Image: Directory Filter by: - Any -FacultyStaffStudentVisitorAlumni Sort by: Last Name A-ZLast Name Z-A Image: Beatriz Akiti Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu Image: Abdulmajid Alrefaie Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Microalgal Biology and Biotechnology Molecular Biology and Lipid Biochemistry Microbial Development and Metabolic Engine Contact Information Office Room: 5079 aalrefaie@umces.edu 410-234-8864 Image: Ethel Apolinario Lab Assistant Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5095 apolinar@umbc.edu Image: Taylor Armstrong Senior Program Manager - US HAB-CTI Place Laboratory Harmful Algal Blooms Biotoxins Taylor Armstrong is the senior program manager of the Contact Information Office Room: G017 tarmstrong@umces.edu 410-385-6357 Image: Tsvetan Bachvaroff Research Associate Professor Bachvaroff Laboratory DNA sequence analysis from data collection, assembly, annotation and phylogeny Culture independent methods such as single cell PCR Contact Information Office Room: 3046 bachvarofft@umces.edu 410-234-8849 Image: Anne Baldino PhD Student Bachvaroff Laboratory Contact Information abaldino@umces.edu Image: Jessica Baniak Graduate Research Assistant Chung Laboratory Research interests: Horseshoe Crab Aquaculture Contact Information jbaniak1@umbc.edu Image: Justine Bedard Events Coordinator Contact Information Office Room: G-008 jbedard@umbc.edu 410-234-8806 Image: Chelsea Bergman Laboratory Research Technician Dooley Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5042 cbergma2@umbc.edu 410-234-8875 Burge Lab Website Image: Swagata Bose Postdoctoral Fellow Chatterjee Laboratory Contact Information sbose1@umaryland.edu Image: Lucinda Botlero UMCES-IMET Assistant Director Contact Information Office Room: G030 lbotlero@umces.edu 410-234-8898 Image: Hannah Brunelle Graduate Research Assistant Tracy Laboratory Contact Information hannahb7@umbc.edu Image: Hannah Bruzzio ARC Assistant Manager ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC hbruzzi1@umbc.edu 410-234-8819 Image: Sarah Carpe Lab Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 scarpe@umces.edu 410-234-8864 Image: Som Chatterjee Assistant Professor Chatterjee Laboratory Our laboratory is interested in the mechanistic understanding of the fundamental biological p Contact Information Office Room: 5050 schatterjee@umaryland.edu 410-234-8890 Image: Haoyu Chen Visiting International Student Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4047 hchen@umces.edu 410-234-8867 Image: Feng Chen Professor Chen Laboratory Marine viruses: isolation, physiology, biogeography, genomics and metagenomics of viruses in aquatic environments Phage-host inter Contact Information Office Room: 4047 chenf@umces.edu 410-234-8866 Image: 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 Image: Kristina Colacicco Faculty Research Assistant Tracy Laboratory Oyster ecology & multiple stressors Parasites of the Chesapeake Bay Contact Information Office Room: 4059 Kcolacicco@umbc.edu 410-234-8835 Image: Everly Conway de Macario Adjunct Professor Robb Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5046 EConway@som.umaryland.edu Image: Priya DasSarma Laboratory Research Supervisor DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5077 pdassarma@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8861 Image: Shiladitya DasSarma Professor DasSarma Laboratory Post-genomics and biotechnology of salt-loving, radiation-tolerant, and cold-adapted extremophiles Production of virus-like vaccin Contact Information Office Room: 5047 sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8847 Image: Cody Dawson ARC Marine System Control Specialist ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC cjdawson@umbc.edu Image: Helen Dooley Associate 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 Image: Shaojun "Jim" Du Professor Du Laboratory Developmental biology, muscle biology, and genetics Genetic regulation of muscle and bone development Zebrafish as a mod Contact Information Office Room: 3039 sdu@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8854 Image: Teresa Dumadag Faculty Research Assistant Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5027 dumadag1@umbc.edu Image: Kevin Dyke Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu Image: Nkechi Enyioma ARC ARC Contact Information rodgers@umbc.edu Image: Bora Eralp Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu Image: Kayla Fairfield Graduate Research Assistant, PhD Student Schott Laboratory Blue Crab aquaculture Contact