Research
Research
Areas
Oceanography & Climate
Our faculty in these disciplines span physical, chemical, geological and biological
oceanography and climate science, from the Gulf of Mexico to the global ocean. Specific
expertise includes ocean observation and modeling, trace elements and isotopes, sedimentology,
past and present climate, and marine microbes and the carbon cycle.
Coastal & Marine Ecology
Our faculty in these disciplines are working on benthic and fish ecology, coastal
wetland ecology, marine botany, marine microbiology, marine biogeochemistry, stable
isotope ecology, landscape ecology, human dimensions, ecological modeling and aquatic
health.
Aquaculture & Fisheries
Our faculty in these disciplines focus on biological dynamics of fin and shellfish raised in captivity for conservation and enhancement, as well as management and assessment of existing fisheries, which includes marine organism dynamics and the behaviors of those that harvest the resource.
Ocean Engineering & Tech
Our faculty in these disciplines are working on technology applied to the ocean environment that combines aspects of civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering with naval architecture and applied oceanography.
Hydrographic Science
Our faculty in this discipline research every aspect of ocean mapping, from seafloor
bathymetry, management of large marine data sets, marine mineral exploration, currents,
tides, waves, and other ocean observations.
Faculty
Field Experiences
Former PhD student Laura Whitmore (r) helping sample through the ice near the North Pole.
Graduate students and research technicians hold an adult Gulf Sturgeon captured in the Pascagoula River. Pictured from left: Elizabeth Greenheck, Alfonso Cohuo, Austin Draper, Kasea Price, and Kati Wright.
Former PhD student Laura Whitmore sub-sampling water bottles for dissolved methane in the Arctic Ocean.
A happy gang of students and techs posing in front of a rosette water sampler ready to be lowered into the Gulf of Mexico.
Former postdoc Hannah Box setting up a system to determine short-lived radium isotopes in water from the northern Gulf of Mexico.