Associate Professor
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
CBB 217
831-459-5357
mpinsky@ucsc.edu
@pinskylab
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Pinsky CV
Malin Pinsky, Associate Professor at the University of California Santa Cruz, is a biologist with expertise in the adaptation of ocean life to climate change and applications to ocean conservation and fisheries. His more than 120 publications have appeared in
Science,
Nature, and other journals, and his research has been covered by the
New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, and
BBC, among others. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an Earth Leadership Fellow, and an Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. He was named one of Science News’ ten scientists to watch in 2019 and was awarded the first Peter Larkin Award in Fisheries Science in 2024. Pinsky serves on advisory boards for the Beijer Institute of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the non-profit Oceana, and the Chewonki Foundation. He has a Ph.D. in Biology from Stanford University and an A.B. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Williams College. He grew up exploring tidepools and mountains in Maine.
