Staff

Dr. John W. Tunnell, Jr.
Research Scientist & Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1974; systematics, distribution, and ecology of mollusks, coral reef ecology, coastal ecology
Dr. Elizabeth H. Smith
Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1994; wetland/barrier island ecology, coastal resource management
Dr. Kim Withers
Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1994; tidal flat ecology, ornithology, marine benthic ecology, aquatic entomology, mangrove ecology
Dr. Marion Nipper
Senior Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences
Ph.D. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1985; marine ecotoxicology, marine pollution assessments
Dr. Roy L. Lehman
Research Associate
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1993: ecology of marine seaweed, bioremediation

Dr. Joanna Mott
Research Associate
Ph.D. Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 1984; microbiology; microbial aspects of surface water quality – marine and freshwater; bacteria source tracking techniques; vibrio ecology in coastal waters; bioremediations; microbe-plant interactions.
Brien A. Nicolau
Research Associate
M.S. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 1999; marine benthic ecology, water quality of estuarine systems, water reservoir issues
Erin M. Hill
Research Associate
M.S. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2001; marine benthic communities, invertebrate and algae systematics, water quality of estuarine systems
Noe Barrera
Research Assistant
M.S. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2001; marine micromolluscs systematics and distribution
Linda Price-May
Research Assistant
B.S. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 1989; marine mammals


	*Staff*

		ADMINISTRATION

	*Director* - Dr. John W. Tunnell, Jr. *Assistant Director of Finance & Administration* - Gail S. Sutton *Assistant Director of Operations* - Brien A. Nicolau *Administrative Assistant* - Dixie Smith *Support Specialist 1* - Blenda Bligh Field Operations Supervisor - Al Oswalt
		RESEARCH

	Dr. John W. Tunnell, Jr. Research Scientist & Professor of Biology Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1974; systematics, distribution, and ecology of mollusks, coral reef ecology, coastal ecology Dr. Elizabeth H. Smith Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor of Biology Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1994; wetland/barrier island ecology, coastal resource management Dr. Kim Withers Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor of Biology Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1994; tidal flat ecology, ornithology, marine benthic ecology, aquatic entomology, mangrove ecology Dr. Marion Nipper Senior Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences Ph.D. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1985; marine ecotoxicology, marine pollution assessments Dr. Roy L. Lehman Research Associate Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1993: ecology of marine seaweed, bioremediation Dr. Joanna Mott Research Associate Ph.D. Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 1984; microbiology; microbial aspects of surface water quality – marine and freshwater; bacteria source tracking techniques; vibrio ecology in coastal waters; bioremediations; microbe-plant interactions. Brien A. Nicolau Research Associate M.S. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 1999; marine benthic ecology, water quality of estuarine systems, water reservoir issues Erin M. Hill Research Associate M.S. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2001; marine benthic communities, invertebrate and algae systematics, water quality of estuarine systems Noe Barrera Research Assistant M.S. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2001; marine micromolluscs systematics and distribution Linda Price-May Research Assistant B.S. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 1989; marine mammals
		OUTREACH

	Jay Tarkington Program Coordinator, Coastal Aquatic Education Program M.S. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2001

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