Our Group
Faculty:
Michael H. Graham, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Diana Steller, Ph.D., Research Faculty/Diving Safety Officer
Graduate Students:
Selena McMillan (Effects of Tegula grazing on Macrocystis)
Arley Muth (Constraint of geological processes on rocky shore ecology)
Catalina Reyes (Effects of erosion on subtidal habitats in Elkhorn Slough, Ca)
Rosemary Romero (Recruitment strategies of opportunistic algae)
Thew Suskiewicz (Dynamics of Nereocystis populations)
Paul Tompkins (Community ecology of California rhodolith beds)
Megan Wehrenberg (Growth and reproductive strategies of Gracilariopsis sp.)
Undergraduate Students:
Sarah Jeffries (Temperature effects on kelp recruitment)
Phycology lab current research projects
NSF: Effects of ocean climate change on recruitment of kelp populations
CA Seagrant: Seaweed strain selection and preservation to optimize harvest yields for abalone culture
NSF Collaborative Research: Biodiversity and ecosystem function in seaweed communities (TEAM ALGAE)
Please see Moodle@MLML for the Beerpigs (Benthic Ecology Experimental Research Phycology In General) meeting schedule