Staff Profile

Jesus Pineda

Preferred Name: Jesus G Pineda

SENIOR SCIENTIST

BIOLOGY

Email: jpineda@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2274

Office: MRF 221 

Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,   Mail Stop 50
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Education

B.S. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas, Ensenada, Mexico, U.A.B.C., 1983, Biological Oceanography
M.S. C.I.C.E.S.E., Ensenada, Mexico, 1987, Marine Ecology
Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1993, Oceanography

Research Interests

Benthic ecology and nearshore oceanography. Hydrodynamic forcing on shallow water benthic communities.
• Larval transport, larval dispersal and population connectivity.
• Larval behavior as related to larval transport.
• Settlement and recruitment.
• Population ecology.
Large-scale ecology of shallow and deep-sea benthic communities.