GPMB Faculty List
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Dennis Allen: Estuarine ecology. dallen@belle.baruch.sc.edu
William D. Anderson Jr.: (Emeritus) Systematics of fishes and history of natural history. andersonwd@cofc.edu
Agnes J. Ayme-Southgate: The assembly and function of muscle cells using Drosophila melanogaster (fruitfly) as a model system; formation of the complex protein system known as the myofibril during development. southgatea@cofc.edu
John E. Baatz: Mammalian lung biochemistry and molecular biology. baatzje@musc.edu
W. Leonard Balthis: Coastal ecosystem health with an emphasis on the condition and distributions of benthic fauna in relation to human and natural disturbances. Len.Balthis@noaa.gov
Daniel W. Bearden: Marine metabolomics, molecular structure and function, environmental analytical chemistry. dan.bearden@noaa.gov
Paul R. Becker: Transport and fate of contaminants in Arctic ecosystems; geographic and species-specific patterns of contaminants in mammals; biological and chemical factors affecting the transport of contaminants through food webs. paul.becker@noaa.gov
Derk C. Bergquist: Benthic ecology. bergquistd@dnr.sc.gov
Craig L. Browdy: Shrimp reproduction and mariculture. craig.browdy@novusint.com
Erin J. Burge: Environmental immunology and molecular biology of marine invertebrates and fishes. eburge@coastal.edu
Karen G. Burnett: Marine biomedicine, immunology, molecular biology of marine organisms. burnettk@cofc.edu
Louis E. Burnett, Jr.: Environmental physiology, respiration and transport processes in animals. burnettl@cofc.edu
Christopher P. Buzzelli: Investigation of physical vs. biological mechanisms and how they regulate estuarine and wetland habitat biotic structure and function. buzzellic@cofc.edu
Christine A. Byrum: Evolution and development of endoderm and mesoderm in marine invertebrates; cell specification and signal transduction; cnidarian gastrulation. Use of the sea urchin as a developmental model at the cellular, molecular, and systems level; evolution of the metazoan body plan. byrumc@cofc.edu
Robert W. Chapman: Fisheries, genetics, population biology. chapmanr@dnr.sc.gov
Steven J. Christopher: Development and application of high accuracy analytical methodologies for the determination of trace elements in marine biological matrices. steven.christopher@noaa.gov
Loren D. Coen: Marine benthic ecology, plant-animal interactions, tropical ecology, crustacean biology. lcoen@sccf.org
Mark R. Collins: Fish biology and ecology, parasites of fishes. collinsm@dnr.sc.gov
Stacie E. Crowe: Benthic ecology, taxonomy of marine invertebrates. crowes@dnr.sc.gov
Tanya L. Darden: Fish population genetics. dardent@dnr.sc.gov
Margaret A. Davidson: Coastal resource management and research. Margaret.Davidson@noaa.gov
W. Clay Davis: Chemical speciation; toxic chemical species in clinical and marine samples. clay.davis@nist.gov
Russell D. Day: Mercury toxicology in sea turtles and seabirds. russell.day@nist.gov
Isaure de Buron: Host-parasite interactions at the ecological, cellular, and molecular levels. deburoni@cofc.edu
Marie E. DeLorenzo: Environmental toxicology. marie.delorenzo@noaa.gov
Michael R. Denson: Fisheries management, aquaculture, stock enhancement. densonm@dnr.sc.gov
M. Richard DeVoe: Aquaculture policy; marine/coastal policy and management; science management. rick.devoe@scseagrant.org
Guy T. DiDonato: Relationship between tidal creek condition and land use changes in coastal South Carolina. guy.didonato@noaa.gov
Robert T. Dillon, Jr.: Biology of mollusks, genetics of gastropods and bivalves. dillonr@cofc.edu
Giacomo R. DiTullio: Phytoplankton physiology and ecology, biogeochemical cycling. ditullioj@cofc.edu
Gregory J. Doucette: Physiological ecology of marine phytoplankton, marine biotoxins and harmful algae. greg.doucette@noaa.gov
Phillip Dustan: Marine ecology, coral reef ecology, biological oceanography. dustanp@cofc.edu
Patricia A. Fair: Marine mammal health assessment and impacts of environmental stressors; toxicological effects of contaminants. pat.fair@noaa.gov
Wayne R. Fitzgibbon: Applying microphysiological techniques to the study of hormonal regulation of mammalian renal physiology and pathophysiology. fitzgiwr@musc.edu
Michael H. Fulton: Environmental health, aquatic toxicology. mike.fulton@noaa.gov
Sylvia B. Galloway: Coral health/disease characterization using genomic/proteomic approaches. gallowsb@musc.edu
Dianne I. Greenfield: Ecology and physiology of coastal phytoplankton. greenfieldd@dnr.sc.gov
Thomas W. Greig: Fisheries population genetics, molecular marine forensics, evolutionary ecotoxicology. thomas.greig@noaa.gov
Danny J. Gustafson: Plant conservation genetics and restoration ecology. danny.gustafson@citadel.edu
