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Stony Brook University
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Marine Sciences Division Faculty

Bassem Allam Marinetics Endowed Professor in Marine Sciences Marine invertebrate physiology and health, Shellfish Genomics, Aquaculture	Josephine Aller Professor Marine benthic ecology, invertebrate zoology, marine microbiology, biogeochemistry	Robert Aller Distinguished Professor Marine biogeochemistry, marine animal-sediment relations	Steven Beaupré Associate Professor Marine Biogeochemistry, Chemical kinetics of natural organic matter, radiocarbon analyses	David Black Associate Professor Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, deep-sea sediments, marine micropaleontology
Henry Bokuniewicz Distinguished Service Professor Near shore transport processes, coastal groundwater hydrology, coastal sedimentation, marine geophysics	Kurt Bretsch Lecturer Marine and Environmental Science Education, Coastal Community Ecology	Robert Cerrato Professor Benthic ecology, population and community dynamics.	Yong Chen Professor Fisheries ecology, stock assessment, population and ecosystem dynamics, monitoring program design and optimization, climate change, fisheries management, international fisheries	Jackie Collier Associate Professor Phytoplankton physiological ecology, Biocomplexity and microbial diversity, Planktonic ecosystem processes in marine estuarine and freshwater systems
Marissa DeBonis Lecturer Elasmobranch Ecology, Field Research Methods, Environmental Education	Ali Farhadzadeh Associate Professor Nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport, wave-current-sediment-structure interaction, resilient coastal protection systems, coastal flooding.	Nicholas Fisher Distinguished Professor Marine phytoplankton physiology and ecology, biogeo-chemistry of metals, marine pollution	Charles Flagg Research Professor Continental Shelf Dynamics, Bio-Physical Interactions in Shelf Systems, Climate Change Effects on Coastal Systems, Shipboard ADCPs on Volunteer Observing Ships	Roger Flood Research Professor Marine geology, sediment dynamics, continental margin sedimentation
Michael Frisk Professor Fish ecology, population modeling and life history theory	Christopher Gobler Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation Distinguished Professor Coastal ecosystem ecology, climate change, harmful algal blooms, phytoplankton, ocean acidification, effects of multiple stressors on coastal marine resources, aquatic biogeochemistry	Darcy Lonsdale Professor Ecology and physiology of marine zooplankton; food web dynamics of estuarine plankton and the impacts of harmful algal blooms.	Kamazima Lwiza Associate Professor Structure and dynamics of shelf-seas and remote sensing oceanography	Dino Martins Research Professor evolutionary biology and entomological research
Giovanna McClenachan Assistant Professor drivers of coastal change, to track transitions in structure and function of ecosystems and societies with disturbances such as storms, floods, and climate change	Jack McSweeney Assistant Professor estuarine dynamics, coastal sediment transport, shoaling internal waves, coastal connectivity	Luis Medina Lecturer IDEA Fellow Oceanic distributions of microplastics (MPs) and black carbon (BC) particles, Raman Microspectrospectroscopy	Emmanuelle Pales Espinosa Research Associate Professor Shellfish physiology, Particle selection mechanisms in suspension-feeding bivalves, Algology	Bradley Peterson Professor Community ecology of seagrass dominated ecosystems
Ellen Pikitch Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science Ocean conservation, fisheries management, ecosystem-based approaches, marine protected areas (MPAs), endangered fishes, sharks, sturgeon	Roy Price Assistant Professor Hydrothermal vents, water-rock reactions, toxic metal and metalloid cycling in coastal environments, arsenic bioaccumulation, vent-biota relationships, e.g., redox disequilibria and microbial ecology, and alkaline shallow-sea vents as early Earth analogs	Tara Rider Lecturer Maritime and Environmental History, Sustainability	Carl Safina Carl Safina Endowed Research Chair for Nature and Humanity	Oliver Shipley Research Assistant Professor Bulk and compound specific stable isotope systems, food-webs, ecological niches, community dynamics, ecosystem ecology, energy flow
Gordon Taylor Professor MAR Division Head Microbial oceanography, microbial ecology, planktonic food webs, biogeochemistry, ocean deoxygenation, microplastic contaminants, single cell analysis, novel bioimaging technology - Raman Microspectrospectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy	Lesley Thorne Associate Professor Marine mammal and seabird ecology and conservation; Habitat use and energetics of protected species under environmental and anthropogenic change	Nils Volkenborn Associate Professor Sediment biogeochemistry, animal-sediment interactions, benthic ecology	Joe Warren Professor Acoustical oceanography, Zooplankton behavior and ecology	Laura Wehrmann Associate Professor Marine Biogeochemistry, Geochemical element cycles, Deep Biosphere
Christopher Wolfe Associate Professor Physical oceanography, large-scale circulation: theory and modeling.	Qingzhi Zhu Associate Professor Chem-/Bio- Sensors, Marine Biogeochemistry, Trace Elements, Environmental Analytical Chemistry