
Kelly Sutherland
Contact
Mail: | 5289 University of Oregon Eugene, OR, 97403 office: 473 Onyx Bridge |
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Email: | ksuth@uoregon.edu | |
Phone: | (541) 346-8783 | |
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Website: | http://www.sutherlandlab.org/ |
Graduate Students
Keats Conley, Phd
Marco Corrales, PhD
Hilarie Sorenesen, PhD
Aliza Karim, MSc
Courses
Biology courses:
Applied Scientific Communication, BI410/510
Marine Biology, BI357
Marine Plankton Journal Club, BI607
Honors College courses:
How Do Marine Organisms Work?, HC 207H
Bioinspired Design, 441H
Bio
Research in the Sutherland lab is at the intersection of biology and physics: our goal is gain a mechanistic understanding of how marine organisms interact with one another and within their fluid environment.
We use a variety of tools including in situ video, kinematic analysis, and flow visualization to understand how the environment is experienced at the organismal scale. These observations can be related to smaller-scale physiological problems or to larger-scale population patterns and food-web dynamics.
Students working in the lab use innovative techniques and a mechanistic approach to investigate how organisms function in the marine environment, and more broadly, to understand ecological roles and evolutionary relationships. Students work either on the Eugene campus in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution or at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston.
We use novel technologies but much of our equipment is relatively inexpensive and portable, which enables us to work locally, off the Pacific Northwest coast, as well as in remote locations.
Additional Information
Kelly Sutherland received the 2016 Sloan Award in Ocean Sciences.