Our research team is based at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), with partners located around the world.

NCEAS Team

Click on each person to find out more about them.

Ben S. Halpern, Ph.D. - Professor & NCEAS Director, CART co-founder

Halley E. Froehlich, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Researcher, CART co-founder

Rebecca R. Gentry, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Researcher

Jamie Afflerbach, M.Sc. - Analyst

Melanie Frazier, Ph.D. - Analyst

Partners

Michael B. Rust, Ph.D.
NOAA Fisheries, 
Aquaculture Science Coordinator, Seattle, WA

Dietmar Grimm
TNC, Managing Director of Global Oceans Conservation and Strategy, Beijing, China

Robert Jones, M.Sc.
TNC, Global Aquaculture Lead, Washington DC

Steve D. Gaines, Ph.D.
SFG & Bren School, UCSB, Chief scientist & Dean, Santa Barbara, CA

Tyler Clavelle, M.Sc.
​SFG & Bren School, Project Researcher, Santa Barbara, CA

Kim Selkoe, Ph.D.
Fish SB - Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce​ & Commercial Fishermen Executive Director; Adjunct Professor, Bren School, UCSB; Senior Fellow, NCEAS, Santa Barbara, CA

Timothy E. Essington, Ph.D.
SAFS & QERM,
Professor & Director, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Nis Sand Jacobsen, Ph.D.
​SAFS & QERM, Postdoc, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Claire A. Runge, Ph.D.
NCEAS - SNAPP, Postdoc, Santa Barbara, CA;
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Australia; University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway | UiT

Jack Kittinger, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Global Fisheries and Aquaculture program
Conservation International - Center for Oceans, Hawaii; Arizona State University ; Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability