Elizabeth Buda

Biology Department

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Heather Caveny

Chemistry Department

Area of Interest - Aquatic toxicology.
Research interests - using blue crab enzyme activity as a biomarke for exposure to organophosphate pesticides.
Hobbies - travelling and anything that's new or interesting or stimulating

M. Ernst (no photo available)

Biology Department

Area of Study- physiology and biochemistry
Research interests - changes in hemoglobin and BPG within the blood; changes in myoglobin, specific cytochrome c oxidase activity, mitochondrial density and distribution within various muscle types.
Hobbies and other interests - painting, photography, music

Patrick Gallagher

Area of study - Marine Science
Undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University in Wildlife and Fisheries science with a minot in marine science.
Hobbies and Interest - Hiking the Appalachian Trail.

John Huntley

Department of Earth Sciences

Research interests - naticid predation and what long term evolutionary effect it might have on the morphology of their bivalve prey, particulary the lucinidea, corbulidae, and crassatellidae.

Jessica Pierson

Department of Earth Sciences

B.S. in Geology West Virgina University

Research interests - sedimentological and stratigraphic analysis of Upper Cretaceous units located along the Cape Fear River
Hobbies - travel, music, movies

Mike Salter

Department of Chemistry
B.S. in Chemistry from UNCW

Area of Interest - Coordinative inorganic chemistry
Research Interest - My research is in the design and synthesis of highly preorganized ligands for the selective formation of zinc(II) complexes in order to detech zinc in biological systems.
Hobbies - Movies, golf, and running/working out.