Graduate Students
The current graduate students in the Grosholz Lab share a variety of interests in estuarine and marine ecology.
Click on the name for more information about that person.
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Ben Rubinoff
Ph.D. student (entered 2016)
Research interests: Biological invasions, climate change, estuarine ecology, fouling communities
Project: Effects of climate change and invasive species on fouling community diversity and function
brubinoff@ucdavis.edu |
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Priya Shukla
Ph.D. student (entered 2018)
Research interests: climate change, shellfish aquaculture, marine disease ecology, thermal acclimation
Project: Does thermal acclimation improve disease resistance in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas?
pshukla@ucdavis.edu |
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Angela Korabik
Ph.D. student (entered 2018)
Research interests: climate change, biological invasions, kelp ecology, environmental stress
Project: The effects of climate change and biological invasions on kelp reproduction and community composition
arkorabik@ucdavis.edu |
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Ricardo DeSantiago
SDSU Joint Doctoral Program (entered 2018)
Research interests: Food web dynamics, nutrient subsidies, multiple stressors including human nutrient inputs, climate change, and invasive species
Project: Understanding how the invasive rockweed, Sargassum horneri, impacts communities along the southern California coast and the Channel Islands
rdesantiago@ucdavis.edu |
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Julie Gonzalez
Ph.D. student (entered 2019)
Research interests: biotic interactions, food web ecology, biological invasions, wetland conservation/restoration
Project: Understanding sea-level rise impacts on physical and biological processes in estuaries and reconciling ecological and social metrics to assess marsh restoration outcomes
gonzalez@ucdavis.edu |