Eric N. Powell Professor, Director of Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory Shellfish biology/modeling, carbonate preservation, reproductive biology

Email:
Phone: 856-785-0074 x. 4309

Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Research Interests:
He has considerable experience in shellfish physiology and parasite/disease processes and in numerical modeling and statistical analysis. He has conducted a wide variety of research programs in shellfish reproduction and growth, using experimental, observational and modeling approaches. The oyster population dynamics model developed by Powell (and coworkers at ODU) is the only peer-reviewed model of its type in the world and has been used in the USACE Houston Ship Channel Project, the USACE Delaware Bay Ship Channel Project, and the NOAA ODR program. It is presently being applied to the case of Korean oyster culture in an international program with Cheju University. Powell helped found a cooperative RU/VIMS/NEFSC/industry clam (Spisula, Arctica) research program in 1995 which has now been expanded to include the Illex squid fishery, and he is the present director of the New Jersey State Aquaculture Program which focuses on research and development of oyster, hard clam, and conch aquaculture.

Research Lab:
Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory