Barbara Block

Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Professor of Marine Sciences, Professor of Oceans and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Academic Appointments

Professor, Biology
Professor, Oceans
Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Member, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance

Honors & Awards

IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame, International Game Fish Association (2021)
Excellence in Science, Peter Benchley Ocean Award (2016)
Rolex Award for Enterprise, Rolex (2012)
Walter B. Cannon Award, American Physiological Society (2008)
Pew Marine Conservation Fellow, Pew Foundation (1997)
MacArthur Fellow, MacArthur Foundation (1996)
Presidents Medal, Society for Experimental Biology, London (1994)
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1989)

Professional Education

B.A., University of Vermont, Zoology (1980)
Ph.D, Duke University, Zoology (1986)

2022-23 Courses

Taking the Pulse of the Ocean: Innovative Technologies for the Blue Planet
BIOHOPK 170H (Spr)

Independent Studies
- Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
  EARTHSYS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Instruction or Reading
  BIOHOPK 198H (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Biology
  BIO 198 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Environment and Resources
  ENVRES 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Research
  EARTHSYS 250 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Research in Environment and Resources
  ENVRES 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Honors Program in Earth Systems
  EARTHSYS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Out-of-Department Directed Reading
  BIO 198X (Sum)
- Out-of-Department Undergraduate Research
  BIO 199X (Sum)
- Research
  BIOHOPK 300H (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Teaching Practicum in Biology
  BIO 290 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Teaching Practicum in Biology
  BIOHOPK 290H (Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  BIO 199 (Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  BIOHOPK 199H (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Prior Year Courses

2021-22 Courses

Marine Conservation Biology - Seminar and Discussion Only
BIOHOPK 173HA, BIOHOPK 273HA (Spr)
Stanford at Sea
BIOHOPK 182H, BIOHOPK 323H, EARTHSYS 323, ESS 323 (Spr)

2020-21 Courses

Ocean Life and Ecosystems in Monterey Bay
BIOHOPK 144H, BIOHOPK 244H (Sum)

Stanford Advisees

Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Samantha Andrzejaczek, Shaili Johri, Camille Pagniello
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Alexandra DiGiacomo
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Chloe Mikles

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences) (Phd Program)