Dr. Allan Cembella is a Professor of Biosciences and Ecological Chemistry at Alfred-Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. His research interests include: phytoplankton ecophysiology; chemical and molecular ecology of marine protists; plankton species interactions in marine food webs; harmful algal blooms.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Cembella has published the following:

Hallegraeff, G. M., D. M. Anderson, and A. D. Cembella. 2003. Manual on Harmful Marine Microalgae. UNESCO Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology 1: 1–793.