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Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division

Department/College/Unit Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department
Institute of Marine Sciences

Title Professor

Affiliation Faculty

Other UCSC Campus Affiliation Environmental Studies Department

Faculty Type Regular Faculty

Web Site

Primary Office Location Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building
A248

Additional Location(s) Center For Ocean Health

Office Hours for Students/ Office Hours by appointment

Mail Stop Long Marine Lab

Biography, Education and Training

B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Paris
Post-Doc at Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

Research Interests

Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Fishes

Our laboratory research focuses on understanding speciation mechanisms in marine organisms. We have elected to specifically work on fishes as model systems. To approach this vast question, we mainly investigate two different fields of molecular evolution:

* Molecular phylogenetics: We are interested in understanding phylogenetic relationships between species complexes that correspond either to large groups (Scarids) of fishes, or to species that are in the process of speciation (i.e., Girella, Dascyllus).
* Population genetics: We are generally interested in studying the relationships between dispersal capabilities and gene flow in fish populations.

Our main areas of investigation are the temperate and subtropical Eastern Pacific, the Sea of Cortez, and the Indo-West Pacific.