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    Deans in W&M's Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences

    Aday, Derek
    Professor, Dean & Director
    Email: vimsdean@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7103
    Office: Watermen's Hall 230
    Unit: Dean & Director's Office

    Mark Brush

    Brush, Mark J.
    Professor
    Email: brush@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7402
    Interests: Coastal systems ecology; Ecosystem modeling
    Office: Andrews Hall 334F
    Section: Ecosystem Health
    Address: P.O. Box 1346 Gloucester Pt., VA 23062-1346, USA

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    Fabrizio, Mary C.
    Professor
    Email: mfabrizio@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7308
    Office: Nunnally Hall 135
    Section: Natural Resources
    Interests: Fish population dynamics, habitat, fish movement, fish ecology; fishery-independent surveys

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    Friedrichs, Carl T.
    Glucksman Professor; Associate Director, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
    Email: carl.friedrichs@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7303
    Office: Wilson House 206
    Interests: Coastal and estuarine processes
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Curriculum Vitae: CV
    Google Scholar: Profile

    Marjy Friedrichs

    Friedrichs, Marjorie A.M.
    2024 University Professor for Research Excellence
    Email: marjy@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7695
    Interests: Using mathematical models to study effects of climate change and other human impacts on coastal & estuarine systems.
    Office: Andrews Hall 330
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Lab Website: BioCOM

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    Gong, Donglai
    Associate Professor
    Email: gong@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7529
    Office: Andrews Hall 228
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Lab: Andrews Hall 220/219
    Interests: Coastal and Polar Oceanography

    Robert C. Hale

    Hale, Robert C.
    Professor
    Email: hale@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7228
    Interests: Environmental chemistry, biosolids, fate and availability of man-made compounds in aquatic environments.
    Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall S310
    Section: Ecosystem Health
    Website: Hale Lab Group

    Amber Hardison

    Hardison, Amber
    Associate Professor
    Email: akhardison@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7779
    Office: CBH N311
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Interests: Carbon and nitrogen cycling, Organic geochemistry

    Courtney Harris

    Harris, Courtney K.
    Professor; Chair, Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Email: ckharris@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7194
    Interests: 3-D modeling to improve understanding of sediment transport in continental shelves and estuarine environments.
    Office: Andrews Hall 227
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Website: Sediment Transport Modeling

    Hartley, Troy W.
    Professor; Director, Virginia Sea Grant Program
    Email: thartley@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7248
    Interests: Integrated, adaptive management, regional governance, network analysis, collaborative research, and team science.
    Office: Davis Hall 244I
    Section: Natural Resources

    Eric J. Hilton

    Hilton, Eric J.
    Professor; Chair, Natural Resources
    Email: ehilton@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7178
    Interests: Comparative anatomy, systematics, and evolution of ray-finned fishes.
    Office: Nunnally Hall 123/125
    Section: Natural Resources

    Kirwan, Matt
    Professor
    Email: kirwan@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7054
    Interests: Coastal landscape evolution, geomorphology, ecology
    Office: Andrews Hall 229
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

    Steven A. Kuehl

    Kuehl, Steven A.
    Professor
    Email: kuehl@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7118
    Interests: Continental margins, river deltas, radioisotope geochronology, Anthropocene, paleoseismicity, paleoclimate
    Office: Andrews Hall 232
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

    Loftis, Derek
    Assistant Professor
    Email: jdloftis@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7876
    Office: Davis Hall 222
    Section: Ecosystem Health
    Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
    Interests: Hydrodynamic Model Validation via Sensors & Citizen Science

    Dr. Mark Luckenbach

    Luckenbach, Mark W.
    Associate Dean of Research and Advisory Services; Professor
    Email: luck@vims.edu
    Phone: 804-684-7108
    Office: Watermen's Hall 248
    Unit: Office of Research and Advisory Services
    Interests: Benthic ecology, reef restoration, shellfish aquaculture-ecological interactions

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    Mazzini, Piero
    Assistant Professor
    Email: pmazzini@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7882
    Interests: Coastal physical oceanography
    Office: Andrews Hall 236
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

    Adriane Michaelis

    Michaelis, Adriane
    Assistant Professor
    Email: amichaelis@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7392
    Office: Andrews Hall 440
    Section: Natural Resources
    Interests: human dimensions, aquaculture and fisheries, social-ecological systems

    Nicole Millette

    Millette, Nicole
    Assistant Professor
    Email: nmillette@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7985
    Office: Andrews Hall 329
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Interests: Phytoplankton Ecology, Mixotrophy, Predator-Prey Interactions, Water Quality

    Mitchell, Molly
    Assistant Professor
    Email: molly@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7931
    Office: Davis Hall 214
    Section: Ecosystem Health
    Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
    Research Interests: Sea level rise, coastal ecology, coastal adaptation

    Sid Mitra

    Mitra, Siddhartha
    Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
    Email: mitras@vims.edu
    Phone: (804)684-7105
    Office: Watermen's Hall 246
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Interests: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, black carbon in the environment, global carbon cycle, biogeochemical cycling, environment chemistry

    Reay, William G.
    Professor; Director, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
    Email: wreay@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7119
    Office: Wilson House 103
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Program: Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
    Interests: Watershed hydrology; ground water/surface water interactions.

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    Rudders, David
    Assistant Professor; Associate Director, Marine Advisory Program
    Email: rudders@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7531
    Office: Davis Hall 253
    Section: Natural Resources
    Unit: Marine Advisory Program

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    Scheld, Andrew
    Associate Professor
    Email: scheld@vims.edu
    Office: Andrews Hall 442
    Phone: (804) 684-7160
    Section: Natural Resources
    Interests: Fisheries economics and policy

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    Seeley, Meredith Evans
    Assistant Professor
    Email: meredith.seeley@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7239
    Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 324
    Section: Ecosystem Health
    Interests: Marine Pollution; Organic Contaminants; Plastics and Microplastics; Environmental Chemistry and Biogeochemistry

    Jian Shen

    Shen, Jian
    Professor
    Email: shen@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7359
    Office: Andrews Hall 231
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

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    Small, Jessica Moss
    Assistant Professor; Director, Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center
    Email: jamoss@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7955
    Office: Andrews Hall 408
    Section: Natural Resources
    Unit: Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center

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    Snyder, Richard A.
    Professor; Director, Eastern Shore Laboratory
    Email: rsnyder@vims.edu
    Phone: (757) 787-5834
    Office: 40 Atlantic Avenue, Wachapreague
    Section: Natural Resources
    Unit: Eastern Shore Laboratory

    Song, Bongkeun
    Professor of Marine Science; Chair, Ecosystem Health
    Email: songb@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7411
    Office: Andrews Hall 328
    Section: Ecosystem Health
    Interests: Microbiome ecology and biogeochemistry
    Fax: (804) 684-7399

    Bill Walton

    Walton, Bill
    Acuff Professor of Marine Science and Shellfish Aquaculture Program Coordinator
    Email: walton@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7238
    Office: Acuff Center for Aquaculture 131
    Section: Natural Resources

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    Wang, Harry V.
    Professor
    Email: wang@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7215
    Office: Andrews Hall 239
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Interests: 3-D numerical modeling, hydrodynamics of estuaries; physical oceanography.

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    Wargo, Andrew
    Associate Professor
    Email: arwargo@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7311
    Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 223
    Section: Ecosystem Health
    Research Interests: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases