Research

Professor Tim White was featured on the August 9th edition of Science Friday, a weekly radio program on National Public Radio (NPR). Read More

Nicholas Matzke, a graduate student in Professor John Huelsenbeck's lab, is the focus of a recent Berkeley NewsCenter article on his research estimating the dates when bacteria invaded early one-celled eukaryotes, a process which led to a symbiotic relationship that resulted in today's mitochondria (in animals) and chloroplasts (in plants).

Growing up in land-locked Colorado, my childhood experiences involved more snowmen than sand-castles. Although my interactions with the ocean were limited, my fascination with the marine world grew exponentially with every exposure. After becoming SCUBA certified at the age of 15, diving became an integral part of my life, leading me to become an instructor in Zanzibar, Tanzania. After living in Africa and Australia, I conducted research on artificial coral reef systems in Indonesia, assessing the relationship between structural characteristics and diversity.

Berkeley NewsCenter has an in-depth profile of Jeff Benca, an IB graduate student in Assistant Professor Cynthia Looy's lab.
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The University of California Research page features an article about Professors Robert Full's research on lizards and geckos and how it has inspires industry.
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Berkeley NewsCenter has an article about AmphibiaWeb, a catalog of amphibians initiated by Professor Emeritus David Wake.
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Berkeley NewsCenter has an article about research just published in PLoS by Professor Robert Full. The article describes a pendulum-like motion used by cockroaches and geckos to escape from predators, and a six-legged robot called DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod) that was created to reproduce the behavior. 
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Professor Anthony Barnosky has published a paper in Nature presenting evidence that the Earth may be approaching a global tipping point.
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Assistant Professor Cynthia Looy is featured in a UC Berkeley News Center profile about core drilling of Clear Lake to explore past climate change.
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