ROSTER OF SUPPORT SCIENTISTS FOR SSEER, July 2012 Name August, Peter Professor Address Dept of Natural Resources Science University of Rhode Island 1 Greenhouse Way Kingston, RI 02881 Belkin, Igor Graduate School of Asst. Marine Oceanography Research Scientist Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 Office Phone (401) 8744794 (401) 874- pete<at>edc.uri.edu 4561 GIS. (401) 8746533 (401) 874- ibelkin<at>gso.uri.edu 6728 Physical Geography; Beutel, David Rhode Island Sea (401) 874Fisheries Extension Grant 7152 Specialist Dept. of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science URI Fisheries Center Building 83, East Farm Kingston, RI 02881 Bonynge, Gregory GISP Research Assoc. Geospatial Extension Specialist Boothroyd, Jon Professor FAX E-mail Expertise Ocean fronts, their geographical distribution patterns, physical structure, temporal variability, and diverse manifestations and applications; (401) dbeutel<at>uri.edu Environmental Data (401) 874- (401) 874- greg<at>edc.uri.edu Center Lab 2180 4561 Coastal Institute, Room 25 One Greenhouse Road, URI Kingston, RI 02881 Department of (401) 874- (401)874- Jon_Boothroyd<at>uri.edu Geosciences, CELS 2265 2190 314 Woodward Hall 9E Alumni Road Kingston, RI 02881 Formation and propagation of large-scale temperature/salinity/sea ice anomalies in the North Atlantic and other oceans. Fishing techniques and gear; Fishery issues; Operation of nets, other fishing gear on the Research Vessel Cap’n Bert. GIS GPS Geospatial web apps Coastal geology; Shore and shallow water geologic habitats and processes; ESI Index for spill hydrocarbons; High-resolution, shallow water, side-scan sonar; R/V Gilbert, 25’ workboat with certified captain. Bradley, Michael Environmental Data (401) 874GISP Center Lab 5054 Research Associate Coastal Institute, Room 25 One Greenhouse Road, URI Kingston, RI 02881 Brown, Wendell Department of (508) 910Professor of Estuarine and Ocean 6395 Oceanography Sciences School of Marine Science and Technology University of Mass Dartmouth South Rodney French Blvd. New Bedford, MA 02744-1221 (401) 874- mike<at>edc.uri.edu 4561 GIS GPS (508) 999- wbrown<at>umassd.edu 8197 Coastal ocean dynamics, especially the use of observations and numerical models of Gulf of Maine circulation; Winter storm response in terms of sea level and current variability, and winter mixed layer evolution; Estuarine dynamics including Air-sea heat transfer; Building Coastal Ocean Observing Systems; including use of highfrequency radar-derived surface currents; and ocean gliders; Castro, Kathy Director, Sustainable Fisheries Extension Program Rhode Island Sea (401) 874Grant 5063 Dept. of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science URI Fisheries Center Building 83, East Farm Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 789- kcastro<at>uri.edu 8930 Assimilation of ocean data into numerical coastal ocean circulation models. Fisheries management, habitat and resource enhancement; Crustacean biology and behavior, especially in relation to fisheries and fishing gear; Regional lobster science and management issues; Codiga, Dan Marine Research Associate Graduate School of (401) 874Oceanography 6212 112 Watkins Hall Bay Campus, URI 215 South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 874- d.codiga<at>gso.uri.edu 6728 SCUBA diving. Estuarine and coastal circulation and transport dynamics; Measurement, analysis, and interpretation of hydrographic properties and water velocities using vessel-based surveys and moored instruments; Systems for real-time data collection and distribution. Colin, Sean Environmental Assistant Professor Sciences Roger Williams University Bristol, RI 02809 (401) 254 3142 Collie, Jeremy Professor (401) 8746859 Coty, Deb Systems Support Technician Box 11 Graduate School of Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401) 254 scolin<at>rwu.edu 3310 (401) 874- jcollie<at>gso.uri.edu 6240 Coastal Institute (401) 874- (401) 874- dcoty<at>uri.edu Dept of Natural 6513 6869 Resources Science Bay Campus, URI Narragansett, RI 02882 Damon, Environmental Data (401) 874- (401) 874- cdamon<at>edc.uri.edu Christopher Center Lab 2930 4561 GISP Coastal Institute, Research Associate Room 25 One Greenhouse Road, URI Kingston, RI 02881 Deacutis, URI Bay Campus (401) 874- (401) 874- deacutis <at>gso.uri.edu Christopher South Ferry Rd. 6217 6899 Chief Scientist, Narragansett, RI NBEP Adj. Prof., URI Biol. Dept . Duhaime, Roland Environmental Data (401) 874- (401) 874- maps<at>uri.edu GISP Center Lab 5406 4561 roland<at>edc.uri.edu Research Assoc. Coastal Institute, (401) 874Room 25 5054 One Greenhouse Road, URI Kingston, RI 02881 Zooplankton ecology and functional biology of copepods; Evolutionary ecology of the copepod-toxic alga relationship. Fish population dynamics; Impacts of disturbance on benthic communities, predator-prey interactions, stock assessment and fisheries management. Find MOU administrator, Pete August or Candace Oviatt. GIS Geospatial web apps Anthropogenic impacts in estuaries and eelgrass restoration (oil spills, excess nutrients, etc.) GIS/Resources at Risk; Internet resource development. Fanning, Bill Ship’s Oceanographic Technician Marine Technical Services Graduate School of Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401) 8746590 (401) 874- wfanning<at>gso.uri.edu 6578 Shipboard technical support; Design and manage oceanographic data acquisition computer networks; Create software for the collection, processing, display, and analysis of oceanographic data; Specify, install, maintain and support instrumentation at sea: Has taken and passed the on-line course "Introduction to the Incident Command System". Garber, Jonathan Acting Associate Director for Ecology RTP NC & EPA AED García-Quijano, Department of Carlos G. Sociology and Assistant Professor Anthropology University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 7823001 (401) 7823000 (401) 8744297 (401) 782- garber.jonathan<at>epa.gov 3030 cgarciaquijano<at>uri.edu Ecological Anthropology; Human Ecology; Fisheries; Coastal Communities; Coastal Resource Dependency; Gold, Art Professor Dept. Natural Resources Sciences 110 Coastal Institute University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 8742903 (401) 874- agold<at>uri.edu 4561 Local Ecological Knowledge. Watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, especially groundwater nitrate dynamics; Sources and sinks of nitrogen in coastal watersheds, as for watershed management to minimize the risks of nonpoint source pollution; Process level studies at the aquatic margin and GIS techniques to scale up from site level to watershed scale. Gomez-Chiarri, Marta Professor Dept. of Fisheries, (401) 874 Animal and Veterinary 2917 Science (401) 874 169 CBLS 7830 120 Flagg Road Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 874 gomezchi<at>uri.edu 7575 Fish and shellfish pathology; Prevention and management of infectious diseases in cultured and wild shellfish and finfish; Parasitic diseases and immune response in shellfish; Green, Linda Program Director, URI Watershed Watch Horwitz, Richard Professor Dept. of Natural Resources Science CIK, URI 1 Greenhouse Road Kingston, RI 02881 19 Joann Drive Barrington, RI 02806 (401) 8742905 (401) 874- lgreen<at>uri.edu 4561 Effects of pollutants on immune response in finfish. Water and soil chemistry; Laboratory analysis of water quality, especially nitrate loads in ground water; (401) 2890198 (401) 289- rhorwitz<at>cox.net 0198 Oversight, training, and coordination of volunteer water quality monitoring programs and of water quality volunteers. Emergency response, management and public information; Planning, coordination, writing, editing; James-Pirri, MaryJane Marine Research Associate Kellogg, Q Research Associate Asst. Dir. Coastal Institute Box 8 Graduate School of Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401) 8746617 Dept. of Natural (401) 874Resources Science 4866 105 Coastal Institute in (401) 874Kingston 6545 Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 874- mjjp<at>gsosun1.gso.uri.edu 6887 Communications among scientists, policymakers, and the public. Coastal ecosystem ecology with emphasis on monitoring protocols; Ecology of horseshoe crabs; (401) 874- qkellogg<at>uri.edu 4561 Ecological statistics. Watershed hydrology, watershed nitrogen dynamics GIS mapping of pollutant (esp. nitrogen) sources and sinks Killingbeck, Keith Dept. of Biological Professor Sciences Ranger Hall University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 8742624 (401) 8747848 (401) 874- keith<at>uri.edu 5974 Ecology and physiology of plant nutrient dynamics; Evolution and mechanisms of environmental influence on resorption; Relationship between invasive species and ecological disturbance; Kincaid, Christopher Professor Graduate School of Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401) 8746571 (401) 874- kincaid<at>gso.uri.edu 6811 Biodiversity and rare plant assemblages. Coastal physical oceanography; Estuarine circulation and transport: Observational and computational methods applied to circulation and residence time of estuarine waters and dynamical interaction between estuary and shelf waters; Geophysical fluid dynamics applied to Earth systems; King, John Professor Graduate School of Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 Krumholz, Jason 20 Ranger Rd. GSO Grad Student North Kingstown, RI 02852 (401) 8746594 (401) 8746188 Laboratory and numerical experiments on mantle dynamics and related