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Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division

Department/College/Unit Ocean Sciences Department

Title Postdoctoral Researcher

Affiliation Staff

Staff Type Postdoctoral Scholar

Web Site

Primary Office Location Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building
OHB 149

Mail Stop Long Marine Lab

Biography, Education and Training

• Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, 2022
• M.A., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, 2020
• M.S., Wildlife Science, Oregon State University, 2017
• B.S., Environmental Science, Duke University, 2014

Research Interests

Animal ecophysiology and demography, including population dynamics and endocrinology and how populations respond to both natural (e.g., climate change) and unnatural forcings (e.g., commercial hunting, pollution) in their environment  

Selected Publications

Kettemer, L.E., Ramm, T.,Broms, F., Biuw, M., Blanchet, M.A., Bourgeon, S., Pallin, L.J., et al. 2023. Don’t mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration. R. Soc. open sci. 10 (9), 230069. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230069

Cimino, M. A., Conroy, J. A., Connors, E., Bowman, J., Corso, A., Ducklow, H., Pallin, L.J., et al. 2023. Long‐term patterns in ecosystem phenology near Palmer Station, Antarctica, from the perspective of the Adélie penguin. Ecosphere, 14(2), e4417. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4417

Pallin, L. J., Kellar, N. M., Steel, D., Botero-Acosta, N., et al. 2023. A surplus no more? Variation in krill availability impacts reproductive rates of Antarctic baleen whales. Global Change Biology, 29(8), 2108-2121. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16559  

Pallin, L.J., Botero-Acosta, N., Steel, D. et al. 2022. Variation in blubber cortisol levels in a recovering humpback whale population inhabiting a rapidly changing environment. Sci Rep 12, 20250. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24704-6

Bierlich, K. C., Hewitt, J., Schick, R., Pallin, L., Dale, J., Friedlaender, A., ... & Johnston, D. W. 2022. Seasonal gain in body condition of foraging humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 2363. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1036860

Pallin L., Bierlich K. C., Durban J., Fearnbach H., Savenko O., Baker C. S., Bell E., Double M. C., de la Mare W., Goldbogen J., Johnston D., Kellar N., Nichols R., Nowacek D., Read A. J., Steel D. and Friedlaender A. 2022. Demography of an ice-obligate mysticete in a region of rapid environmental change. R. Soc. open sci. 9, 220724. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220724