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Both
roster and adjunct faculty members contribute to the MES Program
on a regular basis by mentoring students, by serving on Internship
and Thesis committees, and by teaching courses.
Individuals may request a Courtesy Faculty Appointment
by following the procedures outlined on the MES
Faculty Interest page.
Biology
Shane Boylan - DVM ,
NC State College of Veterinary Medicine
Office Location: South Carolina Aquarium
sboylan@scaquarium.org Phone: (843) 579-8659
Research Interests: Sea turtle rehabilitation
Jessica Boynton
- MS , Murray State University
Office Location: South Carolina Department of Natural
Resources
boyntonj@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9163
Research Interests: Geographic Information System
Joy Brown - MS , University of West Florida
Office Location: The Nature Conservancy - South Carolina
Chapter
jbrownnwfl@gmail.com Webpage
Research Interests: Marine restoration
Colette DeGarady - MS , Southern Illinois University
- Carbondale
Office Location: The Nature Conservancy
cdegarady@tnc.org Phone: (843) 937-8807 Webpage
Research Interests: Conservation ecology
Marie DeLorenzo - Ph.D., Clemson University
Office Location: NOAA / National Ocean Service
marie.delorenzo@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8515 Webpage
Research Interests: Estuaries, microbial food web, pesticides,
nutrients, mesocosms, ecotoxicology
Robert Dillon, Jr. - Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 200A
dillonr@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8087 Webpage
Research Interests: Genetics, Evolution and Ecology
of Mollusks
Sadie Drescher - MS , College of Charleston
Office Location: SC DHEC
dreschsr@dhec.sc.gov Phone: (843) 747-4323
Research Interests: Coastal Management with science to
management focus
Phillip Dustan - Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 232
dustanp@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8086 Webpage
Research Interests: Ecology and vitality of Caribbean
reef-building corals and coastal hardbottom communities. The distribution
of primary productivity in river, estuarine and coastal and frontal
systems. Remote sensing and photoecology of coral reef communities
Mark Farnham - Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Office Location: USDA-ARS-U.S. Vegetable Laboratory
Mark.Farnham@ars.usda.gov Phone: (843) 402-5301 or (843) 402-5301 Webpage
Research Interests: Plant Breeding and Genetics, Biodiversity,
and Integrated Pest Management
DuBose Griffin
- MS , College of Charleston
Office Location: SC Department of Natural Resources
griffind@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9016 Website
Research Interests: Marine turtle conservation, Spatial
Analysis of Loggerhead adult foraging areas, Sea Turtle health
and physiology
Danny Gustafson - Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Office Location: Citadel Department of Biology
danny.gustafson@citadel.edu Phone: (843) 953-7876 Webpage
Research Interests: Plant Molecular Ecology.
Karen Harris-Shultz - PhD , Texas A&M University
Office Location: USDA Agricultural Research Service - Tifton, GA
karen.harris@ars.usda.gov Phone: (229) 386-3906 Webpage
Research Interests: plant genetics, genetic mapping, marker development, disease resistance, genomics
Research Collaborators: Amnon Levi, Patrick Wechter, Susana Milla-Lewis, Ambika Chandra, Jeff Brady
Laboratory Information: Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit
Joel Gramling - Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill
Office Location: Citadel Department of Biology
joel.gramling@citadel.edu Phone: (843) 953-6459 Webpage
Research Interests: Plant Ecology
Willem Hillenius - Ph.D., Oregon State University
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 230
hilleniusw@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8083 Webpage
Research Interests: Vertebrate paleobiology
Melissa Hughes - Ph.D., Duke University
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 217B
hughesm@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-6557 Webpage
Research Interests: Ornithology, animal behavior, behavioral
ecology, animal communication
Jeremy Hyman -
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Office Location: Western Carolina University
jhyman@email.wcu.edu Phone: (828) 227-3657
Research Interests: Ornithology
Eran S. Kilpatrick - Ph.D.,
Clemson University
Office Location: USC Salkehatchie
erankil@mailbox.sc.edu Phone: (843) 549-6314 Webpage
Research Interests: Herpetofauna, bird, and vascular plant responses to forest management practices including prescribed burning and other fuel reduction treatments; anuran monitoring with aural surveys; wetland ecology
Amnon Levi - PhD., Michigan State University
Office Location: USDA, ARS, U.S Vegatable Laboratory
amnon.levi@ars.usda.gov Phone: (843) 402-5326 Website
Research Interests: Plant genetics and Breeding
Kai-Shu Ling - PhD., Cornell University
Office Location: USDA, ARS U.S Vegatable Laboratory
kai.ling@ars.usda.gov Phone: (843) 402 - 5313 Website
Research Interests: Biologically-based management
approaches against virus diseases that attack vegetable crops
Eric McElroy -
Ph.D., Ohio University
Office Location: College of Charleston
mcelroye@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-3707 Webpage
Research Interests: Behavior, Habitat, and Locomotion
in the Wild
Susan Morrison - Ph.D., Florida State University
Office Location: Academic Affairs, Randolph Hall Rm.
