation Title: Interaction of the Invasive Tunicate Didemnum vexillum and Eelgrass (Zostera marina) in the Intertidal Zone of Tomales Bay, California

hollylong@caltestlabs.com

Heidi Weiskel
Ph.D. student (finished 2012)
Dissertation Title: The Interaction of Nutrient Loading and Biological Invasions in a Benthic Estuarine Community
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW)

heidi@elaw.org

Betsy Wells
Ph.D. student (finished 2012)
Dissertation Title: Evolutionary novelty and naïveté in invertebrate predator-prey interactions in a benthic marine community
Current Position: Program Staff - Benthic Lead, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

elizabeth.wells@water.ca.gov

Andy Chang
Ph.D. student (finished 2012)
Dissertation Title: An Urban Estuary in a Changing World: Diversity, Invasions, and Climate Change in San Francisco Bay
Current Position: Ecologist- Program Leader, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)

changal@si.edu

Sylvia Yang
Postdoctoral Researcher 2010-2011
Current Position: Director, Sea Discovery Center, Western Washington University

macs@wwu.edu

Anna Deck
Master’s student (finished 2010)
Dissertation Title: Effects of interspecific competition and coastal oceanography on population dynamics of the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida, along estuarine gradients

akdeck@sfsu.edu

David Kimbro
Ph.D. student (finished 2008)
Dissertation Title: Evolutionary History, Predation, and Coastal Upwelling Interactively Influence Native Oyster Habitat in Tomales Bay, California
Current Position: Associate Professor, Northeastern University

d.kimbro@northeastern.edu

Randall Hughes
Ph.D. student (finished 2006)
Dissertation Title: The Ecological Consequences of Genetic Diversity in Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
Current Position: Professor, Northeastern University

rhughes@northeastern.edu

Christy Tyler
Postdoctoral Researcher 2003-2006
Current Position: Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

actsbi@rit.edu

Amy Larson
Postdoctoral Researcher 2006
Current Position: Senior Instructor, Portland State University

larsona@pdx.edu

Catherine de Rivera
Postdoctoral Researcher 2003-2005
Current Position: Professor, Portland State University

derivera@pdx.edu

Elizabeth Brusati
Ph.D. student (finished 2004)
Dissertation Title: Effects of Native and Hybrid Cordgrass on Benthic Invertebrate Communities and Food Webs
Current Position: Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

elizabeth.brusati@wildlife.ca.gov

Theo Light
Postdoctoral Researcher 2002-2004
Current Position: Associate Professor, Shippensburg University

tsligh@ship.edu

Erika Gallo
Master’s student (finished 2004)
Dissertation Title: The influence of flood cycle and fish predation on invertebrate production on a restored California floodplain

elgallo@email.arizona.edu