Information kfairfield@umces.edu Image: Luke Feeney Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Luke Feeney is a Lab Assistant working in Dr. Allen Place's lab in the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology. Contact Information Office Room: 3079 lfeeney@umces.edu 410-234-8841 Image: Gemma Feild Laboratory Assistant Chung Laboratory Gemma is a laboratory assistant in the Chung lab where she maintains whiteleg shrimp and horseshoe crabs. Contact Information gfeild1@umbc.edu Image: Catherine Frederick RAS-N Extension Specialist ARC Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4038 cfrederi@umd.edu 410-234-8810 Image: Teressa Freeman Assistant to the Chair, UMBC Dept. of Marine Biotechnology Contact Information Office Room: G-018 freem1@umbc.edu 410-234-8812 Image: Nick Gallagher Graduate Student Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 ngallagher@umces.edu 410-234-8867 Image: Ayush Ghosh ARC Intern ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC queent@umbc.edu 410-234-8819 Image: Brianna Gomérez General Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information schott@umces.edu Image: Dawn Green Business Manager Contact Information Office Room: G-030 dgreen@umces.edu 410-234-8839 Image: Lavender Hall Student Intern Wong Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5014 twong@umbc.edu 410-234-8876 Image: Ammar Hanif Graduate Research Assistant Jagus Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 hanifa@umces.edu 410-234-8823 Image: Vedangi Hayatnagarkar Graduate Research Assistant Chatterjee Laboratory Contact Information vhayatnagarkar@umaryland.edu Image: Zhongshi He Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 zhe@umces.edu Image: Jennifer Herrera Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 jherrera@umces.edu 410-234-8823 Image: Russell Hill Professor and Executive Director Diversity and roles of microbial symbionts associated with marine invertebrates, in particular sponges Marine microbes, including Contact Information Office Room: 5083 hillr@umces.edu 410-234-8802 Image: Thomas Hill PhD Student Dooley Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4012 Thomas.Hill@som.umaryland.edu Image: Mildred Homa Research Administrator Contact Information homa@umbc.edu 410-234-8805 Image: Emma Huntzinger ARC Lab Animal Technician ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC rodgers@umbc.edu Image: Rosemary Jagus Professor Jagus Laboratory Translational control of gene expression Regulation of gene activity during early development Host defense against virus Contact Information Office Room: 3037 jagus@umces.edu 410-234-8822 Image: Xiangshan Ji Fellow Du Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3013 XJi@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8855 Image: Yufeng Jia Graduate Research Assistant Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 yjia@umces.edu 410-234-8867 Image: Fanglue "Jeffery" Jiao Graduate Student Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 fjiao@umces.edu 410-234-8867 Image: Emily Jolly Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Algal Photosynthesis Bioactive Metabolites Cnidarian-Algal Symbiosis Contact Information Office Room: 3081 ejolly@umces.edu 410-234-8841 Image: Lauren Jonas Graduate Research Assistant Hill Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4079 ljonas@umces.edu 410-234-8843 Image: Jacqueline Joubert Administrative Assistant for Columbus Center Administration Contact Information jjbouber1@umbc.edu 410-234-8814 Image: Miranda Judd Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Algal genetic regulation Genome structure Cell cycle Miranda Contact Information Office Room: 3079/3072 mjudd@umces.edu 410-234-8829 Image: Gülay Kaya Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu Image: Duriya Khan ARC Intern ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC rodgers@umbc.edu 410-234-8819 Image: Aram Khoshnaw Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu Image: Allyson Kido Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Link to the ICARE Program: https://icare.umbc.edu/ Contact Information Office Room: 3024 akido1@umbc.edu 410-234-8881 Image: Christopher Kim Intern Tracy Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4046/4059 ckim19@umbc.edu Image: Nina Lamba Assistant Director Contact Information Office Room: G032 nlamba@umces.edu 410-234-8811 Image: Mary Larkin Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Contact Information mlarkin@umces.edu Image: Yi-Ying Lee Associate Research