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MCP Faculty
SoMAS faculty offer a wide range of expertise in Marine Conservation and Policy. The faculty members on the MCP Steering Committee below, or any member of the SoMAS graduate faculty, can serve as a mentor for a student’s internship or capstone project. To learn about their interests and ongoing research in their labs, click on the individuals below or see the complete faculty list).
- Ellen PikitchEndowed Professor of Ocean Conservation ScienceExecutive Director, IOCS / Faculty Director, MCP ProgramEllen.Pikitch@stonybrook.edu Ocean conservation, fisheries management, ecosystem-based approaches, endangered fishes, sharks, sturgeon
- Yong ChenProfessoryong.chen.2@stonybrook.edu fisheries ecology, stock assessment, population and ecosystem dynamics, monitoring program design and optimization, climate change, fisheries management, international fisheries
- Mary CollinsAssociate Professormary.collins@stonybrook.edu Environmental Health Inequality, Environmental Justice, Socio-Environmental Systems, Quantitative Methods, Data Synthesis & Visualization
- Liliana M. Dávalos-AlvarezProfessor of Conservation Biologyliliana.davalos@stonybrook.edu Molecular evolution, phylogenetics and tropical biology
- Donovan FinnAssistant ProfessorFaculty Director, Environmental Design, Policy, and Planningdonovan.finn@stonybrook.edu Community-based planning, disaster recovery, resilience policy, urban design and placemaking Currently on leave
- Karine KleinhausResearch Assistant Professorkarine.kleinhaus@stonybrook.edu Coral reproduction, hormonal signalling, gametogenesis, reef conservation, coral aging and senescence
- Giovanna McClenachanAssistant Professorgiovanna.mcclenachan@stonybrook.edu drivers of coastal change, to track transitions in structure and function of ecosystems and societies with disturbances such as storms, floods, and climate change
- Carl SafinaEndowed ChairCsafina@safinacenter.org Ocean animals, fisheries, human relationship with nature
- Oliver ShipleyAssistant ProfessorOliver.shipley@stonybrook.edu Bulk and compound specific stable isotope systems, food-webs, ecological niches, community dynamics, ecosystem ecology, energy flow
- David TaylorAssistant ProfessorFaculty Director, Environmental Humanities Interim Division Head, Sustainability Studies David.j.taylor@stonybrook.edu environmental humanities, history of naturalist studies, American Literature, nature writing