thermal-chemical transport processes. (401) 874- jking<at>gso.uri.edu Geomagnetism, 6182 paleomagnetism, environmental magnetism, sedimentology, paleoclimatic studies, trace metal geochemistry, pollution studies, and sediment core logging. (401) 874- jkrumholz<at>gsosun1.gso.uri.edu Conservation and 6613 ecosystem biology, Wastewater TN, LaBash, Charles GISP Research Associate Dir. Environmental Data Center Environmental Data (401) 874Center Lab 2198 Coastal Institute, Room 25 One Greenhouse Road, URI Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 874- labash<at>edc.uri.edu 4561 Benthic assays to determine the effect of trawling pressure. GIS System Admin Latimer, Jim US EPA (401) 782Research Scientist Office of Research & 3167 Development (401) 782National Health & 3000 Environment Effects Research Laboratory Atlantic Ecology Division 27 Tarzwell Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 Lellis-Dibble, Kim Dept. of Natural Ph.D. Student Resources Science University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 8297151 (401) 782- latimer.jim<at>epa.gov 3030 Cycling of organic and inorganic compounds in aquatic systems and the atmosphere; Organic geochemistry of sediments and water; Environmental trace metal chemistry; (401) 874- klellisdibble<at>gmail.com 4561 Fate and effects of anthropogenic compounds in the marine environment. Community level effects of invasive species on estuarine ecosystems; Coastal habitat protection and restoration; Fisheries management; Lohmann, Rainer Graduate School of Assistant Professor Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401) 8746612 Macy, Bill Graduate School of (401) 874Associate Marine Oceanography 6174 Research Scientist Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 Mandeville, Aimee Environmental Data (401) 874GISP Center Lab 2930 Research Associate Coastal Institute, Room 25 One Greenhouse Road, URI Kingston, RI 02881 Maranda, Lucie Graduate School of (401) 874Marine Research Oceanography 6216 Scientist Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401) 874- lohmann<at>gso.uri.edu 6811 Estuarine ecology with emphasis on the analysis of fish condition and food web interactions Transport and fate of organic contaminants (PAHs, PCBs etc); Air/water exchange; (401) 874- wkmacy<at>gso.uri.edu 6853 Analysis of sediments, biota, air and water for organic compounds in GSO laboratory. Bioenergetics of marine organisms, with emphasis on age, growth and feeding of squid and fishes. (401) 874- aimee<at>edc.uri.edu 4561 GIS GIS Instruction Web development (401) 874- lmaranda<at>gso.uri.edu 6240 Phytoplankton ecology, with emphasis on dinoflagellates; Relationships between the population dynamics of a toxin producers and shellfish contamination; Biofouling . Maynard, Brian Professor Dept. of Plant Sciences (401) 874University of Rhode 5372 Island Kingston , RI 02881 (401) 874- bmaynard<at>uri.edu 2494 Diagnosis of abiotic plant stress; Damage to landscape plants; Remediation plantings; McWilliams, Scott Program in Wildlife & (401) 874Professor Conservation Biology 7531 Dept. Natural Resources Science 105 Coastal Institute in Kingston University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 Menden-Deuer, Graduate School of (401) 874Susanne Oceanography 6608 Assistant Professor University of Rhode (401) 874of Oceanography Island 6013 215 South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 874- srmcwilliams<at>uri.edu 4561 RI nursery or landscape industries. Bird nutrition, physiology, ecology; Field techniques for assessing populations and habitat associations of wildlife . (401) 874- smenden<at>gso.uri.edu 6728 Biological oceanography; Marine microbial food webs; Plankton behavior and ecology; Harmful & toxic algae; Biophysical drivers of plankton population dynamics; Integration of mathematical and empirical techniques; Meyerson, Laura Department of Natural (401) 874Assistant Professor Resources Science 7058 University of Rhode Island 1 Greenhouse Road Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 874- lameyerson<at>mail.uri.edu 4561 Lagrangian instrumentation for environmental monitoring applications. Invasive species; Estuarine ecology; Aquatic macrophytes; Conservation biology; Restoration ecology. Munns, Wayne Acting Director US EPA (401) 782Office of Research & 3017 Development National Health & (401) 782Environment Effects 3000 Research Laboratory Atlantic Ecology Division 27 Tarzwell Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 munns.wayne<at>epa.gov Point of contact from SSEER to EPA-AED Murray, David Sr. Research Associate Lab Manager Mustard, John Professor Oakley, Bryan Assistant Professor of Environmental Geoscience Oviatt, Candace Professor Center for (401) 863Environmental Studies 3531 135 Angell