Interdisciplinary oceanography of estuarine, coastal and continental shelf environments. Senior Marine Scientist and Professor and Chair, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Interests include transport of larval fishes and their association with various substrates, zoogeography of marine fish groups. Also interested in the role of artificial reefs as management tools. Associate Director, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Assistant Research Professor, Auburn University.
Biological research focuses on marine aquaculture with an emphasis on oyster reproduction.
Educational research interest focuses on distance education for adult learners. Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Science, University of South Alabama. The role of biotic processes in controlling the flow of energy in seagrass communities, conservation biology and the potential for marine protected areas to restore food web function in seagrass-coral reef systems. These DISL faculty members are not instructing undergraduate courses this year, but may be available for directed research by special arrangement.