Award |
Recipient |
Department |
Research Project |
Faculty Advisor |
Yvette |
Alva |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Habitat fragmentation along the Tropical Eastern Pacific and whether it acts as a barrier to gene flow among resident reef fish |
Giacomo Bernardi |
Frank |
Black |
Environmental Toxicology |
How will Wetland Restoration Affect the Bioavailability of Mercury? |
Russ Flegal |
Robert |
Clark |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
The effects of native and introduced range soil microbes on the fitness of California Poppies, Eschscholzia californica |
Laurel Fox |
Amy |
Concilio |
Environmental Studies |
Effect of changing precipitation and nitrogen deposition on ecosystem invasibility |
Michael Loik |
Jan |
Freiwald |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Using acoustic telemetry and genetics to measure movement and its effect on individual fitness |
Mark Carr |
Sean |
Gillon |
Environmental Studies |
Expanding biofuel production: pressures on land conservation and water quality |
Margaret Fitzsimmons |
Amanda |
Jensen |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Population analysis of Mugil cephalus in the northern Gulf of California |
Pete Raimondi |
Kendra |
Karr |
Ocean Sciences |
Ecological role of Macrocystis pyrifera canopy on kelp forest communities dynamics |
Mark Carr |
Kord |
Kober |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Testing for positive selection on gamete recognition proteins in Teleost fish. |
Giacomo Bernardi, Grant Pogson |
Jenny |
Lane |
Ocean Sciences |
The relative contributions of inorganic and organic urea influx into Monterey Bay |
Raphael Kudela |
Blair |
McLaughlin |
Environmental Studies |
Reconstruction of the historical abundance of salmon and bears on the California Coast: a story of human impacts on aquatic/terrestrial interactions in ancient trees |
Erika Zavaleta |
Travis |
O'Brien |
Earth Sciences/Applied Mathematics and Statistics |
A neural network model of agricultural response to local climate: how vulnerable is California's agriculture to future climate change? |
Lisa Sloan |
Brian |
Petersen |
Environmental Studies |
Identifying and overcoming obstacles to addressing climate change |
Daniel Press |
Calla |
Schmidt |
Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Improving aquifer storage recovery operation to reduce nutrient load through denitrification: delineation of processes, controls, and in-situ potential |
Andy Fisher |
Nicholas |
Shikuma |
Environmental Toxicology |
Effects of global warming on a water-borne pathogen: genetic responses of Vibrio cholerae to environmental change |
Fitnat Yildiz |
Heather |
Swanson |
Anthropology |
Spawning possibilities: a comparative study of salmon management practices in Japan and the United States |
Anna Tsing |
Michael |
Vasey |
Environmental Studies |
Summer fog as a factor in the diversificaiton of Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) along the coast of California |
Karen Holl |
Brett |
Walker |
Ocean Sciences |
Understanding the linkages of seasonal upwelling to major biochemical reservoirs within the central California coast |
Matthew McCarthy |
Daniel |
Zantedeschi |
Applied Mathematics and Statistics |
Inferring climate system properties using a computer model |
Bruno Sanso |
