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Biology Department Faculty & Staff
Department Chair Willem (Jaap) Hillenius
Unless noted, faculty
and staff receive FAXes at the departmental FAX number: 843-953-5453
Basic course information is available from the Undergraduate
Catalog.
Course titles on this page link to current class web pages where
available.
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Faculty | Faculty
Emeritus | Visiting & Adjunct
Faculty | Staff
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Agnes
Ayme-Southgate
Associate Professor
Chair, Health Profession Committee
Biol 212: Genetics
Biol 322: Comparative Vertebrate Embryology
Office: 218B Science Center
Phone: 953-6544
eMail: southgatea@cofc.edu |
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.
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Deborah
Bidwell
Instructor
Biol 101: Concepts and Applications in Biology 1
Biol 102: Concepts and Applications in Biology 2
Biol 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Biol 112: Evolution, Ecology & Biology of Organisms
Biol 211: Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation
Biology
Office: 210 Science Center
Phone: 953-7107
eMail: bidwelld@cofc.edu |
Marine
finfish aquaculture and stock enhancement, fish behavior
in response to fishing gears and fisheries conservation.
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Louis
E. Burnett
Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
122
Phone: 953-9170 (office) or 762-8755 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: burnettl@cofc.edu |
Comparative
physiology of respiration, ion and acid-base regulation in
marine organisms; physiology of respiratory pigments; physiological
adaptations associated with the transition from breathing
water to breathing air; physiology of disease mechanisms
especially as they relate to water quality.
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Andrew Clark
Assistant Professor
Biol 112: Evolution, Form & Function of Organisms
Biol 321: General and Comparative Physiology
Office: 332 Science Center
Phone: 953-4879
eMail: clarkaj@cofc.edu |
Comparative biomechanics; functional morphology of musculoskeletal
systems; biomechanics of hagfish feeding; evolution of prey capture
mechanisms; mechanics of biological materials.
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Isaure de Buron
Associate Professor
Biol 320: Histology
Biol 336: Parasitology
Office: SC DNR Marine Resources Research Institute, Rm 122
Phone: 953-3615
eMail: deburoni@cofc.edu |
Host-parasite interactions at the ecological, cellular, and molecular levels; Parasitic fauna of fish in the Charleston Harbor estuarine system; Use of parasites as tags to identify fish stocks and movements; Acanthocephalans of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fish.
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Christine A. Byrum
Assistant Professor
Biol 212: Genetics
Biol 502-1 Marine Genomics
Office: 236B Science Center
Phone: 953-7176
eMail: byrumc@cofc.edu |
Marine invertebrate developmental biology; cell specification and signal transduction; evolution of metazoan body plans.
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Stephanie
Dellis
Senior Instructor
Office: 202A Science Center
Phone: 953-4906
eMail: delliss@cofc.edu |
Protein-Protein
and Protein-DNA interactions and their role in: 1) the regulation
of viral transcription, and 2) the regulation of DNA replication.
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Robert
T. Dillon, Jr.
Associate Professor
Office: 200A Science Center
Phone: 953-8087
eMail: dillonr@cofc.edu |
Genetics,
evolution and ecology of mollusks.
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Giacomo
(Jack) DiTullio
Professor
John Arthur Siegling Endowed Chair in Biology
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
208
Phone: 953-9196 (office) or 762-8945 (lab) FAX:
762-8737
eMail: ditullioj@cofc.edu |
The
ecological study of marine phytoplankton and how they can
affect the biogeochemical cycling of iron, carbon, nitrogen,
and sulfur. The effects of trace metals (iron) on primary
production in High Nutrient, Low Chlorophyll regions of the
World's Oceans.
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Phillip
Dustan
Professor
Biol 341: General Ecology
Biol 502: Special Topics in Marine Biology
Special Topics: Biology of Coral Reefs
Office: 232 Science Center
Phone: 953-8086
eMail: dustanp@cofc.edu |
Ecology,
vitality, and conservation of reef-building corals. Remote
sensing and change detection in coral reefs communities.
The impact of urbanization on watershed ecology of coastal
waters.
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Jean
Everett
Senior Instructor
Office: 206 Science Center
Phone: 953-7843
eMail: everettj@cofc.edu
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Plant
community interactions: Forest ecology, seed banks, and restoration
ecology (especially longleaf pine systems).
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Antony
(Tony) S. Harold
Associate Professor
Biol 335: Biology of Fishes
Biol 340: Zoogeography
Biol 350: Evolution
Biol 632: Ichthyology
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
125
Phone: 953-9180 (office) or 953-9181 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: harolda@cofc.edu |
Evolutionary
processes, phylogenetic analysis, and biogeography of fishes.
