Marine Biology Faculty Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Marine Biology Program

Ben Walther
Program Coordinator
Phone: 361-825-4168
Email: benjamin.walther@tamucc.edu

Tidal Hall, Room 336
6300 Ocean Dr
Corpus Christi, TX 78412

Advising: 361-825-3928

For all questions about our Undergraduate Marine Biology program, contact Dr. Kim Withers kim.withers@tamucc.edu

Program Coordinator

Benjamin Walther

Benjamin Walther, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marine Biology

Office: TH 336
Phone: 361-825-4168
Email: benjamin.walther@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/waltherfishlab

Curriculum Vitae

My lab studies fish migration, trophic interactions and ecosystem processes.

Faculty

Keisha Bahr

Keisha Bahr, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marine Biology

Office: TH 242
Phone: 361-825-3707
Email: keisha.bahr@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.BahrLab.com

We seek to understand how organisms respond to natural and anthropogenic environmental change.

Chris Bird

Chris Bird, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Office: TH 234
Phone: 361-825-6024
Email: chris.bird@tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

I am broadly interested in using molecular genomics to advance our understanding of marine species

Kirk Cammarata

Kirk Cammarata, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Office: TH 338
Phone: 361-825-2468
Email: kirk.cammarata@tamucc.edu
Website: http://faculty.tamucc.edu/cammarat

Curriculum Vitae

We study seagrasses and their associated communities as indicators of environmental conditions and change.

Barnabas Daru

Barnabas Daru, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology; Curator of the Ruth O'Brien Herbarium

Office: TH 141
Phone: 361-825-3489
Email: barnabas.daru@tamucc.edu
Website: https://barnabasdaru.com

Curriculum Vitae

My research has sought to address two main goals that are fundamental to ecology and evolutionary biology of plants.

Donna Devlin

Donna Devlin, Ph.D.

Research Professor

Office: CS 106
Phone: 361-825-3935
Email: donna.devlin@tamucc.edu

Joe Fox

Joe Fox, Ph.D.

Harte Research Institute Endowed Chair and Full Professor

Office: HRI 210B
Phone: 361-825-2463
Email: joe.fox@tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Fox is heavily involved in research development with Marine Resource Development.

Simon Geist

Simon Geist, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: TH 337
Phone: 361-825-4164
Email: simon.geist@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.facebook.com/geistlarvallab

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Simon Geist started the Early Life History Research lab in 2015.

Derek Hogan

Derek Hogan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: TH 137
Phone: 361-825-5883
Email: james.hogan@tamucc.edu
Website: https://derekhoganresearch.wordpress.com

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Hogan’s research is at the interface of population ecology and conservation biology

Chris Hollenbeck

Chris Hollenbeck, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: TH 140
Phone: 361-825-6022
Email: christopher.hollenbeck@tamucc.edu

Dr. Hollenbecks research is focused on using modern genomics.

Xinping Hu

Xinping Hu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: SL2 104
Phone: 361-825-3395
Email: xinping.hu@tamucc.edu
Website: http://hulab.tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Oceanic carbon cycle; Ocean acidification; Sediment early diagenesis; Carbonate geochemistry; Stable isotope biogeochemistry

Patrick Larkin

Patrick Larkin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Office: CS 203
Phone: 361-825-3258
Email: patrick.larkin@tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Plant biochemistry and genetics; fate and metabolism of nutrients and toxins, diversity and dispersal, conservation.

Shawn McCracken

Shawn McCracken, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology

Office: TH 142
Phone: 361-825-3303
Email: shawn.mccracken@tamucc.edu
Website: https:/www.mccrackenlab.com

Dr. McCrackens interests lie in the ecological and evolutionary responses

Paul Montagna

Paul Montagna, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair for Ecosystems Studies and Modeling

Office: HRI 210A
Phone: 361-825-2040
Email: paul.montagna@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.harteresearchinstitute.org/people/paul-montagna

Curriculum Vitae

Ecosystem studies with a focus on benthic components, freshwater resources, water quality, ecosystem modeling, and environmental statistics; and integrating natural science with human dimensions research.

Riccardo Mozzachiodi

Riccardo Mozzachiodi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: TH 335
Phone: 361-825-3634
Email: riccardo.mozzachiodi@tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Mozzachiodi’s research interest is in behavioral neurophysiology.

Dara Orbach

Dara Orbach, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marine Biology

Office: TH 231
Phone: 361-825-3217
Email: dara.orbach@tamucc.edu
Website: https://daraorbach.weebly.com

The FABEMM! (Functional Anatomy and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals!) lab uses innovative techniques.

