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The Ombuds Team (AY 2025-2026)

Marjy Friedrichs

Friedrichs, Marjy
Professor
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}}

Hall, Alyson
Ph.D. Student
Email: [[v|achall]]
Office: Andrews Hall 304
Advisor: {{https://www.vims.edu/about/directory/faculty/patrick_cj.php, Chris Patrick}}
Research Interests: Marine ecology, foundation species, seagrass meadows, climate change, science communication

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Hein, Chris
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}}

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Mowatt-Larssen, Tor
Ph.D. Student
Email: [[v|tmowattlarssen]]
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 133
Advisor: {{https://www.vims.edu/about/directory/faculty/steinberg_dk.php,Deborah Steinberg}}
Research Interests: Deep-sea ecology, ichthyoplankton, carbon cycling

Dr. Deborah Steinberg

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}}

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Wilson, Camille
M.S. Student
Email: [[v|cewilson]]
Office: Andrews Hall 304
Advisor: {{https://www.vims.edu/about/directory/faculty/patrick_cj.php,Chris Patrick}}
Research Interests: Seagrass ecology, restoration and monitoring, community ecology