Robin Elahi

Robin Elahi is an Advanced Lecturer at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station, specializing in marine ecology, statistics, and scientific computing. His research focuses on drivers of spatial and temporal change in marine ecosystems, including fisheries closures, coral reef resilience, and biodiversity-body size relationships. He teaches courses such as kelp forest ecology, statistics, and ecological physiology at Hopkins Marine Station.

His research projects involve collaborations with students and include photographic surveys of rocky intertidal zones, kelp forest video surveys, and time-series data analysis from long-term ecological observatories. Elahi’s work bridges field studies and computational methods, emphasizing experiential learning in marine science.

Notable contributions include studies on coral reef 'oases,' the impact of vessel traffic on marine management, and the role of field stations as biodiversity sentinels. He actively maintains open-source repositories for data analysis and visualization, such as GitHub projects on coral simulations and resilience metrics.

Elahi does not currently advise graduate students but collaborates with faculty at Hopkins Marine Station on research initiatives. His work contributes to global efforts to understand and mitigate anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems.