Kelsey Abernathy Graduate Research Assistant Vasta Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3061 Kelsey.Abernathy@umaryland.edu 410-234-8827
Tori Agnew Graduate Research Assistant Burge Laboratory Contact Information magnew1@umbc.edu Burge Lab Website
Mohammed Al Madadha Adjunct Assistant Professor DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5077 MAlMadadha@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8861
Pervaiz Ali Visiting Student Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 pervaiz.sakhi@gmail.com 410-234-8867
Nathaniel Alper Student Intern Schott Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 schott@umces.edu
Taylor Armstrong Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3079 christentaylora@gmail.com 410-234-8841
Tsvetan Bachvaroff Research Assistant Professor Bachvaroff Laboratory DNA sequence analysis from data collection, assembly, annotation and phylogeny Contact Information Office Room: 3046 bachvarofft@umces.edu 410-234-8849
Justine Bedard Events Coordinator Contact Information Office Room: G-008 jbedard@umbc.edu 410-234-8806
Colleen Burge Assistant Professor Burge Laboratory Marine host-pathogen environment interactions Invertebrate immune response and physiology Contact Information Office Room: 4059 colleenb@umbc.edu 410-234-8834 Burge Lab Website
Anya Byrd Graduate Research Assistant Chung Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4077 abyrd@umces.edu 410-234-8851
Monica Chacon Associate Director Contact Information Office Room: G-030 mchacon@umces.edu 410-234-8898
Som Chatterjee Assistant Professor Chatterjee Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5050 schatterjee@umaryland.edu 410-234-8890
Aditi Chatterjee, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Chatterjee Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5081 achatterjee1@umaryland.edu 410-234-8891
Feng Chen Professor Chen Laboratory Marine viruses: isolation, physiology, biogeography, genomics and metagenomics of viruses in aquatic environments Contact Information Office Room: 4047 chenf@umces.edu 410-234-8866
J. Sook Chung Professor Chung Laboratory Neuroendocrine regulation on crustacean physiology of molting, growth, reproduction, sex differentiation and stress responses Contact Information Office Room: 4044 chung@umces.edu 410-234-8841
Suzanne Crawford Director of Administration, Columbus Center Contact Information Office Room: G-009 suzcraw@umbc.edu 410-234-8814
Kimberly Curry Research Administrator Contact Information Office Room: G-029 kcurry@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8853
Leena Cycil Assistant Research Scientist Chung Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4077 lcycil@umces.edu 410-234-8851
Shiladitya DasSarma Professor DasSarma Laboratory Post-genomics and biotechnology of salt-loving, radiation-tolerant, and cold-adapted extremophiles Contact Information Office Room: 5047 sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8847
Priya DasSarma Laboratory Research Supervisor DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5077 pdassarma@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8861
Helen Dooley Assistant Professor Dooley Laboratory Comparative immunology focused on cartilaginous fish Development of new technologies/therapies to understand, diagnose, and treat human and animal disease Contact Information Office Room: 4043 hdooley@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8837
Shaojun "Jim" Du Associate Professor Du Laboratory Developmental biology, muscle biology, and genetics Genetic regulation of muscle and bone development Contact Information Office Room: 3039 sdu@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8854
Teressa Freeman Assistant to the Chair, UMBC Dept. of Marine Biotechnology Contact Information Office Room: G-018 freem1@umbc.edu 410-234-8812
Daniel Fucich Graduate Research Assistant Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 dfucich@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Sakeena Garris Assistant to the Director of Administration, Columbus Center Contact Information garris@umbc.edu 410-234-8814
Ovgu Gencer, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar Chung Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4077 ogencer@umces.edu 410-234-8851
Shadaesha Green Graduate Research Assistant Chung Laboratory Shadaesha is a graduate of Hampton University, where she received a B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science and a minor in Biology. Contact Information Office Room: 4077 sgreen@umces.edu 410-234-8851
Ammar Hanif Graduate Research Assistant Jagus Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 hanifa@umces.edu 410-234-8823
Russell Hill Professor and Executive Director Diversity and roles of microbial symbionts associated with marine invertebrates, in particular sponges Contact Information Office Room: 5083 hill@umces.edu 410-234-8802
Muddassar Iqbal Graduate Research Assistant Vasta Laboratory Contact Information miqbal@umaryland.edu
Rosemary Jagus Professor Jagus Laboratory Translational control of gene expression Regulation of gene activity during early development Contact Information Office Room: 3037 jagus@umces.edu 410-234-8822
Yanhong Ji Visiting Scholar Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 yji@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Lauren Jonas Graduate Research Assistant Hill Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4079 ljonas@umces.edu 410-234-8843
Mary Larkin Assistant Research Scientist Place Laboratory My doctoral research in Dr. Contact Information Office Room: 3079 memlarkin@gmail.com 410-234-8831
Amanda Lawrence Graduate Research Assistant Chung Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4077 alawrence@umces.edu 410-234-8851
Victoria Laye Graduate Research Assistant DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5077 vlaye@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8861
