Mentors and Projects
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For inquiries about mentors and their projects, please look over the mentor's webpages (linked to their names). If you still have questions, please email us at reu@csumb.edu. Please do not contact the mentors directly. Students who contact mentors may be removed from consideration for the REU.
Each year we highlight a selection of mentors across our six research partners. See below for the REU mentor list, which highlight the types of research available to students in our program.
California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB)
| Mentors | Research Theme |
|---|---|
| Dr. JP Dundore-Arias | Role of Native Microbial Communities on Plant Community Assembly in Coastal Marshes, Influence of Plant-Invasion and Establishment of Non-Native Species |
| Dr. Daniel Fernandez | Fog Water Collection and Measurement |
| Dr. Corey Garza | Marine Landscape Ecology, Intertidal Ecology, Drones, GIS |
| Dr. Arlene Haffa | Agricultural Nutrient and Pesticide Management to Reduce Greenhouse Gases, and Water Contamination |
| Dr. Allison Haupt | Conservation Biology |
| Dr. Nathaniel Jue | Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics |
| Dr. James Lindholm | Fish Ecology |
| Dr. Cheryl Logan | Marine Physiology, Climate Change Stress Physiology, Ecological Forecasting, Ocean Climate Change Policy |
| Dr. Steve Moore | Marine Biology and Ocean Robotics |
| Dr. John Olson | Freshwater Ecology, Invasive Species, Microplastics, Coastal Rivers |
| Dr. Sherry Palacios | Biological Oceanography |
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ESNERR)*
| Mentors | Research Theme |
|---|---|
| Dr. Kerstin Wasson | Estuarine Conservation Biology |
| Susie Fork | Environmental Indicator Development |
| John Haskins | Water Quality Science |
| Dr. Rikke Jeppesen | Estuarine Ecology, Invasive Species, Marsh Restoration |
Hopkins Marine Station (HMS)
| Mentors | Research Themes |
|---|---|
| Dr. Larry Crowder | Marine Ecology and Conservation |
| Dr. Giulio DeLeo | Marine Population Dynamics |
| Dr. Mark Denny | Marine Biomechanics |
| Dr. William Gilly | Marine Developmental Biology |
| Dr. Jeremy Goldbogen | Marine Mammal Science, Biomechanics and Physiological Ecology |
| Dr. Chris Lowe | Developmental Biology |
| Dr. Fiorenza Micheli | Population Biology |
| Dr. Steve Palumbi | Molecular Ecology |
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
| Mentors | Research Themes |
|---|---|
| Dr. James Barry | Biology and Ecology of Marine Benthic Communities |
| Dr. Peter Brewer | Ocean Chemistry, Laser Raman Spectroscopy |
| Dr. Francisco Chavez | Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia, El Niño, Observational Genomics |
| Danielle Cline and John Ryan | Passive Acoustic Monitoring |
| Dr. Andrea Fassbender | Marine Biogeochemical Cycling |
| Dr. Steve Haddock | Bioluminescence and Jellies |
| Dr. Kakani Katija | Bioinspired Design |
| Dr. George Matsumoto | Deep-sea Ecology |
| Dr. Mike McCann | Big Ocean Data Analytics and Software Engineering |
| Dr. Ken Smith and Dr. Chrissy Huffard | Climate Change and Deep-sea Community Stucture |
| Dr. Yui Takeshita | Chemical Sensor Development, Coral Reef Metabolism and Biogeochemistry, Seawater CO2 Chemistry, Benthic Fluxes, and Seagrass and Kelp Forest Biogeochemistry |
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML)
| Mentors | Research Themes |
|---|---|
| Dr. Ivano Aiello | Marine Geology |
| Dr. Holly Bowers | Environmental Biotechnology |
| Dr. Tom Connolly | Physical Oceanography |
| Dr. Colleen Durkin | Biological Oceanography |
| Dr. Dave Ebert | Shark Biology and Ecology |
| Dr. Michael Graham | Algal Ecology |
| Dr. Scott Hamilton | Fish Ecology |
| Dr. Amanda Kahn | Invertebrate Ecology: Trophic Ecology, Suspension Feeders, Natural History of Marine Invertebrates |
| Dr. Gitte McDonald | Marine Mammal and Seabird Ecology, Physiological Ecology and Polar Science |
| Dr. Kim Null | Biological Oceanography and Nutrient Chemistry |
| Dr. Jason Smith | Eco-Physiology |
| Dr. Diana Steller | Macroalgal Ecology |
| Dr. Nick Welschmeyer | Biological Oceanography |
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
| Mentors | Research Themes | |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Haflidi Jonsson | Marine Meteorology, Marine Boundary Layers, Airplane Based Weather Measurements | |
| John Joseph | Acoustics and Marine Mammal Acoustic Signatures | |
| Dr. Jamie MacMahan | Oceanography, Surf Zone and Inner Shelf Processes | |
| Dr. Wieslaw Maslowski | Arctic Earth Systems | |
| Dr. Tom Murphree | Climate Variations, Climate change, and the Ocean's Role in Earth's Climate System | |
| Dr. Wendell Nuss | Coastal and Marine Meteorology | |
| Dr. Jeff Paduan | Physical Oceanography |