{"id":1355,"date":"2021-09-10T18:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/crest\/?page_id=1355"},"modified":"2021-09-25T17:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T21:12:12","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/crest\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Find information on the faculty, staff and students of the NSF CREST-CISCEP Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Principal Investigator<\/summary>
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Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Professor and Director, CREST Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Fisheries ecology, zooplankton ecology, influence of variations in climatic factors on water quality and biota, trophic dynamics in marine and freshwater environments.

Phone: (410) 621-3034
Email: pchigbu@umes.edu<\/a>
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Co-Principal Investigators<\/summary>
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Ali Ishaque, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Identifying a single molecular biomarker that measures exposure, effect and susceptibility to carcinogens. Studying the effects of mixtures of chemical stressors (non-essential metals and stable xenobiotics) on ecosystems.

Phone: (410) 651-6050
Email:\u00a0\u00a0abishaque@umes.edu<\/a>
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Salina Parveen, Ph.D.
<\/strong>Professor  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Food Safety, Food and Environmental Microbiology, and Water Quality.
Dr. Parveen’s research objectives are related to the improvement of safety and quality of seafood, poultry, meat and fresh produce; the application of genotypic and phenotypic methods for tracking sources of food- and water-borne pathogens in food processing plants and in aquatic environments; the development and application of rapid molecular and immunological methods for detection of water- and food-borne pathogens; the development of predictive models for the growth and survival of food-borne pathogens in seafood and poultry; and the investigation of antimicrobial resistance, pathogenicity and control of food- and water-borne pathogens.

Phone: (410) 651-8339
Email:\u00a0\u00a0sparveen@umes.edu<\/a>
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Margaret Sexton, Ph.D.
<\/strong>Assistant Research Professor of Marine Biology, CREST Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: \u00a0Inter-annual and intra-annual variability in the abundance of the sea nettle\u00a0Chrysaora quinquecirrha<\/em>\u00a0in Chesapeake Bay and the environmental conditions that cause this variability.

Phone: (410) 621-1049
Email:\u00a0\u00a0masexton@umes.edu<\/a>
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Meng Xia, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Associate Professor, Oceanography<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Estuarine and coastal dynamics, specifically river plume and estuary dynamics, larval transport processes, TMDL modeling, watershed modeling, wave current dynamics and sediment transport processes.

Phone: (410) 621-3551
Email:  mxia@umes.edu<\/a>
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Senior Personnel and Collaborators<\/summary>
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Nianhong Chen, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Application of biomarker techniques in coastal\/marine biogeochemical cycle of organic matter derived from both terrestrial and aquatic origins. The goals of these studies are to understand source, fate and transport of organic matter derived from terrestrial and coastal marine origins.

Phone: (410) 651-6027
Email:\u00a0nchen@umes.edu<\/a>
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J. Sook Chung, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Associate Professor, UMCES IMET<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Neuroendocrine regulation on crustacean physiology of molting, growth, reproduction, sex differentiation and stress responses.

Phone: 410-234-8841
Email:\u00a0chung@umces.edu<\/a>
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Shuiwang Duan, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Post-Doctoral Associate
University of Maryland College Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: aquatic biogeochemistry and environmental chemistry, interactive effects of land use and climate changes on water resources, sustainable restoration of urban infrastructure, elucidating changes in carbon cycles and tracking pollution sources in rivers and coastal water.

Phone:\u00a0(301) 405-0334 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0
Email:\u00a0\u00a0sduan@umd.edu<\/a>
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Chunlei Fan, Ph.D.
<\/strong>Associate Professor, Morgan State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemistry in marine and estuarine environments with the focus on nutrients, eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB). Human impacts and eutrophication: monitoring the eutrophication process and HABs events on the watershed scale by using GIS\/remote sensing.

Email:\u00a0chunlei.fan@morgan.edu<\/a>
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Maurice Crawford, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Associate Professor, UMES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Estuarine habitat conservation\/restoration; the dispersal and movement of organisms; and the interplay between science and policy.

