The Batten School & VIMS campus will be closed on Monday, March 15 due to the National Weather Service prediction for severe weather including periods of rain, damaging winds and the potential for tornadoes.

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- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Juvenile Finfish Trawl Survey Staff

Jack Buchanan

Buchanan, Jack
Laboratory Specialist
Phone: (804) 684-7815
Email: [[jrbuchanan]]
Office: Fisheries Science Laboratory 142
Section: Natural Resources

Aimee Halvorson Comer holding a cobia

Comer, Aimee Halvorson
Laboratory Specialist I
Email: [[aimeehal]]
Phone: (804) 684-7751
Office: Nunnally Hall 138
Section: Natural Resources

Samantha Dowiarz

Dowiarz, Samantha
Laboratory and Research Specialist
Email: [[v|sadowiarz]]
Phone: (804) 684-7351
Office: Nunnally Hall 142
Section: Natural Resources

Mary Fabrizio

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

Wendy Lowery holding sheepshead fish

Lowery, Wendy
Marine Scientist
Email: [[wlowery]]
Phone: (804) 684-7558
Office: Nunnally Hall 136
Section: Natural Resources

Nickerson, Katie
Laboratory Specialist I
Email: [[kjnickerson]]
Phone: (804) 684-7397
Office: Nunnally Hall 136
Section: Natural Resources

Thumbnail image T. Tuckey

Tuckey, Troy
Marine Scientist Supervisor
Email: [[tuckey]]
Phone: (804) 684-7328
Office: Nunnally Hall 140
Section: Natural Resources