Ruth H. Carmichael, Ph.D.
(Boston University, 2004)
Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Employing natural abundance stable isotopes to understand biological and
physiological responses to environmental perturbations, assessing
nutritional importance of food sources, discerning
physiological state of organisms, and determining time scales
of ecosystem-level change.
Marine
Ecosystem Response Lab Web Site
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Just
Cebrian, Ph.D.
(Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain, 1996) Senior Marine Scientist,
DISL and Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South
Alabama. Trophic interactions and carbon budgets in marine ecosystems, nature and controls of trophic routes of primary production in marine and
terrestrial ecosystems.
Ecosystems
Lab Web Site
Email
Rob Condon, Ph.D.
(Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, 2008) Research Senior Marine Scientist,
DISL. Plankton and microbial ecologist interested in understanding the climatological, physical and biogeochemical processes controlling zooplankton and bacterial communities, the biological pump and carbon (C) cycling in estuarine, coastal and open-ocean systems.
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Michael
R. Dardeau, M.S.
(University of South Alabama, 1982) Marine Scientist, DISL and Supervisor,
Marine Technical Support & Operations. Coordinating marine operations
including wet lab, dive locker, marine chemical and field instrumentation,
and vessel operations. Research interests include coastal policy relating to
living resources.
Email
John J. Dindo, Ph.D.
(University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1991) Senior Marine Scientist,Associate Director DISL, Adjunct Professor Univ. of South Alabama. Marine vertebrate
ecology; avian breeding biology; predator-prey relationships in avian and
herpetological fauna, habitat assessments; and age, size class and
recruitment rates of fish on hardbottoms.
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Kenneth L. Heck, Ph.D.
(Florida State University, 1976) Chief Marine Scientist and Chair of University Programs, DISL, Professor of
Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama.
Ecological studies of interactions between seagrasses and associated
macrofauna, especially shrimps, crabs, and fishes; Global assessment of seagrass nursery value, and experimental
investigations of herbivory, nutrient enrichment and overfishing as they
impact seagrass ecosystems.
Marine
Ecology Lab Web Site
Email
Ronald P. Kiene, Ph.D.
(SUNY Stony Brook, 1986) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Professor of
Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Biogeochemical cycling of
organic matter in coastal and ocean systems with emphasis on compounds
containing sulfur and nitrogen; cycling of climatically important trace
gases in relation to phytoplankton and food web dynamics; and microbial ecology
and biogeochemistry in sediments.
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Jeffrey W. Krause, Ph.D.
(Oregon State University, 2008). Senior Marine Scientist, DISL. Phytoplankton ecology and biogeochemistry. Specific focuses include: diatom ecology and physiology, cyanobacteria (genus Synechococcus) physiology, and coupling of the global Silicon, Carbon and Nitrogen cycles in coastal and open-ocean regions.
Phtyoplankton Ecology Laboratory
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Christine (Tina) Miller-Way, Ph.D.
(Lousiana State University, 1994) Marine Scientist-Educator, Northern Gulf Institute Liaison, Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Science education - curriculum development, inquiry-based marine science; Research - functional ecology of marine benthos, benthic community structure, macrofaunal effects on benthic processes and coastal hypoxia.
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Behzad Mortazavi, Ph.D.
(Florida State University, 1998) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor and Director of the University of Alabama M.S. Degree Program in the Marine Science. Focus on the transfer and cycling of bioreactive material in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on how naturally occurring perturbation and anthropogenic activities are impacting biogeochemical cycles.
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Alice C. Ortmann, Ph.D.
(University of British Columbia, 2005) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Diversity and ecological roles of marine microbes including Bacteria, Archaea and their viruses using both culture-based and molecular biology techniques.
Marine Microbial Ecology Lab Web Site
Email
Kyeong Park, Ph.D.
(College of William and Mary, 1993) Senior Marine Scientist and Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Physical transport processes and their effects of water quality and living resources in tidal rivers, estuaries and coastal systems, using field data, theoretical analysis and numerical models; estuarine residual circulation, dispersion of pollutants, sediment transport, eutrophication and hypoxia/anoxia.
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William F. Patterson, III, Ph.D.
(University of South Alabama, 1999) Associate Professor, University of South Alabama. Research areas include population dynamics, trophic dynamics, and population structure of marine fishes.
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Sean P. Powers, Ph.D.
(Texas A&M University, 1997) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Fisheries, experimental ecology, conservation and restoration of coastal shellfish and finfish populations.
Fisheries Lab Web Site
Email
John F. Valentine, Ph.D.
(University of Alabama, 1989) Executive Director and Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. The role of biotic processes in controlling the flow of energy in seagrass communities,
conservation biology, and the potential for marine protected areas to
restore food web function in seagrass-coral reef systems.
Marine Conservation Lab Web Site
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