Dr. Alan Weakley is a North American botanist, Adjunct Associate Professor, and Director of the University of North Carolina Herbarium. His research is focused on the species and systems of the Southeastern United States. Relevant to the biota of the ...

Director of the Office of Science Quality and Integrity, U.S. Geological Survey In March 2010, Dr. Thornhill was hired as Science Advisor to the Director. From 2001 to 2010, he was the Executive Director of the Society for Conservation Biology—an ...

I am fundamentally a broadly-trained geological oceanographer who has addressed sedimentary geologic problems from the estuarine system out to the base of slope—primarily in carbonate or mixed siliciclastic/carbonate environments. My associates, graduate students and I have defined the response of ...

I am very interested in how marine organisms can or cannot adapt to changes in their environment, and what the consequences are for the species interactions within the community they live in. Abiotic changes of the marine environment (like climate ...

Dr. de Jesús-Navarrete's areas of interest include: distribution and abundance of veliger larvae, and recruitment growth and population structure of Strombus gigas at Banco Chinchorro, Quintana Roo, Mexico, as well as semi-cultivation of the species at different environments of Quintana ...

Before becoming the Program Director in Physical Oceanography at the National Science Foundation, Alberto Mestas-Nuñez was an associate professor of environmental science and physical oceanography at the College of Science and Engineering of TAMUCC and a Research Associate at the ...

Dr. Vázquez de la Cerda joined the Mexican Navy in 1959, acting as Navigation Officer and Marine Guard Instructor (1965-1966). Commander of the Oceanographic Vessel H-020 (1976-1979). He has been doing research in physical oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences My current research interests fall dominantly within the fields of Biomineralization and Paleoecology. Ongoing work using modern and fossil marine invertebrates involves investigation of fundamental questions in Natural Sciences, within several subdisciplines ranging from paleoclimatology ...

Dr. Acosta is Chairman of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. He works as a researcher for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.