Sean Crommelin

Sean Crommelin is the Science and Tech Editor for the Daily Nexus. He can be reached at science@dailynexus.com

November 7, 2019

Fungus Among Us: Researchers Map Lineages of Chytrid Fungus Affecting Sierra Nevada Frogs

By Sean Crommelin

Not unlike the plot of a B-list horror movie, a fatal disease in frogs, chytridiomycosis, has spread all across the world on a pandemic scale in mere decades.

November 5, 2019

Convergent Evolution in Deep-Sea Fish

By Sean Crommelin

Last week, the Oakley lab invited Matt Davis from St. Cloud State University to speak about his research on the evolution of ray-finned fishes in the deep sea.

October 31, 2019

So Mushroom for Growth: New Psychedelic Club at UCSB Aims To Shift Conversation and Culture

By Sean Crommelin

The priority of Psychedelic Club is to start the conversation about psychedelic use.

October 24, 2019

Turning the Tide: Researchers Conduct Study of Climate Change Effects on Mexican Fisheries

By Sean Crommelin

UCSB researchers aimed to devise a method to evaluate climate change-driven impacts on fisheries with limited data, as well as appropriate ways to respond to anticipated changes.

October 17, 2019

UCSB Professor Awarded Funding To Evaluate and Rank Climate Models

By Sean Crommelin

With a focus on Arctic sea ice, Ding will cross-reference many different climate models to better understand how to optimize their effectiveness, and which models at present are the most efficacious in predicting conditi...

October 17, 2019

Where Did He Come From? Where Did He Go? Campus Researcher Weighs in on Mountain Lion Sightings

By Sean Crommelin

The mountain lion may have come to campus by following the coast or from the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains.

October 10, 2019

New Research Sheds Light on Prehistoric Migrations of South and Central Asia

By Sean Crommelin

A UCSB professor has helped to paint a clearer picture of the human story of ancient migration to South and Central Asia, and the spread of language and practices which coincided with this.

September 26, 2019

UCSB Continues to Perform Well on 2019 Sustainable Campus Index Metrics

By Sean Crommelin

UCSB is among 134 institutions which have been awarded with a gold rating or higher by the AASHE, out of the 970 campuses currently registered.

September 26, 2019

Mechanism to Develop Mineralized Skeletons Likely Evolved Independently Across Diverse Taxa

By Sean Crommelin

A paper from UCSB researchers details how they managed to pinpoint evidence of biomineralization in a wide variety of fossils from the Cambrian period.

August 1, 2019

Eating for Two: MSI Researchers Study How Urchins Make Kelp More Palatable for Benthic Feeders

By Sean Crommelin

Sea urchins, much maligned throughout the California coast for destroying kelp forests, might not be quite the pests that they appear to be.

July 11, 2019

UCSB Researchers Uncover Conditions Leading to Unusual 2015 Algal Bloom

By Sean Crommelin

It was especially fortuitous that the bloom occurred in the Santa Barbara Channel, a strip of coast which has been subject to close monitoring.

June 6, 2019

Bren Professor Researches Logistics of Carbon Capture and Utilization

By Sean Crommelin

June 2, 2019

UCSB Graduate Student Nominated for 2020-2021 UC Student Regent

By Sean Crommelin

A record 113 UC students applied for the position of the 2020-21 student regent, compared to 40 who applied in the cycle before.

May 30, 2019

African Social Spiders Demonstrate How Group Dynamics Influence Success of Individual Colonies

By Sean Crommelin

The presence of two dispositions (aggressive and docile) begs the question, which one leads to greater success?

May 23, 2019

‘Bolbo’ the Builder: UCSB Researchers Investigate the Impact of Bumphead Parrotfish Feeding on Tropical Reefs

By Sean Crommelin

Their diet, unusual compared to that of other primarily herbivorous parrotfish, consists of structural reef carbonates and the lifeforms that corals harbor.