Our Team
Julia K. Baum
Principal Investigator
Pronouns: She/her
Director, Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders training program, 2023-
Vice President, Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution, 2022-
President's Chair, University of Victoria, 2021 -
Professor of Biology, University of Victoria, 2019 -
Affiliate Faculty, Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology, UH, 2016-
Previous:
NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellow, 2018 - 2021
Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, 2017 - 2021
Associate Professor of Biology, 2016 - 2019
Member, Global Young Academy, 2012 - 2017
Assistant Professor Biology, 2011 - 2016
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Ocean Sciences, 2012 - 2014
NCEAS & Schmidt Ocean Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010 - 2011
David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow & NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007 - 2009
PhD Dalhousie University, 2007
MSc Dalhousie University, 2002
BSc McGill University, 1999
Email: baum 'at' uvic.ca | Twitter: @baumlab
Dr. Kelton McMahon
Visiting Professor from U. of Rhode Island
Kelton joins us for the first half of 2024 as a visiting professor on his sabbatical. His research is broadly characterized as ecogeochemistry – the application of isotope and trace element geochemistry to fundamental questions in ecology. More specifically, his research develops a mechanistic understanding of how consumer-resource relationships build the food web architecture that supports ecosystem function and resilience. He is particularly interested in how natural and anthropogenic disturbances can alter food web architecture, both from a bottom up and top down perspective. His research is centered on the development and application of compound-specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) to understand resource utilization, trophic dynamics, and biogeochemical cycling. His approach draws upon expertise in ecology, oceanography, biochemistry, and geochemistry and builds partnerships with social scientists, tech/industry, economics, and modelers to provide scientific support to address current and emerging ocean challenges related to human-environment interactions.
Email: kelton_mcmahon 'at' uri.edu | Lab website
Twitter: @Dr.KeltonMcMahon | Instagram: @oceanecogeochemlab
Dr. Kristina Barclay
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
Kristina obtained her Ph.D. in 2020 from the University of Alberta, studying the impacts of ocean acidification on predator-prey relationships in both modern and fossil ecosystems. She then worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Calgary as the Coordinator for the MEOPAR Ocean Acidification Community of Practice. Kristina specializing in marine invertebrate palaeoecology, predation, ocean acidification, and science communication. Having been awarded a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, Kristina joined the lab fall 2021 to study the effects of human activity and climate change on B.C.’s crab populations since pre-human times. She is working collaboratively with Prof. Iain McKechnie in UVic’s Department of Anthropology, with scientists at the Royal BC Museum, and several First Nations.
Email: kristina.m.barclay ‘at’ gmail.com | Twitter: @BarnacleBarclay Personal Website and Blog
Google Scholar
Dr. Lauren Dykman
Kelp Rescue Initiative's Lead Restoration Scientist
DFO AERF Postdoctoral Fellow
Lauren joined the lab early in 2023 as a Mitacs postdoctoral fellow and as of January 2024 she has been promoted to Kelp Rescue’s Lead Restoration Scientist and is funded by the AERF grant. Lauren is leading a field research project to investigate the role genetic diversity in giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) restoration success using the green gravel technique. She merges her field research experience with her restoration background to answer science questions with targeted management applications. Before joining the team, Lauren studied kelp forest food webs as a scientific SCUBA diver at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She also worked as a restoration field site manager for California scrub and dune ecosystems, where she became acquainted with the practical side of restoration techniques. Lauren holds a PhD in Biological Oceanography from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Her PhD research focused on habitat disturbance and patchiness as drivers of species and functional diversity, particularly for parasites, an understudied yet critical functional group. She studied deep-sea hydrothermal vents as a unique example of isolated, disturbed habitats, and participated in three oceanographic research cruises using deep submergence vehicles.
Email: ldykman ‘at’ uvic.ca
Dr. Graham Epstein
Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow
Graham joined the lab in the summer 2022 as a Climate Solutions Postdoctoral Fellow. He is working on the quantification, management and conservation of carbon stores found in Canada’s seabed sediments, with a particular focus on fisheries management and marine protected areas. Graham is co-supervised by Dr. Susanna Fuller and his work is supported by a Mitacs Fellowship in collaboration with Oceans North. Prior to this role he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Exeter and Blue Marine Foundation investigating the blue carbon potential of marine conservation and restoration projects in the UK, with a focus on seabed sediments, kelp and saltmarsh habitats. He also has experience working in statutory conservation on the designation, monitoring and management of MPAs in Scotland; and previously spent a year working in the Dutch Caribbean on coral reef ecology. He holds a PhD from the Marine Biological Association and University of Southampton where he investigated the ecology, impacts and management feasibility of an invasive kelp in the UK.
