School Directory
Below you will find information about out to contact our department faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and staff. Each faculty member has a link to a profile page listing their research interests, appointments and more information. You can also browse the department's research focus areas or the college's research themes to find faculty who work in each area.
Faculty
Jennifer F. Biddle
Mary A.S. Lighthipe Professor of Marine Studies
302-645-4267
Katharina Billups
Director, School of Marine Science and Policy
302-645-4249
Wei-Jun Cai
Associate Dean for Research and Mary A.S. Lighthipe Chair of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
302-831-2839
Jonathan Cohen
Professor and Marine Science Undergraduate Coordinator
302-645-4298
Mi-Ling Li
Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
302-831-2558
Xinfeng Liang
Associate Professor and Graduate Director
302-645-4036
Mark A. Moline
Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies
302-645-4263
Matthew Oliver
Patricia and Charles Robertson Distinguished Professor of Marine Science and Policy
302-645-4079
Fabrice Veron
Dean, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment
302-831-6658
Joanna York
Professor; Director, Delaware Sea Grant College Program
302-831-7040
Joint Appointments
Cristina L. Archer
Professor and Unidel Howard Cosgrove Career Development Chair in Environment
302-831-6640
FRANCISCO COSTA
Assistant Professor of Economics, Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics
fcosta@udel.edu
NINA DAVID
Associate Professor and Director, Energy and Environmental Policy program
npdavid@udel.edu
302-831-3264
DOMINIC DI TORO
Edward C. Davis Professor; Director for the Center for the Study of Pollutants in the Environment
dditoro@udel.edu
302-831-4092
MARTIN HEINTZELMAN
Department Chair and Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
mheintze@udel.edu
302-831-1003
Maik Kecinski
Associate Professor of Applied Economics
kecinski@udel.edu
302-831-2511
JAMES KIRBY
Edward C. Davis Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
kirby@udel.edu
302-831-2438
NOBUHISA KOBAYASHI
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
nk@udel.edu
302-831-8044
JOSEPH KUEHL
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
jkuehl@udel.edu
302-831-2150
John A. Madsen
Associate Professor and Graduate Student Coordinator
302-831-1608
KENT MESSER
S. Hallock du Pont Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
messer@udel.edu
302-831-1316
Holly Michael
Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, and Professor, Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair for the Environment
302-831-4197
LEAH H. PALM-FORSTER
Associate Director of the Center for Experimental & Applied Economics
leahhp@udel.edu
302-831-1325
JACK PULEO
Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
jpuleo@udel.edu
302-831-2442
Michelle Segovia
Genuardi Assistant Professor of Food and Agribusiness Marketing and Management
segoviam@udel.edu
302-831-8374
A. R. Siders
Associate Professor and Co-Director, Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub
302-831-0204
ERIC WOMMACK
Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Plant and Soil Sciences
wommack@udel.edu
302-831-4362
- Bianca Reo Charbonneau
- Dewayne Fox
- Helga Huntley, Assistant Professor, Rowan University
- David Lawson, Program Director, Ratcliffe Eco-Entrepreneurship Fellow
- Robert Nicholson, Navy Space Command
- Donald Nuzzio
- David Rickard, Cardiff University
- Andrew Thaler, Blackbeard Biologic: Science and Environmental Advisors
- David Velinsky, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- John Wehmiller, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences
- Jennifer Wyffels, Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- Mollie Yacano, Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve and Coastal Management Program
- James Corbett
- Stephen Dexter
- Charles Epifanio
- Pat Gaffney
- David Kirchman
- George Luther
- Jonathan Sharp
- Nancy Targett, Dean Emerita
- Timothy Targett
- Carolyn Thoroughgood
- Ferris Webster
- William Ullman
| Name | Title | Research and publications | Research interests | |
| Brendan Campbell | Research Associate III | bpc@udel.edu | Google Scholar | Aquaculture, shellfish, hydrodynamics, production, ecosystem services |
| Chris Marsay | Associate Scientist | cmarsay@udel.edu | Google Scholar | Chemical oceanography, trace element biogeochemistry, atmospheric deposition, aerosols |
| First Name | Last Name | |
| Cameron | Bodine | cbodine@udel.edu |
| Garrett | Ejzak | gejzak@udel.edu |
| Serena | Hackerott | shackero@udel.edu |
| Samuel | Katz | sdkatz@udel.edu |
| Calum | Pritchard | cjpritch@udel.edu |
| Rahat | Riaz | rahatria@udel.edu |
| Zhentao | Sun | ztsun@udel.edu |
| Last Name | First Name | Advisor | |
| fedufia@udel.edu | Agblemanyo | Felix | Wozniak |
| tmavery@udel.edu | Avery | Tess | Carlisle |
| sbadole@udel.edu | Badole | Sachin | Heintzelman |
| eabell@udel.edu | Bell | Erinn | Birkenbach/Oremus |
| fbenz@udel.edu | Benz | Frederike | Moffat |
| kblock@udel.edu | Block | Kaleigh | Shah Walter |
| emborgs@udel.edu | Borgsmiller | Emma | Veron, F. |
| alcamp@udel.edu | Campbell | Alyssa | Biddle |
| mcappola@udel.edu | Cappola | Michael | Moffat |
| jacq@udel.edu | Carroll | Jacqueline | Li, M |
| alekcros@udel.edu | Crossman | Alek | Warner |
| derieux@udel.edu | Derieux | Casey | Hanson |
| dodge@udel.edu | Dodge | Lannis James | Birkenbach |
| bodong@udel.edu | Dong | Bo | Cai |
| tree@udel.edu | Ellis | TreVaughn | Biddle |
| mfajardo@udel.edu | Fajardo | Michael | Marsh |
| samuelmf@udel.edu | Fielding | Samuel | Firestone |
| jsgessay@udel.edu | Gessay | Jakob | Moffat |
| sglastei@udel.edu | Glastein | Sophia | Ray |
| scottgol@udel.edu | Goldberg | Scott | Carlisle (used to be Dixson) |
| ygomezro@udel.edu | Gomez Rodriguez | Yuleny | Oliver |
| jmgreco@udel.edu | Greco | Julia | Trembanis |
| maddiemh@udel.edu | Hawley | Madeline | Oremus |
| qiaoyuhe@udel.edu | He | Qiaoyu | Liang |
| hudockr@udel.edu | Hudock | Rileigh | Hale |
| jzd@udel.edu | Ji | Zhendong | Cai |
| cej@udel.edu | Johnson | Caroline | Parsons |
| sejones@udel.edu | Jones | Shannon | Li, M |
| kaufera@udel.edu | Kaufer | Andrea | Cai |
| jkeeley@udel.edu | Keeley | Jacob | Wozniak |
| ekorein@udel.edu | Korein | Emma | Firestone |
| rlazzaro@udel.edu | Lazzaro | Rachel | Oliver |
| aleclerc@udel.edu | Leclerc | Ahlyia | Cai |
| jmlewis@udel.edu | Lewis | Joshua | Trembanis |
| loughray@udel.edu | Loughran | Rachel | Hanson |
| cmarchak@udel.edu | Marchak | Christina | Veron, D |
| bmarsaly@udel.edu | Marsaly | Benjamin | Carlisle |
| pmccain@udel.edu | McCain | Peyton | Hale |
| dmillea@udel.edu | Millea | Daniel | Hale |
| wrmorgan@udel.edu | Morgan | Whitney | Bitkenbach/Oremus |
| nmotz@udel.edu | Motz | Noah | Carlisle |
| xfniu@udel.edu | Niu | Xingyu | Cai |
| nohern@udel.edu | O'Hern | Natalie | Li, M |
