MSI Faculty

Professor of biological oceanography
Brzezinski's research focuses on a dominant group of marine phytoplankton, the diatoms. Diatoms are unique among the phytoplankton in that they…
Associate Professor, Department Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
I received my B.A. in Biology from the University of Mississippi in 1999 where I studied marine natural products chemistry and chemical ecology. In…
Assistant Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
Tamma is an Assistant Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a faculty…
Professor of Microbial Oceanography

Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
As Microbial Oceanographers my groups’ research interests are shaped by an interdisciplinary blend of marine microbial ecology, microbiology and…
Professor, Bren School
Christopher Costello is a professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, co-director of the…
Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Research in our lab is broadly based around the phenomenon of self/non-self recognition (allorecognition) in the colonial ascidian, Botryllus…
Professor, Department of Economics
Olivier Deschenes is Professor of Economics at the University of California Santa Barbara, where he is also affiliated with the Bren School of…
Schuyler Professor, Environmental Studies

Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
The DʻAntonio lab focuses on terrestrial ecosystem dynamics and the causes and consequences of changes in plant community composition and ecosystem…
Associate Professor, Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology
The Eliason Lab examines how climate change constrains the performance and persistence of marine animals. We use an integrative approach to…
Assistant Professor and 50/50 split Environmental Studies and Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
Dr. Froehlich earned her B.Sc. in Animal Biology from the University of California, Davis and her Ph.D. in Marine Ecology & Fishery Sciences…