Faculty

Michel Boudrias, Ph.D. Chair
Office: ST 267
Phone: (619) 260-4794
Email: boum@sandiego.edu

Dr. Boudrias' research interests include functional morphology of crustacean swimming appendages, the fluid dynamics of locomotion of invertebrates and fish, and the effects of aquatic pollutants on benthic communities.

Sarah Gray, Ph.D.
Office: ST270
Phone: (619) 260-4098
Email: sgray@sandiego.edu

Late Quaternary climate change. Skeletal trace-metal proxies in carbonates. Sedimentological processes in coastal bays, estuaries, and coral reefs

Ron Kaufmann, Ph.D., Graduate Director
Office: ST 274
Phone: (619) 260-5904
Email: kaufmann@sandiego.edu

Dr. Kaufmann studies the spatial and temporal dynamics of marine communities and the factors influencing those dynamics.Currently, he is examining the effects of seasonal pack ice on Antarctic pelagic communities.

reyns Nathalie Reyns, Ph.D.
Office: ST277
Phone: (619) 260-4096
Email: nreyns@sandiego.edu

Dr. Reyns' research focuses on identifying the biophysical factors (endogenous and exogenous environmental cues, hydrodynamic conditions) that influence the transport and dispersal of marine invertebrates, their settlement dynamics and recruitment to benthic habitats. Research in her lab is conducted using (1) laboratory experiments to examine behavioral responses of larvae in still and flowering water; (2) biophysical circulation models to assess potential dispersal pathways; and (3) field studies to test predictions generated from lab and modeling results, as well as to investigate settlement and recruitment. Dr. Reyns is also very interested in advancing marine science education and improving ocean literacy.

Anne Sturz, Ph.D., Associate Dean
Office: F136
Phone: (619) 260-27702
Email: asturz@sandiego.edu

Dr. Sturz' research has focused on hydrothermal fluid chemical composition and secondary mineral formation at oceanic spreading ridges. She was shipboard inorganic geochemist during Leg 128 of the Ocean Drilling Program in the Japan Sea, Fall 1989, and shipboard fluid geochemist during Leg 158 at the TAG Hydrothermal Mound, Fall 1995. More recently, she has worked on the Erupt Project ecosystems studies at Deception Island, Antarctica. Currently, Dr. Sturz is Associate Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences.

Zhi-Yong Yin, Ph.D.
Office: ST 268
Phone: (619) 260-8864
Email: zyin@sandiego.edu

Dr. Yin's past research involves hydrology of the Okefenokee Swamp, site location for groundwater wells, urban hydrology, and recent climatic fluctuations in China, Tibetan Plateau, and the United States. He offers courses in introductory physical geography, hydrology, introductory mapping and spatial data analysis, GIS, and remote sensing.