Marine Science Research
The MARS faculty offer expertise across a wide-range of Marine Science-related disciplines.
Below offers a quick-peak into their current research. For more detailed information
about their faculty websites, research interests, publications and contact information,
please see the Faculty tab on the MARS landing page.
Dr. Gordan Grguric
Associate Professor of Marine Science
Seawater aquarium chemistry, redox processes, interstitial water, physical and chemical modeling of closed sea water systems.
Dr. Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert
Associate Professor of Marine Science
Estuarine and coastal oceanography, physical-biological interactions.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Lacey
Associate Professor of Marine Science
Nearshore ecosystems ecology, plant-herbivore dynamics, marine botany, habitat restoration, tropical marine ecology, marine conservation, invertebrate zoology.
Dr. Susanne Moskalski
Associate Professor of Marine Science
Sedimentary and surficial processes in marshes and estuaries. Sediment flux, deposition/erosion rates and patterns, storm effects, human impacts, time series analysis.
Dr. Camilla Alves Souto
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Systematics, biogeography, macroevolution, and marine invertebrates.
Dr. Mark Sullivan
Professor of Marine Science
Ichthyology, ecology of early stage fishes in estuarine and continental shelf ecosystems, anthropogenic stressors as sources of coastal marine ecosystem variability, cooperative fisheries research.
Dr. Christine Thompson
Associate Professor of Marine Science