Giacomo Bernardi

Fish Biologist – Ecological Connectivity

bernardi@ucsc.edu

• Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Monitors fish abundance & distribution on the island of Moorea, French Polynesia for the Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Program (LTER)
• Applies molecular biology techniques to evaluate the levels of genetic connectivity between fish populations. Determining how populations of fish become genetically distinct has implications in the designation & management of marine protected areas
• PostDoc (Fundulus Population Genetics): with Dennis A. Powers at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station – Pacific Grove, California
• Ph.D.(Fish Genomics): University of Paris, France