Faculty

Aday, Derek
Professor, Dean & Director
Email: [[v|vimsdean]]
Phone: (804) 684-7103
Office: Watermen's Hall 230
Unit: Dean & Director's Office

Behl, Mona
Director, Virginia Sea Grant and Research Professor
Email: [[v|mbehl]]
Phone: (804) 684-7248
Office: Davis Hall, Sea Grant office
Unit: Virginia Sea Grant

Bilkovic, Donna Marie
Professor
Email: [[donnab]]
Phone: (804) 684-7331
Office: Davis Hall 213
Section: Ecosystem Health
Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
Webpage: {{http://www.vims.edu/ccrm/}}

Black, Sarah
Assistant Teaching Professor
Email: [[v|sblack]]
Phone: (804) 684-7801
Office: Andrews Hall 132 (also W&M Campus: Blow Hall 326)
Section: Coastal and Ocean Processes
Research Interests: Coastal geomorphology, Coastal sedimentology

Brush, Mark J.
Professor
Email: [[brush]]
Phone: (804) 684-7402
Interests: Coastal systems ecology; Ecosystem modeling
Office: Andrews Hall 334F
Section: Ecosystem Health

Carnegie, Ryan B.
Professor
Email: [[carnegie]]
Phone: (804) 684-7713
Interests: Shellfish pathology
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall N109
Section: Ecosystem Health
Lab website: {{ http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/molluscan_health/index.php, Shellfish Pathology Laboratory}}
Curriculum Vitae: {{http://www.vims.edu/people/carnegie_rb/cv/CarnegieCV_21March2016.pdf, Carnegie CV}}

Chiu, Grace
Professor
Email: [[gschiu]]
Office: Andrews Hall 337
Section: Natural Resources
Phone: (804) 684-7221
Research Lab: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/estdats, Environmental Statistics and Transdisciplinary Data Science (ESTDatS)}}
Curriculum Vitae: {{http://faculty.washington.edu/gchiu/cv.pdf, URL}}
Google Scholar: {{http://goo.gl/nG7rui, URL}}

Colombo, Manuel
Assistant Professor
Email: [[v|mcolombo]]
Phone: (804) 684-7943
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 322
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Research Interests: Chemical Oceanography, Biogeochemistry, Trace Elements, Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry
Lab Website: {{https://colombo-manuel.github.io/,Biogeochemistry Across Boundaries}}

Dichiera, Angelina
Assistant Professor
Email: [[v|dichiera]]
Phone: (804) 684-7292
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall N105
Section: Natural Resources
Interests: Fish physiology, adaptation and plasticity, conservation
Website: {{https://angelinadichiera.weebly.com/}}

Fabrizio, Mary C.
Professor
Email: [[v|mfabrizio]]
Phone: (804) 684-7308
Office: Nunnally Hall 135
Section: Natural Resources
Interests: Fish population dynamics, habitat, fish movement, fish ecology; fishery-independent surveys

Friedrichs, Marjorie A.M.
2024 University Professor for Research Excellence
Email: [[marjy]]
Phone: (804) 684-7695
Interests: Using mathematical models to study effects of climate change and other human impacts on coastal & estuarine systems.
Office: Andrews Hall 330
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Lab Website: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/biocom/index.php, BioCOM}}

Gong, Donglai
Associate Professor
Email: [[v|gong]]
Phone: (804) 684-7529
Office: Andrews Hall 228
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Lab: Andrews Hall 220/219
Interests: Coastal and Polar Oceanography

Hale, Robert C.
Professor
Email: [[hale]]
Phone: (804) 684-7228
Interests: Environmental chemistry, biosolids, fate and availability of man-made compounds in aquatic environments.
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall S310
Section: Ecosystem Health
Website: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/envchem/hale_lab/index.php,Hale Lab Group}}

Hardison, Amber
Associate Professor
Email: [[v|akhardison]]
Phone: (804) 684-7779
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 321
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: Carbon and nitrogen cycling, Organic geochemistry
Lab Website: {{https://hardisonlab.weebly.com/,Hardison Lab}}

Harris, Courtney K.
Professor; Chair, Coastal & Ocean Processes
Email: [[ckharris]]
Phone: (804) 684-7194
Interests: 3-D modeling to improve understanding of sediment transport in continental shelves and estuarine environments.
Office: Andrews Hall 227
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Website: {{http://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/sediment_transport_modeling/index.php, Sediment Transport Modeling}}

Havens, Kirk J.
Professor; Director, CCRM
Email: [[kirk]]
Phone: (804) 684-7386
Office: Davis Hall 208
Section: Ecosystem Health
Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
Website: {{http://www.vims.edu/ccrm/}}

Hein, Christopher
Professor
Email: [[v|hein]]
Phone: (804) 684-7533
Office: Andrews Hall 230
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Lab Website: {{http://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/coastal_geology/index.php, Coastal Geology}}
Google Scholar Profile: {{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YoPflQUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao, Hein Google Scholar}}
Curriculum Vitae: {{http://www.vims.edu/people/hein_c/cv/hein-cv-may-2024.PDF, Hein CV 2024}}