Email: grahamepstein ‘at’ uvic.ca | Twitter: @graham_epstein Google Scholar
Dr. Jennifer McHenry
Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow
Jennifer (she/her) joined the lab as our Ocean Climate Solutions postdoctoral fellow in 2022. As part of the Blue Carbon Canada project, she is examining the potential for blue carbon ecosystem to provide ocean climate solutions in Canada, recognizing that these ecosystems are facing substantial redistribution and decline due to climate change. Collaborating with university, NGO, and governmental partners, she is leading research efforts to produce a nationwide synthesis of the carbon sequestration capacity of Canada’s eelgrasses, salt marshes, and kelp forests under climate change. Previously, Jennifer earned a dual MSc degree in Marine Biology and Marine Policy from the University of Maine, followed by a PhD in Geography from Florida State University in 2022. Her broader research seeks to understand the spatial ecology and climate change vulnerability of nearshore ecosystems and the role that marine conservation and restoration can play in securing sustainable outcomes for nature and people.
Email: jennmchenry ‘at’ uvic.ca | Twitter: @JennMcHenry
Instagram: @Salty_Biogeography | Personal Website
GitHub | Google Scholar
Dr. Alex Van Nynatten
BIOSCAN Postdoctoral Fellow
Alex joined the lab in the fall 2023 as postdoctoral fellow focused on coral reef ecology in an era of global change. He will be working on questions pertaining to the long-term stability (or dynamism) of coral symbioses and barcoding coral reef taxa, supported by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life. Alex uses genome sequencing and DNA-metabarcoding to study evolution and adaptation to major environmental changes at both the species and community level. Prior to joining the lab, Alex developed sequencing approaches to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and cost effectiveness of larval fish entrainment monitoring programs as part of a MITACS postdoctoral fellowship with Bruce Power. Alex obtained his Ph.D from the University of Toronto in 2019 where he studied the molecular evolution of the visual pigment gene, rhodopsin, in fishes that have made evolutionary transitions from marine to freshwater environments.
Email: alexvannynatten ’at’ uvic.ca | Twitter: @alexvn
Personal Website | Google Scholar | GitHub
Kristina Tietjen
Lab Manager, Blue Carbon Canada Research Project Manager &
Kiritimati Research Project Manager
Previously: MSc Student 2017-2020; Kiritimati Scientific Dive Team 2014-2015; GYA Research Assistant 2016-2019
Kristina (she/her) has been in the lab full time for eight years now. She started as the Kiritimati Project Manager, responsible for organizing and leading our field expeditions. Since 2014, Kristina has participated in and/or led eleven expeditions to Kiritimati. Kristina is an expert in corals and has an uncanny ability to locate underwater field sites from a fast moving boat. We would be lost without her. Following the completion of her MSc in January 2020, she also took on the position of lab manager. In summer 2021, the lab received funding to do a research project focused on the natural blue carbon potentials in Canada, which Kristina is the project manager for as well. Kristina also worked on the Global Young Academy Importance of Fundamental Research project.
For Kiritimati related things: kiritimatiprojectmanager 'at' gmail.com
For lab related things: baumlabmanager 'at' gmail.com
For blue carbon things: pm.bluecarboncanada ‘at’ gmail.com
Email: kristinaLtietjen 'at' gmail.com | Twitter: @TietjenK Personal Website
Daisy Buzzoni
PhD Candidate
Daisy (she/her) graduated from the University of Oxford in her UK homeland with a biology degree in 2016. She became interested in coral conservation interventions whilst coral 'gardening' during an internship in the Bahamas, after which she headed to the University of Miami to complete her MSc in 2020 with our collaborator Prof. Andrew Baker. Her masters research focused on coral-algal symbiont bleaching dynamics and symbiont manipulations. She joined us as a PhD student in Fall 2020 to investigate shifts in tropical coral-algal symbioses in a disturbed & warming ocean. Daisy is using the lab's library of coral samples from Kiritimati to examine heatwave-induced shifts in the symbiont communities hosted by a variety of coral species and also the role of energetic lipid reserves in predicting coral survival. Spring 2022, Daisy travelled to Palau to work with Prof. James Guest's lab, to address the role of coral population structure in the interaction between algal symbionts and bleaching resistance. She is supported by a Study Abroad Studentship from The Leverhulme Trust (UK) and the UVic Marmie Hess Fellowship.
