| Group Members | Name and Contact | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Giacomo Bernardi | Working on phylogeography, speciation and molecular ecology of fishes. Particularly interested in fishes lacking a pelagic larval phase, in Sea of Cortez/Pacific disjunct species, and in surfperches (Embiotocidae) |
| Email: bernardi (at) ucsc.edu | Giacomo’s website | |
| Post-Docs | ||
 | Jason Johns | Population genomics of Micronesian fishes |
| Email:jasonjohns at ucsb.edu | ||
| Graduate students | ||
 | Cerise Chen (co-advised by Luiz Rocha, California Academy of Science) | Molecular evolution of Ogcocephalidae (batfishes) |
| Email: jchen263(at)ucsc.edu | Cerise’s Website | |
 | Allyson Salazar Sawkins | Molecular adaptation of gobies to a changing climate |
| Allyson’s Website | ||
 | Eric Witte | Evolutionary biology of fish venoms |
| Email: ewitte (at) ucsc.edu | ||
 | Shinji Yamamoto | Genomics of Japanese and California surfperches |
| Email: syamamo5 (at) ucsc.edu | ||
 | Natasha Hinojosa | Diet, biogeography and evolution of TEP and WA reef fishes |
| Email: nahinojo at ucsc.edu | Natasha’s Website | |
 | Salma Abdel-Raheem | Movement ecology, diving behavior of marine organisms |
| Email: salma at ucsc.edu | ||
| Visiting grad students | ||
 | Arthur Oulès | Morphology and genetics of Surfperches |
| Visiting scientists | ||
| Past Post Doctoral Researchers | ||
 | Ricardo Beldade | Professor (Assistant) at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
 | Filip Huyghe | “Population genomics of Indian Ocean Clownfishes” |
| Past Members (but we still love them): | ||
 | Jason Toy, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow at Old Dominion |
 | May Roberts, PhD | May’s Website |
 | Remy Gatins,PhD | Assistant Professor Northeastern University |
 | Dan Wright, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Houston |
 | Jacob Winnikoff, PhD (co-advised by Steve Haddock, MBARI | “Signatures of Deep-Sea Adaptation in Ctenophores” |
 | Eric Garcia, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow at Old Dominion |
 | Gary Longo, PhD | “Molecular Genomics of surfperches” |
 | Eva Salas, PhD | “Evolutionary history of Dascyllus trimaculatus” |
 | Hudson Pinheiro, PhD | “Biogeography and evolution of reef fishes of Brazilian Oceanic Islands” (co-sponsored with Luiz Rocha California Academy of Sciences) |
 | Jimmy O’Donnell, Ph. D. | Post.Doc. University of Washington, Seattle |
 | Kimberly Tenggardjaja, Ph.D. | “Comparative phylogeography of endemic and non-endemic damselfishes throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago” |
 | Alexis Jackson, Ph.D. | Fisheries Project Director: The Nature Conservancy |
 | Kord M Kober, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, UCSF |
 | Yvette Alva-Campbell, Ph.D. | Post. Doc. SFSU |
 | Marina Ramon, Ph.D. | Post. Doc. USC. |
 | Martha Burford, Ph. D. | Research Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Academic Programs: Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University |
 | Amanda Jensen | Phylogeny and population genetics of mullet species in the Northern Gulf of CA |
 | Jonna Engel, Ph. D. | Coastal Commission, Ventura |
 | Karen Crow-Sanchez, Ph. D. | Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University |
 | Joe Jones, Ph. D. | Director, Environmental Genomics Core Facility, U. South Carolina |
 | Gregorio Benavides | Serranid population genetics |
 | Astrid Terry, M.Sc. | Project Manager, ENIGMA, Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
 | Stian Alesandrini, M.Sc. | Marine Ops, Moss Landing Marine Labs |
| Nicole Inokuchi | |
| David Huang | Research Associate, UCSB, SONGS. |
| Past Visiting Scientists | ||
 | Giuseppe Bucciarelli | Genetic structure of fishes / Entertainer and Moviemaker extraordinaire |
| Giuseppe’s website | ||
| Past Visiting students (but we still love them too!): | ||
| Mathilde Nourigat | population genomics of Lessepsian fishes |
| Laura Gajdzik | Genomics and functional morphology of damselfishes |
| Juliette Tariel | Brood parasitism in Altrichthys. |
| Laura Dufranc, EPHE, France | “Microsatellite analysis of shrimp from Moorea, French Polynesia” |
| Ana Liedke, Florianopolis, Brazil | “Population genetics of three-banded butterflyfish” |
| Marloes Poortvliet, Groningen, The Netherlands | Population genetics of Mobulid rays |
| Jose Tavera, CIBNOR, La Paz, Mexico | Phylogenetics of Haemulidae |
| Ana Maria Millan, CIBNOR, La Paz, Mexico | Population genetics of Humboldt squid |
| Matthieu Leray, Perpignan, France | Population genetics of Dascyllus trimaculatus |
| Vera Domingues, ISPA, Portugal, Ph.D. | Evolution, speciation and phylogeographical patterns of marine organisms |
| Jen Rupnow, Arizona State University | Sea of Cortez groupers, fisheries, management, and genetics |
| Celine Reisser, COM, Marseilles, France | Evolutionary consequences of multiple paternity in surfperches |
| Marloes Poortvliet, Groningen, The Netherlands | Population genetics of California Sheephead |