210
morrisons@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5527 Webpage
Research Interests: Estuarine and marine microbiology
Courtney Murren - Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Office Location: 216C Science Center
murrenc@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5504, (843) 953-8077 Webpage
Research Interests: How species exist and develop outside
their natural range, Ecological genetics of invasive species,
mechanisms for persistance of small plant populations, interaction
between phenotypic plasticity and mating system in invasive species
Paul Nolan - Ph.D., Auburn University
Office Location: Citadel Department of Biology
paul.nolan@citadel.edu Phone: (843) 953-7076
Research Interests: Avian ecology; animal behavior -
especially signaling behavior and sexual selection; Conservation
Biology, including disease dynamics and ecology
Margie Peden-Adams - Ph.D., Clemson University
Office Location: MUSC - Dept. of Pediatrics / Marine
Biomedicine and Env. Science Center, Ft. Johnson
pedenada@musc.edu Phone: (843) 762-8551 Webpage
Research Interests: Health effects of environmental contaminants,
immunology, toxicology, endocrinology
Seth Pritchard
- Ph.D., Auburn University
Office Location: College of Charleston
pritchards@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5995 Webpage
Research Interests: Plant Physiology
John S. Peters - Ph.D., University of Northern
Colorado
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 207
petersj@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-1422 Webpage
Research Interests: Science Education - Scientific literacy,
Problem Based Learning (PBL) and student-directed inquiry approaches
to learning in biology. Fisheries biology; early life history
of marine fishes
Matthew Rutter - Ph.D., Duke University
Office Location: 58 Coming St, Rm. 214
rutterm@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-7113
Research Interests: Evolutionary biology, Genetics, Population
ecology, Plants
Felicia Sanders - M.S., Clemson University
Office Location: SC Department of Natural Resources
sandersf@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 520-0961
Research Interests: Coastal birds
Brian Scholtens - Ph.D., University of Michigan
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 229
scholtensb@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5451 Webpage
Research Interests: Conservation biology of insects,
Inventory and monitoring of butterfly and moths, Systematic of
Lepidoptera
Andrew M. Shedlock - Ph.D., University of Washington
Office Location: Hollings Science Center, Rm. 216B
shedlockam@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5812 Webpage
Research Interests: Conservation genetics and genomics, natural resource management, bioremediation and environmental policy development
Bo Song -
Ph.D., Michigan Technological University
Office Location: Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal
Ecology and Forest Science
bosong@clemson.edu Phone: (843) 545-5673
Research Interests: Forest Ecology
Lundie Spence - Ph.D., North Carolina State
University
Office Location: SC Sea Grant Consortium, COSEE Southeast
Lundie.Spence@scseagrant.org Phone: (843) 953-2078 Webpage
Research Interests: STEM and monitoring; marine education;marine debris
Research Collaborators: Ocean Sciences in southeast region
Laboratory Information: COSEE SouthEast (Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence)in SC, NC and GA.
Allan Strand - Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Office Location: Grice Marine Laboratory, 216
stranda@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9189 Webpage
Research Interests: Plant evolutionary biology; demography;
molecular ecology, conservation genetics.
Judy Thies - Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Office Location: USDA Vegetable Laboratory
Judy.Thies@ars.usda.gov Phone: (843) 402-5300 ext. 5317 Webpage
Research Interests: Plant pathology; root-knot nematode resistance
Theresa Thom - Ph.D., University of Georgia
Office Location: National Park Service
theresa_thom@nps.gov Phone: (803) 695-0214 Webpage
Research Interests: Freshwater aquatic ecology, Floodplain
Ecology and Natural Resource Management
Anna Toline
- Ph.D., University of Toronto
Office Location: ENTRIX
ctoline@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Basic and applied population and
evolutionary ecology, conservation genetics, aquatic ecology,
fisheries
Carl Trettin - PhD., NC State University
Office Location: Center for Forested Wetlands Research
ctrettin@fs.fed.us Phone: (843) 769-7002 Webpage
Research Interests: Carbon and nutrient cycling in forested
wetland landscapes, forest soils and hydrology
Daniel Tufford - Ph.D., USC Columbia
Office Location: Department of Biological Sciences
tufford@sc.edu Phone: (803) 777-3292 Webpage
Research Interests: Water resources management, watershed
ecology, simulation modeling, and Wetland Ecology
Saundra Upchurch - M.S., University of Florida
Office Location: 217 Fort Johnson Rd.
