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CMES Faculty are engaged in research and teaching activities. More information about the (program/department) faculty can be found below.

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The College of Marine & Earth Studies currently has 118 scientists who are engaged in marine and earth-related research and teaching at the University of Delaware. Research and teaching activities take place in our facilities on both the Newark and Lewes Campuses and in our research centers. Click on a link below to view current faculty in a specific College of Marine and Earth Studies' department or program.

Geological Sciences Faculty

Edward J. Kohut
Assistant Professor
Subduction zone magmatism and tectonics, analytical techniques
ekoh@udel.edu Profile ›
John A. Madsen
Associate Professor
Coastal and estuarine geophysics, environmental geophysics, marine geophysics.
jmadsen@udel.edu Profile ›
Ronald E. Martin
Professor
Taphonomy and biology of forminifera, ecostratigraphy and paleoceanography, graphic correlation, stratigraphic (time) resolution, dynamics of nutrient cycling and food webs, evolution of biogeochemical cycles, evolution and extinction in Phanerozoic marine ecosystems.
daddy@udel.edu Profile ›
Susan McGeary
Chair and Associate Professor
Environmental and Quaternary geophysics, continental lithospheric structure, seismic investigations of continental margins.
smcgeary@udel.edu Profile ›
James Eugene Pizzuto
Professor
Fluvial geomorphology.
pizzuto@udel.edu Profile ›
Arthur Chris Trembanis
Assistant Professor
Oceanography, Coastal and estuarine morphodynamics, sediment transport, hydrodynamics, scour processes of mines and shipwreck artifacts, coastal observing systems, and autonomous underwater vehicles.
art@udel.edu Profile ›
John F. Wehmiller
Professor
Organic geochemistry; Quaternary geochronologic methods; amino acid racemization geochemistry; biomineralization; Quaternary stratigraphy and geochronology of coastal environments.
jwehm@udel.edu Profile ›

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Marine Biosciences 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
Associate Professor
Virioplankton ecology, structure-function relationships in aquatic microbial communities, application of molecular techniques in microbial ecology.
wommack@dbi.udel.edu Profile ›

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Marine Policy Faculty

Lee G. Anderson
Professor
Economics of commercial and recreational fisheries management.
lgafish@udel.edu Profile ›
Biliana Cicin-Sain
Professor
Integrated coastal management; management of multiple coastal and ocean uses; fisheries management; comparative marine policy.
bcs@udel.edu Profile ›
James J. Corbett
Interim Director and Associate Professor
International maritime transportation; domestic policy issues related to the Maritime Transportation System (MTS); science and technology policy in coastal and transportation systems; interdisciplinary technology-policy decision-making.
jcorbett@udel.edu Profile ›
Jeremy M. Firestone
Associate Professor
Ocean and coastal law and management; marine pollution; law-policy interface; negotiation and dispute resolution; federal/state relations; regulation and governance.
jf@udel.edu Profile ›
Willett M. Kempton
Associate Professor
Offshore wind power, lay environmental beliefs and values, environmental movements, anthropogenic climate change, energy and transportation policy.
willett@udel.edu Profile ›
Gerard J. Mangone
Univeristy Research Professor
Maritime and international law; shipping and ports; law of the sea; marine pollution.
gmangone@udel.edu Profile ›
George R. Parsons
Professor
Environmental and natural resource economics
gparsons@udel.edu Profile ›

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Oceanography Faculty

Katharina Billups
Associate Professor
Light stable isotope and trace metal geochemistry of oceanic sediments; paleoceanography; paleclimatology.
kbillups@udel.edu Profile ›
Thomas M. Church
E. I. du Pont Professor of Marine Studies
Estuarine and atmospheric geochemistry; trace-element marine chemistry.
tchurch@udel.edu Profile ›
George W. Luther
Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor
Marine chemistry; element redox cycles; inorganic and organic sulfur cycling.
luther@udel.edu Profile ›
Douglas C. Miller
Associate Professor
Interactions between organisms, flow, and sediment; deposit-feeding strategies; design of experiments.
dmiller@udel.edu Profile ›
Matthew J. Oliver
Assistant Professor
Phytoplankton Oceanography; Biogeography; Remote Sensing; Ocean Observing; Phytoplankton Physiology; Phytoplankton Evolution; Genome Evolution
moliver@udel.edu Profile ›
Jonathan H. Sharp
Professor
Coastal/estuarine biogeochemistry; marine organic chemistry; microbial chemical dynamics; science and resource management.
jsharp@udel.edu Profile ›
Christopher K. Sommerfield
Associate Professor
Geological Oceanography: estuarine, coastal and marine sedimentary processes, morphodynamics and strata formation, sediment geochronology.
cs@udel.edu Profile ›
William J. Ullman
Professor and Program Director
Geochemical cycles; rock/water interactions; coastal, estuarine, and nearshore processes.
ullman@udel.edu Profile ›
Xiao-Hai Yan
Mary A.S. Lighthipe Chair Professor and Co-Director of CRS
Satellite oceanography; remote sensing, modeling, and prediction of air-sea exchange, and ocean circulation; image processing.
xiaohai@udel.edu Profile ›

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Physical Ocean Science & Engineering Faculty

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