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Reginald Blaylock, Ph.D.Research ProfessorFish Diseases and Aquaculture

Kelly Darnell, Ph.D.Assistant Research ProfessorEcology of coastal and benthic ecosystems

Luke Fairbanks, Ph.D.Assistant Research ProfessorHuman-Environment Geography

Leslie Acton, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorOceans Governance

FACULTY EMERITUS FACULTY

RESEARCH FACULTY

William Hawkins, Ph.D.Professor EmeritusMarine Organism Pathology

Wei Wu, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorLandscape Ecology

Patrick Biber, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorMarine Botany

Kevin Dillon, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorChemical Oceanography

Zachary Darnell, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorMarine Invertebrate Zoology

Joseph Griffitt, Ph.D.Director and Associate ProfessorToxicogenomics

Jay Grimes, Ph.D.Professor EmeritusMarine Microbial Ecology

Leila Hamdan, Ph.D.Associate Director and Associate ProfessorMarine Microbial Ecology

Frank Hernandez Ph.D.Associate ProfessorFisheries Oceanography

Robert Leaf, Ph.D.Associate Professor Fishery Science

Jeffrey M. Lotz, Ph.D.Professor EmeritusMarine Aquaculture

Chet F. Rakocinski Ph.D.ProfessorBenthic Ecology

Eric Saillant, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorMarine AquacultureConservation Genetics

Eric. Powell, Ph.D.ProfessorPopulation Dynamics Modeling

Robin Overstreet, Ph.D.Professor EmeritusMarine Parasitology and Pathobiology

Ervin Otvos, Ph.D.Professor EmeritusMarine Geology

Mark S. Peterson, Ph.D.Professor EmeritusFisheries Ecology

Harriet Perry, M.S.Professor EmeritusBlue Crab Fisheries and Aquaculture

Richard Heard, Ph.D.Professor EmeritusInvertebrate Zoology

at the Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryNICHOLAS ADAMSM.S. Area of interest - Marine Aquaculture, Fisheries Stock Enhancement and Aquaponics

Advisor - Eric Saillant

MELISSA BROCKM.S.Areas of interest - Use of bioinformatics and statistical ap-proaches to understand the im-pact of deep-sea shipwrecks on sediment microorganisms

Advisor - Leila Hamdan

MATTHEWBYRNESM.S.Areas of interest - Marine Fisheries Modeling and Ecology

Advisor - Robert Leaf

JUAN CARRILLO ÁLVAREZ Ph.D.Areas of interest - Blue crab health and non-invasive methods for diagnosing dolphin health

Advisor - Robin Overstreet / Joe Griffitt

ANDREW CLAXTONPh.D.Area of interest - Indicators of pollution, with an emphasis onparasites

Advisor - Robin Overstreet / Kevin Dillon

ALFONSO COHUOM.S.Area of interest - TBA

Advisor - Kevin Dillon

LILLIAN COLLINSM.S. Area of interest - Distribution, abundance, and trophic ecology of Anguilliform leptocephali in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Advisor - Frank Hernandez

ADAM DAWPh.D.Area of interest - The development of a model(s) to predict copepod production trends in aquaculture, and larviculture methods

Advisors - Reginald Blaylock / Eric Saillant

PAVEL DIMENSPh.D. Area of interest - Population structure and sympatric speciation of migratory marine species


SAMANTHA ELLSM.S.Area of interest - Aquatic

toxicology

Advisor - Joe Griffitt

EDITHROSE FAIRWEATHERM.S.Area of interest - Finfish aquaculture


EMILY GIPSONM.S.Area of interest - Fisheries Ecology


ROBERT GONZALESM.S.

Area of interest - Aquaculture

Advisors - Reginald Blaylock / Eric Saillant

PATRICK GRAHAMPh.D. Area of interest - Broadly interested in life history characteristics, population dynamics, and stock delineation methods of coastal and estuarine finfish.