upchurchs@mrd.dnr.state.sc.us Phone: (843) 953-9223
Research Interests: Ecology of freshwater and estuarine
wetlands; specifically life history of wetland plants, wetland
soil morphology and chemistry, and hydrological conditions in
wetlands
Patrick Wechter - Ph.D., Clemson University
Office Location: US Vegetable Laboratory
Pat.Wechter@ars.usda.gov Phone: (843) 404-5318 Webpage
Research Interests: Plant pathology, phytopathogens,
plant-microbe interactions
John Weinstein
- Ph.D., USC Columbia
Office Location: Dept. of Biology, The Citadel
john.weinstein@citadel.edu Phone: (843) 953-7796 Webpage
Research Interests: Environmental toxicology, especially
as it concerns the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) on aquatic organisms
Allison Welch - Ph.D., University of Missouri
- Columbia
Office Location: 217-A Science Center
welcha@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5451 Webpage
Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology and Behavioral
Ecology: evolution of sexual displays and mating preferences;
quantitative and ecological genetics; context-dependent sexual
selection
Maria Whitehead - Ph.D., Clemson University
Office Location: Biology Deptartment, The Citadel, 171
Moultrie St.
mwhitehead@tnc.org Phone: (843) 367-2080 Webpage
Research Interests: Ornithology, conservation, civic
engagement
D. Reid Wiseman - Ph.D., Duke University
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 209
wisemanr@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8082 Webpage
Research Interests:Systematics and ecology of marine
algae
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Alex Chow - Ph.D., University of California Davis
Office Location: 177 Hobcaw Road, Georgetown, SC 29440
achow@clemson.edu Phone: (843) 546-1013 ext 232 Webpage
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry; Environmental Organic Chemistry; Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Wetlands and Prescribed Fire on Forested Watersheds
Research Collaborators: Carl Trettin, Po-Keung Wong, Rob Baldwin, William Conner
Laboratory Information: Instrumentation and facilities information
Frank Kinard - Ph.D., USC
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 310
kinardf@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5587 Webpage
Research Interests: Nuclear and environmental chemistry
Lou Ann Reed - Ph.D., Medical University of
South Carolina
Office Location: NOAA - Hollings Marine Laboratory
louann.reed@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8927 Webpage
Research Interests: Toxicokinetic/pharmacokinetic studies
of xenobiotics in aquatic species. Method development and analysis
of both inorganic and organic compounds (including pharmaceuticals)
in various matrices by ICP-MS, GFAAS, HPLC, and LC-MS-MS
Joann Sullivan - Ph.D., USC Columbia
Office Location: MUSC - Basic Sciences Building, Rm.
101
sullivan@musc.edu Phone: (843) 792-0870 Webpage
Research Interests: Infrared and Raman spectroscopy
Ed Wirth - Ph.D., USC Columbia
Office Location: Center for Coastal Environmental Health
and Biomolecular Research & The Center for Human Health Risk
(Hollings Marine Laboratory), NOAA, 331 Fort Johnson Rd.
