corinne fuchs | biologist & artist

Hi there. I'm Corinne.

I'm a PhD student in the Burkepile community ecology lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I'm also a SCUBA diver, artist, and photographer. But most importantly, I'm a curious person.

What I'm most curious about is marine ecology. I am especially interested in how the many things humans do interact to affect coral reefs and the organisms that inhabit them. My current research instigates how overfishing, sedimentation, and nutrient enrichment—3 human stressors that often co-occur—can interact to alter coral reef health.

Please pardon my digital dust as I improve my website!

Close-up macro photograph of kelp wrack seaweed on a California each.

over-under photograph of a patch reef coral bommies and the volcanic island of Moorea

close-up macro photograph of brain coral Colpophyllia natans with feeding extended polyps

pen and ink micron artwork of the skeleton of the prehistoric terror bird titanus walleri

watercolor artwork of the peacock mantis shrimp odontodactylus scyllarus