The Beltran Lab

The Beltran Lab is part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Our team studies marine mammal movement, physiology, and ecology. By utilizing mark-recapture data from the six-decade long northern elephant seal program at Año Nuevo Reserve in California, along with biologging data from instrumented seals, our team explores how among-individual variation, species interactions, and environmental conditions in the open ocean drive ecological patterns and evolutionary processes. The Beltran Lab strives to foster a supportive and highly-collaborative lab community with an emphasis on transformative and inclusive science. Researchers within the Beltran Lab are strong advocates for diversity, inclusion, and equity within STEM and undergraduate student retention in field biology.

The Beltran Lab is not currently accepting new undergraduate or graduate students.