UTMSI - Key Persons


Allen Coates

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant - Office 361 - 749 - 6787

Allyssa Morris

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Staff Member

Amanda Fitzgerald

Job Titles:
  • Master

Arden Evans

Job Titles:
  • Research for Credit, Spring 2021

Arley Muth

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
Arley is a PhD student at UTMSI Her research focuses on climate effects on kelp ecology dynamics in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

Aubrey Converse

Job Titles:
  • Student

Beatrice Limon

Job Titles:
  • Support Staff Member
  • Building Attendant II
  • Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 6795

Ben Negrete

Job Titles:
  • Doctoral Student

Berit Batterton

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Assistants and Research Topics

Betty Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Cook / Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 6754 / 361 - 749 - 6762

Booz Allen Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Cambria Miller

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Research Scientist

Chad Banks

Job Titles:
  • Boat Captain ( R / V KATY )

Charles Bridgham

Job Titles:
  • Research Engineering / Scientist Associate II

Chloe Pena

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate - Office 361 - 749 - 6741

CHRISTINA BONSELL

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
Christina is a PhD student at UTMSI Her research focuses on kelp beds in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

Christopher James Wilson

Wilson, C.J., P.S. Wilson, and K.H. Dunton. 2013. Seagrasses provide an acoustic refuge for estuarine fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 472:117-127.

CLIFF STRAIN

Job Titles:
  • Lead Instructor
Cliff was the lead instructor for the Kaktovik Summer Oceanography Program in 2011, 2014, and 2015 The Oceans Program at Flour Bluff, administered by Strain since 1990, just earned a Texas Environmental Excellent Award from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)

CRAIG CONNOLLY

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Cynthia Faulk

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Research Scientist

Daniel Fraser

Job Titles:
  • Research for Credit, Spring 2019

Denise Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 6824

Dr. Andrew Esbaugh

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Dr. G. Joan Holt

Job Titles:
  • Department of Marine Science
  • Professor Emerita
  • Professor Emeritus

Dr. Lee Fuiman

Job Titles:
  • Director - Fisheries and Mariculture Laboratory

Edward J. Buskey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
  • Director and Chair, Marine Science Institute

Eva Gonzales

Job Titles:
  • Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 6722

Frank Ernst

Job Titles:
  • Boat Captain ( Small Boats ) -

Georgia Southern

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Gregory L. Fenves - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Greta Burkart

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Staff Member

Hunter Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Master

James Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Facility Manager - Shop 361 - 749 - 6737

Jamey Pelfrey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative and Support Staff

Janice Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Custodial Supervisor - Office 361 - 749 - 6825

Jeanette Garza

Job Titles:
  • Department Buyer - Office 361 - 749 - 6785

Jim Aschmutat

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Manager - Office 361 - 749 - 6780

Jim Moreno

Job Titles:
  • Guard Supervisor, University Police - Office 361 - 749 - 6738

Jing Dong

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Research Scientist

Joel Vinciguerra

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Associate - Office 361 - 749 - 6814

Josh Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
  • Assistant Director for Facilities - Office 361 - 749 - 6839

K. Dunton

Dunton, K.H., J.L. Goodall, S.V. Schonberg, J.M. Grebmeier, and D.R. Maidment. 2005. Multi-decadal synthesis of benthic-pelagic coupling in the western arctic: role of cross-shelf advective processes. Deep-Sea Research II 52:3462-3477. Dunton, K.H. 1996. Photosynthetic production and biomass of the subtropical seagrass Halodule wrightii along an estuarine gradient. Estuaries 19:436-447. Dunton, K.H. 1992. Arctic biogeography: the paradox of the marine benthic fauna and flora. Trends Ecol. and Evol. 7(6):183-189. (INVITED) Dunton, K.H. 1990. Growth and production in Laminaria solidungula: relation to continuous underwater light levels in the Alaskan High Arctic. Marine Biology 106:297-304. Dunton, K.H. and D.M. Schell. 1987. Dependence of consumers on macroalgal (Laminaria solidungula) carbon in an arctic kelp community: d 13 C evidence. Marine Biology 93:615-625. Dunton, K.H., S.V. Schonberg, and D.W. Funk. 2009. Interannual and spatial variability in light attenuation: evidence from three decades of growth in the arctic kelp, Laminaria solidungula. In: Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Science. Krupnick et al. (eds.), pp. 271-284, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, D.C.

