Emeritus Faculty

EMERITUS FACULTY

Moss Landing Marine Lab's Emeritus Faculty receive emeritus status from the Provost at San Jose State University upon retirement.  The MLML Emeritus Faculty are an invaluable resource to our academic and research community because of their institutional knowledge and prestigious achievements in marine science.  They guide and mentor our students, support fundraising and continue as Principle Investigators on grant-funded research projects.  

  • William Broenkow

    Professor of Physical Oceanography
    Ph.D., 1969, University of Washington
    Research Interest: Physical Oceanography

  • Gregor M. Cailliet

    Professor of Ichthyology
    Ph.D., 1972, UCSB
    Office: MLML Main Lab
    Email: cailliet@mlml.calstate.edu
    Contact Information: MLML Directory
    Research Interests: Ecology of Marine Fishes, Deep Sea Ecology, Marine Fisheries

  • Michael S. Foster

    Professor of Phycology
    Ph.D., 1971, UCSB
    Office: Elkhorn Road
    Lab: Phycology
    Email:  msf.csg@gmail.com
    Contact Information: MLML Directory
    Research Interests: Phycology, Ecology, Rocky Intertidal, Kelp Forests, Rhodoliths
    CV: Michael Foster CV 2020

  • Gary H. Greene

    Professor of Geological Oceanography
    Ph.D., 1977, Stanford University
    Office: Norte
    Lab: Geological Oceanography
    Email: herbert.greene@sjsu.edu
    Contact Information: MLML Directory
    Research Interests: Marine Geology, Benthic Habitats, Submarine Canyons & Landslides, Tsunamis, Coastal Processes

  • Joan Parker

    Librarian
    Contact Information: MLML Directory
    Research Interests: Marine Science Information, Metadata Creation, Institutional Repositories, Library Management

  • Nick Welschmeyer

    Professor of Biological Oceanography
    Ph.D., 1982, University of Washington, Seattle
    Office: MLML Main Lab

    Lab: Aquatic Invasive Species/Ballast Water Treatment
    Email: nicholas.welschmeyer@sjsu.edu
    Contact Information: MLML Directory
    Research Interests:  improved rapid viability assays for the assessment of ballast water management and abatement of aquatic invasive species, understanding of growth and physiology of marine plankton

  • Jim Harvey

    Professor of Vertebrate Ecology
    Ph.D., 1987, Oregon State University

    Lab: Vertebrate Ecology
    Email: james.harvey@sjsu.edu
    Contact Information: MLML Directory
    Research Interests:  Marine mammal/fisheries interactions, VHF/satellite-telemetry, age and growth, population and trophic dynamics, and marine mammal stranding

  • Jon Geller

    Professor of  Invertebrate Zooloygy
    Ph.D., 1988, UC Berkeley

    Lab: Invertebrate Zoology
    Email: jonathan.geller@sjsu.edu
    Contact Information: MLML Directory
    Research Interests:  Patterns of shallow water marine biodiversity across geographic regions, understanding “dark biodiversity”: unaccountable DNA sequence diversity in environmental samples, marine invasive species ecology and genetics, molecular methods in ecology; DNA barcoding, high-throughput sequencing, eDNA., detection of invasive species in benthic and plankton samples, marine invertebrate phylogeography and phylogenetics.