Scientist Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 yylee@umces.edu 410-234-8864 Image: Yantao Li Associate Professor Li Laboratory Micoalgal molecular biology and lipid biochemistry Metabolic engineering for biofuels and bioproducts Microalgal biotech Contact Information Office Room: 5051 yantao@umces.edu 410-234-8833 Image: Yuting Lin Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 ylin@umces.edu 410-234-8864 Image: Nathalie Lombard Postdoctoral Research Associate Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5027 nlombard@umbc.edu 410-234-8879 Image: Alberto Macario Adjunct Professor Robb Laboratory Contact Information ajlmacario@som.umaryland.edu Image: Veronica Malabanan Lucchese Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 vlucchese@umces.edu 410-234-8881 Image: Jonas Miller Graduate Assistant Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075/3077 jonasm1@umbc.edu Image: Sabeena Nazar Senior Faculty Research Assistant BAS Lab CAS Lab Contact Information Office Room: 3001 sabeena@umces.edu 410-234-8832 Image: Brian Nelson ARC Staff Tech Hourly ARC Contact Information bnelson3@umbc.edu 410-234-8819 Image: Monika Nielson Administrative Coordinator Contact Information Office Room: G-029 mnielson@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8853 Image: Olivia Pares Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 opares@umces.edu 410-234-8823 Image: Michael Paszkiewicz Director for Administration Contact Information Office Room: G009 paz@umbc.edu 410-234-8885 Image: 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 Image: Raymond Poon Laboratory Assistant Chatterjee Laboratory Raymond graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a concentration in Contact Information Office Room: 5081 rpoon1@umaryland.edu 410-234-8891 Image: Tonya Queen Manager Contact Information queent@umbc.edu 410-234-8807 Image: Kyarii Ramarui Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 kramarui@umces.edu 410-234-8864 Image: Frank Robb Professor Robb Laboratory Mechanisms of heat tolerance in hypothermophiles Heat shock proteins, including their use to improve high-temperature industrial o Contact Information Office Room: 5041 frobb@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8870 Image: Ella Roberts ARC Intern ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC rodgers@umbc.edu 410-234-8819 Image: Steven Rodgers PhD Candidate and ARC Manager ARC Steven Rodgers works fulltime for UMBC as the manager of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology’s Aquaculture Research Center. Contact Information Office Room: G-049E rodgers@umbc.edu 410-234-8819 Image: Jun Hyung Ryu Postdoctoral Fellow Wong Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5044 rjh3599@gmail.com 410-234-8877 Image: Keiko Saito Research Assistant Professor ARC Saito Laboratory Aquatic microbial ecology and aquacultural microbiology Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (anammox) and ammonia-oxidizing arch Contact Information Office Room: 5043 saito@umbc.edu 410-234-8820 Image: Nidhi Satishkumar Postdoctoral Fellow Chatterjee Laboratory Nidhi completed her Master’s in Biotechnology at Fergusson College, India in 2018. Contact Information Office Room: 5081 nidhi.satishkumar@umaryland.edu 410-234-8891 Image: Cosette Schneider Visiting Student Dooley Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4012 Cosette.Schneider@som.umaryland.edu Image: Eric Schott Associate Research Professor Schott Laboratory Health and disease of aquatic organisms Use of molecular methods to discover and monitor marine pathogens, especially viruses of i Contact Information Office Room: 4039 schott@umces.edu 410-234-8881 Schott lab UMCES web page Image: Harold Schreier 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 Image: Ronita Sequeira Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information ronitas1@umbc.edu Image: Sam Sibanda IT Specialist Contact Information sibanda@umbc.edu 410-385-6350 Image: Chénira Smith Outreach Coordinator Contact Information Office Room: G026 chenira.smith@umces.edu 410-234-8842 Image: Leonardo M. Soto Graduate Research Assistant DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5077 lsoto1@umd.edu 4102348861 Image: Kevin Sowers Associate Director and Professor Sowers Laboratory Biology of methanogenic archaea Anaerobic conversion of organic wastes to biomethane Microbial reductive dehalogenation Contact Information Office Room: 5045 sowers@umbc.edu 410-234-8878 Sowers Lab Website Image: Danielle Staggers