Sam Bashevkin

I am broadly interested in the evolutionary ecology of marine and aquatic organisms and the relationships among life history strategies, physiology, and morphology. My research has been focused on understanding how marine larvae defend themselves against the threats they face in the plankton and how these adaptive traits are related to life history strategies and biogeography. The applied goals of this work are to better understand the sensitivity of various species to environmental and biotic threats based on their morphological or physiological traits. This will improve our ability to model the survival and dispersal of understudied species with implications for marine protected area management, fishery stock prediction, and climate change impact forecasting.

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My other interests include cross-country skiing, hiking, mushroom hunting, shellfish foraging, and biking.