IMS Affiliated Faculty

Faculty are hired by their respective departments, to which they owe primary responsibility; however, the institute continues to be involved in the identification of hiring and faculty needs of the cross-disciplinary marine program through active involvement in new faculty searches and in support of departmental recommendations. Affiliated faculty and researchers are those individuals that utilize any of the ORU’s resources (space, seawater, equipment, etc) and/or individuals whose research falls within one of the seven research clusters supported by IMS. IMS only appoints affiliates in the ORU based on the individual researchers request to be associated with the ORU.
Kathleen M Kay
  • Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
  • Title
    • Professor
    • Jean H. Langenheim Chair in Plant Ecology and Evolution
  • Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
  • Department
    • Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department
  • Phone
    831-459-3446
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • CSC Coastal Biology Building, 258
    • 258 Coastal Biology Building
  • Office Hours by appointment
  • Mail Stop CBB/EE Biology
  • Mailing Address
    • 130 McAllister Way
    • Santa Cruz CA 95060
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise Evolution, Plant Sciences, Ecology, Plant Biology, Tropical Forest

Summary of Expertise

Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Genetics

Biography, Education and Training

B.S., UC Davis
Ph.D., Michigan State University
National Parks Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley

Teaching Interests

Evolution, Systematic Botany, Active learning and equitable/inclusive pedagogy