ed.wirth@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8903 Webpage
Research Interests: The toxicological effect (particularly
sublethal effects) and quantification of chemical contaminants
in the environment
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Jim Newhard - Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Office location: Randolph Hall
newhardj@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5485 Webpage
Research Interests: Landscape Archaeology; GIS
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Calvin Blackwell - Ph.D., University of New
Mexico
Office Location: Beatty Center Room 333
blackwellc@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-7836 Webpage
Research Interests: Public Goods, Decision-making under
Uncertainty, and the Safe Minimum Standard, Regulatory Compliance
David Hansen - Ph.D., University of Illinois,
Chicago
Office Location: College of Charleston
hansend@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-6447 Webpage
Research Interests: Entrepeurship, sustainable business
Marcia Snyder - M.S., University of London,
University College London
Office Location: Beatty Center Room 411
snyderm@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-4818 Webpage
Research Interests: Environmental and resource economics
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Adem Ali - Ph.D.,
Kent State University
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 224-D
alika@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-0877 Webpage
Research Interests: Aquatic remote sensing, Water quality
of the Great Lakes, Geostatistics
Devendra Amatya - Ph.D., NC State University
Office Location: Center for Forested Wetlands Research
damatya@fs.fed.us Phone: (843) 769-7012 Webpage
Research Interests: Watershed planning, monitoring and
modeling, hydrologic studies, evaluating Hydrologic and Water
Quality impacts of land use change and management practices
Erin Beutel - Ph.D., Northwestern University
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 338
beutele@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5591 Webpage
Research Interests: Structural Geology and Environmental
Geosciences and Tectonics
Tim Callahan (MES Program Director) - Ph.D.,
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Office Location: 284 King Street, Room 303
callahant@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8278 Webpage
Research Interests: Hydrogeology, Wetlands, and Water Resources
Research Collaborators: Vijay Vulava, Norm Levine, Scott Harris,
Dan Hitchcock, Tom Williams, and Ani Jayakaran
Laboratory Information: Instrumentation and facilities
James Carew - Ph.D., University of Texas at
Austin
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 335
carewj@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5592 Webpage
Research Interests: Carbonate Petrology and Paleoecology
Mitchell Colgan - Ph.D., University of California,
Santa Cruz
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 339
mcolgan@loki.cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-7171 Webpage
Research Interests: Paleoclimatology, Coral reefs, and
earth system science
M. Scott Harris - Ph.D., University of Delaware
Office Location: Science Center, Third Floor
harriss@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-0864 Webpage
Research Interests: Coastal geology, seafloor mapping,
near-surface geophysics, geoarchaeology
Robin Humphreys - MS , University of Charleston
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 124
humphreysr@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-7424
Research Interest: Environmental Geology, Science Education,
Groundwater pollution and remediation
Steven Jaume - Ph.D., Columbia University
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 333A
jaumes@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5589 Webpage
Research Interests: Seismology and Earthquake Hazards
Michael Katuna - Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 336
katunam@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5588 Webpage
Research Interests: Coastal sedimentology and coastal
plain stratigraphy
Norm Levine - Ph.D., Purdue University
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 334
levinen@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5308 Webpage
Research Interests: Geomorphology, Environmental Geology,
GIS, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics
Robert Nusbaum - Ph.D., University of Missouri
- Rolla
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 340B
nusbaumr@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5596 Webpage
Research Interests: Volcanology, remote sensing, mineralogy,
and
planetary geology
Elizabeth King Rhodes - MS , University of Charleston/
MUSC
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 115
rhodese@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8139 Webpage
Research Interests: Coastal geology, performance of beach
renourishment projects, remote sensing and GIS
Cassandra Runyon - Ph.D., University of Hawaii
Office Location: Bell South - 201B
runyonc@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8279 Webpage
Research Interests: Planetary Geology, Geoscience Education,
Geomorphology, Volcanology, using remote sensing, GIS and field
work; Science and Math Education
Leslie Sautter - Ph.D., USC
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 334B
sautterl@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5586 Webpage Webpage2
Research Interests: Marine and Coastal Geology, Micropaleontology,
and Geoscience/Marine Science Education, Director of Project Oceanica
Vijay Vulava (MES
Science Advisor) - Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, Zurich
Office Location: Science Center, 58 Coming Street, Rm.