Email: daisybuzzoni ‘at’ gmail.com | Twitter: @DivingMsDaisy
Matthew Csordas
PhD Candidate
Matt completed his Bachelor of Engineering and Biosciences in Chemical and Bioengineering at McMaster University in 2020, during which he developed strong quantitative, statistical, and programming/modeling skills. Matt started in the lab as a NSERC-supported masters student and in September 2022 rolled up to a doctoral program supported by a Mitacs Accelerate Internship. His research focuses on the distribution of kelp species and ecosystems, how this is influenced by different abiotic and biotic factors at multiple scales, and how these distributions may change as climate change progresses. The past two summers, Matt led a Vancouver Island wide field project funded through the BC Parks collecting benthic video transects within the “kelp zone” using an underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV). Data from this field season will be instrumental in developing his kelp species distribution models for BC. Through his thesis Matt will be contributing to the larger Baum Lab project focused on assessing blue carbon ecosystems in Canada.
Email: csordas.matthew ‘at’ gmail.com | Twitter: @MattCsordas LinkedIn
Dominica Harrison
PhD Candidate
Dominica graduated from the University of Alberta in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences with her M.Sc, studying remote sensing of tropical vegetation. Supported by NSERC, Dominica joined our lab in 2021. She works on quantifying coral reef community composition and biodiversity. Dominica uses spectral imaging, 3D modeling, and geomorphic data to build maps of coral reefs. Since summer 2022, she has lived in Hawaii to join Dr. Greg Asner and Dr. Robin Martin of the Global Discovery for Conservation Science from Arizona State University to develop ecologically significant maps of coral communities surrounding the Hawaiian Archipelago. Her integrated approach to spatial reef ecology is met through an ascending spatial framework from in-situ field measurements to aerial and satellite imagery. By improving our understanding of coral reef distribution and health, this research will advance our ability to monitor and preserve these ecological systems.
Email: dharrison ‘at’ uvic.ca
Brian Timmer
PhD Candidate
Previously: Research Assistant Summer 2022
Brian (he/him) is a National Geographic Explorer and Royal Canadian Geographical Society Trebek Initiative grantee working on a NSERC supported PhD. He is using historical data that he found in the UVic archives to investigate half a century of changes to seaweed phenology and kelp forest distribution in the Salish Sea, as well as working with the Kelp Rescue team to advance kelp forest restoration techniques. Brian spent nearly a decade as a SCUBA instructor before completing a BSc in Biology followed by an MSc in Geography focused on the remote sensing of kelp forests.
Email: briantimmer ‘at’ uvic.ca | Twitter: @Scuba_Timmer
Tessa Rehill
MSc Candidate
Tessa completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology at McGill University in 2023, where her research focused on evaluating the effectiveness and comparability of marine scientific trawl surveys and environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding in assessing fish communities around Vancouver Island. She also evaluated the availability of barcode and genome data for freshwater organisms in Canada to better understand how eDNA metabarcoding can be leveraged for conservation efforts. She began her MSc in the lab in September 2023 where her project aims to develop models of urchin dynamics and investigate how urchin distributions interact with kelp occurrence to predict future community assemblages. Eager to get started, Tessa joined us the summer before she started on our field expedition to Bamfield to assist with the kelp forest monitoring data collection.