Histological studies of light organs and morphology in deep-sea
stomiiforms, coevolution of gobies and host corals, reproductive
biology of gobioids, and biodiversity and phylogeny of certain
South American freshwater ostariophysans.
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Willem (Jaap) Hillenius
Department Chair
Professor
Office: 230 Science Center
Phone: 953-8083
eMail: hilleniusw@cofc.edu |
The
evolutionary biology of tetrapod vertebrates. The origins
and evolution of exercise physiology and endothermy among
amniotes; and the role of the tear duct and the Harderian
gland in the function of the vomeronasal system of amphibians,
reptiles and mammals.
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Melissa
Hughes
Associate Professor
Biol 112: Evolution, Form & Function of Organisms
Biol 333: Ornithology
Biol 343: Animal Behavior
Office: 217B Science Center
Phone: 953-6557
eMail: hughesm@cofc.edu |
Behavioral
ecology; communication, mating behavior and aggression in
crustaceans and birds.
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Christopher
Korey
Associate Professor
Office: 217C Science Center
Phone: 953-7178
eMail: koreyc@cofc.edu |
Drosophila genetics;
Molecular genetics of Human neurological disease using Drosophila as
a model system.
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Mark
Lazzaro
Associate Professor
Office: 216D Science Center
Phone: 953-7180
eMail: lazzarom@cofc.edu |
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.
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Eric McElroy
Assistant Professor
Biol 201: Human Physiology
Office: 235 Science Center
Phone: 953-3707
eMail: mcelroye@cofc.edu |
Evolution and ecology of animal performance and functional morphology. Functional, physiological and morphological basis of animal behavior.
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Dorian
R. McMillan
Laboratory Manager & Instructor
Biol 101: Concepts and Applications in Biology
Office: 202B Science Center
Phone: 953-4847
eMail: mcmilland@cofc.edu |
Taxonomy
and systematics of fishes.
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Elizabeth Meyer-Bernstein
Associate Professor
Biol 321: General & Comparative Physiology
Biol 351: Neuroscience I
Office: 233 Science Center
Phone: 953-2298
eMail: meyerbernsteine@cofc.edu |
Physiological
mechanisms underlying the circadian timing system using Drosophila and
mouse model systems. Research includes studies at the molecular,
cellular, system and behavioral levels.
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Susan
Morrison
Assistant Professor
Associate Provost
Biol 310: General Microbiology
Office: 212 Science Center & 210
Randolph Hall
Phone: 953-8078 (Sci. Center) 953-5527 (Randolph
Hall)
eMail: morrisons@cofc.edu |
Estuarine
and marine microbiology; sanitary microbiology; distribution
and survival of pathogenic bacteria in estuarine environments.
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Courtney Murren
Assistant Professor
Biol 211: Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation
Biology
Biol 341: General Ecology
Biol 444/EVSS 628: Plant Ecology
EVSS 610: Environmental Biology
Biol 611/EVSS 624: Biometry
EVSS 680: Case Studies
Office: 216C Science Center
Phone: 953-8077
eMail: murrenc@cofc.edu |
Plant
Ecological Genetics: factors contributing to invasive species
establishment success, pollination ecology in forest fragments,
phenotypic plasticity and phenotypic evolution.
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David
W. Owens
Professor
Biol 406/629, EVSS 629: Conservation Biology
Biol 620/621: Graduate Core Seminar
Biol 627: Marine Tetrapod Biology
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
119
Phone: 953-9176 (office) or 953-9177, 953-9178 (lab) FAX: 953-9199
eMail: owensd@cofc.edu |
The
physiology, behavior and ecology of marine vertebrates with
special interest in the reproductive biology of marine turtles
and the diamondback terrapin. We are particularly interested
in discovering basic biological concepts which may be of
use in developing improved conservation strategies for marine
and estuarine organisms.
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John S. Peters
Senior Instructor
Biol 101: Concepts and Applications in Biology
Biol 102: Concepts and Applications in Biology
Biology 111: Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Biology 112: Evolution, Form and Function of Organisms
Biology 151: Honors Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology
SMFT 538: Topics in Zoology for Teachers
SMFT 639: Genetics & Molecular Biology for Teachers
SMFT 697: Evolution, Ecology & Conservation Biol for Teachers
Office: 207 Science Center
Phone: 953-1422
eMail: petersj@cofc.edu |
Science Education: The effect of student-directed inquiry and problem-based pedagogies on college and pre-college students’ Science-Technology-Society literacy. Fisheries Biology: Early life history of fish.
