MSI Faculty | UCSB Marine Science Institute

Biological Oceanography

Brzezinski's research focuses on a dominant group of marine phytoplankton, the diatoms. Diatoms are unique among the phytoplankton in that they…

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…

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…

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…

Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Christopher Costello is a professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, co-director of the…

Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology

Schuyler Professor, Environmental Studies Program

The D'Antonio lab focuses on terrestrial ecosystem dynamics and the causes and consequences of changes in plant community composition and ecosystem…

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…

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…

Environmental Studies Program

Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Ranjit is a faculty member in the Environmental Studies program and the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of…

Marine Science Institute

The Eliason Lab examines how climate change constrains the performance and persistence of marine animals. We use an integrative approach to…