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Graduate Programs

Current Graduate Students

antarticaJOEL BURKE: jburke-07@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Michel Boudrias, Professor USD
Thesis Title: Trace metal accumulation in the tissues of the eastern Pacific Blue Crab (Callinectes bellicosus): Implications for the detection of anthropogenic impacts in Bahia Magdalena

CASEY CAPOLUPO: ccapolupo-10@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Ignacio Rivera-Duarte, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
Thesis Title: The relationship between copper activity and copper toxicity in Shelter Island Yacht Basin

CARTER, DANIELLE: dcarter@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Drew Talley, Professor USD
Thesis Title: Effects of shore drift on island food webs in Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico

BRANDA COOK: bcook@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Hugh Ellis, Professor USD
Thesis Title: Oxygen stores in diving Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis)

DANI GARCIA: dgarcia-09@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Sue Lowery, Ronald Kaufmann, Professors USD
Thesis Title: The effects of free-drifting icebergs on the physiological condition of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)

WHITNEY HANSEN: whitneyhansen-10@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Ann Bowles, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Thesis Title: Vocal production learning in Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) through interspecific interaction

ROBERT HARRINGTON: robertharrington@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Sarah Gray, Professor USD
Thesis Title: Heavy metal source, mobility, and transport on St. John U.S. Virgin Islands

ELIZABETH HETHERINGTON: ehetherington@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Ron Kaufmann,Professor USD
Thesis Title: Food web dynamics in the eastern tropical Pacific warm pool based on compound-specific stable isotope analysis.

BRIAN JUHL: juhlb@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Ron Kaufmann, Professor USD
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JOSH LINCK: jlinck@sandiego.edu
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MORGAN MARTIN: mjmartin@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Mark Lowry, NOAA
Thesis Title: Studying the diets of sea lions - anchovie vs. sardine preference

JULIETTE NASH: julietten-11@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Ann Bowles, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Thesis Title: Vocal learning in Killer Whales: Effects of developmental stage and social affiliation.

CHARLENE RENCK: crenck@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Dave Wells, NOAA
Thesis Title: The age and growth of albacore in the eastern North Pacific

SAMANTHA SAN FRANCISCO: sanfranciscosm@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Hugh Ellis, Professor USD
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REBECCA SCHWARTZ: rebeccas@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Drew Talley, Professor USD
Thesis Title: Examining evidence for change in size distribution and species composition of fishes
from Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico since the mid-20th century using historical photographs

WHITNEY SEARS: whitneysears@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Sarah Gray, Professor USD
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KEVIN STOLZENBACH: kstolzenbach@sandiego.edu
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BRIANA TRACY: briannamtracy@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Nathalie Reyns, Professor USD
Thesis Title: Temporal and spatial variation in native and non-indigenous ascidian settlement within fouling communities in Mission Bay, San Diego, Califormia.

DANIEL WROBLESKI: dwrobleski@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Mark Drawbridge, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Thesis Title: Effects of dietary inclusion of Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) on the growth performance, body composition and hematology of juvenile white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) and California Yellowtail (Seriola Ialandi)

ALLI YOSHIDA: ayoshida@sandiego.edu
Thesis Chair: Hugh Ellis, Professor USD
Thesis Title: Plasma metabolites as indicators of fuel substrate use in Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis).