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Matthew Sasaki

Assistant Professor

Pronouns
He / Him
College
Kennedy College of Sciences
Department
Biological Sciences

Expertise

Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Global Change

Research Interests

Understanding the feedbacks between ecological and evolutionary processes is necessary for making robust predictions about the future of our rapidly changing planet. Work in our lab focuses on the effects of temperature on pelagic copepods, some of the most abundant animals in aquatic systems. Their unique combination of ecological importance, wide distributions, and tractability as a laboratory model system opens up many opportunities to ask big questions with these little crustaceans. Research in the lab focuses in particular on the mechanisms underlying spatial and temporal patterns in thermal limits, temperature-driven effects of climate change on ecological processes in aquatic systems, and eco-evolutionary dynamics.

Education

  • Ph.D. - University of Connecticut
  • M.S. - University of California, San Diego
  • B.S. - University of California, San Diego