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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 Lauren Tobosa, UROC Intern

C:\Users\Lauren\Desktop\pictures\2011-09-01\214.JPG 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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