Eric P. Palkovacs [Email]
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Office of Research
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
Georgia Third, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Fulbright Scholar
Morgan Abbott, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Pedro Valencia-Landa, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cota-Robles Fellow
Katie Kobayashi, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, California Sea Grant Fellow
Doriane Weiler, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Madilyn Gamble, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lucas Medeiros, NOAA QUEST Postdoctoral Fellow, Fisheries Collaborative Program
Paul Carvalho, NOAA QUEST Postdoctoral Fellow, Fisheries Collaborative Program
Lab Alumni
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: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
Dave Fryxell, former Ph.D. Student
Current position: Dennis Conservation Land Trust
Krista Oke, former Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: Research Scientist, 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: Assistant Professor, UC Irvine
Kerry Reid, former Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
Gina Contolini, former PhD Student
Current position: Greater Farallones Association
Travis Apgar, former PhD student
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley
Ben Wasserman, former PhD student
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Connecticut
Katie McElroy, former Master’s student
Current position: PhD Student, University of Washington
Dan Hasselman, former Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy
Emily Argo, former Research Technician
Current position: Fish and Wildlife Biologist, USFWS
Liam Zarri, former Master’s Student
Current position: PhD Student, Cornell University
Rebecca Robinson, former Master’s Student
Current position: Research Technician, Fisheries Collaborative Program
Prospective Lab Members
Prospective graduate students and postdocs: Please send me a CV and description of your research interests. Prospective graduate students please include your GPA, list of professional references, and relevant courses you have taken. Describe your research experience, especially thesis projects and work that has resulted in authorship of peer-reviewed publications. Please also provide a written description of what types of questions, methods, and study systems you would like to investigate. Clearly indicate what aspects of my research program interest you.
Prospective graduate students, new GAANN Fellowships available the top applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.
Prospective postdocs, check out the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Prospective undergraduate students: Please contact me if you are interested in undergraduate research opportunities. We are looking for motivated students to help with field sampling and ecological experiments. Potential REU funding available.