Faculty

Deans in the School of Marine Science

• John T. Wells, Dean and Director. Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Dynamics of fine-grained sediments; estuarine and deltaic sedimentation; beach and shelf processes.
• Linda C. Schaffner, Associate Dean of Academic Studies. Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Benthic ecology, estuarine food webs; invertebrate ecology and behavior.

Faculty Members

Students, the majority of your Advisory Committee members must be members of the faculty.

• Allen, Standish K., Professor of Marine Science. Fisheries Science. Aquaculture genetics and breeding.
• Anderson, Iris C., Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Nitrogen and carbon cycling.
• Beck, Aaron J.,  Assistant Professor of Marine Science, Physical Sciences.  biogeochemical cycling of trace metals and radium in coastal waters, submarine groundwater discharge, and the subterranean estuary
• Brill, Richard W., Affiliate Faculty and Director of CMER. Fisheries Science. Physiology, bioenergetics, and sensory biology of fishes.
• Bronk, Deborah A., Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Nitrogen cycling, nitrogen biogeochemistry.
• Brubaker, John M., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Physical oceanography; circulation and transport processes in estuaries and on continental shelf.
• Brush, Mark J., Assistant Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Coastal systems ecology; numerical models.
• Burreson, Eugene M., Professor of Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Shellfish disease; marine leeches.
• Canuel, Elizabeth A., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Organic geochemistry, biomarkers.
• Diaz, Robert J., Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Benthic ecology, low dissolved oxygen.
• Dickhut, Rebecca M., Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Chemical atmospheric/oceanic processes by which organic pollutants are distributed and transformed in marine environments.
• Duffy, J. Emmett, Associate Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Evolutionary biology; biodiversity.
• Fabrizio, Mary C., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Fisheries Science. Fish populations, mortality, habitat, essential fish habitat (EFH), fish movement, distribution, fishing gear, mark-recapture studies.
• Friedrichs, Carl T., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Sediment transport, coastal and estuarine at time and length scales, interactions between sediment and biology.
• Friedrichs, Marjorie A.M., Research Assistant Professor of Marine Science. Biological Science. Marine ecosystem modeling; biogeochemical data assimilation; satellite ocean color data.
• Graves, John E., Professor of Marine Science. Fisheries Science. Molecular evolution in marine environments; molecular technology to study population dynamics- billfish and tuna.
• Hale, Robert C., Professor of Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Environmental chemistry, biosolids, fate and availability of manmade compounds in aquatic environments.
• Harris, Courtney K., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. 3-D modeling to improve understanding of sediment transport in continental shelves and estuarine environments.
• Hartley, Troy W., Research Associate Professor of Marine Science/Director of Virginia Sea Grant. Fisheries Science. Integrated, adaptive management, regional governance, and collaborative research. 
• Hershner, Carl H., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Wetlands; watershed resource management; tidal and non-tidal wetlands ecology.
• Hilton, Eric J., Assistant Professor of Marine Science. Fisheries Science. Comparative anatomy, systematics, and evolution of ray-finned fishes.
• Hobbs III, Carl H., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Marine geology, esp. mid-Atlantic inner continental shelf and coastal plain, seismic studies to ID potentially minable sources of sand.
• Hoenig, John M., Professor of Marine Science. Fisheries Science. Fisheries stock assessment/management; methods for studying dynamics and assessing fisheries.
• Kaattari, Stephen L., Professor of Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Comparative immunology finfish and shellfish.
• Kator, Howard I., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Environmental microbiology; public health risks.
• Kirkley, James E., Professor of Marine Science. Fisheries Science. Marine economics; coastal and marine resources.
• Kuehl, Steven A., Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Radioisotope geoshemistry; sediment dispersal - resuspension and biological mixing.
• Latour, Robert J., Research Assistant Professor of Marine Science. Fisheries Science. Fish population dynamics, mangagement strategies for exploited marine resources, and community ecology.
• Lipcius, Romuald N., Professor of Marine Science. Fisheries Science. Blue crab ecology; conservation of marine bivalves, Caribbean spring lobster queen conch.
• Luckenbach, Mark W., Research Professor of Marine Scien ce. Biological Sciences. Bivalve ecology; reef restoration; habitat evaluation.
• Maa, Jerome P.-Y., Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Water wave mechanics; wave refraction/diffraction/reflection/breaking and associated sediment transport.
• Mann, Roger L., Acting Director for Research and Advisory Services and Professor of Marine Science, Fisheries Science. Ecology, marine mollusks, rapa whelk and other invasive species.
• McNinch, Jesse E., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Coastal geology; shoreline behavior; erosional hot spots and relationships to underlying geology, larval dispersal and settlement in estuarine and shallow water.
• Milliman, John E., Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Flux and fate of sediment in oceans - both river derived and calcium carbonate; economic and societal implications of natural and anthropogenic changes.
• Moore, Kenneth A., Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Seagrasses - environmental factors affecting growth and survival.
• Newman, Michael C., Professor of Marine Science. ENvironmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Environmental risk assessment; ecological toxicology; pollutant bioaccumulation.
• Orth, Robert J., Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Submerged aquatic vegetation biology and ecology.
• Patterson, Mark R., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Coral reefs; sponges; robotics; biomechanics of lower invertegrates and algae.
• Perry III, James E., Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Wetlands, marsh ecology.
• Reay, William G., Research Associate Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Watershed hydrology; ground water; surface wter interactions.
• Reece, Kimberly S., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Enfironmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Molecular/genetic analysis of aquaculture species, shellfish disease pathogens.
• Seitz, Rochelle D., Research Associate Professor. Biological Sciences. Predator/prey dynamics; nursery habitat and food availability for blue crabs.
• Shen, Jian, Research Associate Professor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. Numerical modling; model simulation to study circultion, hydrodynamics, water quality and storm surge in estuaries.
• Shields, Jeffrey D., Professor of Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Parasite and microbial diseases invertebrates and fishes.
• Smith, Walker O., Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Phytoplankton growth/photosynthetic material in surface layer of oceans.
• Steinberg, Deborah K., Associate Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Zooplankton ecology; coastal and deep sea food webs/marine "snow".
• Sutton, Tracey, Assistant Professor of Marine Science. Fish and plankton ecology; shark biology and conservation; marine ecosystem structure and functioning, with emphasis on trophic interactions; deep-sea fish taxonomy.
• Tang, Kam, Assistant Professor of Marine Science. Biological sciences. Plankton physiology and ecology.
• Taylor, Dennis L., Professor of Marine Science. Biological Sciences. Resource management; algal physiology.
• Unger, Michael A., Research Associate Professor of Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Chemical and physical behavior of aquatic pollutants - TBT - Kepone.
• Van Veld, Peter, Associate Professor of Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Toxicology; biochemical response to pollution exposure.
• Vobelbein, Wolfgang, Associate Professor of Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health. Aquatic disease; fish pathology; relationship between chemical exposure and fish cancers.
• Wang, Harry V., AssociateProfessor of Marine Science. Physical Sciences. 3-D numerical modeling, hydrodynamics of estuaries; physical oceanography.

