Our Team

Faculty

Daniel Barone

Associate Teaching Professor

Karen G. Bemis

Assistant Research Professor

Kay Bidle

Professor

Kaixuan Bu

Assistant Research Professor

David Bushek

Professor | Director, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory

Bob Chant

Professor

Paul Falkowski

Distinguished Professor

Heidi Fuchs

Associate Professor

Scott Glenn

Distinguished Professor

Max Gorbunov

Associate Research Professor

Thomas Grothues

Research Associate Professor

Ximing Guo

Distinguished Professor

Rebecca Jackson

Assistant Professor

Lee Kerkhof

Professor

Josh Kohut

Professor

Julia Levin

Associate Research Professor

Alex Lopez

Assistant Teaching Professor

Richard A. Lutz

Distinguished Professor

Janice McDonnell

Associate Professor, Science Engineering Technology (SET) Agent

Travis Miles

Assistant Professor

James R. Miller

Professor

Daphne Munroe

Associate Professor

Fernando Pareja

Research Associate

Danielle Santiago Ramos

Assistant Professor

Yair Rosenthal

Distinguished Professor, Graduate Program Director

Grace Saba

Associate Professor

Oscar Schofield

Distinguished Professor and Department Chair

Silke Severmann

Associate Professor

Rob Sherrell

Professor

Elisabeth Sikes

Professor

Kim Thamatrakoln

Associate Research Professor

Costantino Vetriani

Professor

John Wilkin

Professor

Javier Zavala-Garay

Assistant Research Professor

Postdocs

Vince Clementi

Postdoctoral Researcher | Paleoceanography

Lisa Herbert

Postdoctoral Researcher | Marine Biogeochemistry

Jyotirmoy Mondal

Postdoctoral Researcher | Biochemistry & Microbiology

Fiorella Prada

Postdoctoral Researcher | Environmental Biophysics & Molecular Ecology

Prabakaran Ramakrishnan

Postdoctoral Researcher | Environmental Biophysics & Molecular Ecology

Lúcia de Souza Lima Safi

Postdoctoral Researcher | Regional Shellfish Seed Biosecurity Program

Matteo Selci

Postdoctoral Researcher | Microbiology

Corday Selden

Postdoctoral Researcher | Environmental Biophysics & Molecular Ecology

Aidan Starr

Postdoctoral Researcher | Paleoceanography

Laura Steeves

Postdoctoral Researcher | Marine bivalve growth and survival

Jennifer Timm

Postdoctoral Researcher | Environmental Biophysics & Molecular Ecology

Natalie Umling

Postdoctoral Researcher | Paleoceanography

Graduate Students in Oceanography

Samantha Alaimo

Graduate Student

Alexandria Ambrose

Graduate Student

Lois Anderson

Graduate Student

Teemer Barry

Graduate Student

Cody Benton

Graduate Student

Leslie Birch

Graduate Student Masters of Operational Oceanography

Charlotte Bramich

Graduate Student

Emily Busch

Graduate Student Masters of Operational Oceanography

Michael Chen

Graduate Student

Lauren Cook

Graduate Student

Paul Coyne

Graduate Student

David Davis

Graduate Student

Quintin Diou-Cass

Graduate Student

Bre Direnzi

Graduate Student Masters of Operational Oceanography

Ryan Glaubke

Graduate Student

Logan Gonzalez

Graduate Student

Joseph Gradone

Graduate Student

Rhyan Grech

Graduate Student Masters of Operational Oceanography

Austin Grubb

Graduate Student

Leah Hopson

Graduate Student

Christopher Johns

Graduate Student

Jessey Kreinik

Graduate Student

Jake Kuenzli

Graduate Student

Yachen Li

Graduate Student Masters of Operational Oceanography

Jesse Noble

Graduate Student

Malarie O’Brien

Graduate Student Masters of Operational Oceanography

Nicholas Occhiogrosso

Graduate Student

Benson Ossai

Graduate Student

Bridget Ovall

Graduate Student

Scott Pescatore

Graduate Student

Hailey Riechelson

Graduate Student

Sophie Scopazzi

Graduate Student

Suman Shekhar

Graduate Student

Hails Tanaka

Graduate Student

Jackie Veatch

Graduate Student

Zhenwei Wang

Graduate Student

Qibin Xu

Graduate Student

Heidi Yeh

Graduate Student

Jake Zappala

Graduate Student Masters of Operational Oceanography

Research Staff

David Aragon

Glider and Marine Engineer

Hernan Arango

Research Programmer

Lisa Auermuller

Administrative Director, MACH

Beatrice Birrer

Senior Program Coordinator

Kaycee Coleman

Research Project Coordinator

Michael Crowley

Technical Director: RUCOOL & MARACOOS

Julia Engdahl

Laboratory Researcher

Lori Garzio

Research Analyst

Chip Haldeman

Glider technician, Marine hardware, Captain

Ethan Handel

Lead HF-Radar Operator

Liti Haramaty

Laboratory/Technical Researcher

Elias J Hunter

Marine Scientist II

John Kerfoot

Lead Software Developer

James Kim

Research Project Assistant

Sage Lichtenwalner

Web Design, Programmer, Education

Lora McGuinness

Lab/Facilities Specialist

Linda McHenry

Unit Administrator

Delphine Mossman

Research Program Coordinator

Laura Nazzaro

Data Analyst and Programmer

Hugh Roarty

Director of CODAR

David Robertson

Research Programmer

Michael Smith

Data Analyst and Programmer

Alesha Vega

Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator

Nicole Waite

Instrument Specialist

Kasey Walsh

Research Project Assistant

Kevin Wyman

Laboratory Researcher

Support Staff

Name	Position	Email	Phone	Room
Charles Belmonte	Manager of Information Technology	belmonte@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3396	216
Christopher Camastra	Linux/Unix System Administrator	camastra@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3389	205A
Madeline Gazzale	Business Specialist Supervisor	mgazzale@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3276	104D
Patty Gillen	Senior Administrative Assistant	pgillen@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3380	104A
Winnie Kenyon	Business Assistant	winnie.kenyon@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3477	104J
Denise Laible	Department Administrator	laible@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3277	104H
Lucy Lettini	Associate Director	lettini@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3271	104B
Steve Levenson	Financial Manager	levenson@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3288	103E
Johnny Lin	Unit Computing Specialist	johnnylin@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3370	202
Lora McGuinness	Lab Facilities Specialist	mcguiness@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3251	114E
Karen McGowan	Business Specialist	mcgowan@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3363	104E
Donna Napoli	Program Coordinator	napoli@marine.rutgers.edu	848-932-3272	104I