Email: tessarehill@uvic.ca
Kaitlyn Zerr
MSc Candidate
After finishing her BSc in Marine Biology at Dalhousie University, Kaitlyn relocated to the Maldives where she worked as a researcher for the Manta Trust. There, she studied the population dynamics, the impact of tourism, as well as the spatial and reproductive ecology of the world’s largest recorded population of manta rays. Learn more about the Maldivian Manta Ray Project here. In 2021 and 2022, Kaitlyn was invited to work in the South of the Maldives on a single island Atoll, Fuvahmulah, as the Assistant Project Manager for the Maldives Oceanic Manta Ray Project. Working from a local fishing vessel, she collected data on the oceanic mantas that visit Fuvahmulah including photo ID, microbiome swabs, and stereo-video measurements. In her NSERC and Rufford supported MSc, Kaitlyn is using remote time-lapse cameras to create a species list for the Fuvahmulah Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and investigate the visitation patterns of various shark and ray species to the island. This research will highlight ecological areas of significance that require protection. Additionally, through surveys, she is quantifying the value of Fuvahmulah’s marine biodiversity to the tourism industry and visitors’ willingness to pay for increased protection of the Biosphere Reserve.
Email: kzerr ‘at’ uvic.ca
Visiting Graduate Student
Lasse Broska
Visiting MSc student
Lasse is a master student from Germany who joined our lab as an intern in early 2024. He completed his bachelor’s degree in 2022 at the Ruhr-University Bochum, where he worked on the spread of a pathogenic fungus in local amphibian populations. After graduating, he started a master’s program in Biodiversity at the Ruhr-University Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen. As part of this program, he came to Victoria for an internship and is helping Matt with his research on kelp forests. His work focuses on changes in kelp diversity and kelp community composition along spatial gradients.
Research Assistants, Work Study Students, Co-Op Students, & Volunteers
Emma Hancock
NSERC USRA Summer 2024
Previously: Directed Studies Student Fall 2023, Research Assistant Spring 2024
Emma (she/her) is in her last year of a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a Marine Biology concentration at UVIC. In Summer 2023 she had the opportunity to take a phycology field course at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Center. During this time, she conducted a research project investigating morphological differences in Fucus distichus between wave-exposed and wave-sheltered sites. Emma joined the lab in September 2023 to continue to pursue her interest in phycology as a Directed Studies student. She used underwater ROV videos taken in southern BC to analyze the environmental factors which influence urchin density and distribution. This study will compliment other projects in the Baum Lab investigating kelp distribution along the coast of BC and how it is affected by kelp-urchin interaction. She is continuing in the lab this spring as a volunteer.
Isabel Gregr
Volunteer 2024
Previously: Volunteer Fall 2021 - Fall 2022, NSERC USRA Student Spring 2023
Isabel is a fourth year undergraduate student workign towards a BSc. in Biology with a concentration in Marine Biology and a minor in Ocean Science. She joined the lab in Fall 2021 to assist Matt with analyzing his many ROV videos and joined on some of the field work trips to collect those surveys. In addition to the kelp ROV surveys, Isabel also assisted Kaitlyn with analyzing videos from the Maldives and going through UVic archives for Brian. Now in 2024 she will be mainly assisting Brian with his work.
Alec Jones
Volunteer 2024
Previously: Volunteer Summer 2023
Alec is in his fourth year of a BSc in Biology with a concentration in Marine Biology and an Ocean Sciences minor. He is helping Brian with his many data processing and analyzing tasks.
Ray Stiles
UVic SERA Summer Student
Previously: Research Assistant May 2023-April 2024
Ray joined us in summer 2023, helping Matt and Brian in the field assisting with ROV surveys and kelp restoration research. During this academic year, they have been working in the lab assisting Brian with data processing. They have also been helping the coral team with DNA extractions and photo analysis from the most recent trip to Kiritimati. This summer they are continuing their work on Kiritimati photo analysis and will be joining the team on the expedition to Kiritimati at the end of July. They have finished their third year of a BSc in Biology.
Alexandra Wiebe
Research Assistant
Alexandra graduated from the University of Winnipeg with degree in Biology and Sustainable Development in 2021. During her undergrad, she conducted biogeochemical research investigating the impact of climate change on the quality and bioavailability of dissolved organic carbon in forested watersheds with the support of NSERC. Her passion for the marine environment was sparked when she moved to the west coast in 2021 and spent three years guiding sea kayak expeditions in the Broughton Archipelago. Alexandra joined the Baum Lab in October 2023 and is assisting in Lauren’s field research to investigate the role of genetic diversity in giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) restoration. This spring and summer she is also helping Brian with his field work. Lastly, she has been helping Matt process many of the ROV videos.
