Professor Palkovacs in a river with a red cap.

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

Abigail Ward, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Paige Gardner, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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

Samuel Ginther, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience

Madilyn Gamble, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Anjana Parandhaman, Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Lab Alumni

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: Institutional Research, Assessment, and Policy Studies, UCSC

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 Academy of Sciences

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

Krista Oke, former Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center

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: 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: Delaware Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

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: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Liam Zarri, former Master’s Student
Current position: PhD Student, Cornell University

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