People

Principal Investigator

Gretchen Hofmann

Professor, EEMB

4310 MSRB
I study organism-environment interactions, love to work on marine invertebrates, and try and make our research relevant to decision makers and managers of marine ecosystems.

Graduate Students

Ivanna Arrizon Elizarraras

PhD Student

2409 MSRB
I study the physiological responses of marine invertebrate early life stages to thermal stress

Alondra Casas Navarro

MS Student

2409 MSRB
I study the impacts of thermal stress on giant kelp forest ecosystems in association with marine heatwaves.

Alitzel Villanueva

PhD Student

2409 MSRB
I study thermal effects on giant kelp reproduction and its early life stages in relation to marine heatwaves.

Undergraduate Students

Ella Alfaro Campbell

Research Assistant

I am an undergraduate researcher who studies the effects of marine heatwaves on giant kelp reproduction and sea urchin physiology.

Cade Nelson

Research Assistant

I am an undergraduate student researcher studying how marine heatwaves impact our giant kelp and sea urchin populations.

Ian Ridge

Research Assistant

I am an undergraduate researcher and I study the effects of marine heatwaves on sea urchins and giant kelp.