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Craig
J. Plante
Professor
Director, Graduate Program in Marine Biology
Biol 341: General Ecology
Biol 601: Ecology of Marine Organisms
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
104
Phone: 953-9187 (office) 953-9188 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: plantec@cofc.edu |
Microbial ecology, benthic ecology, animal-microbe interactions, and the role of quorum sensing in development of marine biofilms.
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Robert
D. Podolsky
Assistant Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
214
Phone: 953-9186 (office) FAX: 953-9199
eMail: podolskyr@cofc.edu |
Functional
biology and evolutionary ecology of marine invertebrates,
larval ecology and life-history evolution, fertilization
ecology, physiological ecology, phenotypic plasticity.
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Peyre G. Pringle
Senior Instructor
Office: 237 Science Center
Phone: 953-7112
eMail: pringlep@cofc.edu |
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Seth Pritchard
Associate Professor
Biol 304: Plant Physiology
ENVT 200: Intro to Environmental Studies
Office: 217A Science Center
Phone: 953-5995
eMail: pritchards@cofc.edu |
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.
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Matt Rutter
Assistant Professor
EVSS 680: Case Studies
Office: 218B Science Center
Phone: 953-6544
eMail: rutterm@cofc.edu
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Evolutionary biology, ecology and genetics: Evolution of interactions between species, quantifying the effects of spontaneous mutation in the model plant Arabidopsis
thaliana, patterns of evolution of biochemical pathways.
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Gorka
Sancho
Associate Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
203
Phone: 953-9194 (office) 953-9195 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: sanchog@cofc.edu |
Behavior
and ecology of fishes; fisheries conservation.
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Brian
Scholtens
Professor
Office: 229 Science Center
Phone: 953-8081
eMail: scholtensb@cofc.edu |
Plant-insect
interactions and the faunistics and systematics of the Lepidoptera.
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Andrew Shedlock
Assistant Professor
Affliliations: GPMB MES HHMI MUSC HML
Biol 312: Molecular Biology
BIOL 312L Molecular Biology Laboratory
BIOL 397 Research Experience in Biology
BIOL 399 Coral Disease Detection
DISC 495 Discovery Informatics Capstone
BIOL 502 Vertebrate Genome Biology
Office: 216B Science Center
Phone: 953-7638
eMail: shedlockam@cofc.edu
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Comparative evolutionary genomics; impacts of mobile DNA and non-coding RNA on eukaryotic genome structure and transcriptome function. Computational biology. Phylogeny, ecology and population genetics of marine vertebrates.
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Erik
Sotka
Assistant Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
208
Phone: 953-9191 (office) FAX: 953-9199
eMail: sotkae@cofc.edu |
Ecology
and evolution of marine biotic interactions, larval dispersal,
phylogeography, molecular ecology, chemical ecology.
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Allan
Strand
Associate Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
119
Phone: 953-9189 (office) 953-9190 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: stranda@cofc.edu |
Plant
evolutionary biology, molecular ecology, and conservation
biology.
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Jeffrey Triblehorn
Assistant Professor
Biol 201: Human Physiology Lab
Office: Science Center 205
Phone: 953-5848
eMail: triblehornj@cofc.edu |
A neuroethological perspective on how sensory systems encode, filter and process information: Auditory processing in insects and behaviors associated with acoustic stimulation.
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Jason Vance
Assistant Professor
Biol 201: Human Physiology
Office: 321 Science Center
Phone: 953-4880
eMail: vancejt@cofc.edu |
Biomechanics, aerodynamics, and control of insect flight; Ontogeny of maximal flight performance and foraging behavior in honey bees.
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Allison
Welch
Assistant Professor
Office: 217-A Science Center
Phone: 953-5451
eMail: welcha@cofc.edu |
Evolutionary
Biology and Behavioral Ecology: evolution of sexual displays
and mating preferences; quantitative and ecological genetics;
context-dependent sexual selection.
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D.
Reid Wiseman
Associate Professor
Biol 204: Man and the Environment
Biol 300: Botany
Biol 303: Phycology
Office: 208 Science Center
Phone: 953-8082
eMail: wisemand@admin.cofc.edu |
Systematics
and ecology of marine algae.
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Anastasia Zimmerman
Assistant Professor
Biol 312: Molecular Biology
Biol 312L: Molecular Biology Lab
Biol 314: Immunology
Biol 452: Seminar
Biol 455: Molecular Biology Seminar
Office: Grice Marine Lab
Phone: 953-9177
eMail: zimmermana@cofc.edu |
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 system.
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Emeritus
Faculty:
Harry W.
