Coastal Science Experts

Aquaculture

Susan E. Ford, Ph. D.
Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences
tel.: 856-785-0074 ext. 4305
Research Interests: Host-parasite-environment interactions, including the effects of long-term climate change on disease spread, and mechanisms of resistance to parasites and diseases

Coastal Communities & Ecologies

Bonnie J. McCay, Ph. D.
Rutgers University
tel: 732-932-9156 ext. 314 or 301
Research Interests: Human behavior and institutions in relation to natural environments; property rights and common resources; public participation in environmental policy; marine fisheries management and coastal communities

Coastal Natural Hazards

Thomas O. Herrington, Ph. D.
Stevens Institute of Technology
tel.: 201-216-5320
Research interests: Inlet hydrodynamics, wave dynamics, sediment transport, wave-structure interaction, air-sea interaction, coastal meteorology and coastal hazard mitigation

Josh Kohut, Ph. D.
Rutgers University, COOL Operations Center
tel: 732-932-6555 ext. 542
Research Interests: Coastal ocean dynamics

Jon K. Miller, Ph. D.
Stevens Institute of Technology
tel.: 201-216-8591
Research Interests: Coastal processes, shoreline changes, storm impacts, nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport, ocean waves, coastal observation systems

Ecosystems & Habitats

Paul Bologna, Ph. D.
Montclair State University, Dept. of Biology and Molecular Biology
tel: 973-655-4112
Research Interests: Seagrass ecology

James Campanella, Ph. D.
Montclair State University, Dept. of Biology and Molecular Biology
tel: 973-655-4097
Research Interests: Plant genetics and plant phylogenetics

Robert Chant, Ph. D.
Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences
tel: 732-932-6555 ext. 544
Research Interests: Physical oceanography and estuarine dynamics

David C. Fugate, Ph. D.
Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences
tel: 732-932-6555
Research Interests: Physical, geological and ecological aspects of sediment transport

Michael W. Grove, Ph. D.
Rowan University
tel: 856-256-4500 ext. 3579
Research Interests: Effects of an invasive grass species on the population biology and behavior of fiddler crabs in New Jersey salt marshes

Nancy Jackson, Ph. D.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
tel: 973-596-8467
Research Interests: Beach processes and management in estuarine and sheltered coastal systems, aeolian sediment transport across beaches, and coastal management (including the effects of shore protection strategies on beach and dune environments)

Peter M. Rowe, Ph. D.
New Jersey Sea Grant
tel: 732-872-1300 ext. 31
Research Interests: Larval ecology and fisheries oceanography, the interaction of biological and physical processes on larval transport, recruitment and essential fish habitat, estuarine and coastal processes, and ecology of temperate and Arctic marine systems

Sybil Seitzinger, Ph. D.
Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences
tel: 732-932-6555 ext. 342
Research Interests: Nutrient biogeochemistry in coastal marine ecosystems

Fisheries

Kenneth Able, Ph. D.
Rutgers University
tel: 609-296-5260 ext. 230
Research Interests: Early life history stages of commercially important fish