Frames of a video of Vorticella, a ciliate attached to a substratum, changing its orientation

Rachel Pepper

Postdoc

  • Marine larvae in turbulence
  • Dr. Pepper’s lab website
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    Photograph of a sea anemone in a flume illuminated by a sheet of light. White dots in the water are zooplankton prey

    Eve Robinson

    Grad Student

    Effects of turbulence on planktivory by benthic suspension feeders
    Diagram of a tiny juvenile crab

    Lindsay Waldrop

    Grad Student

    Olfaction in marine crustaceans
    Frame of a video of a tropical rain forest an gliding through the air, steering with its long legs

    Yonatan Munk

    Grad Student

    Gliding ants and the evolution of morphology
    Graph of results of a mathematical model exploring the role of randomness in evolution

    Dan Nicolau

    Postdoc

    Biocomputation and stochasticity in biological systems
    Frame of a video of a marine worm burrowing. Bright areas show where the mechanical stresses in the sediment are high

    Kelly Dorgan

    Postdoc

    Mechanics of burrowing and feeding in marine sediments
    Frame of a video of a lobster in turbulent water flow. Green filaments show where odor concentrations are high.

    Matt Reidenbach

    Postdoc

    Chemical sensing by marine organisms
    Photo of an encrusting bryozoan colony

    Michaelangelo von Dassow

    Graduate student

    Feedback between fluid flow and growth in a bryozoan
    Underwater photograph of a kelp forest

    Hannah Stewart

    Graduate student

    Interaction between water motion and morphology of benthic sessile organisms
    Photograph of waves crashing on seaweed on a rocky shore

    Bryce Wolcott

    Graduate student

    Environmental influences on metabolic scaling in a sea urchin
    Photograph of a stomatopod

    Kristina Mead

    Postdoc

    Hydrodynamics of stomatopod olfactory antennules
    Micrographs of zooplankton next to photographs of dynamically-scaled physical models of them

    Trevor Gonzalinajec

    Grad Student

    Zooplankton Forces and Moments

    Powdery Mildew Sporocarp Liberation and Transport

    Photograph of intertidal"feather boa" kelp, Egregia menziesii

    Nick Burnett

    Grad Student

    Ecological biomechanics of species interactions
    Photograph of a female mosquito drinking a blood meal from a human

    Sofia Chang

    Grad Student

    Aerodynamics of load carrying by flying insects