CMS State Funded Staff Positions 

Executive Staff

Dr. Daniel G. Baden, Director | baden AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Nancy Grindlay, Associate Director for Research | grindlayn AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. John Morrison, Associate Director for Academic Planning | morrisonj AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Joan D. Willey, Associate Director of Education | willeyj AT uncw DOT edu
Steven A. Fontana, J.D., Senior Technology Development Officer | fontanas AT uncw DOT edu
Susan Keck, Assistant to the Director | kecks AT uncw DOT edu
Mellissa Dionesotes, Program Assistant | dionesotesm AT uncw DOT edu

Administrative Services Staff

Anne Beach, Associate Director for Administrative Services | beacha AT uncw DOT edu
Peggy Dallmer, HR/Accounting Specialist | dallmerp AT uncw AT edu
Alex Lee, Accounting Clerk | leea AT uncw DOT edu
Glenn Childs, Storeroom Manager | childsg AT uncw DOT edu
Suzanne Grosser, Procurement Specialist | grossers AT uncw DOT edu
Toniece Boynton, Travel/Accounting Assistant | boyntont AT uncw DOT edu

Operations Staff

Jay Styron, Assist. Director for Marine Operations | styronj AT uncw DOT edu
Paul Reinmann, Assist. Director, Fixed Operations & Planning | reinmannp AT uncw DOT edu
Daniel Aten, Instrument Maker | atend AT uncw DOT edu
Gerry Compeau, Dockmaster | compeaug AT uncw DOT edu
Robert Deanes, Seawater Systems Maintenance Specialist | deanesr AT uncw DOT edu
Ken Johns, Diving and Water Safety Coordinator | johnsk AT uncw DOT edu
Ron Moore, Seawater Systems Group Leader | moorer AT uncw DOT edu
Brandon Thigpen, Engineering Tech | thigpenb AT uncw DOT edu
Randy Turner, Computer/Electronics Technician | turnerr AT uncw DOT edu

Research Staff

Dr. Wilson Freshwater, Research Analyst | freshwaterw AT uncw DOT edu
Susan Niven, Research Technician | nivens AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Steve Ross, Research Professor | rosss AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Carmelo Tomas, Professor | tomasc AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Robert Whitehead, Research Analyst | whiteheadrf AT uncw DOT edu
Bob York, Research Specialist | yorkra AT uncw DOT edu

Marine Biotechnology Initiatives

Dr. Md. Shah Alam, Research Assistant Professor | alamm AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Andrea Bourdelais, Research Associate Professor | bourdelaisa AT uncw DOT edu
Patrick Carroll, Research Technician | carrollp AT uncw DOT edu
Elizabeth Elliott, Research Specialist | elliotte AT uncw DOT edu
Steven Fontana, J.D., Senior Technology Development Officer | fontanas AT uncw DOT edu
Sarah Karafas, Lab Culture Specialist | hutchinsons AT uncw DOT edu
Elizabeth Skellam, Visiting Research Assistant Professor | skellame AT uncw DOT edu
Allison Stewart, Research Specialist | stewarta AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Wendy Strangman, Research Associate Professor | strangmanw AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Wade O. Watanabe, Research Professor | watanabew AT uncw DOT edu
Eve Wright, Research Technician | wrightem AT uncw DOT edu

CMS Grant Research Staff

Lower Cape Fear River Program

Matthew McIver, Senior Research Technician | mciverm AT uncw DOT edu

Marine Toxicology

Tanya Hogue, Research Technician I | hoguet AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. H. Karl Jacocks, Research Associate Professor | jacocksh AT uncw DOT edu
Dr. Jerome Naar, Research Associate Scientist | naarj AT uncw DOT edu
Melissa D. Smith, Scientific Illustrator | smithmd AT uncw DOT edu

North Carolina Sea Grant Advisory Services

M. Scott Baker, Fisheries Specialist | bakers AT uncw DOT edu
Spencer Rogers, Coastal Building & Erosion Specialist | rogerssp AT uncw DOT edu
Lisa Humphrey, Office Assistant III | humphreyl AT uncw DOT edu 

North Carolina Estuarine Reserve

Whitney Kurz Jenkins, Coastal Training Coord., Beaufort | kurzw AT uncw DOT edu
Hope Sutton, Environmental Specialist | suttonh AT uncw DOT edu
Byron Toothman, Research Biologist | toothmanb AT uncw DOT edu
Heather Wells, Research Biologist | wellsh AT uncw DOT edu

Aquarius Reef Base

Florida based
Justin Brown, Diving Specialist | brownja AT uncw DOT edu
Roger Garcia, FL Dive Safety Officer | garciar AT uncw DOT edu
Mark Hulsbeck, Operations Field Manager | hulsbeckm AT uncw DOT edu
Dominic Landucci, Networking Analyst | landuccid AT uncw DOT edu
Ryan Lapete, Diving Specialist | lapeter AT uncw DOT edu
Jason Nunn, Diving Specialist | nunnj AT uncw DOT edu
Timothy Roberts, Vessel Captain | robertst AT uncw DOT edu
Saul Rosser, ARB Operations Director | rossers AT uncw DOT edu
Otto Rutten, Associate Director | rutteno AT uncw DOT edu
James Talacek, Operations Field Manager | telacekj AT uncw DOT edu


North Carolina based
Thomas A. Potts, Associate Director | pottst AT uncw DOT edu

Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research & Technology (CIOERT)

Lance Horn, NC Operations Director | hornl AT uncw DOT edu
Glenn Taylor, Oceanographic Field Operations Manager | taylorg AT uncw DOT edu

Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program

Jennifer Dorton, Outreach & Education Coordinator | dortonj AT uncw DOT edu
Stephen Hall, Research Technician | halls AT uncw DOT edu
Xiaoyan Qi, Data Manager | qix AT uncw DOT edu
Boyce Steiner, Program Assistant | steinerb AT uncw DOT edu
David Wells, Research Technician | wellsd AT uncw DOT edu

Mariculture Research

Wade O. Watanabe, Coordinator & Research Professor | watanabew AT uncw DOT edu
Md Shah Alam, Research Assistant Professor | alamm AT uncw DOT edu
Patrick Carroll, Facility Supervisor & Research Technician | carrollp AT uncw DOT edu
Amanda Myers, Research Technician | myersa AT uncw DOT edu
Troy Rezek, Research Technician | rezekt AT uncw DOT edu