Emeritus Professors

Aceto, Henry
Austin, Herbert M.
Barnard, Thomas A.
Bieri, Rudolf H.
Boon, III, John D.
Byrne, Robert J.
Chittenden, Mark E.
Chu-Fu-Lin
Ducklow, Hugh W.
Evans, David A.
Haas, Leonard W.
Hargis, Jr., William J.
Haven, Dexter S.
Huggett, Robert J.
Kuo, Albert Y.
Lynch, Maurice P.
MacIntyre, William G.
Musick, John A.
A. Marshall Acuff, Jr.
Nichols, Maynard M.
Perkins, Frank O.
Roberts, Jr., Morris H.
Ruzecki, Evon P.
Silberhorn, Gene M.
Theberge, Jr., N. Bartlett
Van Engel, Willard A.
Warinner, J. Ernest
Webb, Kenneth L.
Wetzel, Richard L.
Wojcik, Frank J.
Wright, L. Donelson

Adjunct Faculty

Blazer, Vicki S., Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health
Bushnell, Peter G., Biological Sciences
Chuenpagdee, Ratana, Coastal & Ocean Policy
Collette, Bruce B., Fisheries Science
Evans, David A., Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health
George, Robert, Fisheries Science
Gibson, Deidre, Biological Sciences
Guo, Ximing, Fisheries Science
Harris, Thomas M., Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health
Macko, Stephen A., Biological Sciences
Munroe, Thomas A., Fisheries Science
Ottinger,Christopher A., Environmental and Aquatic and Animal Health
Ralph, Peter J., Biological Sciences

Bauer, James E., Physical Sciences
Sharp, Edward J., Coastal & Ocean Policy
Shuster, Jr., Carl N., Fisheries Science
Tobias, Craig R., Biological Sciences
Vecchione, Michael , Fisheries Science

Other Faculty Appointments

Kuo, Albert Y., Faculty Researcher, Physical Science

Professional Faculty I

Audemard, Corrine, Assistant Research Scientist
Carnegie, Ryan B., , Assistant Research Scientist
Celebioglu, Tevfik Kutay, Research Associate
Cordes, Jan, Assistant Research Scientist
Forrest, Jr., David R., Assistant Research Scientist
Herman, Julie, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Hong, Bo, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Li, Caiwen, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Li, Yuepeng, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Linardakis, Leonidas, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Lund, Eric, Assistant Research Scientist
Miller, Terrance, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Moss, Jessica, ,Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Park, Jun-Yong, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Saba, Vincent S., Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Small, Hamish, Assistant Research Scientist
Wadman, Heidi, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Xue, Jianhong, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Ye, Jianmin, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Zhao, Yuan, Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Professional Faculty II

Anderson, Gary, CIO and Director, ITNS
Bonzek, Christopher, Fisheries Data Analyst
Bording, Ralph, High Performance Computing Applications Analyst
Brister, James E., Seawater Research Laboratory Director
Caporale, Linda, Executive Assistant to the Dean and Director
Coughlin, Carol, Director, VIMS/SMS Hargis Library
Dillon, Jennifer, Associate Director of Development
Frank-Lawale, Anu, Breeding Research Manager
Grose, Thomas W., Director, Safety and Environmental Programs
Kaattari, Ilsa, Molecular Biology Specialist
Lewis, Marilyn, Bibliographic Services Librarian
Luellen, Drew, Environmental Data Research Specialist
Malmquist, Dave, Director, Communication
Marshall, Anne, Director, Development
Miller, Sharon, Marine Safety/Risk Assessment Manager
Murray, Thomas, Marine Business and Coastal Development Specialist
Varnell, Lyle, Assistant Director of Research and Advisory Services
Walker, Diane, Public Services Librarian
White, Richard, Director, Facilities Management

Classified Faculty

Kiley, Kevin, Instructor in Marine Science. Coastal and Ocean Policy.
Lucy, Jon, Instructor in Marine Science. Fisheries Science.
Rhodes, Martha, Instructor in Marine Science. Environmental and Aquatic Animal Health.
Van Montfrans, Jacques, Instructor in Marine Science. Fisheries Science

Administrative Faculty