This page contains links of emeritus faculty, visiting faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and former students affiliated with the Phycology Lab at Moss Landing Marine Labs since 2003. 

Emeritus Faculty:

Michael S. Foster, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Visiting Faculty:

Sean Connell, Ph.D., Lecturer, University of Adelaide [at MLML 2004-2006]

Alejandro Buschmann, Ph.D., Professor, Universidad de los Lagos [at MLML 2007]

Postdoctoral Researchers:

Gage Dayton, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher [at MLML 2005-2007]

Bernat Hereu, Ph.D., Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow [at MLML 2006-2007]

Former Students:

Laurie McConnico. 2003. Demography of the intertidal kelp Alaria marginata along the Big Sur coast of California. San Jose State University. Currently faculty at Cuesta College.

Michael D. Donnellan. 2004. Spatial and temporal variability of kelp forest canopies in Central California. San Jose State University. Currently at National Parks Service.

Matthew Forrest. 2004. Ecology, geochemistry, and structural geology of a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur México. California State University Monterey Bay. Currently PHD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Tim Schaadt. 2005. Patterns and cuases of variability in the cover, biomass, and total abundance of Ulva spp. in Elkhorn Slough, California. California State University Monterey Bay.

Brent Hughes. 2007. Effects of Egregia menziesii populations on rocky intertidal benthic assemblages. California State University East Bay. Currently faculty at Cabrillo College.

Diana Kohtio. 2008. Population biology of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Monterey Harbor. San Jose State University.

Amber Szoboszlai. 2008. Positive and negative effects of intertidal macroalgal canopies on fucoid recruitment. San Jose State University. Currently PHD student at UC Davis.

Jennifer Jorve. 2008. Physical and biological consequences of morphological variability in a habitat-forming intertidal alga. San Jose State University. Currently PHD student at Univ Brit Columbia.

Aurora Alifano. 2008. Effects of algal drift on growth, survival, and reproduction of intertidal Strongylocentrotus purpuratus populations in central California. San Jose State University.

Max Overstrom-Coleman. 2009. Spatio-temporal variability and ecological significance of macrophyte-derived particulate organic matter (POM) within and surrounding a central California giant kelp forest. San Jose State University.

kwdemes [at] interchange [dot] ubc [dot] ca (Kyle Demes). 2009. Storage and abiotic regulation of sexual v. vegetative reproduction in the clonal kelp, Laminaria sinclairii. California State University, Monterey Bay. Currently PHD student at Univ Brit Columbia.