Dr. Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez, Associate Professor, Biology Department (Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 2002). Behavior and ecology of marine mammals and seabirds, and their role in the design and implementation of marine protected areas. (e-mail).

Dr. Roger A. Anderson, Associate Professor, Biology Department (Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1986). Vertebrate physiology and ecology. Lizard energetics, ecology and evolution. (e-mail).

Dr. Brian L. Bingham, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D., Florida State University, 1990). Ecology of marine benthic communities, with emphasis on larval processes. Effects of larval behavior and post-settlement juvenile mortality on population dynamics of subtidal marine invertebrates, gametogenic cycles, invertebrate larval defense mechanisms, and development of epifaunal communities. (e-mail).

Dr. Leo R. Bodensteiner, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1991). Lotic ecology and aquatic habitat restoration, environmental tolerance of aquatic organisms, freshwater fisheries management, and aquaculture. (e-mail).

Dr. Devon A. Cancilla, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1991). Environmental, analytical, and general chemistry. Study of the environmental fate and effect of contaminants, SFE techniques, and computer-based analytical systems. (e-mail).

Dr. Paul Dinnel, Marine Scientist, Shannon Point Marine Center, adjunct appointment in the Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D. University of Washington, 1984). Marine toxicology and marine ecology, especially marine invertebrates. Also, science and implementation of marine protected areas, especially for bottomfish species. (e-mail).

Dr. Deborah A. Donovan, Associate Professor, Biology Department (Ph.D. University of British Columbia, 1998). Marine biology and physiological ecology. Energetics of marine invertebrates focusing on locomotion and wave-swept environment. (e-mail).

Dr. Ruth Harper, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines, 2002). Environmental toxicology with emphasis on aquatic systems. Effects of contaminants on population gene structure, bioavailability of contaminants, and development of contaminant biomarkers. (e-mail).

Dr. Wayne Landis, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D., Indiana University, 1979). Environmental toxicology, use of multivariate analysis in data analysis, application of complex systems theory to risk assessment, and development of the Relative Risk Model for multiple stressor and regional-scale risk assessment and managment. (e-mail).

Dr. Benjamin Miner, Assistant Professor, Biology Department (Ph.D., University of Florida, 2003). Ecology and evolution of marine organisms and how organisms modify their phenotypes in response to environmental changes (i.e. phenotypic plasticity). (e-mail).

Dr. Craig L. Moyer, Associate Professor, Biology Department (Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1995). Microbial evolution and molecular phylogeny. Natural history of prokaryotes; molecular approaches in exploring microbial diversity, community structure and ecology. (e-mail).

Dr. Gisèle Muller-Parker, Professor, Biology Department (Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 1984). My research program addresses how environmental factors (light quantity and quality, temperature, nutrients, prey availability) affect the interactions between algae and their invertebrate hosts such as sea anemones and corals. Currently, the main focus of our student-centered research is to determine how temperature and light affect the growth and photophysiology of zooxanthellae in anemones and corals. The contrasting conditions for symbiosis that exist in tropical and temperate environments are helping us to understand the role of the environment versus the role of the host in controlling production and growth of the symbiotic algae. My tropical research is examining what factors trigger bleaching and how the symbiotic algae are affected by the stress-induced disruption of the symbiosis with their host. (e-mail).

Dr. Joann J. Otto, Professor, Biology Department (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine). Cell motility and the cytoskeleton. The role of fascin in bundling actin in filopodia and microvilli in sea urchin coelomocytes and eggs. Cytokinesis in sea urchin embryos. (e-mail).

Dr. Jennifer E. Purcell, Marine Scientist, Shannon Point Marine Center (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara 1981). Biological oceanography, zooplankton ecology. Trophic importance, population dynamics, and behavior of gelatinous zooplankton, especially cnidarians and ctenophores. Environmental effects on population size of jellyfish. Jellyfish as predators and competitors of fish. Top-down control in marine ecosystems. Predator-prey relationships. (e-mail).

Dr. John Rybczyk, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D., Louisiana State University 1997). Wetland and estuarine ecology, wetland plant ecology, restoration ecology, and ecosystem modelling. Current research focuses on modelling the effects of global warming and sea level rise on coastal systems, watershed restoration, and the development of low-cost wastewater treatment systems (constructed and natural wetlands) for coastal municipalities and sea-food processors. (e-mail).

Dr. David H. Shull, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Boston, 2000). Soft-bottom benthic community structure and function. Effects of benthic organisms on particle and porewater transport in marine sediments. Ecology of marine deposit feeders, (e-mail)

Dr. Suzanne L. Strom, Marine Scientist, Shannon Point Marine Center, adjunct appointment in the Department of Environmental Sciences (Ph.D., University of Washington, 1990). Ecology and physiology of marine planktonic protozoa. Planktonic food web structure and function. Algal and animal pigments as biomarkers for organisms and processes in the ocean. Role of planktonic organisms, especially protozoa, in biogeochemical cycles. (e-mail).

Dr. Stephen D. Sulkin, Professor and Director, Shannon Point Marine Center, affiliate appointment in the Department of Environmental Sciences and adjunct appointment in the Biology Department (Ph.D., Duke University, 1971). The main thrust of the research of Sulkin and his students has been to describe the nutritional requirements of the planktotrophic larval stages of brachyuran crab species. Recent work has indicated that newly-hatched larvae are opportunistic omnivores that can utilize a wide variety of prey, including detrital-based carbon sources, at least until they encounter higher quality meso-zooplankton prey in sufficient densities for effective feeding. Specifically, crab larvae can obtain nutrition from a variety of both autotrophic and heterotrophic protists, as well as microbially-colonized detrital particles. Current research being carried out by graduate students includes assessment of the range of microbial prey ingested by crab larvae, ingestion rates on protistans, whether larvae consume microbial prey in the presence of meso-zooplankton prey, and temporal patterns of ingestion and digestion of protists. (e-mail).

Dr. Kathy Van Alstyne, Marine Scientist, Shannon Point Marine Center, adjunct appointments in the Department of Environmental Sciences and in the Biology Department (Ph.D. University of Washington, 1988). Ecology and physiology of marine macroalgae. Marine plant-herbivore interactions. Chemical defenses of marine seaweeds. Effects of environmental change on chemical defenses and plant-herbivore interactions. Biogeography and evolution of defenses and defense strategies. (e-mail).