I am currently retired an am no longer participating in active harmful algal blooms (HAB) research. I am also no longer the state coordinator for the Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET). At present no one has taken my place so ...

Dr. Gentile is an ecologist whose primary interest is the design and implementation of watershed and regional-scale integrated risk assessments and the use of this information in ecosystem management and policy decisions. Dr Gentile held several positions with the U.S ...

Dr. Mire is an environmental ecologist with 27 years of experience in aquatic conservation biology, natural resource management, restoration ecology and environmental education. She received her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley, where her research focused ...

Dr. Harwell is an ecosystems ecologist with expertise in ecological risk assessments and ecosystem management. He (with colleague Dr. Jack Gentile) was a leader in the development of the US EPA ecological risk assessment framework, and has led several large ...

Director of the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory’s Gulf Ecology Division within the U.S. Environmental protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. In that capacity, Dr. Benson is responsible for directing research on the physical, chemical and biological ...

Jeff Thomas was Chief of the Water Quality Assessment Section of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) until 2004, when he retired after a 25-year career in public service. Jeff now works for Ray Montgomery Associates, Inc., a Jackson ...

National Ocean Council’s Steering Committee on Ocean Resource Management Chair Ms. Sally Yozell is NOAA’s Director of Policy and Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. She oversees a team that develops and evaluates policies ...