ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA — LONG BEACH, CA — AUGUST 6, 2024

Keira Monuki presented a poster regarding her dissertation research, titled: “Variation in maternal provisioning and hatchling sizes across populations of a range-shifting marine snail.”

Zoe Brumbaugh receives OUTSTANDING SENIOR Award — May 2024

Congratulations to undergraduate student Zoe Brumbaugh (shown on right, with graduate student mentor Keira Monuki, left) who received the College of Biological Sciences Outstanding Senior Award in Marine and Coastal Sciences! This award was given in recognition for Zoe’s achievements, both in the classroom and through her research on introduced sea anemones in Tomales Bay.

UC DAVIS Undergraduate Research CONFERENCE — April 26, 2024

Sophia Lindemuth presented a research poster regarding her senior thesis project, titled: “What’s for dinner? The diet and ecological role of the marine Dove Snail, Alia carinata.” View her poster here…

UC DAVIS Undergraduate Research CONFERENCE — April 26, 2024

Zoe Brumbaugh presented a research poster regarding her Kendra Chan Fellowship project, titled: “Enemy anemones: The aggressive behaviors and competitive interactions between a native and newly introduce anemone.” View her poster here…

Western Society of Naturalists Meeting — November 12, 2023

Keira Monuki was awarded Best Speed Talk for her presentation titled: “Investigating the mechanisms that facilitate species invasions in a recently introduced sea anemone.” Congratulations, Keira!

Western Society of Naturalists Meeting — November 11, 2023

Zoe Brumbaugh presented a research poster regarding her Kendra Chan Fellowship project, titled: “Enemy anemones: The aggressive behaviors and competitive interactions between a native and newly introduce anemone.” View her poster here…

8th State of tomales bay conference — September 29, 2023

Keira Monuki spoke about her invasive species research at the Tomales Bay Conference. Her talk was titled, “Understanding the pathways to rampant invasion in a newly introduced sea anemone in Tomales Bay.”

SUMMER STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL — August 1, 2023

Undergraduate students in BIS 124 (Coastal Marine Research) produced short films on their research projects for a general audience. They premiered these outreach films in a Film Festival at Bodega Marine Laboratory in early August. Now you can also watch their outstanding films here!

Emily awarded NSF POST-DOC — May 2023

Congratulations to Emily Longman who was awarded an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship!  Her project is titled, “Ecological genomics of adaptation in a rocky shore predator-prey interaction.”  Emily will be completing her PhD at UC Davis this fall and then will start her new post-doctoral position in November working in the lab of Professor Melissa Pespeni at the University of Vermont. 

SAM awarded LERNER-GRAY GRANT — JUNE 2023

Congratulations to Sam Walkes who received a Lerner-Gray Grant for Marine Research from the American Museum of Natural History! This grant will support Sam’s dissertation research on Owl Limpets and geographic range expansions. The title of his project is: “Exploring the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of a climate-driven range-shift.”

KEIRA awarded GRANT from tomales Bay foundation — MARCH 2023

Congratulations to Keira Monuki who received a grant from the Tomales Bay Foundation to support her research on invasive sea anemones in Tomales Bay! The title of her project is: "Understanding the pathways to rampant invasion: Genetic structure and plasticity in a newly introduced sea anemone in Tomales Bay." Keira also passed her Qualifying Exam in March!

ADRI PENIX AWARDED Distinguished Scholar Award — April 28, 2023

Congratulations to undergraduate student Adri Penix who received a Distinguished Scholar Award from UC Davis College of Biological Sciences! This award was in recognition for Adri’s outstanding research on behavior and territoriality in intertidal Owl Limpets.

ECOLOGY FILM FESTIVAL — FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Emily Longman organized a free public Film Festival at the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Davis to highlight the short films of 12 graduate students who participated in a Scientific Filmmaking course in Fall 2022. Emily’s efforts were supported by a Bilinski Fellowship. You can learn more about the course and film festival here.

ECOLOGY FILM FESTIVAL — JANUARY 19, 2023

Emily Longman organized a free public Film Festival at the Bodega Bay Grange Hall to highlight the short films of 12 graduate students who participated in a Scientific Filmmaking course in Fall 2022.