St. Brown University, Box 1943 Providence, RI 029121943 Dept. of Geological Sciences Box 1846, Brown University 324 Brook Street Street Providence, RI 02912 Department of Environmental Earth Science Eastern Connecticut State University 83 Windham St Willimantic, CT, 06226 (401) 8631264 (401) 863- dmurray<at>brown.edu 2700 Estuarine oceanography and marine geology; Distribution and controls of dissolved oxygen; Sediment composition, including elemental and organic compound analysis; (401) 863- john_mustard<at>brown.edu 3978 Paleo-environmental reconstructions using benthic foraminifera and geochemistry. Remote sensing of coastal waters and uplands; High spatial resolution maps of NB sea-surface temperatures, with 60 m/pixel spatial resolution and daily time resolution; (860) 4650418 (401) 8621109 Graduate School of (401) 874Oceanography 6661 Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882 OakleyB<at>Easternct.edu bryan_oakley<at>hotmail.com (401) 874- coviatt<at>gso.uri.edu 6613 Use of remotely sensed data for analysis of optical properties (chlorophyll, turbidity, CDOM) using Landsat, EO-1, and AVIRIS data. USCG Certified Captain of vessels to 100-gross tons upon inland waters (Narragansett Bay to Block Island) and uninspected passenger vessels out to 100 miles w/ over 1100 days worked on local waters Quaternary geology of Narragansett Bay; Shallow estuarine, marine and shoreface benthic geologic habitats and sediment transport processes; Highresolution, shallow water mapping with side-scan sonar, sub-bottom seismic reflection and multi-beam swath bathymetry Estuarine ecoloy; Coastal ecosystem studies, particularly system production and respiration as measured by oxygen and carbon, carbon and nutrient cycling, benthic-water column interactions, and the functional role of higher trophic levels. Paton, Peter Professor 1 Greenhouse Rd. Dept. of Natural Resource Science Woodward Hall, URI Kingston, RI 02881 Pratt, Sheldon Graduate School of Research Associate Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401) 8742986 (401) 8742495 Prell, Warren Professor (401) 863- (401) 8633221 2058 Dept. of Geological Sciences Box 1846 Brown University Providence RI 02912 (401) 8746699 (401) 874- ppaton<at>uri.edu 4561 Birds/Wildlife; Assess effects on avian populations. (401) spratt<at>gso.uri.edu Inventory and monitoring of benthic macrofauna; Mapping benthos habitat; warren_prell<at>brown.edu Benthos recovery. Global-scale paleoceanography and local-scale estuarine oceanography; History of environmental change in oceans and estuaries; Physical and water quality monitoring of watersheds; Data quality control, analysis, and mapping of the dissolved oxygen surveys in Narragansett Bay; Impact of temperature and salinity on the flushing of the Brayton Point thermal plume; Rice, Mike Professor Rothstein, Lewis Professor Dept. of Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Sciences University of Rhode Island 19 Woodward Hall Kingston, RI 02881 Graduate School of Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401)8742943 (401)8742477 (401) 874- rice<at>uri.edu 7575 Sediment analysis of foraminifera and composition. Environmental physiology of marine & estuarine invertebrates; Population ecology of bivalve mollusks; (401)8746517 (401) 874- lrothstein<at>gso.uri.edu 6728 Environmental impacts of aquaculture. Geophysical fluid dynamics Large-scale ocean circulation, data assimilation, coupled airsea interactions on various scales (hurricanes to interannual to interdecadal), and numerical modeling. Ruddock, Kevin Environmental Data (401) 874- (401) 874- kevin<at>edc.uri.edu Research Associate Center Lab 5054 4561 Coastal Institute, Room 25 One Greenhouse Road, URI Kingston, RI 02881 Schult, Matthew MERL, Graduate (401)876- (401)874- mschult<at>gso.uri.edu Grad Student School of 6188 6613 Oceanography Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 0288 Seibel, Brad Department of (401) 874- (401) 874- seibel<at>uri.edu Assistant Professor Biological Sciences 7997 4256 100 Flagg Road University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 028810816 Skidds, Dennis GISP Biologist-Data Manager Smayda, Ted Professor National Park Service (401) 874Dept. Natural 4305 Resources Science University of Rhode Island 1 Greenhouse Rd Kingston, RI 02881 Graduate School of (401) 874Oceanography 6171 Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 874- dennis_skidds<at>nps.gov 4561 GIS Benthic ecology; Water column sampling. Hypoxia tolerance in animals Cephalopods (squids and octopods) as models for metabolic and locomotory physiology. GIS / GPS; Science communication (401) 874- tsmayda<at>gsosun1.gso.uri.edu Phytoplankton ecology, 6682 with emphasis on organismal ecophysiology and habitat modification; 