Wong Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5014 dstagg1@umbc.edu Image: Matthew Stromberg Graduate Assistant ARC Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075/3077 mstromb1@umbc.edu Image: John Stubblefield Faculty Research Assistant ARC Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075 stubblef@umbc.edu 410-234-8824 Image: Yalong Sun Graduate Research Assistant Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075/3077 yalongs1@umbc.edu Image: Tasia Talbert Communications and Development Coordinator Contact Information ttalbert@umces.edu Image: Yu Ting Student Intern Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5027 yting1@umbc.edu Image: Daniela Tizabi Graduate Student Hill Laboratory Contact Information dtizabi@umces.edu 410-234-8843 Image: Allison Tracy Assistant Professor Tracy Laboratory Ecology and evolution of infectious marine diseases The microbiome in health and disease Habitat-forming species Contact Information Office Room: 4046 amtracy@umbc.edu 410-234-8834 Image: Aimee Uibel ARC Lab Animal Technician ARC Contact Information rodgers@umbc.edu Image: Vikram Vakharia Professor Vakharia Laboratory Viral pathogenesis of fish rhabdoviruses Development of novel vaccines for economically important fish pathogens My Contact Information Office Room: 5049 vakharia@umbc.edu 410-234-8880 Image: 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 Image: Ishita Verma Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu Image: Jing Wang Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 jing.wang@umces.edu 410-234-8864 Image: Stephanie Watson Purchasing Manager Contact Information Office Room: G-010 swatson@umbc.edu 410-234-8814 Image: Debbie Wellens Grants and Contract Specialist Contact Information Office Room: G-027 dwellens@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8815 Image: Brent Whitaker ARC Veterinarian ARC Contact Information brentw@umbc.edu 443-604-6363 Image: Maurice White Facility Manager Contact Information Office Room: G-014 mauricew@umbc.edu 410-234-8816 Image: Jens Wira Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory • LC-MS • Dinoflagellate Movement • Biotoxins Contact Information Office Room: 3079/3081 jwira@umces.edu 410-234-8829 Image: Ten-Tsao Wong Associate 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 Image: Shuxian Wu Graduate Research Assistant Wong Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5014 w54@umbc.edu 410-234-8877 Image: Michael Yates Director of Facilities Contact Information yates@umbc.edu 410-385-6355 Image: Pengzheng Yong Graduate Research Assistant Du Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3013 pyong@umaryland.edu 410-234-8855 Image: Yang Yu Graduate Research Assistant Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3077 yyang6@umbc.edu Image: Zhanxiong Zhang Graduate Research Assistant Du Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3013 zzhang2@umaryland.edu 410-234-8855 Image: Nilli Zmora Associate Research Professor Zohar Laboratory My research focus is manipulating reproduction in fish, mainly to support Aquaculture. Contact Information Office Room: 5040 nzmora@umbc.edu 410-234-8838 Image: Yonathan Zohar Professor and Chair, UMBC Dept. of Marine Biotechnology, Director of 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
Image: Beatriz Akiti Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu
Image: Abdulmajid Alrefaie Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Microalgal Biology and Biotechnology Molecular Biology and Lipid Biochemistry Microbial Development and Metabolic Engine Contact Information Office Room: 5079 aalrefaie@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Image: Ethel Apolinario Lab Assistant Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5095 apolinar@umbc.edu
Image: Taylor Armstrong Senior Program Manager - US HAB-CTI Place Laboratory Harmful Algal Blooms Biotoxins Taylor Armstrong is the senior program manager of the Contact Information Office Room: G017 tarmstrong@umces.edu 410-385-6357
Image: Tsvetan Bachvaroff Research Associate Professor Bachvaroff Laboratory DNA sequence analysis from data collection, assembly, annotation and phylogeny Culture independent methods such as single cell PCR Contact Information Office Room: 3046 bachvarofft@umces.edu 410-234-8849
Image: Jessica Baniak Graduate Research Assistant Chung Laboratory Research interests: Horseshoe Crab Aquaculture Contact Information jbaniak1@umbc.edu
Image: Justine Bedard Events Coordinator Contact Information Office Room: G-008 jbedard@umbc.edu 410-234-8806
