Former Graduate Students

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MORGAN KELLY, PH.D. (2011)

Current Position: Associate Professor, Louisiana State University (website)

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EVELYNE SUI LING KUO, PH.D. (2012)

Current Position: Conservation Officer, Hong Kong.

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DAN SWEZEY, PH.D (2015)

Current Position: Lead Scientist, The Cultured Abalone Farm; and Research Scientist, UC Davis, Bodega Marine Lab (website)

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OLIVIA TURNROSS, M.S. (2015)

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Jill BIBLE, PH.D (2016)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Washington College. (website)

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GRACE HA, PH.D (2019)

Primary Advisor: Dr. Susan Williams

Current Position: Program Associate, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners

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CHRIS KWAN, PH.D. (2016)

Current Position: Senior Environmental Scientist, Delta Stewardship Council.


Former Post-doctoral Researchers (with BOAR group)

 
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DR. SETH MILLER (2012-2013)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Anne Arundel Community College.

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DR. KRISTY KROEKER (2012-2014)

Current Position: Associate Professor, UC Santa Cruz. (website)

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DR. EMILY RIVEST (2014-2016)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science. (website)

 

Former Research Technicians

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DAVID WORTH (2007-2008)

Current Position: Self-employed, Portland, Oregon.

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KIRK SATO (2008-2010)

Ph.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography

Current Position: Post-doctoral scholar, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington.

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BETH LENZ (2009-2011)

PhD, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Current Position: Hawaiʻi Sea Grant, Assistant Director for Diversity and Community Engagement

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MEGAN YOUNG (2010-2011)

Current Position: Mom, biology teacher.

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CHRIS KNIGHT (2012)

Current position: Ph.D. Student, Stanford University.

KELLY LAUGHLIN (2012-2014)

Current Position: Graduate student in Genetic Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

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KAYLEE GRIFFITH (2014)

Current position: Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Ph.D., San Diego State University)

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JASON TOY (2015)

Current position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Old Dominion University (Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz)

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JOSH CHOW (2016-2017)

Teaching assistant, research technician.

Current position: Graduate student in Clinical Psychology, Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA.

PRIYA SHUKLA (2016-2018)

Current position: Ph.D., UC Davis.

(website)

 

SARAH MEROLLA (2018-2021)

Research Assistant, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

 

Michael Brito (Summer 2020)

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 2020: “Coastal mosaics of local adaptation and the eco-evolutionary dynamics of a marine predator-prey interaction”

Current Position: Education Team Member, Noyo Center, Fort Bragg, CA

ANNA LEE (Summer 2021)

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 2021: “Coastal mosaics of local adaptation and the eco-evolutionary dynamics of a marine predator-prey interaction”

Current Position: Research Technician, USGS, Corvallis, OR


Former Senior Thesis & Fellowship Students

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Joey Reustle (2013-2014)

Senior Thesis: Local-scale phenotypic plasticity of barnacle cirri within mussel bed disturbance gaps.

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Hampton University. (Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi)

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CHESSIE COOLey-RIEDERS (2016-2017)

Senior Thesis: Biomechanics and inducible defenses in the posterior adductor muscle of the California mussel exposed to sea star predator cues.

Current Position: Research Technician, UC Davis, Todgham Lab.

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HAO HAO PONTIUS (2017-2018)

Senior Thesis: Range shifts and the effects of temperature on the aggressive behavior of the sea anemone, Anthopleura sola.

Current Position: Research Technician, University of Michigan

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MANISHA KONERU (2019)

UC Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Kendra M. Chan Fellowship

Research Project: Spatial variation and adaptive coloration in the Proliferating Sea Anemone, Epiactis prolifera.

Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Bristol, UK

MADDY FREY (2020)

UC Davis, Bodega Marine Reserve, Natural Reserve System Field Fellowship

Research Project: Diversity of nemerteans in the Bodega Bay region.

Current Position: Research Technician, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

JACQUIE RAJERISON (2022)

Aquarium of the Pacific African-American Scholar Program, Spring 2022

Research Project: Geospatial variation in the oral disc and tentacle patterns of Halcampa decemtentaculata.

Current Position: Shark Research Internship, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

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ANIKA AGRAWAL (2018-2019)

Senior Thesis: Effects of microplastics on the mole crab Emerita analoga.

Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of Connecticut

Jenna Quan (2020)

UC Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Kendra M. Chan Fellowship

Research Project: Differences in evolved predatory behavior and optimal foraging strategies between populations of the channeled dogwhelk, Nucella canaliculata.

Current Position: Environmental Planner & Biologist at CDM Smith

ADRI PENIX (2022)

UC Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Kendra M. Chan Fellowship

Research Project: The effects of interspecific competition on owl limpet territory size and behavior.

Current Position: NOAA observer, Alaska