38-year time series of weekly measurements of physical, chemical and phytoplankton abundance, species composition, blooms, production, and a ca. 20-year time series of zooplankton abundance and species composition at a station located in lower NB near Fox Island; Ecology of harmful algal blooms; Smith, David C. Professor Graduate School of (401) 874Oceanography 6172 University of Rhode Island South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 874- dcsmith<at>gso.uri.edu 6240 Impacts of eutrophication and climate change on phytoplankton dynamics. Marine microbial ecology; Water quality (microbial). Smith, Liz Graduate Student Dept. of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute in Kingston Kingston, RI 02881 Spaulding, Department of Ocean Malcolm Engineering Professor of Ocean University of Rhode Engineering Island 223 Sheets Building Bay Campus South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 8749196 (646) 7758003 lizcsmith<at>gmail.com Public goods, values and markets for ecosystem services; experimental economics (401) 8746666 (401) 8746139 spaulding<at>egr.uri.edu Director, Center for Excellence in Undersea Technology; President, Northeast Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observation; Oil spill modeling and supporting environmental data systems; Has assisted in the scientific responses to all major oil spills in RI waters; Squillante, Lesley Coastal Resources (401) 874Assistant Director Center (CRC) 6489 Graduate School of Oceanography Bay Campus, URI Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 874- lesley<at>crc.uri.edu 6920 Led the development of one of the most widely used oil spill models in the world. Point of contact for CRC technical staff; Communications: writing, editing; Group/meeting facilitation; Sutherland, Michael 40 Web Avenue #209 North Kingstown, RI 02852 Swift, Judith Professor Dir. Coastal Institute Coastal Institute Narragansett Bay Campus Room 124 University of Rhode Island Narragansett, RI 02882 Swallow, Steve Professor Dept. of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute in Kingston Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 4866039 (401) 6670202 (401) 8746513 (401) 8744589 (401) 8742471 agramante<at>gso.uri.edu Strategic planning. Sedimentology/Fluid dynamics. (401) 874- jswift<at>uri.edu 6869 Science communication (401)782- swallow<at>uri.edu 4766 Environmental valuation, ecosystem management modeling; Land use and land conservation policy; Values and markets for ecosystem services. Thornber, Carol Dept. of Biological Associate Professor Sciences University of Rhode Island 120 Flagg Road Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 8744495 (401) 874- thornber<at>mail.uri.edu 9750 Marine ecology; Macroalgal blooms, Macroalgae (nearshore, intertidal and subtidal rocky); Theoretical modeling, field and laboratory manipulations, and biogeographical comparisons; Seaweed-herbivore interactions; Ullman, Dave Graduate School of (401) 874Assistant Marine Oceanography 6138 Research Scientist Bay Campus, URI South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 874- d.ullman<at>gso.uri.edu 6728 Vieira, Jane Coordinator, CELS Research and Outreach Vigness Raposa, Kathleen Graduate Assistant (401) 874- janev<at>uri.edu 9107 129 Woodward (401) 874East Alumni Avennue, 5493 URI Kingston, RI 02881 Environmental Data (401) 874Center Lab 5054 Coastal Institute, Room 25 One Greenhouse Road, URI Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 874- kathy<at>edc.uri.edu 4561 Population and community level effects of invasive species on natural habitats. Coastal ocean dynamics. Rapid assessment of the distribution of hydrographic and chemical properties in vertical sections (distance and depth) via Acrobattowed, undulating vehicle equipped with hydrographic and chemical sensors (T,S, O2, NO3, chlorophyll) as well as turbulence sensors. Point of contact for financial administration and accounting of BART scientific support. GIS Wang, Y.Q. Assoc. Professor Dept. of Natural Resources Science 027 Coastal Institute Building, URI 1 Greenhouse Road Kingston, RI 028810804 (401) 8744345 Young, Chip Coastal Institute (401) 835CI Senior Fellow - Narragansett Bay 6555 Communications Campus Room 124 University of Rhode Island Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 874- yqwang<at>uri.edu 4561 Terrestrial remote sensing and related natural resources analysis and mapping; Dynamics of landscape and land-use/land-cover change (LULCC). (401) 874- cyoung<at>gso.uri.edu 6869 Natural resources inventory in coastal terrestrial environment using multispectral, hyperspectral, multitemporal, multisensor airborne and space-borne remote sensing data, in situ observations, and GIS/GPS data. Science communication