Phone: 410-651-8447
Email:\u00a0mkcrawford@umes.edu<\/a>
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Ashok Deshpande, Ph.D.<\/strong>
NOAA \/ National Marine Fisheries Service \/ Northeast Fisheries Science Center 
James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook, New Jersey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: The applications of principles of chemistry in\u00a0 NOAA Fisheries research; Potential research areas include assessment of organic contaminants and mercury in the fisheries resources and habitats, microplastics, fisheries health, behavior, habitat fidelity, migration and aggregation patterns using chemical fingerprints, trophic transfers, feeding ecology using fatty acid signatures, toxicology, and functional genomics. \u00a0

Email:\u00a0ashok.deshpande@noaa.gov<\/a>\u00a0
Phone: 732-872-3043<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patrica Ann Goslee, Ed.D.<\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Education Lead <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:\u00a0Molding future teachers across the various disciplines to connect content to hands-on experiences in order to enhance comprehension.\u00a0

Phone: 410-651-6195
Email:\u00a0pagoslee@umes.edu<\/a>
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Kenneth Kunkel, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Research Professor and Lead Scientist for Assessments Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Regional climate variability, extremes, change, and modeling.
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Email:\u00a0ken.kunkel@noaa.gov\u00a0<\/a>
Phone: (828) 257-3137
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Eric May, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: The use of biochemical and metabolic indicators to determine the response of fish to injurious agents or conditions; establishment of clinical methods as a means of non-lethal testing of wild and cultured stocks. Development of programs related to determining the effect of environmental damage on resident aquatic organisms; application of fish health management approaches for use in aquaculture and wild stocks.

Phone: (410) 651-8342
Email:\u00a0ebmay@umes.edu<\/a>
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Ejiroghene Mayor, Ph.D.
<\/strong>Postdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:\u00a0Biology, Ecology and Life history of macroinvertebrate and fish; Population dynamics of species, focusing on the influence of environmental factors. Feeding habits and trophic interactions between macroinvertebrate and fish in aquatic systems.

Email:\u00a0edmayor@umes.edu
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Joseph Montoya, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Professor, Georgia Tech<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Biological oceanography: the nitrogen cycle in pelagic ecosystems, isotope biogeochemistry, nitrogen fixation, denitrification, inorganic N uptake, N excretion, plankton physiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: 404-385-0479
Email:\u00a0montoya@gatech.edu<\/a>
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Andr\u00e9s G. Morales-N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Ph.D.<\/strong> 
Research Assistant Professor <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Taxonomy, higher level systematics (Tanaidacea, Ostracoda, Caprellidae, and Polychaeta). Biodiversity, ecology, and distribution of benthic marine invertebrates.\u00a0

Phone: 410-621-2996\u00a0
Email:\u00a0agmorales@umes.edu<\/a>
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Joseph Pitula, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Protistan biology, particularly of parasitic species; more specifically, the ecology of disease transmission, host-parasite interactions, protist metabolism, and protist gene expression

 Phone: (410) 651-6666
Email: jspitula@umes.edu<\/a>
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Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Staff<\/summary>
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Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Director NSF CREST-CISCEP
Ph: (410) 621-3034
Fax: (410) 651-7869
pchigbu@umes.edu<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Daniels<\/strong>
Research Vessel Captain and Field Technician
cdaniels1@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ligia DaSilva, Ph.D.
<\/strong>CREST-CISCEP Program Coordinator 
Ph: (410) 651-6013
Fax: (410) 651-7869
lvdasilva@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne Dudley<\/strong>
Communication and Outreach Specialist
Ph: (410)-651-6196
acdudley@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie Sexton, Ph.D.
<\/strong>Ph: (410) 621-1049
Fax: (410) 651-7869
masexton@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onjal\u00e9  Scott<\/strong>
Ph: (410) 621-2270
Fax: (410) 651-7869
obscott@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Master’s Students<\/summary>
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Detbra Rosales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detbra graduated from Binghamton University with her BS degree in Environmental Studies in 2010. She also attended Brooklyn College and received a M.A. degree in Biology in 2012, after which she enrolled at UMES. She works with Dr. Joseph Pitula on a project that is examining the effects of environmental factors on Hematodinium<\/em> sp., a dinoflagellate parasite of Blue Crabs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kristen Lycett, Ph.D<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ejiroghene Mayor, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Research Associate
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Efeturi Oghenekaro, Ph.D.<\/strong>
2016 Knauss Fellow\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ozeum “Fred” Oseji, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Research Associate
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Master’s Alumni<\/summary>
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Whitney Dyson<\/strong>
M.S. University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Miller<\/strong>
M.S., University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hector Malagon<\/strong>
M.S., University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Environmental Protection Specialist
U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Peters
<\/strong>M.S., University of Maryland Eastern Shore <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Candace Rodgers<\/strong>
M.S., University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Quality Assurance Supervisor, Private industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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