Image: Chelsea Bergman Laboratory Research Technician Dooley Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5042 cbergma2@umbc.edu 410-234-8875 Burge Lab Website
Image: Swagata Bose Postdoctoral Fellow Chatterjee Laboratory Contact Information sbose1@umaryland.edu
Image: Lucinda Botlero UMCES-IMET Assistant Director Contact Information Office Room: G030 lbotlero@umces.edu 410-234-8898
Image: Hannah Brunelle Graduate Research Assistant Tracy Laboratory Contact Information hannahb7@umbc.edu
Image: Hannah Bruzzio ARC Assistant Manager ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC hbruzzi1@umbc.edu 410-234-8819
Image: Sarah Carpe Lab Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 scarpe@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Image: Som Chatterjee Assistant Professor Chatterjee Laboratory Our laboratory is interested in the mechanistic understanding of the fundamental biological p Contact Information Office Room: 5050 schatterjee@umaryland.edu 410-234-8890
Image: Haoyu Chen Visiting International Student Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4047 hchen@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Image: Feng Chen Professor Chen Laboratory Marine viruses: isolation, physiology, biogeography, genomics and metagenomics of viruses in aquatic environments Phage-host inter Contact Information Office Room: 4047 chenf@umces.edu 410-234-8866
Image: 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
Image: Kristina Colacicco Faculty Research Assistant Tracy Laboratory Oyster ecology & multiple stressors Parasites of the Chesapeake Bay Contact Information Office Room: 4059 Kcolacicco@umbc.edu 410-234-8835
Image: Everly Conway de Macario Adjunct Professor Robb Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5046 EConway@som.umaryland.edu
Image: Priya DasSarma Laboratory Research Supervisor DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5077 pdassarma@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8861
Image: Shiladitya DasSarma Professor DasSarma Laboratory Post-genomics and biotechnology of salt-loving, radiation-tolerant, and cold-adapted extremophiles Production of virus-like vaccin Contact Information Office Room: 5047 sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8847
Image: Cody Dawson ARC Marine System Control Specialist ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC cjdawson@umbc.edu
Image: Helen Dooley Associate 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
Image: Shaojun "Jim" Du Professor Du Laboratory Developmental biology, muscle biology, and genetics Genetic regulation of muscle and bone development Zebrafish as a mod Contact Information Office Room: 3039 sdu@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8854
Image: Teresa Dumadag Faculty Research Assistant Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5027 dumadag1@umbc.edu
Image: Kayla Fairfield Graduate Research Assistant, PhD Student Schott Laboratory Blue Crab aquaculture Contact Information kfairfield@umces.edu
Image: Luke Feeney Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Luke Feeney is a Lab Assistant working in Dr. Allen Place's lab in the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology. Contact Information Office Room: 3079 lfeeney@umces.edu 410-234-8841
Image: Gemma Feild Laboratory Assistant Chung Laboratory Gemma is a laboratory assistant in the Chung lab where she maintains whiteleg shrimp and horseshoe crabs. Contact Information gfeild1@umbc.edu
Image: Catherine Frederick RAS-N Extension Specialist ARC Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4038 cfrederi@umd.edu 410-234-8810
Image: Teressa Freeman Assistant to the Chair, UMBC Dept. of Marine Biotechnology Contact Information Office Room: G-018 freem1@umbc.edu 410-234-8812
Image: Nick Gallagher Graduate Student Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 ngallagher@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Image: Dawn Green Business Manager Contact Information Office Room: G-030 dgreen@umces.edu 410-234-8839
Image: Lavender Hall Student Intern Wong Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5014 twong@umbc.edu 410-234-8876
Image: Ammar Hanif Graduate Research Assistant Jagus Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 hanifa@umces.edu 410-234-8823
Image: Vedangi Hayatnagarkar Graduate Research Assistant Chatterjee Laboratory Contact Information vhayatnagarkar@umaryland.edu
Image: Zhongshi He Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 zhe@umces.edu