Freeman, Distinguished Professor
Emeritus
William
D. Anderson, Jr., Professor Emeritus
Charles
K. Biernbaum Professor Emeritus
James W. Smiley, Professor
Emeritus
Martha W. Runey, Associate
Professor Emeritus
Visiting & Adjunct
Faculty, Research Associates:
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Karen
G. Burnett
Research Associate, Adjunct Faculty
Biol 614: Environmental Immunology
Office: Hollings Marine Lab, 331 Ft.
Johnson Rd.
Phone: 762-8933 (office) 762-8985 (lab) FAX:
762-8737
eMail: burnettk@cofc.edu |
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Jenny Davis
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Biol 211: Biodiversity, Ecology, & Conservation Biology
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 214
Phone: 953-5504
eMail: davisjj1@cofc.edu |
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Melanie Gouzoules
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 101: Concepts and Applications in Biology 1
Biol 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Biol 202: Human Anatomy
Biol 202L: Human Anatomy Lab
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 214
Phone: 953-4896
eMail: gouzoulesm@cofc.edu |
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Kathleen E. Janech
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 101: Concepts and Applications in Biology 1
Biol 102: Concepts and Applications in Biology 2
Biol 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Biol 112: Evolution, Ecology & Biology of Organisms
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 214
Phone: 953-4970
eMail: janechk@cofc.edu |
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Miranda McManus
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 101: Elements of Biollogy 1
Biol 102: Concepts and Applications in Biology 2
Biol 111: Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 213
Phone: 953-5504
eMail: mcmanusm@cofc.edu |
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Erin Morris
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 101
Phone: 953-1421
eMail: morrise@cofc.edu |
Autoimmunity and the evolution of the immune system.
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Heather Pritchard
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 101: Concepts and Applications in Biology 1
Biol 111: Intro. to Cell & Molecular Biology
Biol 112: Evolution, Ecology & Biology of Organisms
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 214
Phone: 953-4896
eMail: pritchardh@cofc.edu |
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Norma Salcedo
Visiting Assistant Professor
Biol 323: Comparative Anatomy
Biol 201: Human Physiology Lab
Office: 233 Science Center
Phone: 953-9180
eMail: salcedon@cofc.edu |
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Jennifer Schepp-Berglind
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Biol 112: Evolution, Ecology & Biology of Organisms
Biol 310L: General Microbiology Lab
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 102
Phone: 953-0783
eMail: scheppj@cofc.edu |
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Richard
Southgate
Research Associate
Biol 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Biol 322: Comparative Vertebrate Embryology
Office: 236C Science Center
Phone: 953-7113
eMail: southgater@cofc.edu |
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Grace Wallenborn
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 101
Phone: 953-1421
eMail: wallenbornjg@cofc.edu |
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Maria Whitehead
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 102: Concepts and Applications in Biology 2
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 101
Phone: 953-1241 Cell: (843) 367-2080
eMail: whiteheadm@cofc.edu |
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Virginia Williams
Adjunct Faculty
Biol 212L: Genetics Laboratory
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 101
Phone: 953-1412
eMail: williamsve@cofc.edu |
Staff:
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Don Barrett
Electronics Technician
Phone: 953-5684
eMail: barrettd@cofc.edu |
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Shelly Brew
Administrative Assistant, Grice Marine
Lab
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
102
Phone: 953-9200
eMail: brews@cofc.edu |
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Damaris Hill-Jones
Administrative Assistant, Biology Department
Office: 58 Coming Street, Room 214
Phone: 953-5504 FAX: 953-5453
eMail: hilld@cofc.edu |
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Melissa Korzecke
Business Manager
Office: 209 Science Center
Phone: 953-6371
eMail: korzeckeml@cofc.edu |
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Mark McConnel
Program Coordinator, Master
of Environmental Studies Program
Office: 284 King Street, Room 206
Phone: 953-2000
eMail: mcconnelm@cofc.edu |
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Peter Meier
Marine Operations Manager
Grice Marine Laboratory, Room 126
Phone: 953-9218
eMail: meierp@cofc.edu |
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Sarah Oaks
Grice Marine Laboratory Manager
Grice Marine Laboratory, Room 116
Phone: 953-9174
eMail: oakessy@cofc.edu |
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Debbie Robertson
Administrative Specialist
Office: 214 Science Center
Phone: 953-5696
eMail: robertsond@cofc.edu |
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Tricia Roth
Manager, Molecular Core Facility
Office: 210 Grice Marine Lab
Phone: 953-9193 FAX: 953-9199
eMail: rotht@cofc.edu |
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Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center