336
vulavav@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-1922 Webpage
Research Interests: Chemical fate and transport of contaminants
in the aqueous and geological environment, Water dynamics in wetland
environments, Environmental forensics
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William D. Anderson, Jr. - Ph.D., University
of South Carolina
Office Location: Grice Marine Laboratory, Fort Johnson
andersonwd@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9182 Webpage
Research Interests: Systematics of fishes, particularly
percoids. History of natural history
Stephen Arnott - Ph.D., University of Glasgow
/ Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, UK
Office Location: South Carolina Department of Natural
Resources - Marine Resources Research Institute
arnotts@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9794 Webpage
Research Interests: Fisheries ecology, evolutionary
ecology, fisheries induced evolution
Karen Burnett - Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Office Location: Hollings Marine Laboratory, Fort Johnson
burnettk@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 725-4826 Webpage
Research Interests: Comparative immunology; environmental
immunology; host-pathogen interactions
Louis Burnett, Jr. - Ph.D., University of South
Carolina
Office Location: Grice Marine Laboratory, Fort Johnson,
Rm. 122
burnettl@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9170 Webpage
Research Interests: Environmental animal physiology of
marine organisms; respiration, ionic regulation, acid-base regulation;
cellular defense mechanisms
Mark Collins - Ph.D., University of Florida
Office Location: 217 Fort Johnson Road
markryancollins@gmail.com Phone: (843) 953-9815
Research Interests: Life history of reef, coastal pelagic,
estuarine, and anadromous fishes
Stacie Crowe - MS, Nova Southeastern University
Office Location: SCDNR Marine Resources Division, Environmental
Research Section, 217 Fort Johnson Road
crowes@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9092 Webpage
Research Interests: Benthic ecology, taxonomy of marine
invertebrates, beach nourishment impacts
Isaure de Buron - Ph.D., Université des Sciences et Techniques
Office Location: 58 Coming St., Rm. 205
deburoni@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5848 Webpage
Research Interests: Parasites of brackish and marine water fishes: biology, life history, and histopathology
Guy T. DiDonato - Ph.D., University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Office Location: Holling Marine Lab, Fort Johnson
guy.didonato@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8932 Webpage
Research Interests: Estuarine ecology, aquatic ecology,
aquatic monitoring and assessment, and watershed classification
Giacomo DiTullio - Ph.D., University of Hawaii
Office Location: Hollings Marine Lab, Fort Johnson
ditullioj@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9196 Webpage
Research Interests: Marine phytoplankton ecology
Patricia Fair - Ph.D., Clemson University
Office Location: NOAA / National Ocean Service
pat.fair@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8533 Webpage
Research Interests: Environmental toxicology; marine
mammal health and disease
Dianne I. Greenfield - Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Office Location: HML H212-G
dgreenfield@belle.baruch.sc.edu Phone: (843) 725-4823
Research Interests: Marine and Coastal phytoplankton ecology and physiology, harmful algal blooms, molecular ecology
Sylvia Galloway - Ph.D., MUSC
Office Location: NOAA CCEHBR at the MUSC Marine Biomedical
and Environmental Sciences Program
sylvia.galloway@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 953-0772 Webpage
Research Interests: Marine biomedicine, marine resource
management, Coral health and disease
Nancy Hadley - MS, College of Charleston
Office Location: SC Department of Natural Resources,
Marine Resources Division
hadleyn@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9841 Webpage
Research Interests: Oyster reef studies; Oyster restoration;
biodiversity on oyster reefs
Antony Harold - Ph.D., Memorial University of
Newfoundland
Office Location: Grice Marine Laboratory, Annex 125
harolda@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9180 Webpage
Research Interests: Phylogenetic Systematics, Biogeography
and Life History of Marine and Freshwater Fishes
Leslie Burdett Hart - PhD, Medical University of South Carolina
Office Location: Hollings Marine Laboratory
Leslie.Burdett@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 725-4831 Webpage
Research Interests: Marine mammal health and disease, wildlife epidemiology
Research Collaborators: Lori Schwacke, Wayne McFee
Jeffrey Hyland - Ph.D., University of Rhode
Island
Office Location: NOAA / National Ocean Service
jeff.hyland@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8652 Webpage
Research Interests: Marine benthic ecology, ecotoxicology,
animal-sediment-pollution interactions, integrative assessments
of coastal ecosystem health
Peter Key - Ph.D., USC Columbia
Office Location: NOAA / National Ocean Service / Center
for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
pete.key@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8596 Webpage