Image: Jennifer Herrera Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 jherrera@umces.edu 410-234-8823
Image: Russell Hill Professor and Executive Director Diversity and roles of microbial symbionts associated with marine invertebrates, in particular sponges Marine microbes, including Contact Information Office Room: 5083 hillr@umces.edu 410-234-8802
Image: Thomas Hill PhD Student Dooley Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4012 Thomas.Hill@som.umaryland.edu
Image: Emma Huntzinger ARC Lab Animal Technician ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC rodgers@umbc.edu
Image: Rosemary Jagus Professor Jagus Laboratory Translational control of gene expression Regulation of gene activity during early development Host defense against virus Contact Information Office Room: 3037 jagus@umces.edu 410-234-8822
Image: Xiangshan Ji Fellow Du Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3013 XJi@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8855
Image: Yufeng Jia Graduate Research Assistant Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 yjia@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Image: Fanglue "Jeffery" Jiao Graduate Student Chen Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4070 fjiao@umces.edu 410-234-8867
Image: Emily Jolly Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Algal Photosynthesis Bioactive Metabolites Cnidarian-Algal Symbiosis Contact Information Office Room: 3081 ejolly@umces.edu 410-234-8841
Image: Lauren Jonas Graduate Research Assistant Hill Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4079 ljonas@umces.edu 410-234-8843
Image: Jacqueline Joubert Administrative Assistant for Columbus Center Administration Contact Information jjbouber1@umbc.edu 410-234-8814
Image: Miranda Judd Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Algal genetic regulation Genome structure Cell cycle Miranda Contact Information Office Room: 3079/3072 mjudd@umces.edu 410-234-8829
Image: Aram Khoshnaw Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu
Image: Allyson Kido Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Link to the ICARE Program: https://icare.umbc.edu/ Contact Information Office Room: 3024 akido1@umbc.edu 410-234-8881
Image: Christopher Kim Intern Tracy Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4046/4059 ckim19@umbc.edu
Image: Nina Lamba Assistant Director Contact Information Office Room: G032 nlamba@umces.edu 410-234-8811
Image: Mary Larkin Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory Contact Information mlarkin@umces.edu
Image: Yi-Ying Lee Associate Research Scientist Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 yylee@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Image: Yantao Li Associate Professor Li Laboratory Micoalgal molecular biology and lipid biochemistry Metabolic engineering for biofuels and bioproducts Microalgal biotech Contact Information Office Room: 5051 yantao@umces.edu 410-234-8833
Image: Yuting Lin Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 ylin@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Image: Nathalie Lombard Postdoctoral Research Associate Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5027 nlombard@umbc.edu 410-234-8879
Image: Alberto Macario Adjunct Professor Robb Laboratory Contact Information ajlmacario@som.umaryland.edu
Image: Veronica Malabanan Lucchese Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 vlucchese@umces.edu 410-234-8881
Image: Jonas Miller Graduate Assistant Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075/3077 jonasm1@umbc.edu
Image: Sabeena Nazar Senior Faculty Research Assistant BAS Lab CAS Lab Contact Information Office Room: 3001 sabeena@umces.edu 410-234-8832
Image: Monika Nielson Administrative Coordinator Contact Information Office Room: G-029 mnielson@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8853
Image: Olivia Pares Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3024 opares@umces.edu 410-234-8823
Image: Michael Paszkiewicz Director for Administration Contact Information Office Room: G009 paz@umbc.edu 410-234-8885
Image: 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
Image: Raymond Poon Laboratory Assistant Chatterjee Laboratory Raymond graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a concentration in Contact Information Office Room: 5081 rpoon1@umaryland.edu 410-234-8891
Image: Kyarii Ramarui Graduate Research Assistant Li Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5079 kramarui@umces.edu 410-234-8864
