Dr. McCauley began his career as a fisherman in the Port of Los Angeles, but migrated to marine science and now serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology. McCauley has a degree in political science and a degree in biology from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD from Stanford University. He did postdoctoral research at Stanford University and UC Berkeley. Dr. McCauley is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in the Ocean Sciences.