Marine Science Research
The MARS faculty offer expertise across a wide-range of Marine Science-related disciplines.
Click on the individual names below for faculty websites, research interests, publications
and contact information.
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
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Estuarine and coastal oceanography, physical-biological interactions.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Lacey
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Nearshore ecosystems ecology, plant-herbivore dynamics, marine botany, habitat restoration, tropical marine ecology, marine conservation, invertebrate zoology.
Dr. Matthew Landau
Professor of Marine Science
Aquaculture, crustacean biology, comparative physiology and biochemistry, biostatistics, science education.
Dr. Susanne Moskalski
Assistant 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. Mark Sullivan
Associate 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
Assistant Professor of Marine Science