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People in the Marine Landscape Ecology Lab
Principal Investigator
Corey Garza, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Corey Garza is the Principal Investigator for the Marine Landscape Ecology Lab, Co-Director of the CSU COAST Geospatial Research Education and Technology Network and an assistant professor in the Division of Science and Environmental Policy at CSU Monterey Bay [Bio].
Graduate Students
Thesis Students
Mary McCormick, B.Sc. University of California, San Diego
Thesis Topic: Stable isotope analysis of Spiny Lobster and California Sheephead foraging habitat at the Santa Catalina Island Marine Reserve.
Daniel Orr, NSF Trainee, B.Sc. University of California, Santa Cruz
Thesis Topic: Predictive GIS modeling of spatially dependent disturbance events in intertidal communities.
Sean Windell, Sea Grant Trainee, B.Sc. University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis Topic: Estimating the value of spatial variation in habitat diversity in marine reserve design for Pacific Spiny Lobster and California Sheephead.
PSM Students
Ben Walker, B.Sc. Northeastern University
Undergraduate Students
Mitchell Takata, USC Sea Grant undergraduate research trainee
Amber Reichert, NSF undergraduate research trainee
Timothy Fuller, UROC Intern
Lauren Tobosa, UROC Intern
Cristina Villalobos, McNair Scholar Participant
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
Elizabeth Pardieck, B.Sc. University of California, Santa Barbara
PSM Internship Project: Lost Fishing Gear Removal Project. Internship Host: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. M.Sc. in Coastal and Waterhsed Science and Policy, Spring 2012.
Current Position: Program Coordinator fo CSU Council on Ocean Affairs Science and Technology
Scott Toews, B.Sc., University of Victoria
Thesis Topic: Linking habitat heterogeneity to genetic partitioning in the rocky subtidal using black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni). M.Sc. in Coastal and Watershed Science and Policy, Spring 2012.
Current Position: California Sea Grant Fellow with the California Ocean Protection Council
Clover Lee, B.Sc. Mount Holyoke College
PSM Internship Project: A predictive habitat model for black abalone in Monterey Bay, CA. Internship Host: Marine Landscape Ecology Lab. M.Sc. in Coastal and Watershed Science and Policy, Fall 2011.
Current Position: Environmental Analyst, KEMA Inc.
Shae Mitchell, B.Sc. California State University, Monterey Bay
Thesis Topic: Lottia gigantea size and density differences in rocky intertidal communities in Monterey Bay, California [PDF] (Co-Advisor: Dr. Susan Alexander). M.Sc. in Coastal and Watershed Science and Policy, Spring 2011.
Current Position: Lead ESL Instructor, Changnyeong English Village, South Korea.
Undergraduate Students
Maren Mitch, McNair Scholar Program Participant
Project Title: Relationship between intertidal habitat complexity and Ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) abundance. B.Sc. in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy, Spring 2011.
Current Position: Ph.D. Program, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University.
Alexis Hall, CSU-LSAMP and McNair Scholar Program Participant
Project Title: Spatial patterns of erosion in association with epifaunal species distribution at Elkhorn Slough, California. B.Sc. in Environmental Science Technology and Policy, Spring 2010.
Current Position: Ph.D Program, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Alison Jones, McNair Scholar Program Participant
Project Title: A local comparison of the sea mussel, Mytilus californianus, growth rates on the central coast of California (Primary Advisor: Dr. Susan Alexander). B.Sc. in Environmental Science Technology and Policy, Fall 2009.
Current Position: Ph.D. Program, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University.
Xeromimo Castaneda, CSU-LSAMP and McNair Scholar Program Particpant
Project Title: Comparison of geospatial classification techniques for estimating the spatial extent of Mytilus californianus; a key indicator species in rocky intertidal environments. B.Sc. in Environmental Science Technology and Policy, Spring 2010.
Current Position: Technician, Point Reyes Bird Observatory
Krystal Schneider, UROC Intern
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