Select from the following list to learn about the research interests of faculty mentors who have participated in past years. Not all faculty will participate every year.
Bilkovic, Donna Marie Associate Professor Email: [[donnab]]
Phone: (804) 684-7331
Office: Davis Hall 213
Section: Ecosystem Health
Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
Links: {{http://www.vims.edu/ccrm/, Website}}
Brush, Mark J. Professor Email: [[brush]]
Phone: (804) 684-7402
Office: Andrews Hall 334F
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Coastal systems ecology; Ecosystem modeling
Links: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/semp/, Systems Ecology and Modeling Program}}
Carnegie, Ryan Professor Email: [[carnegie]]
Phone: (804) 684-7713
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 126
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Shellfish pathology and parasitology
Links: {{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bHrEhwoAAAAJ&hl=en, Google Scholar}}, {{https://rssbp.org/, Regional Shellfish Seed Biosecurity Program (RSSBP)}}
Colombo, Manuel Assistant Professor Email: [[v|mcolombo]]
Phone: (804) 684-7943
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 322
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: Chemical Oceanography, biogeochemistry, trace elements, organic geochemistry, environmental chemistry
Links: {{https://colombo-manuel.github.io/, Lab Website}}
Dichiera, Angelina Assistant Professor Email: [[v|dichiera]]
Phone: (804) 684-7292
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 323
Section: Natural Resources
Interests: Fish physiology, adaptation and plasticity, conservation
Links: {{https://angelinadichiera.weebly.com/, Website}}
McDowell, Jan Associate Professor Email: [[mcdowell]]
Phone: (804) 684-7263
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 222
Section: Natural Resources
Michaelis, Adriane Assistant Professor Email: [[v|amichaelis]]
Phone: (804) 684-7392
Office: Andrews Hall 440
Section: Natural Resources
Interests: Human dimensions, aquaculture and fisheries, social-ecological systems
Millette, Nicole Assistant Professor Email: [[v|nmillette]]
Phone: (804) 684-7985
Office: Andrews Hall 329
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: Phytoplankton ecology, mixotrophy, predator-prey interactions, water quality
Patrick, Chris Assistant Professor; Director, VIMS SAV Monitoring and Restoration Program Email: [[v|cpatrick]]
Phone: (804) 684-7399
Office: Andrews Hall 308
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Links: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/ceel/index.php,Coastal & Estuarine Ecology Lab (CEEL)}}
Rivest, Emily Assistant Professor Email: [[ebrivest]]
Phone: (804) 684-7942
Office: Andrews Hall 328
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Ecological physiology, global change biology, marine invertebrate biology
Links: {{http://emilybrivest.weebly.com/, Website}}
Seeley, Meredith Evan Assistant Professor Email: [[v|meredith.seeley]]
Phone: (804) 684-7239
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 324
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Marine pollution, organic contaminants, plastics and microplastics, environmental chemistry and biogeochemistry
Smith, Juliette L. Professor Email: [[jlsmith]]
Phone: (804) 684-7289
Office: Andrews Hall 429
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Ecotoxicology of harmful algal blooms.
Links: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/aquatic_toxinology/index.php, Lab Website}}
Song, Bongkeun Professor of Marine Science; Chair, Ecosystem Health Email: [[v|songb]]
Phone: (804) 684-7411
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 226
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Microbiome ecology and biogeochemistry
Links: {{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6645-7025,ORCID}}, {{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALESRLwAAAAJ&hl=en,Google Scholar}}
Steinberg, Deborah CSX Professor Email: [[debbies]]
Phone: (804) 684-7838
Office: Andrews Hall 328
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: Zooplankton ecology; coastal and deep sea food webs/marine "snow."
Links: {{http://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/zooplankton_ecology/index.php, Zooplankton Ecology}}, {{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nKw_gY4AAAAJ&hl=en, Google Scholar}}
Walton, Bill Acuff Professor of Marine Science and Shellfish Aquaculture Program Coordinator Email: [[v|walton]]
Phone: (804) 684-7238
Office: Acuff Center for Aquaculture 131
Section: Natural Resources
Links: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/csalt/index.php, C-SALT}}, {{https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William-Walton-5, ResearchGate}}
Wargo, Andrew Associate Professor Email: [[arwargo]]
Phone: (804) 684-7311
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 223
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
Links: {{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6rbEnfkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao, Google Scholar}}
Weng, Kevin Associate Professor Email: [[kevinweng]]
Phone: (804) 684-7372
Office: Nunnally Hall 131
Section: Natural Resources
Links: {{https://wenglab.pages.wm.edu/, Lab Website}}