Alumni
Post-doctoral Researchers
Matt Ramirez, Hess Postdoctoral Researcher, 2022; Current: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Sam Starko, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2019-2022; Current: Forrest Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Hannah Epstein, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2019-2020; Current: Lecturer in Marine Biology, University of Essex
Laura Kehoe, MEOPAR Postdoctoral Researcher, 2016-2018; Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, The Nature Conservancy, Colorado
Megan Dodd, GYA Research Associate, 2015-2017; Current: Medical Science Liaison for AbbVie
Josie Iacarella, Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2017; Current: Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Victoria
Lauren Yeager, SESYNC Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2016; Current: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Brett Favaro, Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2014; Current: Dean, Faculty of Science at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Phil Neubauer, Postdoctoral Researcher (Co-supervised), Rutgers, 2011-2013; Current: Statistician, Dragonfly Data Science, New Zealand
Graduate Students Lia Chalifour, PhD Student 2016-2022; Current: Salmon Lead for North Coast - Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society (under their North Coast Cumulative Effects Program)
Elizabeth Beauchamp, visiting PhD student from the CoralAssist Lab in Newcastle, UK Fall 2021 Dominique Maucieri, MSc Student 2019-2021; Current: PhD Student, University of Victoria
Kevin Bruce, MSc Student, 2019-2021; Current: Fishery Manager with DFO
Sean Dimoff, MSc Student, 2018-2021; Current: Boating Safety Officer at Transport Canada
Geoffrey Osgood, PhD Student, 2014-2020; Current: Quantitative ecologist with eOceans
Kristina Tietjen, MSc Student, 2017-2020; Current: Lab manager and Kiritimati Project Manager in the lab
Jenny Smith, MSc Student, 2017-2019; Current: Assistant Fishery Manager with DFO
Jennifer Magel, MSc Student, 2016-2018; Current: PhD Student, University of British Columbia
Danielle Claar, PhD Student, 2013-2018; Current: Kelp Ecologist WA Department of Natural Resources - Nearshore Habitat Program
Aaron Eger, MSc Student, 2015-2017; Current: Program Director at Kelp Forest Alliance
Jamie McDevitt-Irwin, MSc Student, 2015-2017; Current: PhD Student, Stanford University
James Robinson, PhD Student, 2012-2017; Current: Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University
Easton White, Fulbright Scholar, 2013-2014; Current: Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire
Adrian Burrill, MSc Student, 2011-2014
Logan Wiwchar, MSc Student, 2011-2014; Current: Medical School Student, University of Calgary
Rowan Trebilco, PhD Candidate (Co-supervised), SFU, 2009-2013
Laurence Fauconnet, Masters exchange student at Scripps from DAA (Resources and Aquatic Ecosystems Option), Rennes, France, 2009
Maria de Oca, CMBC Masters in Marine Biodiversity & Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2008-2009
Undergraduate Students
Bronwyn Hobson, NSERC USRA Summer 2023
Sophia Cross, Research Assistant Summer 2023
Alec Jones, Volunteer Summer 2023
Isabel Gregr, NSERC USRA Spring 2023 Student, Volunteer Fall 2021 - 2022
Paige Amos, Honours Student 2022-2023, Volunteer summer 2022
Sara Manson, Directed Studies Student, Fall 2022
Brittnie Spriel, Honours Student (project poster) and Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awardee 2021-2022, Research Assistant Fall 2020 - Summer 2021, Directed Studies Student Summer 2021, NSERC USRA Student Summer 2020, Volunteer Winter 2020
Tannin Standing, Honours Student Fall 2021 - Winter 2022
Lydia Walton, NSERC USRA Summer 2021, Honours Student Fall 2020 - Winter 2021, Research Assistant Summer 2020, Volunteer Fall 2019
Emie Woodburn, Research Assistant, Winter 2021, Directed Studies Student, Fall 2020