| imo@udel.edu | Orrantia | Isabella | Warner |
| amotoole@udel.edu | O'Toole | Anthony | Hale |
| touyang@udel.edu | Ouyang | Tianyin | Wozniak |
| lipan@udel.edu | Pan | Li | Liang |
| juyoung@udel.edu | Park | Ju Young | Li, M |
| parkison@udel.edu | Parkison | Sara | Kempton |
| luciayah@udel.edu | Paye-Layleh | Lucia Yah | Deliberty |
| tpluck@udel.edu | Pluck | Travis | Oremus |
| jrepp@udel.edu | Repp | Jennifer | Trembanis |
| ringa@udel.edu | Ring | Adrian | Li, Y |
| rroday@udel.edu | Roday | Rachel | Hale |
| arona@udel.edu | Rost-Nasshan | Aerin | Hanson |
| ashep@udel.edu | Shepherd | Anthony | Hanson |
| sstaff@udel.edu | Stafford | Sarah | Rising |
| cstrauch@udel.edu | Strauch | Cassandra | Kukulka |
| tahmid@udel.edu | Tahmid | Muhammad | Rising |
| tinatang@udel.edu | Tang | Songying | Cai |
| shuntong@udel.edu | Tong | Shun | Rising |
| walshreb@udel.edu | Walsh | Rebecca | Oliver |
| kwicker@udel.edu | Wicker | Kent | Birkenbach/Oremus |
| cwiernic@udel.edu | Wiernicki | Caroline | Carlisle |
| jraw@udel.edu | Williams | Jacob | Biddle |
| hrw@udel.edu | Williams | Hollin | Ray |
| wilsoca@udel.edu | Wilson | Caitlin | Rising |
| richwong@udel.edu | Wong | Richard | Carlisle |
| ljwood@udel.edu | Wood | Leland | Shah Walter |
| fcyeh@udel.edu | Yeh | Fu-Chia | Kukulka |
| jennayng@udel.edu | Young | Jenna | Hale |
| kzautcke@udel.edu | Zautcke | Kira | Shah Walter |
| tyzhou@udel.edu | Zhou | Tianyu | Li, Y |
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Phone | |
| Christopher | Bogan | Second Mate, R/V Sharp | cbogan@udel.edu | |
| Hunter | Bunting | Jr Engineer | hunterb@udel.edu | |
| Hunter | Conner | Second Mate, Small Boat Support | huxley@udel.edu | |
| Timothy | Deering | Manager, Oceanographic Svc. | 302-645-4338 | deering@udel.edu |
| Alex | Dominguez | Marine Oceanographic Tech | adominga@udel.edu | |
| Evan | Falgowski | Second Mate, Small Boat Support | evanfal@udel.edu | |
| Jeff | Falini | Ship's Steward, R/V Sharp | jfalini@udel.edu | |
| Joy | Harms | Business Administrator | 302-645-4292 | jharms@udel.edu |
| Christian | Kernisan | Oceanographic Technician | ckern@udel.edu | |
| Josef | Lachmann | Maintenance Assistant | lachmann@udel.edu | |
| Sean | McNulty | Captain, R/V Sharp | seankmcn@udel.edu | |
| Spencer | Sturla | Asst. Chief Engineer | ssturla@udel.edu | |
| David | Walter | Director, Marine Operations | 302-396-8565 | dwalter@udel.edu |
| Andrew (AJ) | Williams | Chief Mate, R/V Sharp | cmate@udel.edu |
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Phone | |
| Sophie | Alpert | Lab Coordinator | ||
| Luci | Angeline | Administrative Assistant III | 302-831-3797 | lucic@udel.edu |
| Michael | Birns | Dive Safety Officer | 302-831-1175 | mbirns@udel.edu |
| Alyssa | Campbell | Lab Coordinator | N/A | alcamp@udel.edu |
| Rebecca | Cox | Administrative Assistant IV | 302-831-2336 | rlcox@udel.edu |
| Najid | Hussain | Lab Coordinator I | 302-831-2471 | nhussain@udel.edu |
| Taylor | Link | Administrative Assistant II | 302-831-7044 | taylink@udel.edu |
| Carlos | Moffat | Graduate Director | 302-831-4698 | cmoffat@udel.edu |
| Grant | Otto | Ops Manager, Advanced Underwater Systems | N/A | gotto@udel.edu |
| Erik | White | Research Project Engineer | 302-645-4376 | erik@udel.edu |
| Sharon | Wiegner | Business Administrator II | 302-831-6836 | swiegner@udel.edu |
| Sonya | Yasack | Administrative Assistant III | 302-831-1587 | sonya@udel.edu |