Felipe S. Barreto

My research examines how marine species adapt and diversify across environmental gradients. By facing such gradients, marine taxa face physiological challenges as they acclimated or adapt. I employ biochemical and genetic approaches to quantify variation and mechanisms of physiological variation and evolution in marine animals.

Michael S. Blouin

We study the snail immune system and how that interacts with trematode parasites. We also study how salmon respond to selection in hatcheries, which includes aspects of physiology and behavior.

Jamie M. Cornelius

I study organismal responses to climate change and environmental challenges commonly encountered by wild songbirds. My research utilizes behavioral and physiological approaches in both field and captive environments.

Kathryn M. Everson

Members of our lab work on a variety of natural systems to understand how life on Earth evolves. Our research often addresses how species are related to one another (phylogenetics), how their evolutionary history has been shaped by landscape features (phylogeography) or ecology (molecular ecology), and how they are impacted by inter-species hybridization.

Kirsten Grorud-Colvert

I am a fish biologist, and my research focuses on early life history, age and growth, essential fish habitats, conservation of fishes, fisheries biology, and impacts of climate change

Sarah K. Henkel

I am a benthic ecologist at the Hatfield Marine Science Center and Associate Director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center at Oregon State University. My research broadly addresses potential effects of human activities (e.g. marine renewable energy installations, marine reserve designations, coastal development, invasive species, climate change) on seafloor habitats and species.

David Kikuchi

David's research explores how animals make sense of vast quantities of information and use it to make adaptive decisions, including learning and innate behaviors. He also studies how an animal's decision-making impacts the evolution of other species, as well as how adaptation and behavior create feedbacks with ecology. He focuses on predator-prey systems, communication, and social learning.

Nathan L. Kirk

We study the behavior and basic biology of sea anemones and then use molecular techniques to help understand the mechanisms of the broader observed patterns. We use reproductive patterns and basic demographics to help us understand how sea anemones function in the field.

Jane Lubchenco

Robert T. Mason

Christopher J. Marshall

I study comparative internal and external anatomy of insects.

Bruce A. Menge

Major research areas are marine community and meta-ecosystem ecology, physiological ecology, and impacts of climate change, including ocean acidification, on the stability of coastal marine ecosystems.

Rebecca C. Terry

Research in the Terry Lab is grounded in specimen-based research, with specific areas of interest that include body size and shape, dietary niche breadth, the digestive damage that predators inflict on the bones of their prey, and thermoregulation. We approach these themes via stable isotope analysis, 2D and 3D geometric morphometrics, and scanning electron microscopy.

Virginia M. Weis

Our group examines the cellular and molecular interactions that govern coral-algal symbioses including the role of host innate immunity in symbiosis regulation and inter-partner regulation of growth during host development.