Hilton, Eric J.
Professor; Chair, Natural Resources
Email: [[ehilton]]
Phone: (804) 684-7178
Interests: Comparative anatomy, systematics, and evolution of ray-finned fishes.
Office: Nunnally Hall 123/125
Section: Natural Resources

Johnson, David Samuel
Associate Professor
Email: [[dsjohnson]]
Phone: (804) 684-7513
Office: Andrews Hall 336
Section: Ecosystem Health
Lab Website: {{http://jlabresearch.wixsite.com/jlab}}
Blog: {{http://www.manayunkia.com/}}
Opportunities in my Lab: {{http://jlabresearch.wixsite.com/jlab/opportunities}}

Kirwan, Matt
Professor
Email: [[kirwan]]
Phone: (804) 684-7054
Interests: Coastal landscape evolution, geomorphology, ecology
Office: Andrews Hall 229
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

Krueger-Hadfield, Stacy A.
Associate Professor; Interim Director, Eastern Shore Laboratory
Email: [[v|sakh]]
Phone: (757) 787-8105
Office: Administration Building, Eastern Shore Laboratory
Section: Natural Resources
Lab Website: {{https://www.quooddy.com,Algal Evolutionary Ecology (AlgEE) Lab}}

Kuehl, Steven A.
Professor
Email: [[kuehl]]
Phone: (804) 684-7118
Interests: Continental margins, river deltas, radioisotope geochronology, Anthropocene, paleoseismicity, paleoclimate
Office: Andrews Hall 232
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

La Guardia, Mark J
Marine Scientist Senior (Retired)
Email: markl@vims.edu
Phone: 804-832-4699
Section: Ecosystem Health
ORCID ID: {{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4866-4992, Mark J La Guardia}}

LaPeyre, Megan
Associate Dean of Research & Advisory Services; Professor
Email: [[v|mlapeyre]]
Phone: (804) 684-7108
Office: Watermen's Hall 249
Unit: Research & Advisory Services

Latour, Robert J.
Professor
Email: [[latour]]
Phone: (804) 684-7312
Office: Nunnally Hall 127
Section: Natural Resources

Lipcius, Romuald N.
Professor
Email: [[rom]]
Phone: (804) 684-7330
Office: Andrews Hall 427
Section: Natural Resources

Loftis, Derek
Assistant Professor
Email: [[jdloftis]]
Phone: (804) 684-7876
Office: Davis Hall 222
Section: Ecosystem Health
Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
Interests: Hydrodynamic Model Validation via Sensors & Citizen Science

Luckenbach, Mark W.
Professor
Email: [[v|luck]]
Phone: 804-684-7108
Office: Watermen's Hall 248
Unit: Office of Research and Advisory Services
Interests: Benthic ecology, reef restoration, shellfish aquaculture-ecological interactions

Mann, Roger L.
Professor
Email: [[v|rmann]]
Phone: (804) 684-7360
Office: Andrews Hall 425
Section: Natural Resources
Lab Website: {{http://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/molluscan_ecology/index.php, Molluscan Ecology Lab}}
Project Website: {{http://www.scemfis.org, Science Center for Marine Fisheries}}

Mazzini, Piero
Assistant Professor
Email: [[v|pmazzini]]
Phone: (804) 684-7882
Interests: Coastal Physical Oceanography, Marine Heatwaves
Office: Andrews Hall 236
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

McDowell, Jan
Associate Professor
Email: [[mcdowell]]
Phone: (804) 684-7263
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall N209
Section: Natural Resources

Michaelis, Adriane
Assistant Professor
Email: [[v|amichaelis]]
Phone: (804) 684-7392
Office: Andrews Hall 440
Section: Natural Resources
Interests: human dimensions, aquaculture and fisheries, social-ecological systems

Millette, Nicole
Assistant Professor
Email: [[v|nmillette]]
Phone: (804) 684-7985
Office: Andrews Hall 329
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: Phytoplankton Ecology, Mixotrophy, Predator-Prey Interactions, Water Quality

Mitchell, Molly
Assistant Professor
Email: [[molly]]
Phone: (804) 684-7931
Office: Davis Hall 214
Section: Ecosystem Health
Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
Research Interests: Sea level rise, coastal ecology, coastal adaptation

Mitra, Siddhartha
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Email: [[v|mitras]]
Phone: (804) 684-7105
Office: Watermen's Hall 248
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, black carbon in the environment, global carbon cycle, biogeochemical cycling, environment chemistry

Patrick, Chris
Associate Professor; Director, VIMS SAV Monitoring and Restoration Program
Email: [[v|cpatrick]]
Phone: (804) 684-7399
Office: Andrews Hall 308
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Lab website: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/ceel/index.php,Coastal & Estuarine Ecology Lab (CEEL)}}

Reay, William G.
Professor; Director, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
Email: [[wreay]]
Phone: (804) 684-7119
Office: Wilson House 103
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Program: Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
Interests: Watershed hydrology; ground water/surface water interactions.