Karen Anne Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Bishop, M.S. 2012

Kathryn Ondricek

Job Titles:
  • Master 's Student

Kathryn Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
  • Marine Science Coordinator -

Kenneth H Dunton

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Department of Marine Science
  • Professor
Dr. Ken Dunton has over 30 years of experience conducting research in the Alaskan Arctic Miller, H.L. and K.H. Dunton. 2007. Stable isotope ( 13 C) and O 2 micro-optode alternatives for measuring photosynthesis in seaweeds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 329:85-97. Alexander, H.D. and K.H. Dunton. 2002. Freshwater inundation effects on emergent vegetation of a hypersaline salt marsh. Estuaries 25(6B):1426-1435. Major, K.M. and K.H. Dunton. 2002. Variations in light-harvesting characteristics of the seagrass, Thalassia testudinum: evidence for photoacclimation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 275:173-189. Buskey, E.J., K.H. Dunton, and P.L. Parker. 1999. Variations in stable carbon isotope ratio of the copepod Acartia tonsa during the onset of the Texas brown tide. Estuaries 22(4):995-1003. Kaldy, J.E. and K.H. Dunton. 1999. Ontogenetic photosynthetic changes, dispersal and survival of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) seedlings in a sub-tropical lagoon. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 240:193-212. Henley, W.J. and K.H. Dunton. 1997. Effects of nitrogen supply and continuous darkness on growth and photosynthesis of the arctic kelp, Laminaria solidungula. Limnology and Oceanography 42(2):209-216. McTigue, N.D. P. Bucolo, Z. Liu, and K.H. Dunton. 2015. Pelagic-benthic coupling, food webs, and organic matter degradation in the Chukchi Sea: Insights from sedimentary pigments and stable carbon isotopes. Limnology and Oceanography 60: 429-445. Kaldy, J.E. and K.H. Dunton. 2000. Above- and below- ground production, biomass and reproductive ecology of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) in a subtropical coastal lagoon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 193:271-283.

Kerri Ackerly

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Kimberly R. Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Research Associate
  • Research Scientist

Lauren Heymann

Job Titles:
  • Plan II Thesis and Research for Credit, Spring and Fall 2015

Leigh Walsh

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Research Scientist

Lisa Smykla

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Associate

Liz DeHart

Job Titles:
  • Librarian - Office 361 - 749 - 3095

Lori Driskill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
  • Administrative Associate to the Director - Office 361 - 749 - 6741
  • Administrative Associate, Travel - Office 361 - 749 - 6706

Madison Schumm

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Research Scientist

Mary Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 3045

Miguel Abecia

Job Titles:
  • Acting Landscape Services Supervisor - Office 361 - 749 - 6737

Parvathi Nair

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Support Staff

Peter Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus ( Interim Appointment )

Rene Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Research Scientist

Ryan Hladyniuk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
  • Core Facilities Manager - Office 361 - 749 - 3099

Sally Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
  • Assistant Director for Communications and Special Projects - Office 361 - 749 - 6841

Sam Crawford

Job Titles:
  • Help Desk Specialist - Office 361 - 749 - 6780

Sara Wilson

Wilson, S.S. and K.H. Dunton. 2018. Hypersalinity during regional drought drives mass mortality of the seagrass Syringodium filiforme in a subtropical lagoon. Estuaries and Coasts: 855-865. DOI 10.1007/s12237-017-0319-x

Sarah Durand

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
  • Assistant Director for Finance - Office 361 - 749 - 6828

Saydur Rahman

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist

Sharon Herzka

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor, Department of Biological Oceanography, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada

Susan Lawson

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Research Assistant

Susan V. Schonberg

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Tracy Burns

Tracy is a former student at the Harold Kaveolook School (graduated 2012) in Kaktovik, AK She is a 5-year veteran of the Summer Science Program

Venus Mills

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate
  • Support Staff Member

Will Daniels

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Staff Member

Wilson, C.J.

Wilson, C.J., P.S. Wilson, and K.H. Dunton. 2013. Seagrasses provide an acoustic refuge for estuarine fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 472: 117-127. Wilson, C.J., P.S. Wilson, and K.H. Dunton. 2013. Assesing the low frequency acoustic characteristics of Macrocystis pyrifera, Egregia menziessi, and Laminaria solidungula". Journal of the Acoustical Society of America: 133 (6). 3819-3826. DOI: 10.1121/1.4802637 Wilson, J.W., P.S. Wilson, C.A. Greene, and K.H. Dunton.2010. Seagrass leaves in 3-D: using computed tomography and low-frequency acoustics to investigate the material properties of seagrass tissue. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 395:128-134.

Yefei Pang

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist