Faculty
Meet Our Faculty
Adem Ali
Associate Professor
Department of Geology
Allisan Aquilina-Beck
NOAA
Michael Arendt
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Joseph C. Ballenger
Manager of Inshore Fisheries Research Section
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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Brian Balmer
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Montana Ecological Services Field Office
Barbara Beckingham
Associate Professor
Department of Geology
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Jody Beers
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
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Ashley Boggs
National Institute of Standards and Technology
John Bowden
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine
Jason Broach
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Craig Browdy
Zeigler Brothers Inc.
Jeff Brunson
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Walter Bubley
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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Karen Burnett
Associate Professor
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Louis Burnett
Professor Emeritus
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Christine Byrum
Associate Professor
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Haley Cabaniss
Assistant Professor
Department of Geology
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Fabio Casu
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Melissa Chaplin
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Steven Christopher
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Katy Chung
NOAA/National Ocean Service,
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
Andrew Clark
Professor
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Loren Coen
Florida Atlantic University
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Chip Collier
South Atalntic Fishery Management Council
Stacie Crowe
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Judson Curtis
Harte Research Insitute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Matt Damiano
NOAA Fisheries
Tanya Darden
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Russell Day
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Isaure de Buron
Professor
Department of Biology
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Marie DeLorenzo
NOAA/National Ocean Service,
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Mike Denson
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Jack DiTullio
Professor
Director, Grice Marine Laboratory
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Gregory Doucette
NOAA/National Ocean Service,
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
Bonnie Ertel
NOAA
Peter Etnoyer
NOAA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
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Wayne Fitzgibbon
Medical University of South Carolina
Bryan Frazier
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Chris Freeman
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
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Heather Fullerton
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
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Thomas Greig
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Jeffrey Guyon
NOAA National Centers of Coastal Ocean Science
George Hanna
MUSC
Tony Harold
Professor
Department of Biology
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Richard Harington
South Carolin Department of Natural Resources
Leslie Hart
Associate Professor of Public Health
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Willem "Jaap" Hillenius
Professor
Department of Biology
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Kristina Hill-Spanik
Manager, Molecular Core Facility, Grice Marine Laboratory
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Melissa Hughes
Professor
Department of Biology
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Michael Janech
Associate Professor
SC SmartState® Endowed Chair in Marine and Environmental Health
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Julia Johnstone
NOAA
Pam Jutte
Adjunct Faculty
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Bryan Keller
NOAA Fisheries
Michael Kendrick
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Todd Kellison
NOAA Fisheries
Peter Key
NOAA/National Ocean Service,
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
James Kilfoil
Assistant Marine Scientist
Inshore Fisheries Research Section,
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Peter Kingsley-Smith
MRRI Assistant Director and Shellfish Research Section Manager,
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
David Knott
Poseidon Taxonomic Services, LLC
Kevin Kolmos
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
John Kucklick
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mark Lazzaro
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
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Peter Lee
Research Associate
College of Charleston
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Tod Leighfield
NOAA NCCOS
Erin Levesque
SCDNR, Marine Resources Research Institute
Norman Levine
Professor
Director, Santee Cooper GIS Laboratory and Lowcountry Hazards Center
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Susan Lovelace
Adjunct Faculty
S.C. Sea Grant Consortium
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Barbara Lyon
Department of Biology
Ruairí MacNamara
Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute
Lisa May
NOAA/NOS
Eric McElroy
Professor, Biology Department Chair
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Wayne McFee
NOAA
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Daniel McGlinn
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
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Beth Meyer-Bernstein
Dean, Honors College
Associate Professor of Biology
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Eric Montie
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Clinton Moran
Department of Biology
The Citadel
Steve Morton
NOAA/NOS/NCCOS
Courtney Murren
Professor, Assistant Chair,
John Arthur Siegling Chair in Biology
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Benjamin A. Neely
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Aimee Neely
NASA
Julie Neer
SEDAR Coordinator
David Owens
Professor Emeritus
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Paul Pennington
Marine Biologist, NOAA NOS NCCOS
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John Peters
Senior Instructor,
Program Director, Science and Math Education, M.Ed.
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Joanna Philippoff
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Craig Plante
Professor
Director, Graduate Program in Marine Biology
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Robert Podolsky
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
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Seth Pritchard
Professor
Department of Biology
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Lou Ann Reed
NOAA, National Ocean Service,
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
and Hollings Marine Laboratory
Marcel Reichert
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Jessica Reiner
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Moshe Rhodes
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
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Kimberly Ritchie
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Michael Ruscio
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Lauren Rust
Adjunct Faculty
Executive Director, Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network
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Matthew Rutter
Professor, Academic Director, Stono Preserve
Department of Biology
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Gorka Sancho
Professor
Department of Biology
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Paul Sandifer
College of Charleston
Director, Center for Coastal Environmental and Human Health
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Denise Sanger
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Marine Resources Research Institute
Daniel Sasson
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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Nicole Schanke
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Biology
Tracey Schock
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jeffrey Schwenter
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
George Sedberry
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (retired)
Erin Seney
University of Central Florida
Marine Turtle Research Group
Andrew Shedlock
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
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Virginia Shervette
Associate Professor
University of South Carolina Aiken
Fish/Fisheries Conservation, Marine Biology
Katherine Silliman
Assistant Marine Scientist
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Tracey Smart
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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Erik Sotka
Professor
Department of Biology
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Heather Spalding
Associate Professor of Marine Biology
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Kevin Spanik
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Demetri Spyropoulos
Medical University of South Carolina
Allan Strand
Professor
Department of Biology
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Philip Tanabe
NOAA
Anna C. Toline
National Park Service
Jamie Torres
National Park Service
Andrew Tweel
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Jason Vance
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
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Julie Veccio
Assistant Marine Scientist
Coastal Fisheries Section
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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Vijay Vulava
Professor
Department of Geology
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Mia Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Aaron Watson
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
John Weinstein
Department of Biology
The Citadel
Allison Welch
Associate Professor of Biology,
Director, Undergraduate Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program
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John Wildholm
Professor
Department of Psychology
David Joseph Whitaker
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Dara Wilbur
Bowhead Science and Technology
Pace Wilbur
Southeast Regional Office, NOAA Fisheries
Ed Wirth
Chemical Contaminants Research Lead
Cheryl Woodley
NOAA/NOS
David Wyanski
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (retired)
Lenny Yong
Assistant Marine Scientist
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
John Zardus
Department of Biology
The Citadel
Anastasia Zimmerman
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
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