Research Interests: Pesticide effects on vertebrate and
invertebrate aquatic animal enzyme systems. Toxicology of insecticides,
metals and PAHs in crustaceans and fish
John Leffler - Ph.D., University of Georgia
Office Location: SCDNR Marine Resources Research Institute
lefflerj@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-3903
Research Interests: Dynamics of aquatic ecosystems; ecology
and climate change in the ACE Basin; sustainable, environmentally-friendly
aquaculture; wild crustacean population ecology; seafood nutrition
and human health
Michael Mallin - Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill
Office Location: Center for Marine Science, UNC Wilmington
mallinm@uncw.edu Phone: (910) 962-2358 Webpage
Research Interests: Ecology of phytoplankton and zooplankton;
Urban and rural pollution sources, nutrient impacts, water quality
management issues
Wayne McFee - MS , Northeastern University
Office Location: NOAA / National Ocean Service
wayne.mcfee@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8592 Webpage
Research Interests: Marine Mammalogy; marine mammal strandings,
pathology, and dolphin/human interactions
Janet Moore - Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Office Location: NOAA / National Ocean Service
Janet.moore@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8643 Webpage
Research Interests: Microbiology, Ecotoxicology
Geno Olmi - Ph.D., William and Mary
Office Location: NOAA Coastal Services Center
geno.olmi@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 740-1230 Webpage
Research Interests: Estuarine and coastal ecology and
management
David Owens - Ph.D., University of Arizona
Office Location: 310 Randolph Hall
owensd@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9176, 953-5614(grad office) Webpage
Research Interests:The physiology, behavior and ecology
of marine vertebrates with special interest in the reproductive
biology of marine turtles and diamondback terrapins
Paul
Pennington - Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Office Location: NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental
Health and Biomolecular Research at Charleston
paul.pennington@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8620 Webpage
Research Interests: Non-point source runoff in aquatic
systems; coastal land use and population growth; monitoring of
emerging contaminants in aquatic systems; the effects of urban,
suburban, agricultural, industrial, and resort runoff on aquatic
organisms; the usage of laboratory bioassays, microcosm and mesocosms
to perform aquatic ecosystem health assessments; development and
validation of new environmental technologies for water quality
monitoring and assessment
Craig Plante - Ph.D., University of Washington
Office Location: Grice Marine Laboratory, Fort Johnson
plantec@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9187 Webpage
Research Interests: Aquatic microbial ecology, benthic
ecology, animal-microbe interactions
Gorka Sancho - Ph.D.,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / Massachusetts Institute
of Technology Joint Program in Oceanography
Office Location: Grice Marine Laboratory, 205 Fort Johnson
Road
sanchog@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9194 Webpage
Research Interests: Fish behavioral ecology and fisheries
conservation
Paul Sandifer - Ph.D., University of Virginia
Office Location: 331 Ft. Johnson Road, Rm. A112
paul.sandifer@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8814
Research Interests: Coastal Ecology, Marine policy and
management, Aquaculture, Crustacean biology
Denise Sanger - Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Office Location: South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium,
287 Meeting Street
Denise.Sanger@scseagrant.org Phone: (843) 953-2078 Webpage
Research Interests: Ecotoxicology with an emphasis in
estuarine benthic ecology, sediment chemistry, sediment and water
toxicology, design and analysis of ecological risk assessment
data, status and trends monitoring of environmental quality data,
creation and manipulation of data in relational databases and
science to management
Geoffrey Scott - Ph.D., USC Columbia
Office Location: 219 Ft. Johnson Road
Geoff.Scott@NOAA.Gov Phone: (843) 762-8508
Research Interests: Ecotoxicology
Virginia Shervette - Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Office Location: USC Columbia
shervette@gmail.com Phone: (803) 777-2607 Webpage
Research Interests: Wetland/Estuarine Health and Ecology,
and Fisheries Ecology
Thomas Siewicki - Ph.D., USC Columbia
Office Location: 219 Ft. Johnson Rd
Tom.Siewicki@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8534
Research Interests: The development of models to characterize
and predict levels of stressors in estuarine environments based
upon combinations of landuse, physical, weather and other environmental
variables
Erik Sotka - Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Office Location: Grice Marine Laboratory
Sotkae@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-9191 Webpage
Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of marine biotic
interactions, Larval dispersal, Molecular ecology, Chemical ecology,
