36 faculty and 0 courses in Biology at University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Joshua Schimel, Professor h-index 100
Notable: “The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage” (2017) · 3,073 citations
- Sally MacIntyre, Professor h-index 88
Notable: “Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance” (2008) · 11,369 citations
- Carla D'Antonio, Professor h-index 72
Notable: “Forecasting Agriculturally Driven Global Environmental Change” (2001) · 3,954 citations
- Armand Kuris, Professor h-index 64
Notable: “The Use of Ecological Terms in Parasitology (Report of an Ad Hoc Committee of the American Society of Parasitologists)” (1982) · 1,988 citations
- Gretchen Hofmann, Professor h-index 60
Notable: “HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, MOLECULAR CHAPERONES, AND THE STRESS RESPONSE: Evolutionary and Ecological Physiology” (1999) · 4,302 citations
- Deron Burkepile, Professor h-index 58
Notable: “Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences” (2013) · 9,362 citations
- Susan J. Mazer, Professor h-index 49
Notable: “POLLEN LIMITATION OF PLANT REPRODUCTION: ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES” (2004) · 1,376 citations
- Douglas McCauley, Professor h-index 48
Notable: “Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean” (2015) · 1,273 citations
- Todd Oakley, Professor, EEMB Department Chair h-index 48
Notable: “The Ecoresponsive Genome of Daphnia pulex” (2011) · 1,236 citations
- Soojin Yi, Professor h-index 47
Genetics, evolution, epigenetics and neuroscience. Her scientific recognitions include being elected as an Alfred Sloan Fellow ), and an AAAS fellow (2020). Research We study evolutionary biology using comparative genomic
Notable: “The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations” (2011) · 1,154 citations
- Joel Rothman, Professor h-index 47
Notable: “Caenorhabditis elegans p53: Role in Apoptosis, Meiosis, and Stress Resistance” (2001) · 469 citations
- Alyson Santoro, Professor h-index 43
Es on microbes involved in nutrient cycling in the ocean, especially of the element nitrogen. I am interested in cultivating new microbes and discovering novel ways of tracking their activity. This research combines laboratory experiments w
Notable: “Ubiquity and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in water columns and sediments of the ocean” (2005) · 2,391 citations
- Hillary Young, Professor, EEMB Vice Chair, Resources h-index 41
Notable: “Defaunation in the Anthropocene” (2014) · 4,148 citations
- Rebecca Vega Thurber, Professor, Director of UCSB Marine Science Institute h-index 40
Notable: “Stress and stability: applying the Anna Karenina principle to animal microbiomes” (2017) · 1,026 citations
- Halley Froehlich, Assistant Professor h-index 38
Notable: “The future of food from the sea” (2020) · 873 citations
- Adrian Stier, Associate Professor h-index 36
Notable: “The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services” (2010) · 5,500 citations
- Leander Anderegg, Assistant Professor h-index 34
Notable: “Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress” (2012) · 1,467 citations
- Scott Hodges, Professor h-index 34
Notable: “Pollinator shifts drive increasingly long nectar spurs in columbine flowers” (2007) · 660 citations
- Andrew Thurber, Associate Professor h-index 32
Es on how deep-sea and polar communities function. These areas cover well over 63 percent of the globe, provide a wealth of services to mankind, and yet remain largely unknown and unexplored. While my research ranges across all ocean depths
Notable: “Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps” (2015) · 2,207 citations
- Thomas Turner, Associate Professor h-index 28
Notable: “Genomic Islands of Speciation in Anopheles gambiae” (2005) · 751 citations
- Stephen Proulx, Professor, EEMB Vice Chair, Curriculum h-index 27
Notable: “Network thinking in ecology and evolution” (2005) · 952 citations
- Yong Zhou, Assistant Professor h-index 24
Notable: “Increased contribution of root exudates to soil carbon input during grassland degradation” (2020) · 142 citations
- Holly Moeller, Associate Professor h-index 24
Notable: “The Marine System of the Western Antarctic Peninsula” (2012) · 105 citations
- Joel Sharbrough, Assistant Professor h-index 19
Evolutionary genomics, polyploidy, mitochondria, chloroplasts, respiration, photosynthesis
Notable: “The on‐again, off‐again relationship between mitochondrial genomes and species boundaries” (2016) · 318 citations
- Ryoko Oono, Associate Professor h-index 14
Notable: “The UNITE database for molecular identification and taxonomic communication of fungi and other eukaryotes: sequences, taxa and classifications reconsidered” (2023) · 705 citations
- Samuel Sweet, Professor h-index 10
Notable: “A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians” (1986) · 874 citations
- Jesus Martinez-Gomez, Assistant Professor h-index 10
Es on the developmental genetic basis of two important life history traits in monkeyflowers: floral ultraviolet pigmentation patterns and cold tolerance plasticity. Research A key goal in biology is to link genotypic variation to phenotypic
Notable: “Get the shovel: morphological and evolutionary complexities of belowground organs in geophytes” (2021) · 56 citations
- Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez, Professor h-index 9
Es on the impacts of ocean acidification on marine phytoplankton, and she has played a central role in developing programs in marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). Her team is at the forefront of mCDR research, establishing experimental pro
Notable: “Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean” (2020) · 149 citations
- Anna James, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 9
Notable: “Combined effects of CO 2 and temperature on carbon uptake and partitioning by the marine diatoms T halassiosira weissflogii and D actyliosolen fragilissimus” (2015) · 79 citations
- Jackie Shay, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 6
Notable: “Evolution of Ecological Niche Breadth” (2017) · 492 citations
- Thomas Even, Senior Lecturer, Professor h-index 5
Notable: “Physicochemical and biological responses of streams to wildfire severity in riparian zones” (2014) · 73 citations
- Cherie Briggs, Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links” (2008) · 1,005 citations
- Audrey Thellman, Assistant Professor of Freshwater Ecology
On how freshwater ecosystems are responding to climate change, especially responses to changing ice and snow conditions. Research Climate change is fundamentally altering the quantity and quality of freshwaters on the planet. Understandi
- John Latto, Senior Lecturer
- Lizzy Wilbanks, Assistant Professor
- Nick Nidzieko, Associate Professor
Es on how physical processes affect marine ecosystems, through novel measurements using autonomous platforms and emerging sensor technologies. I am interested the dynamics of estuaries, kelp forests, and the Santa Barbara Channel.
Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.