Faculty Research Interests
| Faculty Member | Graduate Institution⁄Research Interests |
|---|---|
| William D. Anderson, Jr. (Ph.D.) | University of South Carolina Systematics of fishes and history of natural history |
| Charles K. Biernbaum (Ph.D.) | University of Connecticut Ecology of amphipod crustaceans, benthic ecology |
| Karen G. Burnett (Ph.D.) | University of South Carolina
Comparative immunology and disease resistance in marine organisms; molecular pathways of recognition and response to environmental stress |
| Louis E. Burnett (Ph.D.) | University of South Carolina
Environmental physiology, respiration and transport processes in animals |
| Isaure de Buron (Ph.D.) | Université des Sciences et Techniques, Montpellier, France 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. |
| Giacomo R. DiTullio (Ph.D.) | University of Hawaii Phytoplankton physiology and ecology, biogeochemical cycling |
| Antony S. Harold (Ph.D.) | Memorial University of Newfoundland Evolutionary processes, phylogenetic analysis, and biogeography of fishes |
| David W. Owens (Ph.D.) | University of Arizona Physiology, behavior and ecology of marine vertebrates with special interest in the reproductive biology of marine turtles |
| Craig Plante (Ph.D.) | University of Washington Benthic ecology, animal-microbe interactions on biogeochemical processes, microbial ecology, evolution of invertebrate-microbe associations |
| Robert D. Podolsky (Ph.D.) | University of Washington Functional biology and evolutionary ecology of marine invertebrates, larval ecology and life-history evolution, fertilization ecology, physiological ecology, phenotypic plasticity |
| Gorka Sancho (Ph.D.) | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Behavior and ecology of fishes; fisheries conservation. |
| Erik Sotka (Ph.D.) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ecology and evolution of marine biotic interactions, larval dispersal, molecular ecology, chemical ecology |
| Allan E. Strand (Ph.D.) | New Mexico State University Seed dispersal, particularly via oceanic currents; conservation biology; population genetics; demography, agent-based simulation |
| Ana Zimmerman (Ph.D.) | Washington State University Molecular evolution of the vertebrate immune system: Genetic analyses of innate and adaptive immune loci in fishes |
Staff
Melannie Bachman, Laboratory Assistant
Shelly Brew, Administrative Assistant
Peter Meier, Marine Operations Manager
Sarah Oakes, Laboratory Manager
Tricia Roth, Molecular Core Facility Lab Manager
Research Staff
Tina Bell, Postdoc, Sotka Lab, GML
Tyler Cyronak, Research Technician, DiTullio Lab, HML
Kristen Hardy, Postdoc, Burnett Lab, HML
Peter Lee, Postdoc, DiTullio Lab, HML
Natasha Sharp, Postdoc, Burnett Lab, HML