- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Crustacean Diseases

People

Crustacean Diseases Staff

How to Contact Us

For mail and deliveries

Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Post Office Box 1346
Route 1208, Greate Road
Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346

Campus location

We are located in Andrews Hall (see campus map)

Staff Listing (alphabetical)

Shields, Jeffrey
Professor
Email: jeff@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7128
Office: Andrews Hall 426
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Parasitic and microbial diseases invertebrates and fishes.
Website: Crustacean Diseases

Small, Hamish
Research Assistant Professor
Email: hamish@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7745
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 123
Section: Ecosystem Health

Wheeler, Kersten
Marine Scientist Supervisor
Email: kwheeler@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7485, 7575
Office: Andrews Hall, 438
Department: Environmental & Aquatic Animal Health