Researchers

I am a marine ecologist and Program Manager for the Ocean at Biosphere 2 with the University of Arizona. I am currently running a project to turn Biosphere 2’s ocean biome into a living model of the Gulf of California and I welcome all Gulf naturalists—terrestrial and marine—to help us out. My research touches on everything from the historical and current sizes of intertidal gastropods (snails) to helping businesses and governments learn to be adaptable by looking at how nature is adaptable. I am particularly interested in the Sea of Cortez, or Gulf of California, its ecological history, and the fascinating people past and present who have lived, worked, researched and journeyed there. I’ve taken a few forays into ecological philosophy, especially focused on the work of Ed “Doc” Ricketts, whose lab was a center of early bohemian intellectual thoughts in the early mid 20th century central California. I have also been getting fired up recently about the idea of reviving the Public Trust Doctrine as a central organizing theme for conservation.