EVAN GRIMES M.S.Area of interest - Herpetology, coastal wetland ecosystems, AI pattern recognition, GIS

Advisor - Wei Wu

CHRISTIAN HAYESPh.D.Area of interest - Variation in turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) habitat complexity, secondary pro-duction, and trophic dynamics across the northern Gulf of Mexico

Advisor - Kelly Darnell / Zack Darnell

KATHLEEN HEMEONPh.D.Area of interest - Molluscan population dynamics and ageing techniques of long-lived bivalve species, to inform fisheries man-agement and conservation

Advisor - Eric Powell

JANA HERRMANN M.S. Area of interest - Ecology of chaetognaths in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with an emphasis on competitive interactions with larval Gulf MenhadenAdvisor - Frank Hernandez

TAMI HILDAHLM.S.Area of interest - Population

genetics


HAILONG HUANG Ph.D. Area of interest - Hydrochemical modeling of the response of high elevation watersheds to climate changes and atmospheric deposition

Advisor - Wei Wu

APRIL HUGIM.S.Area of interest - Fisheries, oceanography, and ecology


HEATHER KINGM.S. Area of interest - Aquaculture Genetics


BRANDEN KOHLERM.S.Area of interest - Quantify-ing the trophic structure of Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico using stomach content and stable isotope analysis


LEIF KORTHM.S.Area of interest - Aquaculture


ZACHARY LANEPh.D.Area of interest - Fine scale drivers of invertebrate behavior, data analyses, and experimental design

Advisor - Zack Darnell

OLIVIA LESTRADEM.S.Area of interest - Abundance, distribution, and potential impacts of microplastics on fish early life stages in offshore habitats of the northern Gulf of Mexico


EMELIA MARSHALLM.S.Area of interest -

Coastal Ecology


ANNA MILLENDER M.S. Area of interest - Life history characteristics of highly migratory species


LEAH MORGANM.S.Area of interest - Limitation of oyster larval recruitment to restored and natural reefs with relation to larval supply and post-settlement success in the western Mississippi Sound

Advisor - Chet Rakocinski

RACHEL MOSELEYM.S.Area of interest -Marine microbial biogeography of deep-sea historic shipwrecks


RACHEL MUGGEPh.D. Area of interest - Marine microbial ecology of deep-sea historic shipwrecks


NICKOLAS MURPHYM.S.Area of interest - Vegetative community and health assessment of a constructed Juncus-dominated salt marsh on Deer Island, MS

Advisor - Patrick Biber

HELEN OLMIPh.D. Area of interest - Migratory movements and fishing mortality of the Louisiana blue crab spawning stock


MEGUMI OSHIMAPh.D. Area of interest - Understanding impacts of harvest strategies for Vermilion Snapper stock in the face of climate change, interspecific competition, and anthropogenic influences


APRYLE PANYIM.S.Area of interest - Parasites and diseases of oysters, other invertebrates, and fishes

Advisor - Robin Overstreet / Kevin Dillon

LEANNE POUSSARDM.S.Area of interest - fisheries

population dynamics


SHUO SHEN Ph.D.Area of interest - Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes in the aquatic environment; use of models to analyze and predict resistant profiles

Advisor - Jay Grimes / Wei Wu

CAITLIN SLIFEPh.D.Area of interest - Coastal and marine ecology and biogeochemistry


JAIME SMITH M.S. Area of interest - Effects of time at initial exposure and concentration of Dermomycoides sp. on the Dusky Gopher Frog

Advisor - Robin Overstreet / Joe Griffitt

LAURA SOLINGERPh.D.Area of interest - Using management strategy evaluation to examine the effectiveness of quotas on Summer Flounder and Atlantic Surfclam


GABRIELLE SPELLMANM.S.Area of interest - TBA

Advisor - Patrick Biber

GEOFFRY SPOONERPh.D.Area of interest - Estuary Ecology

Advisor - Chet Rakocinski

COURTNEY STACHOWIAKM.S.Area of interest - Nursery habitat function of pelagic Sargassum for juvenile fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico


JASON TILLEY Ph.D. Area of interest - Biophysical factors affecting habitat suitability for oysters

Advisor - Wei Wu

TALENE YEGHISSIANPh.D.Area of interest - TBA


GLENN ZAPFE Ph.D. Area of interest - Relationships between environmental variability and ichthyoplankton dynamics.


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