Faculty & Staff

Faculty
- Brian S. Arbogast: Associate Professor: Conservation Biology
- Daniel G. Baden: Director of Center for Marine Science and William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Marine Sciences: Marine Toxicology
- J. Craig Bailey: Associate Professor: Photosynthetic Eukaryotes
- Timothy A. Ballard: Assistant Chair/Undergraduate Coordinator & Associate Professor: Human Anatomy
- Bradley L. Baumgarner: Lecturer
- Stuart R. Borrett: Assistant Professor: Quantitative Ecology
- Lawrence B. Cahoon: Professor: Biological Oceanography
- Melanie L. Canfield: Undergraduate Advising Coordinator
- Ileana E. Clavijo (retiring 6/13): Associate Professor: Fisheries Biology
- Joseph A. Covi: Assistant Professor: Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Richard M. Dillaman: Professor: Animal Morphology, Electron Microscopy
- Diane M. B. Dodd: Assistant Professor: General and Population Genetics
- Michael J. Durako: Professor: Coastal Plant Biology
- Steven D. Emslie: Professor: Marine Ornithology, Paleoecology
- Christopher M. Finelli: Department Chair & Associate Professor: Biological Oceanography
- Arthur R. Frampton, Jr.: Assistant Professor: Virology
- L. Michelle Gilley: Full-time Lecturer
- Paul E. Hosier: Professor: Plant Ecology, Ecology of Coastal Vegetation
- Donald F. Kapraun: Professor Emeritus: Phycology
- Stephen T. Kinsey: Graduate Coordinator & Professor: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
- Kevin B. Kiser: Full-time Lecturer
- Heather N. Koopman: Associate Professor: Marine Lipid Physiology
- Thomas E. Lankford: Associate Professor: Ichthyology
- Zachary T. Long: Assistant Professor: Coastal Plant Ecology
- Michael A. McCartney: Associate Professor: Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Marine Invertebrates and Fishes
- Diane L. Melroy: Full-time Lecturer: Introductory Biology Courses
- Leslie J. Moore: Lab Cooordinator/Lecturer
- D. Ann Pabst: Professor: Marine Mammalogy
- Joseph R. Pawlik: Professor: Marine Chemical Ecology
- Martin H. Posey: Interim Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Studies & Professor: Estuarine Ecology
- Linda F. Potts: Full-time Lecturer: Introductory Biology Courses, Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Carolina Priester: Full-time Lecturer
- Sonja J. Pyott: Assistant Professor: Neurobiology
- Robert D. Roer: Professor: Animal Physiology, Biomineralization
- Sentiel A. Rommel: Lecturer
- Richard A. Satterlie: Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor: Neurophysiology
- Frederick S. Scharf: Professor: Fisheries Biology
- Eric Schuettpelz: Assistant Professor: Vascular Plant Systematics
- Thomas H. Shafer (phased retirement): Professor: Developmental Biology
- Ronald K. Sizemore (phased retirement): Professor: Marine Microbiology
- Ann E. Stapleton: Associate Professor: Plant Physiology
- Alina M. Szmant: Professor: Coral Biology
- Alison R. Taylor: Professor: Cell Biology
- Carmelo R. Tomas: Professor: Marine Phytoplankton
- Marcel van Tuinen: Associate Professor: Vertebrate Evolutionary Biology
- Wm. David Webster: Associate Dean & Professor and Curator of Mammals: Mammalogy
- J. Wilson White: Assistant Professor: Marine Biology
- Ami E. Wilbur: Director, UNCW Shellfish Hatchery & Associate Professor: Shellfish Genetics and Mariculture
- Amanda Southwood Williard: Associate Professor: Animal Physiology
Research Faculty and Research Associates
- Troy D. Alphin: Research Associate: Estuarine Ecology
- Susanne M. Brander: Research Assistant Professor
- Alexander Costidis: Post Doctoral Research Associate
- D. Wilson Freshwater: Research Analyst: Marine Botany
- Michael A. Mallin: Research Professor: Estuarine Ecology
- William A. McLellan: Research Associate: Marine Mammalogy
- Wade O. Watanabe: Research Professor
- Andrew Westgate: Research Professor: Marine Vertebrate Physiology
Staff
- Eleanor Bussman: Receptionist
- Tracie J. Chadwick: Graduate Secretary/Administrative Associate
- Debbie A. Cronin: Administrative Associate
- D. Mark Gay: Manager, Electron Microscopy Center
- Lori T. Leitch: Administrative Associate
- Jennifer Abernethy Messer: Greenhouse Manager
- Carol J. Russell: Administrative Specialist




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