About the Berkeley Center for Ocean Futures
The Berkeley Center for Ocean Futures (BeCOF) is a collective of researchers dedicated to understanding and mitigating critical threats to ocean health, as well as generating ocean-based solutions for human communities. We serve as a globally and locally significant hub of marine expertise, spanning natural and social science, engineering, policy and communication at one of the world’s top public universities. Through community partnerships and diverse knowledge systems, we aim to drive place-based ocean solutions ranging from coastal and estuarine systems to the high seas.
We’re here to connect you to the ocean!
To inquire about how you can get involved in the Berkeley Center for Ocean Futures or support our work, please contact us at oceanfutures@berkeley.edu.
Undergraduates, Graduates, and Postdoctoral fellows: If you are interested in research opportunities, please contact People directly.
Place-based Coordinators:
Moorea (French Polynesia): Neil Davies (ndavies@berkeley.edu)San Francisco Bay: Dan Okamoto (dkokamoto@berkeley.edu)
Steering Committee:
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Reza Alam (Mechanical Engineering)
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Benjamin Becker (Environmental Science, Policy, and Management)
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Rachel Carlson (Environmental Science, Policy, and Management)
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Adrienne Correa (Environmental Science, Policy, and Management)
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Neil Davies (Gump Research Station)
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Bethanie Edwards (Earth and Planetary Sciences; Marine Science Major Faculty Advisor)
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Seth Finnegan (Integrative Biology)
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Juan Liu (Integrative Biology)
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Dan Okamoto (Integrative Biology)
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George Roderick (Environmental Science, Policy, and Management)
People
Biology, Ecology, and Evolution
- Ben Becker https://cesu.cnr.berkeley.edu/cesu-at-uc-berkeley (Marine ecology, Seabirds, Marine mammals, Restoration, Ecological monitoring, Protected areas)
- Rauri Bowie https://bowie.berkeley.edu/ (Biogeography; systematics; speciation)
- Rachel Carlson https://www.rachelrcarlson.com (Conservation science; marine ecology; geospatial science; ocean governance; coastal social-ecological systems)
- Stephanie Carlson https://nature.berkeley.edu/carlsonlab/ (fish ecology; evolutionary ecology)
- Adrienne Correa https://nature.berkeley.edu/~amsc/index.html (community ecology; environmental virology and microbiology; coral reefs; symbiosis; trophic transmission)
- Neil Davies https://moorea.berkeley.edu/people/Neil-Davies (Population Genetics; Biodiversity; Evolution; Ecology)
- Paolo D’Odorico https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/people/paolo-dodorico (Ecohydrology; Aeolian Processes; Desertification; Water Sustainability; Water Security)
- Ivo Duijnstee http://ib.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/duijnsteei (Paleobotany; Paleoecology; Plant Evolution; Marine Micropaleontology)
- Seth Finnegan https://finneganlab.org (Paleobiology; Paleoecology; Paleoclimatology; Stratigraphy)
- Juan Liu https://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/liu/ (Paleontology; Functional anatomy; Sensory biology)
- Cindy Looy https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/cindy-looy (Paleoecology; paleobotany; palynology)
- Chris Martin http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/martin/ (adaptive radiation; speciation; fitness landscapes; craniofacial genetics; adaptive introgression)
- Kathy Ann Miller https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/people/ka_miller.html (California seaweeds; systematics)
- Dan Okamoto https://dkokamoto.com (Marine & Fisheries Ecology; Population Dynamics; Statistical Ecology; Kelp Forest Ecosystems)
- George Roderick https://nature.berkeley.edu/evolab/ (global change; environmental science; biodiversity; invasive species; population genomics)
- Melissa Roth https://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/users/melissa-roth (microbiology; cell biology; biochemistry & physiology; photosynthesis; plant biology; global change)
- Albert Ruhi https://nature.berkeley.edu/ruhilab/ (aquatic ecology; global change; statistical ecology)
- Hannah Stewart https://moorea.berkeley.edu/programs/field-courses/island-sustainability-program (coral restoration; island sustainability)
- Jonathon Stillman http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/stillman/ (marine environmental physiology)
- Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina https://www.vazquezmedinalab.com (Comparative Physiology; Redox Biology; Metabolism; Marine Mammals)
Data Collection Tools and Techniques
- Reza Alam https://taflab.berkeley.edu (Theoretical Fluid Dynamics; Ocean and coastal wave phenomena)
- Jim Hayward https://www.ehs.ucsb.edu/programs-services/dive-boat-safety-enterprise (Dive and boat safety)
Data Science and Modeling
- Reza Alam https://taflab.berkeley.edu (Theoretical Fluid Dynamics; Ocean and coastal wave phenomena)
- Ben Becker https://cesu.cnr.berkeley.edu/cesu-at-uc-berkeley (Marine ecology, Seabirds, Marine mammals, Restoration, Ecological monitoring, Protected areas)
- Jim Bishop https://eps.berkeley.edu/people/james-bishop (ocean carbon cycle dynamics; remote sensing; aquatic chemistry; marine biogeochemistry)
- Carl Boettiger https://www.carlboettiger.info (Ecology; Conservation Biology; Stochastic Systems; Tipping Points; Dynamical Systems)
