\nMIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography<\/a> (fall deadline)
\nPostdoctoral Scholar Program<\/a> (fall deadline)\nUndergraduate summer internships:
\nSummer Student Fellow Program<\/a> (winter deadline)
\nPartnership Education Program<\/a> (winter deadline)
\nCC-CREW Program<\/a> (community college students, winter deadline)\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\tCarolyn Tepolt<\/h3>\nPI, pre-tenure Associate Scientist at WHOI
\n<\/em>\nI study how marine species change and adapt in response to new or variable environments. I joined WHOI in 2017 after a postdoc at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and a PhD at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station. Prior to discovering the excellence of crabs, I worked on endangered birds in New Zealand, tuberculosis susceptibility in humans, infectious disease testing in mice, and population genetics in invasive species. When not in the lab, I’m an avid confectioner, amateur food scientist, and long-distance backpacker (PCT Class of 2014).<\/p>\n
Contact: ctepolt@whoi.edu<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t![\"IMG_8354](\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tepoltlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/IMG_8354-2.jpg\" "\\"IMG_8354")
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Zachary Tobias<\/h3>\n
PhD student: 2018 – present<\/em><\/p>\nI grew up in San Diego, California, and naturally I was always drawn to marine science. I got my bachelor’s degree in biology at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR, and stayed on afterwards as a technician in a developmental neurobiology lab. Itching to get out into the field to address more ecological and evolutionary questions, I moved to Dunedin, New Zealand to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Otago, where I studied the comparative phylogeography of two host-parasite systems. After coming back to the states, I worked in natural resources management and volunteered in a conservation genomics laboratory at Colorado State University before starting my PhD here at WHOI. I am interested in exploring the ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms underlying the process of adaptation in marine organisms. I am currently developing a project to examine rapid adaptation to cold temperatures in an invasive tunicate. When I’m not in the field, lab, or office, I enjoy surfing, hiking, cooking, and goofing around with my wife and dog!<\/p>\n
Contact: ztobias@whoi.edu<\/p>\n\t
Former lab members<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t![\"profilepic\"](\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tepoltlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/profilepic.jpg\" "\\"profilepic\\"")
\n\tAmy Van Cise<\/h3>\n
\n\tI grew up in San Diego, California, and naturally I was always drawn to marine science. I got my bachelor’s degree in biology at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR, and stayed on afterwards as a technician in a developmental neurobiology lab. Itching to get out into the field to address more ecological and evolutionary questions, I moved to Dunedin, New Zealand to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Otago, where I studied the comparative phylogeography of two host-parasite systems. After coming back to the states, I worked in natural resources management and volunteered in a conservation genomics laboratory at Colorado State University before starting my PhD here at WHOI. I am interested in exploring the ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms underlying the process of adaptation in marine organisms. I am currently developing a project to examine rapid adaptation to cold temperatures in an invasive tunicate. When I’m not in the field, lab, or office, I enjoy surfing, hiking, cooking, and goofing around with my wife and dog!<\/p>\n
Contact: ztobias@whoi.edu<\/p>\n\t