Faculty

Dr. Damian C. Brady

Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. University of Delaware

damian.brady@maine.edu
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Research Interests: Water quality modeling, individual-based modeling, behavioral ecology, and ecophysiology of fish.


Dr. Margaret EstapaMargaret Estapa

Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. University of Maine

margaret.estapa@maine.edu
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Research interests: Ocean biogeochemistry with a focus on particle-mediated carbon cycling; the biological carbon pump; observations from autonomous platforms.


Dr. Greg GerbiGerg Gerbi

Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

gregory.gerbi@maine.edu
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Research interests: Physical Oceanography and specifically upper ocean dynamics and transport in coastal regions.


Dr. Heather Leslie

Director, Darling Marine Center
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. Jeremy RichDr. Jeremy Rich

Associate Professor of Marine Microbiology, School of Marine Sciences
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.


Picture of Dr. Jeff RungeDr. Jeff Runge

Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. University of Washington

jeffrey.runge@maine.edu
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Research interests:  Biological-physical interactions, fisheries sciences, marine invertebrate zoology, biological oceanography


Picture of Bob SteneckDr. Bob Steneck

Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

steneck@maine.edu
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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

richard.wahle@maine.edu
Wahle Lab Website

Research Interests: Benthic ecology, fisheries science.