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Marine Biology
Marine biology remains a dynamic and growing field at Florida Atlantic University. Students and scientists can easily access a great variety of marine habitats ranging from estuarine to coastal to blue water. Mangrove communities abound, as do coastal reefs and the nearby Gulf Stream Current. Tropical and subtropical fauna and flora characterize the region. The proximity to both natural coastline and urbanization provides intriguing opportunities for comparisons of pristine and degraded habitats. Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI) partnered to provide students and faculty with an extraordinary combination of facilities, opportunities,and locations for training and research in marine science.
FAU’s marine biologists are locally, nationally and internationally respected for their research in marine conservation, physiology and behavior, sensory biology of marine vertebrates, (particularly sea turtles and fishes) and invertebrates, and for coastal ecology and nutrient cycling. HBOI is internationally known for its coastal, ship, and submersible-based research in marine science, biomedical marine research, aquaculture, and ocean engineering.
| FAU Faculty in Marine Biology |
| Name |
Rank |
Research |
| J. Baldwin |
Assoc. Prof |
Population genetics and reproductive biology |
| W.R. Brooks |
Professor |
Marine behavioral ecology; symbiology |
| N. Esiobu |
Assoc. Prof |
Environ microbiology, drug resistance, antimicrobiosis |
| C. Hughes |
Assoc. Prof |
Evolutionary genetics, and its relationship to conservation |
| S. Kajiura |
Assoc. Prof |
Functional morphology & sensory biology of fishes |
| M. Koch-Rose |
Professor |
Marine botany & nutrient cycling in tropical systems |
| S. Milton |
Assoc. Prof |
Vertebrate anoxia tolerance, sea turtle physiology |
| E. Noonburg |
Asst. Prof |
Ecological Modeling |
| C. E. Proffitt |
Assoc. Professor |
Ecology of marine & estuarine macrophytes & invertebrates |
| M. Salmon |
Research Prof |
Animal behavior |
| T. Theisen |
Instructor |
Mechanisms affecting population distribution and gene flow in highly mobile marine fishes |
| J. Wyneken |
Assoc. Prof |
Integrative biology, comparative & functional morphology |
| HBOI Faculty |
| Name |
Rank |
Research |
| F. Dalgleish |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Underwater laser imaging and communications, optical properties in marine environments, sensor networks and fluorescence imaging |
| M. Davis |
Center Director, Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement |
Develop aquaculture species for food, stock enhancement and to ease fishing pressure on wild stocks. |
| S. Edge |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Use of molecular technology to detect and characterize environmental stress responses in corals
Investigate the effects of biotic and abiotic stressors on ecosystem health using biochemical and molecular approaches
Molecular mechanisms associated with marine invertebrate ecophysiology, species interactions, social behavior, invasiveness and disease
Ecotoxicology |
| J. Goldstein |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Clinical marine mammal and aquatic medicine; Cardiomyopathy in Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales; Aquatic Animal Diagnostic Ultrasound |
| E. Guzman-Ramirez |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Discovery of novel cancer therapeutics including both development of novel molecular target based assays and determination of the mechanism of action of compounds |
| D. Hanisak |
Director, Center of Marine Ecosystem Health |
Physiological Ecology of Marine Plants (Macroalgae and Seagrasses), Nutrient Dynamics, Coral Reef Ecology, Biology of Deep-water Macroalgae, Aquaculture (particularly Marine Plant Cultivation) |
| B. Lapointe |
Res. Prof |
Algal physiology and biochemistry, seagrass and coral reef ecology, eutrophication, marine bioinvasions, marine conservation |
| S. Laramore |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Aquatic animal health issues, including biosecurity and disease prevention
Aquatic diseases of aquacultured species, with an emphasis on viral diseases of crustaceans and parasitic diseases of bivalves |
| P. McCarthy |
Res. Prof |
Cultivation and identification of the symbiotic microbes present in deep-water marine sponges; screening for novel antimicrobial agents from marine invertebrates and microbes; and finding biotechnological applications for microbial products. |
| G. O'Corry-Crowe |
Assoc. Res Prof |
Investigating interactions between these apex predators and their environment |
| S. Pomponi |
Sr. Res. Prof |
Developing in vitro techniques for production of sponge-derived bioactive molecules. |
| J. Scarpa |
Res. Prof |
Bivalve aquaculture in the fields of culture and breeding. |
| J. Voss |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Coral reef ecology, development of advance molecular technologies with field-based ecological applications, molecular profiling of bacterial communities, marine conservation and management, integration within and among academic disciplines |
| P. Wills |
Assoc. Res. Prof |
Aquaculture of finfish for food and stock enhancement. Development of new fish species for aquaculture. |
| A. Wright |
Director, Center for Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research |
Investigation of marine natural products from marine invertebrates and associated bacterial symbionts |
| Affiliate Faculty |
| Name |
Rank |
Research |
| G. Bossart |
Affiliate Prof |
Clinical domestic, marine mammal, fish, and avian medicine and wildlife pathology |
| D. Herzing |
Aff. Asst. Prof |
Marine mammal behavior |
| V. Paul |
Affiliate Prof |
Ecological roles of marine natural products, Impact of toxic cyanobacterial (Lynbya spp.) blooms on coral reef habitats |
| E. Widder |
Affiliate Prof |
Protection and restoration of marine ecosystems, and the species they sustain |
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