Eric Sanford, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Evolution and Ecology and Bodega Marine Laboratory Bodega Marine Laboratory P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay , CA 94923 Phone: (707) 875-2040 Fax: (707) 875-2009 Email:

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Research Interests:  Experimental Biogeography and Climate Change Impacts

The Sanford Lab is interested in how marine populations and communities vary in response to both natural oceanographic variation and anthropogenic climate change.  Our research seeks to synthesize the ecological, evolutionary, physiological, and oceanographic processes that shape marine populations: both over large distances along coastlines, and in an era of accelerating climate change.  We seek mechanistic understanding of these processes through coordinated field and laboratory experiments centered at Bodega Marine Laboratory.  Much of our work focuses on marine intertidal communities, where organisms and their interactions are diverse and easily studied.  Ongoing research projects lie primarily in three areas:

• Local adaptation in marine species
• The regulation of species’ geographic range limits
• The influence of climate change on populations and communities

The Sanford Lab (Summer 2008): Pictured from left to right are Morgan Kelly (graduate student), Jennifer Hoey (REU student), Chris Kwan (UCD undergraduate), Eric Sanford, David Worth (research technician), Evelyne Kuo (graduate student).  Not shown: Dan Swezey, graduate student; Kirk Sato, research technician.

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