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Biology
Auster, Peter J. (PhD, National University of Ireland, Galway)
Research Associate Professor of Marine Sciences and Science Director, National Undersea Research Center
Ecology of fishes. How landscape variations mediate their distribution and abundance. How behavioral interactions mediate patterns of local diversity. The impacts of fishing on communities and landscapes. The scientific basis for marine reserves.

Avery, David E. (PhD, University of Rhode Island)
Assistant Professor in Residence
Biological oceanography, Zooplankton Ecology, Life History Evolution.

Bucklin, Ann (PhD, University of California at Berkeley)
Professor and Head/Director of Marine Sciences
Molecular population genetics, phylogeography, systematics, and phylogeny of marine zooplankton

Dam, Hans G. (PhD, SUNY Stony Brook)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Biological Oceanography, ecology and evolution of planktonic organisms

Kremer, James N. (PhD, University of Rhode Island)
Professor of Marine Sciences, emeritus
Coastal systems ecology, physical-biological coupling, modeling

Kremer, Patricia (PhD, University of Rhode Island)
Adjunct Professor of Marine Sciences
Ecology of gelatinous zooplankton, including quantitative investigations of elemental composition, metabolic rates and nutritional ecology

Lin, Senjie (PhD, SUNY Stony Brook)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Phytoplankton Molecular Ecology/Functional Genomics

McManus, George B. (PhD, SUNY Stony Brook)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Interactions between Planktonic Populations and Physical Processes, Trophic Role of Protozoa and other Microzooplankton, Biogeography

Renaud, Paul E. (PhD, Gothenburg University, Sweden)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences
Marine community ecology, polar oceanography, trophic dynamics, effects of fishing practices on benthic habitats

Shumway, Sandra E. (Ph.D.,D.Sc. University College of North Wales)
Adjunct Professor in Residence
Physiological ecology of marine invertebrates, shellfish biology, aquaculture, toxic algae

Ward, J. Evan (PhD, University of Delaware)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Invertebrate physiological ecology, feeding biodynamics, oceans and human health

Whitlatch, Robert B. (PhD, University of Chicago)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Benthic Population and Community Ecology, Ecology of Invasive Species, Ecology of Deposit Feeding Invertebrates

Zhang, Huan (PhD, Tokyo University of Fisheries)
Assistant Professor In-Residence
Biology and Ecology of fish and planktonic organisms, particularly dinoflagellates

Chemistry
Fitzgerald, William F. (PhD, MIT-Woods Hole)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Chemical Oceanography, Marine Inorganic and Atmospheric Chemistry

Lewis, S. Ralph (MS, Franklin and Marshall College)
Assistant Professor in Residence
Marine geology, benthic mapping, coastal processes

Mason, Robert (PhD, University of Connecticut)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Fate, transport, and transformation of trace metals, especially mercury, but also cadmium, lead, and the metalloids (arsenic and selenium) in aquatic systems and the atmosphere

Skoog, Annelie (PhD, University of Göteborg, Sweden)
Associate Professor of Marine Sciences
Marine organic geochemistry and biogeochemistry. Marine organic chemical oceanography.

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Torgersen, Thomas (PhD, Columbia University)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Aqueous Process Geochemistry, Geochemistry of Rare Gasses, Radiochemistry

Visscher, Pieter T. (PhD, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Professor of Marine Sciences and Director, Center for Integrative Geosciences
Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, Microbial Ecology of Coastal Sediments and Water Bodies

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Vlahos, Penny (PhD, University Of Massachusetts)
Assistant Professor in Residence
Chemical Engineering and Chemical Oceanography

Geology
Byrne, B. Timothy (PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Marine Geology and Tectonics, Convergent Margin Geology, Structural Geology.

Dupraz, Christophe (PhD, University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences
Marine Geology - Geomicrobiology, Biosphere-Lithosphere Interface, Microbe-Mineral Interaction

Physics
Bohlen, W. Frank (PhD, MIT-Woods Hole)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Physical Oceanography, Nearshore Sediment Dynamics, In Situ Instrument Design

Dierssen, Heidi (PhD, University of California)
Assistant Professor Marine Science/Geography
Coastal optics and remote sensing to address questions related to biological and physical processes in the ocean.

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Edson, James B. (PhD, Penn State University)
Associate Professor of Marine Sciences
Marine meteorology, air-sea interactions, instrumentation and techniques to study coupled boundary layer processes

Monahan, Edward C. (PhD, MIT; DSc, National Univeristy of Ireland)
Professor of Marine Sciences, emeritus
Physical Oceanography, Air-Sea Interaction

O'Donnell, James (PhD, University of Delaware)
Professor of Marine Sciences
Physical Oceanography, Circulation Modeling, Frontal Dynamics

Whitney, Michael M. (PhD, University of Delaware)
Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences
Physical Oceanography, Coastal Circulation and Estuarine Dynamics

      
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