Faculty
Associate Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Ecology of Marine and Estuarine Fish
Phone: (251) 861-2141
Email: rbaker@disl.org
Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Marine Ecosystem Response
Phone: (251) 861-2141 ext. 7555
Email: rcarmichael@disl.org
Assistant Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Remote sensing, vegetation dynamics and biosphere-atmosphere interactions in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Phone: (251) 460-7136
Email: deoliveira@southalabama.edu
Associate Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: coastal circulation and across-shelf exchange processes, estuarine circulation and exchange processes, physical-biological coupling in the marine environment, and ocean observing systems.
Phone: (251) 861-2141
Email: bdzwonkowski@disl.org
Emeritus Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Ecology of plant-animal interactions in seagrass meadows, and restoration of submerged aquatic vegetation, oyster reefs and wetlands
Phone: (251) 861-2141 ext. 2284
Email: kheck@disl.org
Assistant Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Human dimensions of coastal adaptation and flood mitigation; coastal relocation/managed
retreat; environmental justice; and social equity of policy implementation
Phone: (251) 341-4930
Email: ahotard@southalabama.edu
Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Phytoplankton ecology, physiology and marine biogeochemistry
Phone: (251) 861-2141 ext. 7577
Email: jkrause@disl.org
Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Nutrient biogeochemistry and eutrophication impacts in coastal ecosystems.
Phone: (251) 861-2141
Email: jlehrter@disl.org
Associate Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Animal Behavior and Communication
Phone: (251) 460-6372
Email:hlyn@southalabama.edu
Assistant Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Introduced Species, Salinity Alteration in Estuaries, Plant-Animal and Food Web Interactions, Restoration, Climate Change and Other Disturbances.
Phone: (251) 460-7136
Email: cmartin@disl.org
Assistant Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: teaching undergraduate marine and environmental science courses; ecophysiology of aquatic plants and harmful algae; toxin production in HAB species; community outreach and education.
Phone: (251) 460-7136
Email: mollymiller@southalabama.edu
Professor and Director of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Fisheries ecology; conservation and restoration of coastal shellfish and finfish
Phone: (251) 460-7136
Email: spowers@disl.org
Associate Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Microbial ecology; Geomicrobiology; Astrobiology; Understanding microbial communities through systems biology
Phone: (251) 861-2141
Email: bkielreese@disl.org
Associate Professor, Сòòò½APP
Graduate Coordinator, Environmental Toxicology M.S. Program
Emphasis: The role, fate, and biological effects of natural toxins and venoms, and other anthropogenic toxicants on organism, population, and ecosystem health in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Phone: (251) 861-2141
Email: arobertson@disl.org
Associate Professor, Сòòò½APP
Director, Center for Socio-Environmental Resiliency
Phone: (251) 460-7136
Email: sscyphers@southalabama.edu
Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Empirically Testing Ecology Theory
Phone: (251) 861-2141
Email: lsmee@disl.org
Dr. Amy Sprinkle
Assistant Professor, Сòòò½APP
SSoMES Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Emphasis: Teaching undergraduate marine and environmental science courses; nutrient management and water quality; terrestrial and marine ecology; connecting students to the coastal community via service learning; and field experiences; outreach, and education. DISL Spring Semester by the Sea and DISL Summer Program Liaison.
Phone: (251) 460-7136
Email: sprinkle@southalabama.edu
Professor, Сòòò½APP
Emphasis: Experimental Marine Ecology, Plant-animal interactions, Habitat Linkages, Human-Dominated Ecosystems.
Phone: (251) 861-2141 ext. 2261
Email: jvalentine@disl.org