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Academics | Marine Biosciences Faculty

Program Director

Patrick M. Gaffney
Director and Professor
Genetics of marine organisms; aquacultural genetics.
pgaffney@udel.edu Profile ›

Core Faculty

Barbara J. Campbell
Assistant Professor
Investigating the physiological and phylogenetic relationships of unculturable microbes using genetic and genomic molecular tools.
bjc@udel.edu Profile ›
Stephen Craig Cary
Professor
Marine bacteria/invertebrate symbiotic associations; molecular aspects of symbiont transfer.
caryc@udel.edu Profile ›
Kathryn J. Coyne
Assistant Professor
Molecular ecology of bloom-forming microalgal species
kcoyne@udel.edu Profile ›
Stephen C. Dexter
Professor
Electrochemical corrosion; biologically influenced corrosion; structural materials in the marine environment; bioadhesion.
dexter@udel.edu Profile ›
Charles E. Epifanio
Associate Dean and Professor
Larval ecology; recruitment dynamics; tropical ecology.
epi@udel.edu Profile ›
Patrick M. Gaffney
Director and Professor
Genetics of marine organisms; aquacultural genetics.
pgaffney@udel.edu Profile ›
John L. Gallagher
Professor and Co-Director Halophyte Biotechnology Center
Marine plant ecology, physiology, tissue culture, transformation, and economic development.
jackg@udel.edu Profile ›
Pamela J. Green
Professor
Genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology of plants, focusing on Arabidopsis.
green@dbi.udel.edu Profile ›
Thomas E. Hanson
Assistant Professor
Microbial Physiology, Microbial Ecology, Genomics, Proteomics.
tehanson@udel.edu Profile ›
David L. Kirchman
Professor
Marine microbial ecology; molecular mechanisms of organic matter degradation.
kirchman@udel.edu Profile ›
Adam G. Marsh
Associate Professor
Molecular physiology; biochemical processes regulating growth and metabolism during larvae development in extreme environments.
amarsh@udel.edu Profile ›
Nancy M. Targett
Dean and Professor
Chemical/biological interactions in the marine environment; antifouling mechanisms in marine organisms; chemical ecology.
ntargett@udel.edu Profile ›
Timothy E. Targett
Professor
Ecology of estuarine and coastal marine fish; Physiological ecology of feeding, digestion, growth, and survival; Essential fish habitat (EFH) and recruitment process; Trophic biology, marine and estuarine food webs, energetics.
ttargett@udel.edu Profile ›
Carolyn A. Thoroughgood
Professor
Nutritional biochemistry of bivalve mollusks; nutritional evaluation and preservation of fish.
ctgood@udel.edu Profile ›
Mark E. Warner
Associate Professor
Physiological ecology of marine algae, algal-invertebrate symbioses, and the biochemical and molecular maintenance and regulation of photosynthesis in relation to changing environmental conditions.
mwarner@cms.udel.edu Profile ›
Eric K. Wommack
Assistant Professor
Virioplankton ecology, structure-function relationships in aquatic microbial communities, application of molecular techniques in microbial ecology.
wommack@dbi.udel.edu Profile ›

Research Personnel

Matthew T. Cottrell
Associate Research Scientist
Ecology of heterotrophic marine bacteria including degradation of organic matter; bacterial chitinases and phylogenetic diversity in assemblages of marine bacteria.
mattcott@udel.edu Profile ›
Ana Dittel
Associate Research Scientist
Larval biology; recruitment dynamics; tropical biology.
adittel@udel.edu Profile ›
Denise M. Seliskar
Associate Research Scientist
Dune and wetland plant physiological and restoration ecology; halophyte biotechnology.
seliskar@udel.edu Profile ›

Emeritus Faculty

John S. Boyer
E. I. DuPont Professor Emeritus
Water in the biochemistry and physiology of marine and terrestrial plants.
boyer@udel.edu Profile ›
Kent S. Price
Associate Professor Emeritus
ksprice@udel.edu Profile ›

Joint & Adjunct Faculty

Paul A. Grecay
Adjunct Professor
Marine ecology; ichthyology.
pagrecay@salisbury.edu Profile ›
William H. Meredith
Adjunct Professor
Estuarine ecology; wetland management; mosquito control.
wmeredith@dnrec.state.de.us Profile ›
James C. Pierce
Adjunct Professor
The horseshoe crab as a model system for molecular biological research.
30869@udel.edu Profile ›
Angelika Ingrid Ratsep
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ingrid.Ratsep@ratsepgroup.com Profile ›
Donald L. Sparks
Joint Professor
Kinetics and soil chemical processes; surface chemistry.
dlsparks@udel.edu Profile ›
Malcolm H. Taylor
Joint Professor
Environmental and reproductive physiology of fishes.
mtaylor@udel.edu Profile ›


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