Dr. Jenn Caselle is a Research Professor with the Marine Science Institute at University of California, Santa Barbara.  She received her BS in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley and her PhD in Marine Ecology from UC Santa Barbara. 

Dr. Caselle’s research is broadly focused on the ecology of coastal marine organisms, their role in nearshore ecosystems, and the response of these ecosystems to environmental change and human impacts..  She currently splits her time in both coral reef and kelp forest ecosystems studying community dynamics, recruitment and larval dispersal and movement patterns of fishes, including top predators.  Through these research themes, she has been closely involved in design and monitoring of Marine Protected Areas, in California and globally. 

Dr. Caselle designed and manages a large-scale, field-based monitoring program of kelp forests in the California current ecosystem with goals of assessing long-term changes due to climate and anthropogenic impacts. This program has become the basis of Marine Protected Area monitoring throughout California and the West Coast of the United States.