Nancy H. Hadley: Molluscan mariculture. hadleyn@dnr.sc.gov
Antony S. Harold: Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of fishes. harolda@cofc.edu
Patrick J. Harris: Population biology of fishes, fisheries biology. harrisp@dnr.sc.gov
Julian Harrison: (Emeritus) Systematics, distribution and ecology of amphibians and mollusks. harrisonj@cofc.edu
Willem J. Hillenius: Comparative anatomy of tetrapods, particularly mammals, reptiles and dinosaurs. hilleniusw@cofc.edu
A. Frederick Holland: Environmental assessments, resource management, benthic ecology. fred.holland@noaa.gov
Melissa Hughes: Animal behavior; in particular, communication in song birds and crustaceans. hughesm@cofc.edu
Jeffrey L. Hyland: Environmental monitoring and assessments, benthic ecology, ecotoxicology. jeff.hyland@noaa.gov
Eric R. James: The host-parasite interaction: immunity, biochemistry, apoptosis. Cryopreservation of cells and organisms. jameser@musc.edu
Michael Janech: Physiology of marine organisms, molecular and proteomic applications. janechmg@musc.edu
Pamela C. Jutte: Benthic ecology; invertebrate behavioral biology. juttep@yahoo.com
Karl J. Karnaky, Jr.: Cell biology of epithelial salt transport in fishes. karnakyk@musc.edu
Jennifer M. Keller: Effects of environmental contaminants on marine wildlife health. jennifer.keller@noaa.gov
Peter B. Key: Aquatic toxicology of insecticides. pete.key@noaa.gov
Rachael A. King: Systematics research on various local peracarid crustacean groups. kingr@dnr.sc.gov
David M. Knott: Taxonomy and ecology of benthic and planktonic invertebrates. knottd@dnr.sc.gov
Christopher Korey: Drosophila genetics; Molecular genetics of Human neurological disease using Drosophila as a model system. koreyc@cofc.edu
Laura M. Kracker: GIS and spatial analysis of fish distribution, species diversity, and aquatic habitats; landscape ecology methodologies for large lake and marine ecosystems; underwater acoustics and remote sensing; bioinformatics applied to coral health. laura.kracker@noaa.gov
John R. Kucklick: Analytical chemistry, aquatic ecotoxicology. john.kucklick@nist.gov
Eric R. Lacy: Biology of epithelial cells of osmoregulatory and digestive organs in fishes and mammals. lacyer@musc.edu
Mark D. Lazzaro: Cell biology: cytoskeletal function in pollen tube development; structure and function of plant secretory hairs including salt glands of marine plants; digital and fluorescent microscopy. lazzarom@cofc.edu
John W. Leffler: Seafood health and safety. lefflerj@dnr.sc.gov
Joshua Loefer: Fisheries biology, life history and remote tracking of large pelagic predators. loeferj@dnr.sc.gov
Brett M. Macey: Microbiology and molecular biology. maceyb@cofc.edu
Philip P. Maier: Fisheries research. maierp@dnr.sc.gov
Robert M. Martore: Marine artificial reefs, fisheries, benthic ecology. martoreb@dnr.sc.gov
Wayne E. McFee: Marine mammal strandings, marine mammal life history, dolphin/human interactions. Wayne.Mcfee@noaa.gov
Elizabeth Meyer-Bernstein: Physiological mechanisms underlying the circadian timing system using Drosophila and mouse model systems. Research includes studies at the molecular, cellular, system and behavioral levels. meyerbernsteine@cofc.edu
Donald H. Miller: Mechanisms of osmoregulation in elasmobranchs. millerdh@musc.edu
Pamela J. Morris: Environmental microbiology. morrisp@musc.edu
Susan J. Morrison: Ecology of estuarine and marine microbes. morrisons@cofc.edu
Duncan R. Munro: Mammalian physiology, normal and pathological gastric physiology. munrod@cofc.edu
Courtney Murren: Plant ecology. murrenc@cofc.edu
Paul M. Nolan: Behavioral ecology and ornithology. paul.nolan@citadel.edu
Eugene J. Olmi: Fisheries recruitment and estuarine ecology, population biology of decapod crustaceans. Geno.Olmi@noaa.gov
David Wm. Owens: Sea turtle behavior, physiology and ecology. owensd@cofc.edu
Margie M. Peden-Adams: Sub-lethal toxicological effects of environmental contaminants. pedenada@musc.edu
Paul L. Pennington: Marine and estuarine ecotoxicology. paul.pennington@noaa.gov
John S. Peters: Age and growth of fishes. petersj@cofc.edu
Craig J. Plante: Microbial ecology, benthic biology, the influence of animal-microbe interactions on biogeochemical processes, and the role of autoinduction in the development of marine biofilms. plantec@cofc.edu
Robert D. Podolsky: Functional biology and evolutionary ecology of marine invertebrates, larval ecology and life-history evolution, fertilization ecology, physiological ecology, phenotypic plasticity. podolskyr@cofc.edu
William Post: Ornithology, coastal avian ecology. grackler@aol.com
