Personnel

Roger Mann - Roger is a professor of marine science and the current director of research and advisory service at VIMS. His current interests include physiological ecology of marine molluscs, larval dispersal and settlement processes in estuarine and shallow water systems, fisheries and aquaculture of marine molluscs, invasion biology and ballast water technologies.

Melissa Southworth - Missy is a senior marine scientist at VIMS. She runs the field program for the Molluscan Ecology Lab and is the lead scientist on the oyster patent tong, dredge and shellstring surveys. Her interests include stock assessment of commercially viable shellfish species in the Chesapeake Bay, the development of best management practices in support of shellfish aquaculture in the Bay, restoration of oyster populations and oyster reef ecology and biology.