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Okamoto diving in sea urchin barrens Daniel Okamoto
Dept of Integrative Biology
population dynamics of exploited species, marine biology, community ecology, ecological modeling, biostatistics
Portrait of Wenbo Wu Wenbo Wu
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
Seismology, oceanography, climate science
James K. B. Bishop James K. B. Bishop
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
ocean carbon cycle dynamics, remote sensing, aquatic chemistry, marine biogeochemistry, land - ocean biogeochemistry, chemical oceanography, ocean sensors and autonomous observing systems, Carbon Explorer, Carbon Flux Explorer
Jere H. Lipps Jere Lipps
Dept of Integrative Biology
ecology, paleontology, molecular phylogenetics, evolution of marine biotas, paleoenvironments, coral reef, Antarctic habitats, seismic histories, astrobiology, Charles Darwin
Bethanie Edwards Bethanie Edwards
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
oceanography, chemical oceanography, environmental microbiology, molecular tools for microbial ecology, mass spectrometry, lipidomics, lipid metabolism, marine biogeochemistry, microbial carbon cycling, ocean carbon cycle dynamics
William Boos William Boos
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
atmospheric science, climate dynamics, monsoons, Earth's hydrological cycle
headshot of Francis Macdonald in outdoor environement Francis Macdonald
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
tectonics, climate, biological evolution
Alexis Kaminski in outdoor setting Alexis Kaminski
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fluid dynamics, stratified flows, upper-ocean dynamics, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, mixing, internal waves, shear instabilities
M. Reza Alam M. Reza Alam
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Theoretical Fluid Dynamics, nonlinear wave mechanics, ocean and coastal waves phenomena, ocean renewable energy (wave, Tide and Offshore Wind Energy), Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Fluid Flow Control, ocean renewable energy
John Chiang John Chiang
Dept of Geography
climate change, climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interactions, paleoclimate
headshot of Rachel Carlson Rachel Carlson
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
marine ecology, land-sea connectivity, coastal resilience, geospatial data, ocean policy and governance, social-ecological dynamics, coral reef, California current system
Philip Marcus; man with short gray hair wearing a blue button-up shirt. Philip Marcus
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks
Simo Mäkiharju in lab setting Simo Mäkiharju
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
experimental fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics, Cavitation, multiphase flow, drag reduction, ocean renewable energy, particle image velocimetry, Time-Resolved X-Ray Densitometry, Droplet and particle transport
Barbara Romanowicz Barbara Romanowicz
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
earth & planetary science, deep earth structure & dynamics, earthquake processes & scaling laws, real time estimation of earthquake parameters, development of modern broadband seismic and geophysical observatories, planetary seismology
Kurt M Cuffey Kurt M. Cuffey
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
Dept of Geography
continuum mechanics, climate, geomorphology, glaciers, glaciology, climate history, stable isotopes, geographical thought
Headshot of Dr. Rob Lillis Robert Lillis
Academic Research Unit
Mars atmosphere, planetary magnetism, MAVEN, solar wind, atmospheric escape
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is director of the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory and lead of the NASA Psyche mission. Lindy Elkins‑Tanton
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
planetary formation, magma oceans, planetary differentiation
Carlos F. Noreña Carlos Norena
Dept of History
Roman history
Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
Vincent Resh Vincent H. Resh
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
ecology, water resources, pollution, monitoring, water-borne diseases
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