Professor Palkovacs in a river with a red cap.

Eric P. Palkovacs [Email]
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Director, Institute of Marine Sciences
Director, Fisheries Collaborative Program
Coastal Biology Building, 130 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (office) 831-502-7387; (lab) 831-459-1475

Current Lab Members

Abigail Ward, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Romy Pan, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Paige Gardner, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Georgia Third, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Fulbright Scholar

Morgan Abbott, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sara Hocevar, NOAA QUEST Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Matthew Mensinger, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience

Samuel Ginther, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience

Anna Poulton, NOAA QUEST Postdoctoral Fellow, Fisheries Collaborative Program

Anjana Parandhaman, Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kerry Reid, Project Scientist, Fisheries Collaborative Program

Regina Spranger, Research Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Ian Budesa, Master’s Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Daisy Schadlich, Master’s Student, Coastal Science and Policy

Lab Alumni

Madilyn Gamble, former NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: HubSpot

Katie Kobayashi, former PhD Student
Current position: Stillwater Sciences

Lucas Medeiros, former NOAA QUEST Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / MIT

Paul Carvalho, former NOAA QUEST Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission / NOAA NWFSC

Doriane Weiler, former PhD student
Current position: UCSC Academic Affairs

Tim Scully, former MS Student, Coastal Science and Policy
Current position: California Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

William Ware, former MS Student, Coastal Science and Policy
Current position: California Trout

Tara Dolan, former NOAA QUEST Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

Megan Sabal, former PhD Student
Current position: Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Jennifer Hoey, former Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Dave Fryxell, former Ph.D. Student
Current position: Dennis Conservation Land Trust

Krista Oke, former Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Simone Des Roches, former ISEECI Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Celia Symons, former UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: University of California, Irvine

Kerry Reid, former Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: UCSC Fisheries Collaborative Program

Gina Contolini, former PhD Student
Current position: Greater Farallones Association

Travis Apgar, former PhD student
Current position: California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Ben Wasserman, former PhD student
Current position: Delaware Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Katie McElroy, former Master’s student
Current position: California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Dan Hasselman, former Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy

Emily Argo, former Research Technician
Current position: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Liam Zarri, former Master’s Student
Current position: Smithsonian Institution

Rebecca Robinson, former Master’s Student
Current position: UCSC Fisheries Collaborative Program