Hannah Dobbs, Honours Student, Fall 2020 - Winter 2021, Volunteer Winter 2020
Rebecca Hansen, Honours Student and Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awardee, Fall 2020 - Winter 2021, CO-OP Student Summer 2020 and Fall
2019, Research Assistant Winter 2020, Volunteer Spring 2019
Nathan Heuver, Directed Study Student, Summer 2020, Work Study Student Fall 2019-Winter 2020
PJ Harnois, NSERC USRA Student, Summer 2019
Kelley Richardson, Directed Study Student, Spring 2019
Rowen Monks, Work Study Student, 2018-2019, Directed Study Student, Summer 2018, Volunteer, Winter 2018
Nelson Perks - JCURA/Honours Student, 2018-2019, NSERC-USRA Student-Summer 2018
Hannah Hunter, Volunteer Spring 2019, Directed Study Student Fall 2018
Chloe Slomowitz, Honours Student 2016-2017
Lochlan Noble, Directed Study Student, Fall 2016
Lisa Szostek, Honours Student and Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awardee 2015-2016, Research Assistant and Directed Study Student
Summer 2015, Directed Study Student Spring 2015
Navarana Smith, Directed Study Student, Spring 2015
Hannah Britton-Foster, Honours Student, 2014-2015
Robert Izett, Directed Study Student, Fall 2014
Maryann Watson, NSERC USRA Student-Summer 2014, Directed Study Student-Spring 2014, Research Assistant-Summer 2013, JCURA/Directed
Study-Fall 2012-Winter 2013, SURA student-Summer 2012, Volunteer-Spring 2012
Mairin Deith, Honours Student 2013-2014, NSERC USRA Student-Summer 2013
Gabriel David, Honours Student, 2013-2014
Jillian Dunic, Research Assistant-Summer 2012-Summer 2013, Honour's Student 2012-2013, Volunteer-Spring 2012
Renee Prefontaine, Honours Student (Co-supervised), Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 2008-2009
Sophie Whoriskey, Honours Student (Co-supervised), Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 2006-2007
Undergraduate RAs, Volunteers and Work Study Students
Halle Bell, Volunteer, Fall 2021 - Winter 2022
Alyssa Allchurch, Work Study Student, Fall 2020
Chloe Kramer, Volunteer, Fall 2019 - Winter 2020
Nathan Harris, Volunteer, Winter 2020
William Gao, Volunteer (High School Student), Fall 2019
Jessica Weir, Volunteer, Spring 2019
Allie Kozachuk, Research Assistant/Volunteer, 2017-2019
Elizabeth Giannantonio, Research Assistant/Volunteer, 2017-2019
Roxanne Le-Goff, Volunteer, Fall 2017- Winter 2018
Hailey Davies, Volunteer, 2015-2017
Mitra Nikoo, Volunteer, 2013-2015
Jessica Holden, Volunteer, Winter 2014
Michael Sullivan, Volunteer, Winter 2014
Liam Coleman, Research Assistant-Summer 2013, Volunteer-Winter 2013
Carmen Smith, Work Study Student, Fall 2013
Patrick Duffy, Volunteer, Winter 2013
Vivian Pattison, Volunteer, Winter 2013
Grace Aroella-Jarvie, Work Study Student, Fall 2012
Research Assistants
Caitlin Bergman, Research Assistant, Fall 2022, Volunteer, Summer 2022
Kevin Bruce, BC Research Project manager 2021, Kiritimati Field Research Assistant 2017-2019 Niallan O'Brien, Lab Manager, Research Assistant, Volunteer, Fall 2017 - December 2019
Josh McInnes, Research Assistant, 2017-2018, Work-Study Student, Fall 2016
Jessie Lund, Lab Manager, Research Assistant, 2016-2018, NSERC USRA Student (Spring 2016), Volunteer (Fall 2015)
Quinn Lowen, Field Research Assistant (Eelgrass Team), Summer 2016
Tella Osler, Field Research Assistant (Eelgrass Team), Summer 2016
Sarah Friesen, Lab Manager, Research Assistant, Lead Field Diver, 2016
Lia Chalifour, Research Assistant, Summer - Fall 2015
Kieran Cox, Research Assistant, Spring 2015- Summer 2015, Work Study Student (Fall 2014), Volunteer and Member of Kiritimati Field Team
(Summer 2014, January 2015, Summer 2015).
Mairin Deith, Research Assistant/Database Analyst, 2014-2015
Shaun Walbridge, Research Assistant - Spatial Programmer, 2011-2012, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), UCSB
David Groulx, Research Assistant - Spatial Programmer, 2011, NCEAS, UCSB
Amy Briggs, Research Assistant, 2010-2011, NCEAS, UCSB
Laura Dee, Research Assistant, 2010, NCEAS, UCSB