Early Life History Team Staff

Susan Sogard  Leader
Ecology Investigation Chief
Phone: (831) 420-3932
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail: susan.sogard@noaa.gov

Cynthia Kern
Phone: (831) 420-3974
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail: cynthia.kern@noaa.gov

David Stafford
Phone: (831) 420-3941
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail: david.stafford@noaa.gov

Erick Sturm
Phone: (831) 420-3964
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail: erick.sturm@noaa.gov

JoAnne Siskidis
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E-mail: joanne.siskidis@noaa.gov

Joseph D. Kiernan
Research Ecologist
Phone: (831) 420-3975
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail: joseph.kiernan@noaa.gov

My research examines how resource subsidies, environmental stochasticity, and biotic interactions affect the structure and function of riverine ecosystems. I am particularly interested in understanding the relative and synergistic roles of physical habitat complexity and stream productivity (food quantity and quality) in affecting the growth and production of juvenile salmonids, and how these factors vary across both time and space. My work generally combines field data with manipulative experiments to make inferences about important community and ecosystem processes that limit the carrying capacity of salmon-bearing streams.

Nathan Deakers
Phone: (831) 420-3974
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail:

Neosha Kashef
Phone: (831) 420-3941
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail: neosha.kashef@noaa.gov

Sabrina Beyer
Phone: (831) 420-3930
Fax: (831) 420-3980
E-mail: sabrina.beyer@noaa.gov

Santiago Salinas
Phone: (831) 420-3664
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail: santiago.salinas@noaa.gov

Simon Brown
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Stephan B. Munch
Phone: (831) 420-3909
Fax: (831) 420-3977
E-mail: steve.munch@noaa.gov

Population dynamics: Semiparametric Bayesian modeling of density dependence and predator-prey interactions; Environmental regime shifts and recruitment; Nonparametric Bayesian population forecasting for ecosystem management.

Life histories and Contemporary Evolution: Growth, compensatory growth, and aging; Latitudinal gradients in life history characters; Evolution in harvested populations; Transgenerational thermal plasticity.