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MBF Faculty

Jerald S. Ault
Professor — 305.421.4884
theoretical population dynamics, fishery management system

Elizabeth Babcock
Research Assistant Professor — 305.421.4852
Fish Stock Assessment, Fisheries Research and Management, Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management, Marine Conservation Biology

Andrew C. Baker
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4642
biology and ecology of reef corals; molecular ecology and systematics

Andrew Bakun
Professor — 305.421.4986
Climate and Fisheries, ocean processes regulating marine population dynamics

Larry E. Brand
Professor — 305.421.4138
physiology, ecology and evolution of phytoplankton

Robert K. Cowen
Professor, Maytag Chair of Ichthyology, Associate Dean for Research — 305.421.4023
fisheries oceanography, larval fish ecology, population dynamics of marine fishes

Douglas L. Crawford
Professor — 305.421.4121
evolutionary genomics and metabolism, physiological and evolutionary ecology, molecular mechanisms regulating transcription

David Die
Associate Professor — 305.421.4607
fisheries management, fish stock assessment, bio-economics

Dan DiResta
Senior Lecturer — 305.284.2180

Nelson Ehrhardt
Professor — 305.421.4741
fishery research and management; marine population dynamics analysis and modelling, fisheries oceanography

Jack W. Fell
Professor Emeritus — 305.421.4603
mycology, mangrove and marshland ecology, molecular systematics and the adaptation to rapid identification systems for marine, medical and industrial applications.

Lynne A. Fieber
Associate Professor — 305.421.4906
electrophysiology of marine organisms

Lora Fleming
Professor and Center Director, Oceans and Human Health — 305.243.5912
Marine and Freshwater Toxins, Recreational Microbes, Environmental Human Health, Epidemiologic issues, Ciguatera Fish Poisoning, Florida Red Tides (Brevetoxins) and Cyanobacterial Toxins, application of GIS to the Marine and Freshwater Toxin Diseases, oceans and human health

Peter W. Glynn
Professor — 305.421.4134
coral reef biology; disturbance ecology

Martin Grosell
Associate Professor — 305.421.4623
toxicology and physiology of fish

Samuel H. Gruber
Professor Emeritus — 305.421.4146
behavioral ecology and sensory physiology of marine vertebrates; biology of sharks

Gary Hitchcock
Associate Professor and Co-Chair — 305.421.4043
phytoplankton ecology; biological oceanography

Chris Langdon
Associate Professor — 305.421.4614
coral and algae primary production, respiration and calcification, response of corals and coral reefs to global change tropical marine ecosystems

Diego Lirman
Research Assistant Professor — 305.421.4168
benthic ecology, population dynamics, stress response of corals and sea grasses

Danielle McDonald
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4856
animal physiology, molecular biology, pharmacology and toxicology

John McManus
Professor — 305.421.4814
coral reef assessment, monitoring and management

Marjorie Oleksiak
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4341
evolutionary genomics, population responses to environmental stressors, molecular mechanisms of adaptation

Peter Ortner
Research Professor and Director of CIMAS — 305.421.4619
biological and fisheries oceanography

Jill Richardson
Lecturer — 305.284.2180

Michael C. Schmale
Professor — 305.421.4140
diseases of marine organisms, carcinogenesis

Joseph E. Serafy
Research Associate Professor — 305.361.4255
fisheries ecology, essential fish habitat for coastal and pelagic fishes

Sharon L. Smith
Professor and Chair — 305.421.4819
biological oceanography; zooplankton ecology

Su Sponaugle
Associate Professor — 305.421.4069
recruitment dynamics, early life history & ecology of reef fishes and crustaceans, marine reserves

Gary Thomas
Professor — 305.421.4733
fishery ecology, coastal marine ecosystems, hydroacoustics

Nancy Voss
Research Professor Emeritus and Director, Marine Invertebrate Museum — 305.421.4198
Systematics of Cephalopods

Patrick J. Walsh
Professor Emeritus
molecular physiology; population genetics

Chris M. Wood
Research Professor — 305.421.4859
Ion, acid-base, and metal homeostasis in fish and crustaceans

MBF Joint/Secondary Appointments

Lora E. Fleming
Associate Professor (Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health)
epidemiology, marine toxins

Claire Paris
Assistant Professor (Dept. of Applied Marine Physics)
Coastal Oceanography, Ecology