Faculty:

Erika McPhee-Shaw, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Larry Breaker, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor

Francois Cazenave

Francois' research focuses on internal waves in Monterey Bay. He uses data from MBARI's Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), from the US Naval Postgraduate School's Monterey Inner Shelf Observatory (MISO), and from the MLML CICORE Carmel Bay mooring to investigate internal waves in southern Monterey and Carmel Bay. His goal is to help understand the evolution of internal waves as they propagate between the outer shelf and inner shelf in this region.

Dustin Carroll

Dustin works on the CSU - CICORE ocean observing program and his thesis research seeks to investigate and characterize the near-shore oceanographic processes and dynamics that contribute to the unique ecosystem and physical environment in Stillwater Cove, in Carmel Bay, California. Specifically this study uses moored time series data (Stillwater Cove mooring) and hydrographic data to focus on how oceanographic and terrestrial inputs control the availability of important nutrients inside kelp reefs and within the Cove.

Lauren Sassoubre

Lauren is interested in the resuspension and transport of sediments and nutrients off the shelf. Her thesis focuses on intermediate nepheloid layers (INLs) observed in Soquel canyon, one of the main tributaries of the Monterey Canyon. Intermediate nepheloid layers are potentially important mechanisms by which sediments and nutrients are resuspended and transported laterally from continental margins, influencing sediment distribution, and vertically, influencing biological processes in the nearshore environment

Stephanie Flora
William Watson
Luke Beatman
Darryl Peters