Yi-Ying Lee Associate Research Scientist Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 yylee@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Kunpeng Li Laboratory Research Specialist Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 kli@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Yantao Li Associate Professor Li Laboratory Micoalgal molecular biology and lipid biochemistry Metabolic engineering for biofuels and bioproducts Contact Information Office Room: 5051 yantao@umces.edu 410-234-8833
Hanzhi Lin Assistant Research Scientist Hill Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4079 hlin@umces.edu 410-234-8843
Miranda Marvel Graduate Student Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075 mmarvel1@umbc.edu 410-234-8825
Ryan McDonald Graduate Research Assistant Schreier Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5016 mcdonal1@umbc.edu 410-234-8875
Nagaraja Mukkayyan Postdoctoral Fellow Chatterjee Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5081 nmukkayyan@umaryland.edu 410-234-8891
Sabeena Nazar Senior Faculty Research Assistant BAS Lab CAS Lab Contact Information Office Room: 3001 sabeena@umces.edu 410-234-8832
Priscila Ortega Visiting Scholar Chung Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4077 portega@umces.edu 410-234-8851
Rayford Payne Research Associate Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5027 payner@umbc.edu 410-234-8877
Allen Place Professor BAS Lab CAS Lab Place Laboratory Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that permit organisms to adapt to unique diets, environments, and interactions (symbiosis) Contact Information Office Room: 3044 place@umces.edu 410-234-8828
Raymond Poon Laboratory Assistant Chatterjee Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5081 rpoon1@umaryland.edu 410-234-8891
Michelle Prentice Programs Coordinator Contact Information Office Room: G-031 mprentice@umces.edu 410-234-8839
Frank Robb Professor Robb Laboratory Mechanisms of heat tolerance in hypothermophiles Contact Information Office Room: 5041 frobb@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8870
Keiko Saito Research Assistant Professor ARC Saito Laboratory Aquatic microbial ecology and aquacultural microbiology Contact Information Office Room: 5043 saito@umbc.edu 410-234-8820
Eric Schott Associate Research Professor Schott Laboratory Health and disease of aquatic organisms Contact Information Office Room: 5043 schott@umces.edu 410-234-8881 Schott lab UMCES web page
Harold Schreier Associate Professor Schreier Laboratory Nitrogen and sulfur cycles of marine recirculating aquaculture systems Nitrogen fixation in the gut of a wood-eating catfish Contact Information Office Room: 5042 schreier@umbc.edu 410-234-8874
Peng Shao Visiting Research Fellow Du Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3013 PShao@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8855
Ana Sosa Graduate Research Assistant Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4047 asosa@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Kevin Sowers Associate Director and Professor Sowers Laboratory Biology of methanogenic archaea Anaerobic conversion of organic wastes to biomethane Contact Information Office Room: 5045 sowers@umbc.edu 410-234-8878 Sowers Lab Website
John Stubblefield Faculty Research Assistant ARC Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075 stubblef@umbc.edu 410-234-8824
Mengqi Sun Graduate Research Assistant Chen Laboratory Contact Information msun@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Vikram Vakharia Professor Vakharia Laboratory Viral pathogenesis of fish rhabdoviruses Development of novel vaccines for economically important fish pathogens Contact Information Office Room: 5049 vakharia@umbc.edu 410-234-8880
Gerardo Vasta Professor Vasta Laboratory Molecular, biochemical, structural, and functional aspects of protein-carbohydrate interactions relevant to immunity and early development Contact Information Office Room: 3048 gvasta@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8826
Hector Vitorino Visiting Scholar Chung Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4077 hvitorino@umces.edu 410-234-8851
Kui Wang Visiting Scholar Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 kwang@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Hualong Wang Visiting Scholar Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 huwang@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Ernest Williams Senior Faculty Research Assistant BAS Lab CAS Lab Place Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3079 williamse@umces.edu 410-234-8829
Ten-Tsao Wong Assistant Professor ARC Wong Laboratory Molecular, cellular and applied aspects of fish germ cell biology, reproductive physiology and vaccine development Contact Information Office Room: 5044 twong@umbc.edu 410-234-8876
Bo Wang Visiting Scholar Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 bwang@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Linan Zhang Visiting Scholar Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5074 zhangl@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Mingli Zhao Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 zmingli1@umbc.edu 410-234-8823
Nilli Zmora Research Assistant Scientist Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3375 nzmora@umbc.edu 410-234-8825
Oded Zmora Research Supervisor ARC Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4045 zmorao@umbc.edu 410-234-8890
Yonathan Zohar Professor and Chair, UMBC Dept. of Marine Biotechnology, Head, ARC ARC Zohar Laboratory Fish reproductive physiology and molecular endocrinology Broodstock management and hatchery technologies Biotechnology for sustainable aquaculture Environmentally responsible recirculating marine aquaculture Contact Information Office Room: 3041 zohar@umbc.edu 410-234-8803