Image: Frank Robb Professor Robb Laboratory Mechanisms of heat tolerance in hypothermophiles Heat shock proteins, including their use to improve high-temperature industrial o Contact Information Office Room: 5041 frobb@som.umaryland.edu 410-234-8870
Image: Ella Roberts ARC Intern ARC Contact Information Office Room: ARC rodgers@umbc.edu 410-234-8819
Image: Steven Rodgers PhD Candidate and ARC Manager ARC Steven Rodgers works fulltime for UMBC as the manager of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology’s Aquaculture Research Center. Contact Information Office Room: G-049E rodgers@umbc.edu 410-234-8819
Image: Jun Hyung Ryu Postdoctoral Fellow Wong Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5044 rjh3599@gmail.com 410-234-8877
Image: Keiko Saito Research Assistant Professor ARC Saito Laboratory Aquatic microbial ecology and aquacultural microbiology Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (anammox) and ammonia-oxidizing arch Contact Information Office Room: 5043 saito@umbc.edu 410-234-8820
Image: Nidhi Satishkumar Postdoctoral Fellow Chatterjee Laboratory Nidhi completed her Master’s in Biotechnology at Fergusson College, India in 2018. Contact Information Office Room: 5081 nidhi.satishkumar@umaryland.edu 410-234-8891
Image: Cosette Schneider Visiting Student Dooley Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 4012 Cosette.Schneider@som.umaryland.edu
Image: Eric Schott Associate Research Professor Schott Laboratory Health and disease of aquatic organisms Use of molecular methods to discover and monitor marine pathogens, especially viruses of i Contact Information Office Room: 4039 schott@umces.edu 410-234-8881 Schott lab UMCES web page
Image: Harold Schreier 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
Image: Ronita Sequeira Graduate Research Assistant Schott Laboratory Contact Information ronitas1@umbc.edu
Image: Chénira Smith Outreach Coordinator Contact Information Office Room: G026 chenira.smith@umces.edu 410-234-8842
Image: Leonardo M. Soto Graduate Research Assistant DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5077 lsoto1@umd.edu 4102348861
Image: Kevin Sowers Associate Director and Professor Sowers Laboratory Biology of methanogenic archaea Anaerobic conversion of organic wastes to biomethane Microbial reductive dehalogenation Contact Information Office Room: 5045 sowers@umbc.edu 410-234-8878 Sowers Lab Website
Image: Matthew Stromberg Graduate Assistant ARC Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075/3077 mstromb1@umbc.edu
Image: John Stubblefield Faculty Research Assistant ARC Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075 stubblef@umbc.edu 410-234-8824
Image: Yalong Sun Graduate Research Assistant Zohar Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 3075/3077 yalongs1@umbc.edu
Image: Tasia Talbert Communications and Development Coordinator Contact Information ttalbert@umces.edu
Image: Yu Ting Student Intern Sowers Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5027 yting1@umbc.edu
Image: Daniela Tizabi Graduate Student Hill Laboratory Contact Information dtizabi@umces.edu 410-234-8843
Image: Allison Tracy Assistant Professor Tracy Laboratory Ecology and evolution of infectious marine diseases The microbiome in health and disease Habitat-forming species Contact Information Office Room: 4046 amtracy@umbc.edu 410-234-8834
Image: Vikram Vakharia Professor Vakharia Laboratory Viral pathogenesis of fish rhabdoviruses Development of novel vaccines for economically important fish pathogens My Contact Information Office Room: 5049 vakharia@umbc.edu 410-234-8880
Image: 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
Image: Ishita Verma Student Intern DasSarma Laboratory Contact Information sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu
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Image: Jens Wira Graduate Research Assistant Place Laboratory • LC-MS • Dinoflagellate Movement • Biotoxins Contact Information Office Room: 3079/3081 jwira@umces.edu 410-234-8829
Image: Ten-Tsao Wong Associate 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
Image: Shuxian Wu Graduate Research Assistant Wong Laboratory Contact Information Office Room: 5014 w54@umbc.edu 410-234-8877
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Image: Nilli Zmora Associate Research Professor Zohar Laboratory My research focus is manipulating reproduction in fish, mainly to support Aquaculture. Contact Information Office Room: 5040 nzmora@umbc.edu 410-234-8838
Image: Yonathan Zohar Professor and Chair, UMBC Dept. of Marine Biotechnology, Director of 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
