Below are the internship opportunities for Summer 2025
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Landscape Genomics of California Blue Oak Applied to Climate Change Adaptation
Conservation Science and Stewardship Lab/Meyer Lab
Salmon in Warming Waters: Rapid Evolution of Thermal Tolerance in Steelhead
Palkovacs Lab
Analyzing Avian Community Structure Using Biodiversity Monitoring Data
Zavaleta Lab
Hyperparasitism and Disease Ecology in Plant Communities
Parker & Gilbert Lab
Wildlife Ecology at the Land-Sea Interface
Raimondi – Carr Lab
Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Dunkin Lab
Mountain Lion Ecology and Conservation in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Wilmers Lab
Genomic Investigations of Resilience and Adaptation in Abalone
Shapiro Lab/Raimondi – Carr Lab
Exploring Local Natural History through Art+Science
Kenneth Norris Center for Natural History
Changes in Effective Population Sizes of Marine Fishes Following Invasion of Polar Oceans
Kelley Lab
Informing Kelp Reforestation in Central California
Raimondi – Carr Lab
Anchovy vs Jellyfish – The Battle for Supremacy in the California Current
Beltran Lab
California Sea Lion Haul-Out Behavior
Costa Lab
The Effect of Environmental Stress on Hydra Reproduction and Regeneration
Macias-Muñoz Lab
Effects of Competition and Purple Urchin Grazing and Kelp Forests
Raimondi-Carr Lab
How Seedling Physiology Shifts Under Water Stress for California Native Hardwoods
Pittermann Lab
Predator Driven Behavior in Forest Birds
Forest Fear Lab
Herbivory and Recruitment Limitation in Kelp Forest
Raimondi – Carr Lab
Below are the internship opportunities for Summer 2022
Applications are now closed
Bat Ecology in the Central Coast Region of California
Frick Lab
Body Composition Analysis of Marine Mammals
Costa Lab
Chemosensory Behavior in Neonate Mexican Garter Snakes
Mehta Lab
Development of Coastal Pollutant Biomarkers to Aid Coral Reef Conservation
Elephant Seal Diving Behavior
Beltran Lab
Freshwater Fish Ecology and Conservation
Freshwater & Coastal Ecology Lab
Invasion Potential of Dittrichia Graveolens in Grasslands
Parker Lab
Sea Urchin Disease Dynamics & Climate Change
Kroeker lab
Sleeping while Diving: Developing non-invasive methods to record sleep in freely swimming marine mammals
Costa Lab
Socio-ecological Interactions Between Insects, Plants & People in Urban Gardens
Philpott Lab
Amphibian and Reptile Surveys, and Field Guide Internship in the Santa Crus Mountains
UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves
Intertidal Mussel Ecology
Raimondi Lab
Neuroscience and Marine Mammals
Costa Lab