Seth Pritchard: Plant physiological ecology: physiological responses of plants to ongoing global environmental changes including rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone concentrations, warming, and soil salinization; implications for ecosystem function and food production. pritchards@cofc.edu
John S. Ramsdell: Toxicology of algal derived toxins; mechanism of toxin action. john.ramsdell@noaa.gov
Marcel J.M. Reichert: Fish ecology, fisheries science. reichertm@dnr.sc.gov
William A. Roumillat: Biology of fishes. roumillatb@dnr.sc.gov
Gorka Sancho: Behavioral ecology of fishes, fisheries conservation. sanchog@cofc.edu
Paul A. Sandifer: Biology of decapod Crustacea, aquaculture, coastal ecology. paul.sandifer@noaa.gov
Denise M. Sanger: Impacts of human land use, benthic ecology, water quality, sediment chemistry, and toxicology. Denise.Sanger@scseagrant.org
Yelena V. Sapozhnikova: Development and application of analytical procedures for analysis of emerging organic contaminants in the environment; assessment of fate, transport and chemical impacts on ecosystem health. Yelena.Sapozhnikova@noaa.gov
Leslie R. Sautter: Biological oceanography, marine phytoplankton ecology, marine geology. sautterl@cofc.edu
Brian G. Scholtens: Ecological models of plant-insect interactions. scholtensb@cofc.edu
Lori H. Schwacke: Development and application of mathematical and computer models for the analysis of marine mammal health data. lori.schwacke@noaa.gov
Geoffrey I. Scott: Aquatic toxicology. geoff.scott@noaa.gov
George R. Sedberry: Community population and trophic ecology of marine fishes, coral reef biology, fisheries biology. George.Sedberry@noaa.gov
Al Segars: Health/population assessment in marine turtles. SegarsA@dnr.sc.gov
Virginia R. Shervette: Estuarine ecology and management, conservation biology, fish ecology, oyster reef ecology, urbanization of estuaries, Human Dimensions of fisheries management, tropical ecology. shervette@gmail.com
Thomas Siewicki: Environmental toxicology, environmental modeling, risk assessment. Tom.Siewicki@noaa.gov
Erik M. Smith: Estuarine and aquatic microbial ecology. erik@belle.baruch.sc.edu
Theodore I. J. Smith: Aquaculture of crustaceans and fish, fisheries biology. smitht@dnr.sc.gov
Erik E. Sotka: Ecology and evolution of marine biotic interactions, larval dispersal, molecular ecology, chemical ecology. sotkae@cofc.edu
Jill R. Stewart: Water quality research concentrated on detecting and tracking microbial pollution in coastal environments. Jill.Stewart@unc.edu
Allan E. Strand: Molecular ecology, evolution, and demography of plants. stranda@cofc.edu
Michael J. Twiner: Aquatic microbial ecology, toxicology, pharmacology; the effects of harmful algal blooms and biotoxins on marine organisms and humans. Mike.Twiner@noaa.gov
Frances M. Van Dolah: Functional genomics of toxic dinoflagellates; effects of algal toxins on marine mammals and human consumers. fran.vandolah@noaa.gov
Robert F. Van Dolah: Benthic ecology, toxicology, environmental assessment, invertebrate community structure, population dynamics. vandolahr@dnr.sc.gov
Keith Walters: Marine ecology, habitat restoration, marine snow dynamics, plant-animal interactions, meiofauna. kwalt@coastal.edu
Gregory W. Warr: Structure and expression of fish antibody genes. warrgw@musc.edu
John E. Weinstein: Environmental toxicology; physiological ecology and toxicology of invertebrates and fish. john.weinstein@citadel.edu
Elizabeth L. Wenner: Crustacean biology, marine and estuarine invertebrate and fish communities. wennere@dnr.sc.gov
J. David Whitaker: Crustacean fisheries resource research. whitakerd@dnr.sc.gov
Susan N. White: Estuarine ecology. susan.white@noaa.gov
Dara H. Wilber: Ecological impact assessment in the marine and estuarine environment. wilberdh@aol.com
Pace Wilber: Geographical information systems. Pace.Wilber@noaa.gov
Susan B. Wilde: Phytoplankton community structure in association with eutrophication and harmful algal blooms. wildes@dnr.sc.gov
Edward F. Wirth: Effects of pesticides on crustaceans, particularly reproduction and physiology. Ed.Wirth@noaa.gov
D. Reid Wiseman: Systematics and ecology of marine algae. wisemand@cofc.edu
Cheryl M. Woodley: The application of biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology to understanding the effects of biotic and abiotic stressors on ecosystem health. cheryl.woodley@noaa.gov
David M. Wyanski: Life history and taxonomy of marine fishes, fisheries biology. wyanskid@dnr.sc.gov
John D. Zardus: Evolution and ecology of commensal barnacles john.zardus@citadel.edu
Anastasia M. Zimmerman: Molecular evolution of the vertebrate immune system, genome-wide analyses of innate and adaptive immune loci in fishes, use of the zebrafish as an immunological model. zimmermana@cofc.edu