Dr. Tiff Stephens
I am currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, working with Dr. Ginny Eckert. My staunch background in marine, benthic ecology nucleated more focused interest in the ecophysiology of marine autotrophs (i.e. macroalgae and seagrasses). As such, I get jazzed about how both bottom-up and top-down processes or mechanisms influence primary productivity and species interactions, particularly with relevance to environmental change. I have a strong interest in using my research to highlight how coastal communities contribute to ecosystem services and to better inform stewardship practices, perhaps eventually being useful to policy. I aspire to draw upon multiple disciplines to help drive my research, as well as learning new methods and techniques. Please navigate to the "RESEARCH" page to learn more about my current investigations.
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Collaborators -- the collaboration
  • Dr. Ginny Eckert (University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Juneau campus) -- coastal ecology, APECS research project
  • APECS team (PIs: G Eckert, H Pearson, S Langdon) -- Apex Predators, Ecosystems, and Community Sustainability
  • Eelgrass wasting disease team (PIs: E Duffy, C Gomes, D Harvell, T Hawthorne, J Stachowicz) -- disease, environment, epifauna, mapping, latitude
  • Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield (University of Alabama Birmingham) -- non-native Gracilaria in SE Alaska
  • PNW blue carbon team (WA, BC, AK) -- Carolyn Prentice currently leads a blue carbon manuscript collaboration
  • Harvell Lab; Olivia Graham, Drew Harvell, and Morgan Eisenlord (Cornell University) -- eelgrass wasting disease ecology
  • Dr. Chris Hepburn (University of Otago) -- nitrogen ecophysiology of Macrocystis pyrifera
  • Dr. Patrick Martone (University of British Columbia) -- macroalgal carbon ecophysiology


Previous Mentors