| Simona Augyte | Marine algal floristics | | | | Frank Shaughnessy (grad student) |
| Paul E. Bourdeau | phenotypic plasticity, community ecology | | | | |
| Gary J. Brusca | Invertebrate zoology | | | 1965 | David H. Montgomery (research assistant), Russel Zimmer (grad student) |
| Sean Francis Craig | marine ecology, bryozoology | | | | |
| Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler | Community ecology, microbial ecology, crustacean ecology | | | | |
| Lydia A. Evers | Biological Oceanography, Phytoplankton Dynamics | | 2012 | 2014 | Frank Shaughnessy (grad student) |
| Andrea M. Fieber | | Biological Sciences | 2018 | 2020 | Paul E. Bourdeau (grad student) |
| Adam J. Frimodig | conservation & management of marine resources, MPAs, estuarine and seagrass ecology | | | | Frank Shaughnessy (grad student) |
| Wesley W. Hull | | Biological Sciences | 2017 | 2020 | Paul E. Bourdeau (grad student) |
| Angela J. Jones | | Biological Sciences | 2016 | 2019 | Paul E. Bourdeau (grad student) |
| Christopher L. Mah | Systematics, biology of the Asteroidea (starfish/sea stars) | | 1988 | 1993 | Gary J. Brusca (research assistant) |
| Tharadet D. Man | | Biological Sciences | 2016 | 2018 | Paul E. Bourdeau (grad student) |
| Georgia R Martel | Benthic ecology, rockfish habitat, habitat analyses, hurdle models | Biology | 2017 | 2020 | Brian N. Tissot (grad student) |
| Timothy I. McClure | Marine Ecology, Sea Star Wasting Disease | Department of Biological Sciences | 2016 | 2019 | Paul E. Bourdeau (grad student) |
| Lily C. McIntire | | Biological Sciences | 2017 | 2019 | Paul E. Bourdeau (grad student) |
| Kindall A. Murie | | Biological Sciences | 2018 | 2020 | Paul E. Bourdeau (grad student) |
| David Scheerer | Natural History Film Director-Producer | | | | |
| Jaclyn H. Schneider | rocky intertidal, biodiversity, sea star wasting disease, northern California, benthic ecology | Biology | 2014 | | Brian N. Tissot (research assistant) |
| Frank Shaughnessy | phycology, seagrass ecology | | | | |
| Christopher Hiroshi Teague | | Biological Sciences | | 2018 | Brian N. Tissot (grad student) |
| Tayler M. Tharaldson | | Biological Sciences | 2015 | 2018 | Paul E. Bourdeau (grad student) |
| Brian N. Tissot | Marine invertebrate and fish ecology | | | | |
| Alison Nicole Young | rocky intertidal ecology, coastal biodiversity, citizen science | | 2006 | 2009 | Sean Francis Craig (grad student) |