Former Graduate Students
MORGAN KELLY, PH.D. (2011)
Current Position: Associate Professor, Louisiana State University (website)
EVELYNE SUI LING KUO, PH.D. (2012)
Current Position: Conservation Officer, Hong Kong.
DAN SWEZEY, PH.D (2015)
Current Position: Lead Scientist, The Cultured Abalone Farm; and Research Scientist, UC Davis, Bodega Marine Lab (website)
OLIVIA TURNROSS, M.S. (2015)
Jill BIBLE, PH.D (2016)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Washington College. (website)
GRACE HA, PH.D (2019)
Primary Advisor: Dr. Susan Williams
Current Position: Program Associate, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners
CHRIS KWAN, PH.D. (2016)
Current Position: Senior Environmental Scientist, Delta Stewardship Council.
EMILY LONGMAN, PH.D (2023)
Current Position: NSF OCE Postdoctoral Fellow, Pespeni Lab, University of Vermont
Former Post-doctoral Researchers (with BOAR group)
DR. SETH MILLER (2012-2013)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Anne Arundel Community College.
DR. KRISTY KROEKER (2012-2014)
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC Santa Cruz. (website)
DR. EMILY RIVEST (2014-2016)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science. (website)
Former Research Technicians
DAVID WORTH (2007-2008)
Current Position: Self-employed, Portland, Oregon.
KIRK SATO (2008-2010)
Ph.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Current Position: Post-doctoral scholar, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington.
BETH LENZ (2009-2011)
PhD, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Current Position: Hawaiʻi Sea Grant, Assistant Director for Diversity and Community Engagement
MEGAN YOUNG (2010-2011)
Current Position: Mom, biology teacher.
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.
KAYLEE GRIFFITH (2014)
Current position: Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Ph.D., San Diego State University)
JASON TOY (2015)
Current position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Old Dominion University (Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz)
JOSH CHOW (2016-2017)
Teaching assistant, research technician.
Current position: Graduate student in Clinical Psychology, Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA.
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
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)
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.
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
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
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