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. Margaret Estapa
Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. University of Maine, 2011
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 Gerbi
Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
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
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. 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.edu
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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.