Spotlight

John Largier is a Professor at the Bodega Marine Laboratory and an environmental oceanographer who is interested in ocean connectivity. 

 Rachel Sniderman is a second-year undergraduate whose major is undeclared but leaning toward Biological Sciences

I’m responsible for BML student outreach, which means spreading the word about the opportunities available in Bodega Bay and helping students actually get out there! My biggest desire is to spread the word of the newly founded Marine and Coastal Science major and involve undergraduate students.

Ronald Tjeerdema is Associate Dean for Environmental Sciences in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He completed his Ph.D. at UC Davis, and returned in 1999 to be a professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology. 

James N. Sanchirico is currently a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy. His main research interests include the economic analysis of policy design, implementation, and evaluation for marine and terrestrial species conservation, and the development of economic-ecological models for forecasting the effects of resource management policies.

In April, Cassie Ettinger, a Ph.D. student at UC Davis in the Eisen lab, published the first of a multi-component study on marine plant-microbiome interactions. In it she proposes the seagrass, Z. Marina, as a model system. She now plans to collaborate with the Stachowicz lab to advance hazier topics like microbiome inheritance and probiotics for plants. CMSI got a chance to hear from Ettinger about her journey to UC Davis and ask her for advice to those who might want to follow her footsteps.

Marissa Baskett is a UC Davis Associate Professor and co-Master in the Department of Environmental Science and Management as well as the advisor for the Marine Ecology area of emphasis in the Graduate Ecology Group. In her lab, she utilizes mathematical models to study the interface between theoretical population biology and conservation biology.

 Dr. Susan Williams (1951 –2018) was an internationally recognized Marine Biologist and UC Davis based professor of marine biology whose research pushed the boundaries of science and redefined international policy. Dr. Williams graciously took the time to answer some of our questions below.