Faculty
Dr. Damian C. Brady
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Delaware, 2008
damian.brady@maine.edu
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Research Interests: Water quality modeling, individual-based modeling, behavioral ecology, and ecophysiology of fish.
Dr. Heather Leslie
Director, Darling Marine Center
Libra Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. Oregon State University
heather.leslie@maine.edu
Leslie Lab Website
Research interests: coastal marine ecology; human-environment linkages, particularly those related to coastal areas; and the design and evaluation of marine management strategies.
Dr. Larry Mayer
Agatha B. Darling Professor of Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. Dartmouth, 1976
Research interests: marine biogeochemistry, bioavailability of nutritional and toxic materials and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling.
Dr. Jeremy Rich
Assistant Professor of Marine Microbiology
Ph.D. Oregon State University
jeremy.rich@maine.edu
Rich Lab Website
Research interests: Microbial ecology with a focus on the global nitrogen cycle; sediment and water column biogeochemistry; anoxic/oxic gradients; hydrothermal vents; the Antarctic
Dr. Jeff Runge
Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. University of Washington
jeffrey.runge@maine.edumore info
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Research interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Fisheries Sciences, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Oceanography
Dr. Bob Steneck
Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1982
Research interests: ecology, evolutionary biology, fisheries oceanography, plant-herbivore interactions
Dr. Rick Wahle
Research Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Maine, 1990
richard.wahle@maine.edu
Wahle Lab Website
Research Interests: benthic ecology, fisheries science
Dr. Rhian Waller
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Southampton Oceanography Center, UK, 2004
rhian.waller@maine.edu
Waller Lab Website
Research Interests: Invertebrate reproduction and larval development, deep-sea biology, cold-water corals, biogeography, larval dispersal and population connectivity
Emeriti, Affiliated, and Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Kevin Eckelbarger
Professor Emeritus, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. Northeastern University, 1974
Research interests: reproductive and developmental biology of marine invertebrates; deep-sea biology
Dr. Lewis Incze
Research Professor Emeritus, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1983
Research interests: Marine ecology; coupling of physical and biological processes in marine population distributions and dynamics; biodiversity, conservation, and ecosystem functioning; ocean observing; climate change; ocean and marine resource management; science and society.
Dr. Pete Jumars
Professor Emeritus, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1974
Research interests: Benthos, benthic oceanography, biological-physical interactions, bioacoustics
Dr. Rich Langton
Adjunct Professor, School of Marine Sciences,
Research Fishery Biologist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Research interests: Fisheries and benthic ecology, aquaculture
Dr. Warren Riess
Research Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Marine Sciences and Department of History
Ph.D. University of New Hampshire, 1987
Research interests: maritime history and archaeology
Dr. Les Watling
Professor Emeritus, School of Marine Sciences
Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation
Ph.D. Delaware, 1974
Research interests: benthic ecology, taxonomy