Frank Pezold

Frank Pezold, Ph.D.

Dean and Life Sciences Professor

Office: CI 372
Phone: 361-825-2349
Email: frank.pezold@tamucc.edu
Website: http://fishlab.tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Fish diversity, systematics, ecology and conservation

Jennifer Pollack

Jennifer Pollack, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Harte Research Institute Endowed Chair

Office: HRI 210A
Phone: 361-825-2041
Email: jennifer.pollack@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.harteresearchinstitute.org/research/coastal-conservation-restoration

Curriculum Vitae

In the Coastal Conservation and Restoration group, we provide science-based information.

David Portnoy

David Portnoy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Ruth A. Campbell Professor of Marine Biology

Office: TH 138
Phone: 361-825-2859
Email: david.portnoy@tamucc.edu
Website: https://marinegenomicslab.tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Portnoy is currently an Associate Professor in Marine Biology.

Ed Proffitt

Ed Proffitt, Ph.D.

Full Professor of Life Sciences

Office: TH 139
Phone: 361-825-2358
Email: ed.proffitt@tamucc.edu
Website: https://edproffitt.wixsite.com/coastal-ecology

The Ed Proffitt & Donna Devlin Coastal Ecology and Genetics lab is focused on ecological consequences of global climate change.

John Scarpa

John Scarpa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Aquaculture

Office: TH 339
Phone: 361-825-2369
Email: john.scarpa@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sci.tamucc.edu/departments/life-sciences/fisheries-and-mariculture/index.html

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Scarpa’s current research includes developing oyster mariculture.

Frauke Seemann

Frauke Seemann, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marine Biomedical Science

Office: TH 332
Phone: 361-825-2683
Email: frauke.seemann@tamucc.edu
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7294-6829

Being a globe trotter (Hong Kong (Postdoc), France (Ph.D. ecotoxicology)) with German roots (M.Sc. marine biology).

Blair Sterba-Boatwright

Blair Sterba-Boatwright, Ph.D.

Associate Dean and Professor of Mathematics

Office: CI 370
Phone: 361-825-2724
Email: blair.sterbaboatwright@tamucc.edu
Website: http://faculty.tamucc.edu/sterba

Curriculum Vitae

Applied statistics (particularly to ecological data), Bayesian statistics

Greg Stunz

Greg Stunz, Ph.D.

Professor of Marine Biology and Endowed Chair for Fisheries and Ocean Health

Office: HRI 311C
Phone: 361-825-3254
Email: greg.stunz@tamucc.edu
Website: http://fisheries.tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Marine biology, marine ecology, marine fisheries ecology, fisheries, estuarine ecology, environmental biology

Jeffrey Turner

Jeffrey Turner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marine Biology

Office: TH 240
Phone: 361-825-6206
Email: jeffrey.turner@tamucc.edu
Website: https://turnerlab.tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Welcome to the Laboratory for Microbial and Environmental Genomics (micro-omics).

Michael Wetz

Michael Wetz, Ph.D.

Professor of Marine Biology and Harte Research Institute Endowed Chair

Office: HRI 316
Phone: 361-825-2132
Email: michael.wetz@tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Wetz’s lab is working on several issues related to coastal ecosystem processes.

Kim Withers

Kim Withers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Interim Director of Center for Coastal Studies

Office: NRC 3205
Phone: 361-825-5907
Email: kim.withers@tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

I have been at Texas A&M University -Corpus Christi for the last 26 years.

Wei Xu

Wei Xu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marine Biomedical Science

Office: TH 331
Phone: 361-825-2676
Email: wei.xu@tamucc.edu
Website: https://leh.tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

As the Principle Investigator of the Laboratory of Environmental Health (LEH).

Lin Zhang

Lin Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: HRI 104
Phone: 361-825-2095
Email: lin.zhang@tamucc.edu
Website: http://zhanglab.tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Compound/Position Specific Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis in Amino Acids and Application in Oceanography and Ecology. Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry of Greenhouse Gases in Alaskan Peatlands.

Paul Zimba

Paul Zimba, Ph.D.

Professor and Former Director of the Center for Coastal Studies

Office: NRC 3213
Phone: 361-825-2768
Email: paul.zimba@tamucc.edu
Website: https://ccs.tamucc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

I have worked in aquatic ecology for over 30 years.

Marine Biology Faculty