Office: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories: Marine Science Graduate Program; 8272 Moss Landing Road; Moss Landing, CA 95039

Telephone: 831-771-4400

Email: info@mlml.calstate.edu

Website: www.mlml.calstate.edu

Professors

Ivano W. Aiello, Chair
Jonathan B. Geller
Michael H. Graham
Scott Hamilton
James T. Harvey, Director
Nicholas A. Welschmeyer

Assistant Professors

Tom Connolly
Maxime Grand
Amanda Kahn
Birgitte McDonald

Adjunct Professors

Colleen Durkin
David Ebert
Valerie J. Loeb
John S. Oliver
Iliana Ruiz-Cooley
G. Jason Smith
Richard M. Starr
Diana Steller
Alison Stimpert

Other Faculty

Katie Lage, Librarian

Overview

The second oldest marine lab on Monterey Bay, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, (MLML), established in 1966, has an international reputation for excellence in marine science research and education. MLML administers the interdisciplinary master’s of science degree in marine science for seven California State University (CSU) campuses: East Bay, Fresno, Monterey Bay, Sacramento, San Francisco, San José and Stanislaus. MLML’s hands-on, field-oriented approach places students, faculty, research and staff where discoveries are made: at the frontiers of marine science worldwide. The wealth of nearby marine resources, excellent marine facilities and operations, renowned faculty and research-based curriculum combine to make the MLML program one of the best graduate programs of its kind in the United States. MLML provides students with a cutting-edge education that prepares them for careers in science, education and outreach, conservation, policy and management, and for doctoral studies.

Programs

• Marine Science, MS

Courses

• MS 103 - Marine Ecology
• MS 104 - Quantitative Marine Science
• MS 105 - Marine Science Diving
• MS 112 - Marine Birds and Mammals
• MS 113 - Marine Ichthyology
• MS 114 - Physiological Ecology of Marine Animals
• MS 124 - Marine Invertebrate Zoology I
• MS 131 - Marine Botany
• MS 135 - Physiological Ecology of Marine Algae
• MS 141 - Geological Oceanography
• MS 142 - Physical Oceanography
• MS 143 - Chemical Oceanography
• MS 144 - Biological Oceanography
• MS 175B - Topics in Marine Sciences (Lab)
• MS 180 - Independent Studies
• MS 201 - Library Research Methods in Marine Science
• MS 202 - Oceanographic Instrumentation
• MS 203 - Advanced Marine Ecology
• MS 204 - Sampling and Experimental Design
• MS 206 - Molecular Biological Techniques
• MS 208 - Scientific Methods
• MS 210 - Advanced Marine Mammals, Birds & Turtles
• MS 211 - Ecology of Marine turtles, Birds, and Mammals
• MS 212 - Advanced Topics in Marine Vertebrates
• MS 213 - Advanced Marine Ichthyology
• MS 214 - Physiological Ecology of Marine Animals
• MS 221 - Advanced Topics in Marine Invertebrates
• MS 231 - Biology of Seaweeds
• MS 233 - Advanced Topics in Marine Ecology
• MS 234 - Advanced Biological Oceanography
• MS 248 - Marine Benthic Habitat Techniques
• MS 261 - Mixing, Estaurine and Sediment Transport
• MS 263 - Data Analysis in Marine Science
• MS 272 - Subtidal Ecology
• MS 273 - Marine Environmental Studies of the Gulf of California
• MS 274 - Advanced Topics in Oceanography
• MS 280 - Scientific Writing
• MS 281 - Coastal Dynamics
• MS 285 - Graduate Seminar in Marine Science
• MS 298 - Research in the Marine Science
• MS 299 - Master’s Thesis
• MS 1290R - Culminating Experience Supervision