- Neil Davies https://moorea.berkeley.edu/people/Neil-Davies (Population Genetics; Biodiversity; Evolution; Ecology)
- John Deck (Biodiversity informatics, Metadata)
- Dan Okamoto https://dkokamoto.com (Marine & Fisheries Ecology; Population Dynamics; Statistical Ecology; Kelp Forest Ecosystems)
- Karthik Ram https://ram.berkeley.edu (data science; open source; open science; reproducible research)
- Albert Ruhi https://nature.berkeley.edu/ruhilab/ (aquatic ecology; global change; statistical ecology)
- Rachel Carlson https://www.rachelrcarlson.com (Conservation science; marine ecology; geospatial science; ocean governance; coastal social-ecological systems)
Engineering
- Reza Alam https://taflab.berkeley.edu (Theoretical Fluid Dynamics; Ocean and coastal wave phenomena)
- Jim Bishop https://eps.berkeley.edu/people/james-bishop (ocean carbon cycle dynamics; remote sensing; aquatic chemistry; marine biogeochemistry)
- Alexis Kaminski https://akkaminski.github.io/ (shear instability; stratified flows; stratified turbulence; geophysical fluid dynamics)
- Mark Stacey https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/stacey (estuarine and coastal systems; climate change and adaptation policy)
- Hannah Stuart https://edg.berkeley.edu/ (Robotic sampling systems, Teleooerated dexterous manipulation)
- Evan Variano https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/variano (Environmental fluid mechanics)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Reza Alam https://taflab.berkeley.edu (Theoretical Fluid Dynamics; Ocean and coastal wave phenomena)
- Thiago Correa https://energybiosciencesinstitute.org/our-team/ (Nature-based solutions; sustainability; low carbon energy)
- Neil Davies https://moorea.berkeley.edu/people/Neil-Davies (Population Genetics; Biodiversity; Evolution; Ecology)
Oceanography and Biogeochemistry
- Jim Bishop https://eps.berkeley.edu/people/james-bishop (ocean carbon cycle dynamics; remote sensing; aquatic chemistry; marine biogeochemistry)
- Bethanie Edwards https://www.bethanieedwardslab.com/(microbial oceanography; biogeochemistry; lipidomics)
- Alexis Kaminski https://akkaminski.github.io/(shear instability; stratified flows; stratified turbulence; geophysical fluid dynamics)
- Melissa Roth https://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/users/melissa-roth(microbiology; cell biology; biochemistry & physiology; photosynthesis; plant biology; global change)
Paleontology, Geobiology, and Paleoceanography
- Ivo Duijnstee http://ib.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/duijnsteei(Paleobotany; Paleoecology; Plant Evolution; Marine Micropaleontology)
- Seth Finnegan https://finneganlab.org(Paleobiology; Paleoecology; Paleoclimatology; Stratigraphy)
- Juan Liu https://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/liu/(Paleontology; Functional anatomy; Sensory biology)
- Cindy Looy https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/cindy-looy(Paleoecology; paleobotany; palynology)
Policy, Law and Public Engagement
- Holly Doremus https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/holly-doremus/#tab_profile (ocean law; environmental regulation; administrative law; biodiversity)
- Jason Spingarn-Koff https://www.jskoff.com/(journalism; filmmaking; science communication)
- Rachel Carlson https://www.rachelrcarlson.com(Conservation science; marine ecology; geospatial science; ocean governance; coastal social-ecological systems)
- Thiago Correa https://energybiosciencesinstitute.org/our-team/(Nature-based solutions; sustainability; low carbon energy)
- Neil Davies https://moorea.berkeley.edu/people/Neil-Davies(Population Genetics; Biodiversity; Evolution; Ecology)
- Mark Stacey https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/stacey(estuarine and coastal systems; climate change and adaptation policy)
Sustainability, Conservation and Coupled Human-Natural Systems
- Ben Becker https://cesu.cnr.berkeley.edu/cesu-at-uc-berkeley(Marine ecology, Seabirds, Marine mammals, Restoration, Ecological monitoring, Protected areas)
- Carl Boettiger https://www.carlboettiger.info(Ecology; Conservation Biology; Stochastic Systems; Tipping Points; Dynamical Systems)
- Justin Brashares https://nature.berkeley.edu/BrasharesGroup/(Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Socioeconomics)
- Rachel Carlson https://www.rachelrcarlson.com(Conservation science; marine ecology; geospatial science; ocean governance; coastal social-ecological systems)
- Stephanie Carlson https://nature.berkeley.edu/carlsonlab/(fish ecology; evolutionary ecology)
- Adrienne Correa https://nature.berkeley.edu/~amsc/index.html(community ecology; environmental virology and microbiology; coral reefs; symbiosis; trophic transmission)
- Neil Davies https://moorea.berkeley.edu/people/Neil-Davies(Population Genetics; Biodiversity; Evolution; Ecology)
- Paolo D’Odorico https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/people/paolo-dodorico(Ecohydrology; Aeolian Processes; Desertification; Water Sustainability; Water Security)
- Holly Doremus https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/holly-doremus/#tab_profile(ocean law; environmental regulation; administrative law; biodiversity)
- Dan Okamoto https://dkokamoto.com(Marine & Fisheries Ecology; Population Dynamics; Statistical Ecology; Kelp Forest Ecosystems)
- Melissa Roth https://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/users/melissa-roth(microbiology; cell biology; biochemistry & physiology; photosynthesis; plant biology; global change)
- Hannah Stewart https://moorea.berkeley.edu/programs/field-courses/island-sustainability-program(island sustainability)
- Mark Stacey https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/stacey(estuarine and coastal systems; climate change and adaptation policy)