Staff
Center for Coastal Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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ADMINISTRATION |
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Dr. Paul V. Zimba Director Ph.D. Mississippi State University 1990; phytoplankton systematics, algal toxin analyses, phytoplankton ecology |
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Brien A. Nicolau Assistant Director & Research Associate M.S. Environmental Science TAMU-CC, 1999; marine benthic ecology, water quality of estuarine systems, water reservoir issues |
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Blenda Bligh Business Support Specialist 1 |
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RESEARCH STAFF |
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Dr. Liz Smith Associate Research Scientist Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1994; wetland/barrier island ecology, coastal resource management |
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Dr. Kim Withers Associate Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor of Biology Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1994; tidal flat ecology, ornithology, marine benthic ecology, aquatic entomology, mangrove ecology |
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Dr. James D. Simons Associate Research Scientist Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1997; marine ecosystem food web dynamics; ecosystem-based fisheries management; benthic habitat (seagrasses, oyster reefs) mapping and ecology; species interaction networks and databases |
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Dr. Roy L. Lehman Research Associate Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1993; ecology of marine seaweed, bioremediation |
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Erin M. Hill Research Specialist III M.S. Environmental Science TAMU-CC, 2001; marine benthic communities, invertebrate and algae systematics, water quality of estuarine systems |
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Aaron S. Baxter Research Specialist I M.S. Biology TAMU-CC, 2010; coastal ecology, Texas Diamondback Terrapins, avian habitat usage, water quality of estuarine systems |
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Nicole Morgan Davis Research Specialist I M.S. Biology TAMU-CC, 2010; Thesis research partially funded by Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research Program, Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation. |
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Robert (Bobby) F. Duke Research Assistant B.S. Biology TAMU-CC, 2004; coastal ecology, avian communities, water quality, ecology of Texas Diamondback Terrapins |
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OUTREACH STAFF |
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Capt. W. Jay Tarkington Program Director CCS Aquatic Education Program M.S. Biology, TAMU-CC 2001 |
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