| Richard (Dick) W. Eppley | Phytoplankton physiology, biological oceanography | | | | |
| Harald Ulrik Sverdrup | | | | | |
| Daniel L. Rudnick | | | | | |
| William R. Young | oceanography, applied mathematics | | | | |
| Russ Erik Davis | | | | | |
| Ken L Smith | | | | | |
| Kenia Whitehead | | | | | Maria Vernet (grad student) |
| Mattias Cape | | | 2009 | 2014 | Maria Vernet (grad student) |
| Tammy Russell | | Biological Oceanography | 2020 | | Maria Vernet (grad student) |
| Maria Vernet | | | | | Katherine A. Barbeau (collaborator) |
| Allison M Cusick | phytoplankton, protists, marine ecology, genetics, marine molecular ecology, oceanography, Antarctica, polar, citizen science | Biological Oceanography | 2017 | | Maria Vernet (grad student) |
| John Arthur McGowan | ocean circulation, the distribution of species, and zooplankton biomass | | | | |
| Roger Randall Dougan Revelle | | | | | |
| Walter Heinrich Munk | physical oceanography | | | | |
| Katherine A. Barbeau | trace metal chemistry in marine systems | | | | |
| Victor Vacquier | Fertilization | | | | |
| Edward D. Goldberg | Marine Chemistry and Ocean Pollution | | | | |
| Miriam C. Goldstein | marine debris, plastic pollution, biological oceanography | | | | |
| Mark D. Ohman | zooplankton ecology | | | | |
| Robert Osborne Reid | hydrodynamical theory/applications, wave force analysis, storm tide prediction, tsunami flooding estimation | | | 1948 | Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (grad student) |
| Donald W. Pritchard | | | | 1948 | Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (research assistant) |
| Dale F. Leipper | oceanography, marine meteorology | | | 1950 | Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (grad student) |
| Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins | geophysics, physical oceanography | | 1951 | 1952 | Walter Heinrich Munk (post-doc) |
| Mia J. Tegner | relationship between giant kelp and certain marine organisms | | | 1974 | David Epel (grad student) |
| Mary Jane Perry | phytoplankton, bio-optical oceanography | | | 1974 | Richard (Dick) W. Eppley (grad student) |
| Robert A. Weller | | Physical Oceanography Research Division | 1972 | 1978 | Russ Erik Davis (grad student) |
| Douglas L. Inman | | | | | |
| David G. Aubrey | | | 1973 | 1978 | Douglas L. Inman (grad student) |
| Dudley Chelton | | Oceanography | | 1980 | Russ Erik Davis (grad student) |
| Kristen N. Buck | Trace Metal Biogeochemistry; Metal-Binding Organic Ligands | | 2007 | 2009 | Katherine A. Barbeau (post-doc) |
| Ayana Elizabeth Johnson | sustainable fishing, MPAs | | 2005 | 2011 | Stuart A. Sandin (grad student) |
| Lindsey Ekern | | | 2015 | 2017 | Maria Vernet (grad student) |
| B. Jack Pan | | Biological Oceanography | 2014 | 2020 | Maria Vernet (grad student) |