Faculty

Michel Boudrias, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department 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., Associate Professor
Office: ST 270
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., Associate Professor
Marine Science 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., Assistant Professor
Office: ST 277
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.

Drew M. Talley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Office: ST 266
Phone: (619) 260.6810
Email:dtalley@sandiego.edu

Dr Talley’s research focuses on the complex ways in which coastal habitats are interconnected, either through the activities of animals or through physical processes such as wind and water movement. He combines stable isotope, population, and community ecology to study the influences of this habitat connectivity on ecosystems in the face of local and global anthropogenic changes.

In addition to his academic work, Dr. Talley is the Science Director for the Aquatic Adventures Science Education Foundation (www.aquaticadventures.org ).

Zhi-Yong Yin, Ph.D., Professor
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.

Staff

Kathleen A. Andrews,
Executive Assistant
Phone: 619/260-4795
Email: andrewsk@sandiego.edu
Office: ST 273
Fax: 619/260-6874

baker Elizabeth Baker Treloar
Lecturer and Field Trip Co-ordinator
Phone: 619/260-6822
Email: ebaker@sandiego.edu
Office: ST 269
Fax: 619/260-6874

Keith Fink, Lab Manager
Phone: 619/260-4535
Email: kfink@sandiego.edu
Office:ST 265
Fax: 619/260-6874