Marine and Environment Faculty

Engineering & Computer Science
Ocean & Mechanical Engineering
Professor
561.297.2792
Faculty Website
pan@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Underwater Robotics, Artificial Intelligence

Science
Biology
Associate Professor
954.236.1151
Faculty Website
jbaldwin@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Population Genetics / Conservation

SNMREC
Chief Engineer
561.297.2391
wbaxley1@fau.edu

Engineering & Computer Science
Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Professor
561.297.5345
Faculty Website
pbeaujea@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Signal Processing, Sonar Systems Design, Communication Navigation Systems, Transducer Design

FAU Harbor Branch
Ocean Modeling and Bio-physical processes
Associate Research Professor
772.242.2314
Faculty Website
lcherubin@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Ocean Modeling & Bio-physical Processes

Assistant Professor
Department of Ocean & Mechanical Engineering
561.297.1560
Faculty Website
ocuret@fau.edu

FAU Harbor Branch
Administration & Operations
Interim Executive Director
772.242.2298
Faculty Website
mdavi105@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Development of Aquaculture Species for Food and Stock Enhancement

Engineering and Computer Science
OME/SeaTech
Professor & Director
954.924.7242
Faculty Website
dhanak@fau.edu

Engineering & Computer Science
CEECS/COECS
Department Chair and Professor
561.702.0476
Faculty Website
erdol@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Signal Processing

FAU Harbor Branch
Cancer Cell Biology
Associate Research Professor
772.242.2452
Faculty Website
eguzman9@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Cancer Immunology; research focusing on finding marine natural products that have the potential to be novel therapeutics against cancer

Engineering & Computer Science
OME
Department Chair and Professor
561.297.3438
Faculty Website
jhashemi@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Materials

FAU Harbor Branch
Ocean Dynamics & Modelling
Associate Research Professor
772.242.2254
Faculty Website
jiangm@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Ocean Modeling and Observations

Science
Biology
Associate Professor
561-297-2677
Faculty Website
kajiura@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Sensory Biology of Fishes

Assistant Professor
Department of Ocean & Mechanical Engineering
561.297.3442
Faculty Website

Research Expertise: Microfluidic Sensors, Optical Diagnostic Techniques, Energy Systems (oil and gas), Thermal-fluid Sciences

Division of Research
SNMREC
Energy Systems Engineer
561-297-3325
Faculty Website
mkoch@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Ocean Energy

FAU Harbor Branch
Marine Ecosystem Health
Research Professor
772.242.2276
Faculty Website
blapoin1@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Algal Physiology and Biochemistry, Seagrass and Coral Reef Ecology, Eutrophication, Marine Bioinvasions and Marine Conservation

Environmental Biogeochemistry
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Environmental Sciences
Research Professor
561.297.3309
Faculty Website

Research Expertise: Water Quality (Nutrients), Algal Blooms, Microalgal Community Assessment, Pigment-based Chemotaxonomy of Microalgal Communities

Engineering and Computer Science
Civil, Environmental & Geomatics Engineering
Associate Chair and Professor
561.297.3099
Faculty Website

Assistant Professor Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
772.242.2427
Faculty Website
anayak@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Ocean Instrumentation, Coastal Processes, Turbulence, Marine Particle Dynamics, Biophysical Interactions

FAU Harbor Branch
Population Biology & Behavioral Ecology
Associate Research Professor
772.242.2628
Directory Website
gocorryc@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Combining Molecular Genetic Analysis with Field Ecology to study the molecular and behavioral ecology of marine apex predators,the effects of ecosystem and climate change on upper trophic levels

FAU Harbor Branch
Ocean and Engineering Technology
Assistant Research Professor
772.242.2205
Faculty Website
bouyang@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Application of Compressive Sensing Theory in Underwater Imaging Applications, computer vision in underwater laser imaging applications, real-time environmental monitoring and events detection, application of electro-optic imaging numerical model and deconvolution technique in image enhancement and pulse resolution improvements

Science
Center for Environmental Studies
Director
954.236.1104
Faculty Website
cpolsky@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Environmental Studies

FAU Harbor Branch
Marine Biomedical & Biotechnology Research
Research Professor
772.242.2449
Faculty Website
spomponi@fau.edu

Assistant Professor Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
954.924.7202
Faculty Website
mtwardowski@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Machine Learning in Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence Modelling and Large Eddy Simulation, Fluid Mechanics of Collective Behavior, Numerical Methods and High Performance Computing

FAU Harbor Branch
Biological Oceanography
jsullivan@fau.edu

FAU Harbor Branch
Marine Ecosystem Health
Assistant Research Professor
772.242.2538
Faculty Website
jvoss2@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Coral Reef Resources, Tracking and Predicting the Impacts of Coral Stressors on Reef Ecosystems

FAU Harbor Branch
Aquaculture
Principal Investigator
772.242.2454
Faculty Website
pwills2@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Aquaculture of Finfish for Food and Stock Enhancement and Development of New Fish Species for Aquaculture

Fau Harbor Branch
Natural Products Chemistry
Research Professor
772.242.2459
Faculty Website
awrigh33@fau.edu

Research Expertise: Marine Natural Products with Potential Use as Human Therapeutic Agents, primarily discovery of compounds with anticancer properties and agents useful against neurodegenerative disease, malaria and tuberculosis

Science
Geosciences
Chair, Department of Geosciences and Professor
561.297.2852
Faculty Website
xie@fau.edu

Research Expertise: GIS/Remote Sensing