| Katie K. Arkema | community ecology, marine ecosystem services, kelp forest ecology | | 1996 | 2000 | Stephen Wilson Pacala (research assistant) |
| Rebecca Asch | | | | | |
| Marissa Leanne Baskett | Theoretical population biology, marine conservation biology | | 2001 | 2006 | Simon Asher Levin (grad student) |
| Kai M A Chan | ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, invasive species | | 1997 | 2003 | Simon Asher Levin (grad student) |
| Anping Chen | | | | 2009 | Stephen Wilson Pacala (grad student) |
| tyler coverdale | Marine Ecology | Ecology and Evolution | | | Robert M. Pringle (grad student) |
| Jeanne L. DeNoyer | | | | 2011 | Stephen Wilson Pacala (grad student) |
| Anthony R. Ives | | | | 1988 | Robert M. May (grad student), Henry S. Horn (grad student) |
| Glenn Lowell Jepsen | Vertebrate paleontology | | | 1930 | William Berryman Scott (grad student), William John Sinclair (grad student) |
| Juan E. Keymer | physics and evolution of biological complexity | | 2005 | 2007 | Ned S. Wingreen (post-doc), Robert H. Austin (post-doc), Simon Asher Levin (grad student) |
| Heather M. Leslie | marine ecology, coupled social-ecological systems science, design and evaluation of marine management strategies | | 2004 | 2007 | Simon Asher Levin (post-doc) |
| Jonathan M. Levine | Community Ecology | | | | |
| Robert Helmer MacArthur | Community Ecology, Theoretical Ecology | | | | |
| Stephen Wilson Pacala | | | | | |
| Malin L. Pinsky | Marine ecology, molecular ecology, climate change, conservation biology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | 2011 | 2013 | Simon Asher Levin (post-doc), Jorge L Sarmiento (post-doc) |
| Sulagna Ray | Physical Oceanography, Climate Change | Geosciences | 2015 | 2017 | Andrew T. Wittenberg (post-doc) |
| James Regetz | | | | 2004 | Stephen Wilson Pacala (grad student) |
| Stuart A. Sandin | coral reef community ecology and trophic dynamics | | 1997 | 2002 | Stephen Wilson Pacala (grad student) |
| Elwyn L. Simons | Vertebrate paleontology, primate evolution | | | | Glenn Lowell Jepsen (grad student) |
| William Gary Sprules | Aquatic Ecology | | | 1970 | Robert Helmer MacArthur (grad student) |
| James R. Watson | Connectivity, network theory, oceanography, mathematical biology | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | 2011 | 2013 | Simon Asher Levin (post-doc) |
| Miguel A. Zavala | | | | 2000 | Stephen Wilson Pacala (grad student) |