Western Society of Naturalists Meeting — November 13, 2022

Sam Walkes was awarded Best Speed Talk for his presentation titled: “Exploring the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of an ongoing range shift.” Congratulations, Sam!

Western Society of Naturalists Meeting — November 11, 2022

Adri Penix presented a research poster regarding their Kendra Chan Fellowship project, titled: “Get off my lawn! The effects of interspecific competition on owl limpet territory size and behavior.” View their poster here…

Western Society of Naturalists Meeting — November 11, 2022

Jacquie Rajerison presented a research poster regarding her Aquarium of the Pacific Scholarship project, titled: “One anemone, many flavors: Geospatial variation in the oral disc and tentacle patterns of Halcampa decemtentaculata.” View her poster here…

Western Society of Naturalists Meeting — November 11, 2022

Sky Jung and Zoe Brumbaugh presented a research poster regarding their BIS 124 project, titled: “Environment-driven variation in foot size and attachment strength in the intertidal snail Acanthinucella spirata.” View their poster here…

8 Tips to Ask a Professor to Be Your Mentor — September 22, 2022

Jacquie Rajerison and Eric Sanford teamed up to write a blog post that offers undergraduate students advice on how to connect with a mentor! Read more here…

Announcing the ten recipients of the UC Davis Bilinski Fellowship at Bodega Marine Laboratory for 2022-23 — July 11, 2022

Emily Longman and Keira Monuki were awarded Bilinski Fellowships that will support their research studying adaptation in coastal species, and will also facilitate creative efforts to integrate science communication and the arts. Congratulations, Emily and Keira!

national science foundation announces graduate research fellowship recipients — April 4, 2022

Keira Monuki was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship that will support her work studying climate change, adaptation, and geographic range expansions along the California coast. Congratulations, Keira!

New paper on Ecological leverage points — January 4, 2022

A new paper in Annual Review of Marine Science by Kristy Kroeker and Eric Sanford discusses how species interactions can amplify the physiological effects of global environmental change in the ocean. You can read their paper here!

SUMMER STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL — September 10, 2021

Undergraduate students in BIS 124 (Coastal Marine Research) produced short films on their research projects for a general audience. They shared these outreach films online in a virtual Film Festival in mid-September. You can watch their outstanding films here!

Western Society of Naturalists Meeting — November 5-8, 2020

Sanford Lab members including Maddy Frey, Jenna Quan, Sarah Merolla, Aurora Ricart, and Eric Sanford presented talks at the virtual conference in 2020.

UC DAVIS Undergraduate Research VIRTUAL CONFERENCE — May 7-8, 2020

Manisha Koneru presented a research poster regarding her project, titled: “The adaptive significance of colour polymorphism in the Brooding Sea Anemone Epiactis prolifera.” View her poster here…

UC DAVIS Undergraduate Research VIRTUAL CONFERENCE — May 7-8, 2020

Michael Brito presented a research poster regarding his BIS 124 project, titled: “She’s got to be from out of town: Effects of a poleward range shift of the southern nudibranch Phidiana hiltoni on resident nudibranch species.” View his poster here…

Western Society of Naturalists Meeting, Ensenada, BAJA california, Mexico — November 1, 2019

Congratulations! Undergraduate student Jenna Quan won Honorable Mention for her research poster regarding her BIS 124 project, titled: “Effects of a record-breaking heatwave on mussel bed communities in Northern California.” View her poster here….

Dr. Grace HA Presents her Exit Seminar — October 25, 2019

Congratulations to Grace Ha, who filed her dissertation and was awarded her Ph.D. in September 2019! Grace presented a superb exit seminar to a full house at Bodega Marine Lab on October 25, 2019.

UC DAVIS “Research Rockstars” Undergrad Slam video contest — June 7, 2019

Congratulations to Erica Kono and Feifan Li, First-prize winners in the UC Davis 2019 Research Rockstars contest! Watch their 3-minute video regarding their BIS 124 research project here: "Do snails put all their eggs in one basket?"