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Rebecca Shipe

Instructor, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP)

Rebecca Shipe

Rebecca teaches the signature course of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP). During the past two decades at UCLA, she has enjoyed teaching undergraduate and graduate students in biology, biogeochemistry and oceanography.  

Rebecca is a biological oceanographer with academic interests in the fields of biogeochemistry, ecology and physiology. The major focus of her work has been determining the relationships between phytoplankton and their environment.

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Science from Penn State in Biology, a Ph.D. in Marine Science from UC Santa Barbara, and was a Wrigley Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Southern California. 

Contact Info

rshipe@gmail.com