Undergratuate Research
BIOHOPK 199H
1-15 UNITS

All of these labs are willing to host undergraduate researchers. Here is a short description of each. See also selected papers by undergraduates.

B. Block: Comparative Vertebrate Physiology (biomechanics, metabolic physiology and phylogeny of pelagic fishes, evolution of endothermy)

L. Crowder: Marine ecology, fisheries, bycatch, integrating science and policy, marine conservation

G. De Leo: Population Dynamics & Management

M. Denny: Biomechanics (the mechanical properties of biological materials and their consequences for animal size, shape, and performance)

W. Gilly: Neurobiology (analysis of giant axon systems in marine invertebrates from molecular to behavioral levels)

C. Lowe: Evolution of Development (origin of chordates, early evolution of body plans)

F. Micheli: Marine Ecology (species interactions and community ecology, scale-dependent aspects of community organization, marine conservation and design of multi-species marine protected areas, behavioral ecology)

S. Palumbi: Molecular Evolution (mechanisms of speciation, genetic differentiations of populations, use of molecular tools in conservation biology, design of marine protected areas)

G. Somero: Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology (adaptations of marine organisms to the environment: temperature, pressure, desiccation, and oxygen availability)

S. Thompson: Neurobiology (neuronal control of behavior and mechanisms of ion permeation, signal transduction, calcium homeostasis, and neutrotransmission)

J. Watanabe: Marine Ecology (kelp forest ecology and invertebrate zoology).