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Director, Marine Science Program
Daniel DiResta, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Marine benthic community ecology

Associate Director
Donald Olson, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University
Ocean
circulation dynamics, mesoscale phenomena, ecosystem dynamics

Academic Advisor/Lecturer
Jill Richardson, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Coral biology, ecology, pathology

Academic Advisor/Lecturer
Maria E. Villanueva, MBA, M.A. in Marine Affairs
University of Miami
Marine resource allocation and policy

Coordinator for Meteorology
Brian Soden, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Global climate change, hydrology, remote sensing

Senior Staff Associate
Ginger Birghenthal, B.S.
University of Miami

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TEACHING FACULTY

Bruce Albrecht, Ph.D.
Colorado State University
Role of clouds in the atmosphere

Liana McManus, Ph.D.
University of Rhode Island
Fisheries and resource management

Andrew Baker Ph.D.
University of Miami
Biology and ecology of coral reefs, molecular ecology and systematics

Christos Mitas, Ph. D.
University of Ilinois
Atmospheric dynamics

Shuyi Chen, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University

Meteorology

Fernando Moreno, Ph.D.,J.D., LL.M.
University of Miami
Ocean
and coastal law and policy

Amy Clement Ph.D.
Columbia University

Climate modeling and tropical air-sea interactions

Frank Millero, Ph.D.
Carnegie-Mellon University

Physical chemistry, chemical oceanography

Robert Cowan, Ph.D.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ichthyology

David Nolan Ph.D.
Harvard University

Dynamic meteorology, tropical cyclones, numerical modeling

Harry A. Defarrari D.Eng.
Catholic University
Underwater acoustics, signal processing

Larry Peterson, Ph.D.
Brown University
Micropaleontology

Rana Fine , Ph.D
University of Miami
Chemical oceanography and tracers

Pamela Reid, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Stromatolite geology

Lynne Fieber, Ph.D
University of Miami
Neurophysiology

Rick Riera-Gomez
RSMAS Diving Safety Officer
Scientific Diving

John Gifford, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Marine archeology

Mike Schmale, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Fish pathology and immunology

Peter W. Glynn, Ph.D.
Stanford University

Coral reef biology/ecology

Sharon Smith, Ph.D.
Duke University
D.Sc Southhampton College

Ecology of zooplankton; nutrient cycling

Christopher Harrison, D.Sc
Cambridge University

Geophysics, plate tectonics

Daniel Suman, Ph.D., J.D.
Scripps Institute of Oceanography,
UC San Diego Law School, UC Berkeley
Environmental law and policy

Gary Hitchcock, Ph.D
University of Rhode Island
Phytoplankton ecology

Peter Swart, Ph.D.
University of London-King College
Geochemistry

Daniel Hodyss, Ph. D.
University of California, Davis
Large-scale oceanic dynamics

Barrie Taylor, Ph. D.
Leeds University

Marine microbiology and biochemistry

Anthony J. Hynes, Ph.D.
University of Leeds
Atmospheric Chemistry, laser spectroscopy

John Van Leer, D.Sc.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/MIT
Marine instrumentation, ocean dynamics

David C. Kadko, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Geochemical processes

Jorge Willemsen, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Applied marine physics

Kevin Leaman Ph.D
MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic
Current profiling techniques, western boundary currents, ocean dynamics

Harold Wanless, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

Marine sedimentation processes

David Letson, Ph.D.
University of Texas
Econimics of regulation, fisheries economics, water quality management

Chidong Zhang, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University

Meteorology

Sharanya J. Majumdar, Ph. D.
Cambridge University

Numerical forecasting

Rod G. Zika, Ph. D.
Pennsylvania State University

Atmospheric photochemistry

Brian Mapes Ph.D.
University of Washington
Atmospheric convection, clouds, tropical meteorology, climate dynamics

Paquita Zuidema Ph.D.
University of Colorado
Clouds, radiation, climate and remote sensing

John McManus, Ph.D.
University of Rhode Island
Coral Reef Management

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