Population Genetics
Robert Van Dolah - Ph.D., University of Maryland
Office Location: South Carolina Marine Resources Research
Institute, Marine Resources Center, Ft. Johnson
vandolahr@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9819 Webpage
Research Interests: Benthic Ecology, Toxicology, Environmental
Assessment
Rebekah Walker - MS, Nova Southeastern University
Office Location: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
WalkerR@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9024 Webpage
Research interests: Environmental land use protection
Elizabeth Wenner - Ph.D., College of William
and Mary
Office Location: SC Marine Resources Institute, Fort
Johnson
wennere@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9226 Webpage
Research Interests: Marine Ecology, Crustacean Biology
David Whitaker - MS , College of Charleston
Office Location: 217 Fort Johnson Road
whitakerd@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9392 Webpage
Research Interests: Resource Management/ Policy, Marine
Biology, Crustacean Biology, Cephalopod Biology, Hammock Island
Biology
Susan
White - Ph.D., University of Georgia
Office Location: NOAA / Hollings Marine Laboratory
susan.white@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8993 Webpage
Research Interests: Estuarine community ecology, plant
eco-physiology, marine ecology, impacts of freshwater withdrawal
on coastal ecosystems, responses of coastal ecosystems to climate
change, human impacts in the coastal zone, and the integration
of science into the development and theory of ocean and coastal
policy
Pace Wilber - Ph.D., Florida State University
Office Location: NOAA Fisheries, Ft. Johnson Marine Lab
Pace.Wilber@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 740-1235 Webpage
Research Interests: Ecology; GIS
Eric Zolman - MS , University of Charleston
Office Location: NOAA / National Ocean Service
eric.zolman@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8624 Webpage
Research Interests: Marine mammals
Mathematics
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Annalisa Calini - Ph.D., University of Arizona
Office Location: RSS Building, Room 325
calinia@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5732 Webpage
Research Interests: Geometrical aspects of completely
integrable Partial Differential Equations, Chaos in finite and
infinite dimensional Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Physics
Gary Harrison - Ph.D., Michigan State University
Office Location: 344 Robert Scott Small Building
harrisong@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5734 Webpage
Research Interests: Mathematical modeling of ecological,
environmental, and health care systems
Martin Jones - Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Office Location: 345 Robert Scott Small Building
jonesm@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5735 Webpage
Research Interests: Stochastic Processes, Optimal Stopping
Theory, Extreme Value Theory, Bandit Processes
James Young - Ph.D., University of California,
Berkeley
Office Location: 221A Bell Building
youngj@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-7295 Email: Webpage
Research Interests: Mathematical statistics and probability;
statistical learning and information theory; statistical inference
for stochastic processes and chaotic dynamical systems; and emergent
behavior of complex systems
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Ned Hettinger - Ph.D., University of Colorado
at Boulder
Office Location: 16 Glebe, Rm. 201
hettingern@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5786 Webpage
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy (mainly
Environmental Ethics and Environmental Aesthetics)
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Robert Dukes - Ph.D., University of Arizona
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 122
dukesr@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8073 Webpage
Research Interests: Climate change; light pollution
Jon Hakkila - Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 101
hakkilaj@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-6387 Webpage
Research Interests: Computational astrophysics; Gamma-ray
bursts, peculiar abundance stars, and multi-wavelength observational
astronomy
B. Lee Lindner - Ph.D., University of Colorado,
Boulder
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 143
lindnerb@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8288 Webpage
Research Interests: Meteorology
James Neff - Ph.D., University of Colorado
Office Location: Science Center, Rm. 144
neffj@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5325 Webpage
Research Interests: Solar and Stellar Physics; Magnetospheric
and Atmospheric Physics; Energy Production and Policy
Michael T. Ryan - Ph.D., C.H.P. , Georgia Institute
of Technology
Office Location: Charleston Southern University Health
Physics Editorial Office
HPEditor@csuniv.edu Phone: (843) 863-7564
Research Interests: Occupational radiation dosimetry, radiological
and environmental health physics, and radiation protection policy
Jeff Wragg - Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Office Location: 203B Bell Bldg.