Reece, Kimberly S.
Professor
Email: [[v|kreece]]
Phone: (804) 684-7407
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 226
Section: Ecosystem Health

Rivest, Emily
Associate Professor
Email: [[ebrivest]]
Phone: (804) 684-7942
Office: Andrews Hall 328
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Ecological physiology, global change biology, marine invertebrate biology
Personal Website: {{http://emilybrivest.weebly.com/}}

Rudders, David
Assistant Dean of Research and Advisory Services
Email: [[v|rudders]]
Phone: (804) 684-7531
Office: Watermen's Hall 250
Unit: Research & Advisory Services

Scheld, Andrew
Associate Professor
Email: [[scheld]]
Office: Andrews Hall 442
Phone: (804) 684-7160
Section: Natural Resources
Interests: Fisheries economics and policy

Seeley, Meredith Evans
Assistant Professor
Email: [[v|meredith.seeley]]
Phone: (804) 684-7239
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 324
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Marine Pollution; Organic Contaminants; Plastics and Microplastics; Environmental Chemistry and Biogeochemistry

Seitz, Rochelle D.
Professor
Email: [[seitz]]
Phone: (804) 684-7698
Office: Andrews Hall 331
Section: Natural Resources
Interests: benthic invertebrates, environmental stress, shoreline development, predator-prey dynamics, restoration ecology, aquaculture
Lab Website: {{http://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/community_ecology/index.php, Community Ecology}}

Shen, Jian
Professor
Email: [[shen]]
Phone: (804) 684-7359
Office: Andrews Hall 231
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

Shields, Jeffrey D.
Professor
Email: [[jeff]]
Phone: (804) 684-7128
Office: Andrews Hall 426
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Parasitic and microbial diseases invertebrates and fishes.
Website: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/index.php,Crustacean Diseases}}

Small, Hamish J.
Assistant Professor
Email: [[v|hamish]]
Phone: (804) 684-7745
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 123
Section: Ecosystem Health

Small, Jessica Moss
Assistant Professor; Director, Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center
Email: [[v|jamoss]]
Phone: (804) 684-7955
Office: Andrews Hall 408
Section: Natural Resources
Unit: Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center

Smith, Juliette L.
Associate Professor
Email: [[jlsmith]]
Phone: (804) 684-7289
Office: Andrews Hall 429
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Ecotoxicology of harmful algal blooms.
Lab Website: {{https://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/aquatic_toxinology/index.php, Smith Lab Group}}
Curriculum Vitae: {{http://www.vims.edu/people/smith_jl/cv/smith-cv-website-april24.pdf,Smith CV}}

Snyder, Richard A.
Professor; Director, Eastern Shore Laboratory
Retired: 2025
Email: [[rsnyder]]
Section: Natural Resources

Song, Bongkeun
Professor of Marine Science; Chair, Ecosystem Health
Email: [[v|songb]]
Phone: (804) 684-7411
Office: Andrews Hall 328
Section: Ecosystem Health
Interests: Microbiome ecology and biogeochemistry
Fax: (804) 684-7399

Steinberg, Deborah K.
CSX Professor
Email: [[debbies]]
Phone: (804) 684-7838
Office: Andrews Hall 328
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: Zooplankton ecology; coastal and deep sea food webs/marine "snow."
Website: {{http://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/zooplankton_ecology/index.php, Zooplankton Ecology}}

Sun, Ming
Assistant Professor
Email: [[v|ming.sun]]
Phone: (804) 684-7391
Office: Andrews Hall 442
Section: Natural Resources
ORCID: {{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5775-5904,0000-0001-5775-5904}}
Research Interests: Fisheries stock assessment, quantitative fisheries, fisheries management, management strategy evaluation, simulation modeling

Walton, Bill
Acuff Professor of Marine Science and Shellfish Aquaculture Program Coordinator
Email: [[v|walton]]
Phone: (804) 684-7238
Office: Acuff Center for Aquaculture 131
Section: Natural Resources

Wang, Harry V.
Professor
Email: [[v|wang]]
Phone: (804) 684-7215
Office: Andrews Hall 239
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: 3-D numerical modeling, hydrodynamics of estuaries; physical oceanography.

Wargo, Andrew
Associate Professor
Email: [[arwargo]]
Phone: (804) 684-7311
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 223
Section: Ecosystem Health
Research Interests: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases

Weng, Kevin
Associate Professor
Email: [[kevinweng]]
Phone: (804) 684-7372
Office: Nunnally Hall 131
Section: Natural Resources

Zhang, Y. Joseph
Professor of Marine Science
Email: [[yjzhang]]
Phone: (804) 684-7466
Office: Davis Hall 224
Section: Ecosystem Health
Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
SCHISM Website: {{https://ccrm.vims.edu/schismweb/,schism.wiki}}