wraggj@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5781 Webpage
Research Interests: Physics
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Robert Boyles, Jr. - MS , University of Delaware
Office Location: SC Department of Natural Resources
boylesr@dnr.sc.gov Phone: (843) 953-9304 Webpage
Research Interests: Marine Policy, Resource management
and policy, Governance
Burton Callicott - M.S. , University of South
Carolina
Office Location: RSS Library
callicottb@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-0016 Webpage
Research Interests: Recycling
M. Richard DeVoe - M.M.A. , University of Rhode
Island
Office Location: SC Sea Grant Consortium
rick.devoe@scseagrant.org Phone: (843) 953-2078 Webpage
Research Interests: Coastal and marine policy; aquaculture
policy; land use-ecosystem relationships; managed wetlands issues;
ocean observations; science policy
P. Brian Fisher
- Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Office Location: College of Charleston
fisherb@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-7532 Email:
Research Interests: Environmental law and policy
Angela Halfacre - Ph.D., University of Florida
Office Location: Furman University Department of Sustainability
and Environmental Education
angela.halfacre@furman.edu Phone: (864) 294-3670 Webpage
Research Interests: Environmental and regulatory policymaking,
coastal and wetlands policy, environmental justice, community
outreach and participation, environmental risk perception and
communication
Phillip Jos - Ph.D., USC
Office Location: 26 Coming St., Rm. 102
jos@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5704 Webpage
Research Interests: Ethics and accountability studies,
Public Policy
Kevin Keenan - Ph.D., Clark University
Office Location: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 101
keenank@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5679 Webpage
Research Interests: Urban Geography, Terrorism, Qualitative
Research Methods
Michael Kirschman - MA , Antioch University
Office Location: Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation
kman613@yahoo.com Phone: (704) 336-8789
Research Interests: Environmental studies
Guoli Liu - Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo
Office Location: 114 Wentworth Street
liug@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5883 Webpage
Research Interests: International Politics, Sustainable
Development
Lindeke Mills (MES Policy Advisor) - J.D. ,
Georgetown University Law Center
Office Location: MES Program Office , 284 King Street,
Room 304
millsls@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-2038
Research Interests: Environmental and Land Use Law
Marcela Rabi - MA, American
University
Office Location: Bell 200-G
mrabi@netgate.com.uy Phone: (843) 534-2639
Research Interests: International development and the
environment
Heidi Recksiek - MEM, MPP, Duke University
Office Location: NOAA Coastal Services Center
Heidi.Recksiek@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 740-1194 Webpage
Research Interests: Human dimensions of coastal resource
management, Gulf of Mexico management issues
Kendra Stewart - Ph.D., USC Columbia
Office Location: 14 Coming Street Room 101
stewartk@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-6691 Website
Research Interests: Public Administration.
April Turner - MA, Clemson University
Office Location: SC Sea Grant Consortium
april.turner@scseagrant.org Phone: (843) 953-2078 Website
Research Interests: Coastal resource management and policy, sustainable and low impact development land-use planning/policy, nature-based recreation and tourism
Research Collaborators: Norm Levine, Dan Hitchcock, Jessica Whitehead
Annette Watson - Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Office Location: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 104
watsonam@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-5864 Website
Research Interests: Human Environmental Geography
Jessica Whitehead - Ph.D., The Pennsylvania
State University
Office Location: South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium,
287 Meeting Street
jessica.whitehead@scseagrant.org Phone: (843) 953-2090 Website
Research Interests: Human dimensions of global environmental change; Coastal climate extension and communications; Decision support for coastal climate adaptation; Mediated system dynamics modeling; Weather and climate
Research Collaborators: Greg Carbone, Paul Conrads, Kirstin Dow, Chip Konrad, Dan Tufford, Seth Tuler, Tom Webler
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Tracy Burkett - Ph.D., USC
Office Location: 88 Wentworth St., Rm. 302
burkettt@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-7143 Webpage
Research Interests: Research Methods, Political Sociology,
Network Analysis, Environment and society
Maria Dillard - MA, East Carolina University
Office Location: Hollings Marine Laboratory
Maria.Dillard@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8929 Webpage
Research Interests: Social-Ecological Systems, Resilience, Environmental Sociology, Public Health, Social Movements and Collective Action
Christopher Ellis - Ph.D.,
East Carolina University
Office Location: NOAA Coastal Services Center
chris.ellis@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 740-1195 Webpage
Research Interests: Human dimensions of coastal resource
management, natural resource recreation management, survey design
and implementation
Thomas E. Fish - Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Office Location: U.S. Department of the Interior, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units Network
Tom_Fish@nps.gov Phone: (202) 208-5972 Webpage
Research Interests: Conservation biology; human dimensions of global change; social ecology; nature based recreation and tourism; protected area planning and management; environmental education and interpretation
Susan Lovelace - Ph.D., East Carolina University
Office Location: Center for Human Health Risk
susan.lovelace@noaa.gov Phone: (843) 762-8933 Webpage
Research Interests: Making the connections between the
biological, geological, sociological and political coastal environments
Deborah McCarthy - Ph.D., Northeastern University
Office Location: 202 Wentworth
mccarthyd@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-6513 Webpage
Research Interests: Environmental and Health Sociology,
Alternative Transportation, Qualitative Methods
John Rashford - Ph.D., City University of New
York
Office Location: 19 St. Philip Street, Room 203
RashfordJ@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953-8188 Webpage
Research Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Ethnobotany
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Mark McConnel - Program Coordinator, Master
of Environmental Studies Program
Office Location: 284 King Street, Room 301
Address: College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
Phone: (843) 953-2000
Fax: (843) 953-2001
mcconnelm@cofc.edu
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