Marine Sciences Faculty and Staff
FACULTY
| Name /Rank /Email /Phone | Research Interests and Projects Instructional Specialties |
| Dr. Tara Cox Assistant Professor Email: coxt@savannahstate.edu Phone: 912-358-4097 |
Conservation biology of long-lived marine vertebrates (marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds); marine policy and management; fisheries ecology and management, especially as it relates to by catch; interactions of human activities (e.g., fisheries and sound) with marine mammals. marine spatial analysis. |
| Dr. Carla Curran Associate Professor Email: curranc@savannahstate.edu Phone: 912-358-4438 |
Physiological adaptations of fishes, Metabolic cost of sex change in fishes, larval transport and settlement by juveniles flatfishes, bopyrid isopod parasite prevalence in grass shrimp, recovery of Meiofauna in intertidal feeding pits created by rays, Spartina dieback in coastal Georgia. |
Dr. Sue Ebanks Visiting Assistant Professor Email: ebankss@savannahstate.edu Phone: 912-358-4430 |
Invertebrate environmental toxicology, physiological ecology, and behavioral ecology. Additionally, she is interested in studying the effects of aquatic acidification on biological endpoints in invertebrates, particularly in freshwater environments. |
| Dr. Matthew Gilligan Distinguished Professor Email: gilliganm@savannahstate.edu Phone: 912-358-4098 |
Dr. Matthew Gilligan formally retired as professor and coordinator of marine sciences at SSU on October 1, 2011 but continues to assist part-time in externally-funded programs. |
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Program Coordinator Email: hintzc@savannahstate.edu Phone: 912-358-4096 |
Marine chemistry, carbonate chemistry, and ocean acidification; analytical technique development; aquaculture, specialized culture techniques, low-energy/cost phytoplankton culture for biofuels, phytoremediation. |
| Dr. Dionne Hoskins Fishery Biologist, NOAA Fisheries Associate Graduate Professor Email: hoskins@savannahstate.edu Phone: 912-358-4289 |
Deposit-feeder ecology, assimilation of microbial polymeric secretions, using mariculture to encourage diversity in marine science careers, genotoxic endpoints in marine invertebrates, coastal zone management, aquaculture, fishery management in Southern Ghana. |
| Dr. Carol Pride Associate Professor Email: pridec@savannahstate.edu Phone: 912-358-4439 |
Marine records of climatic and oceanographic change, Marine Sediments, Micropaleontology, Stable isotope biogeochemistry. |
FACULTY AND STAFF DIRECTORY
Name |
Tel. (912) |
Email |
Building
|
Room |
Mail Center Box # |
| Dr. Chris Hintz | 358-4096 |
hintzc@savannahstate.edu | Marine Science | 101 | 20467 |
| Dr. Carla Curran | 358-4438 |
curranc@savannahstate.edu | Drew-Griffith | 129 | 20600 |
| Dr. Matt Gilligan | 358-4098 |
gilliganm@savannahstate.edu | Marine Biology | 103 | 20467 |
| Dr. Dionne Hoskins | 358-4289 |
hoskins@savannahstate.edu | Hubert A | 118 | 20228 |
| Dr. Carol Pride | 358-4439 |
pridec@savannahstate.edu | Drew-Griffith | 131 | 20600 |
| Dr. Tara Cox | 358-4097 |
coxt@savannahstate.edu | Harris Hall | 101 | 20467 |
| Dr. Sue Ebanks | 358-4430 |
ebankss@savannahstate.edu | Drew-Griffith | 141 | 20600 |
| Dr. Charles (Chip) Cotton | 358-4433 |
cottonc@savannahstate.edu | Drew-Griffith | 249 | 20600 |
| Capt. Jay Rosenzweig | 844-7140 |
rosenzweigj@savannahstate.edu | Marine Biology | - | 20467 |
| Ms. Sugeiry Rivera | 358-4101 |
riveras@savannahstate.edu | Marine Biology | Lobby | 20467 |
| Marine Science Outreach and Camp Coordinator | 358-4291 |
hunterg@savannahstate.edu | Hubert A | 116 | 20228 |
| Ms. Katherine(Kate) Doyle | 358-3302 |
doylek@savannahstate.edu | Harris Hall | 107 | 20467 |
| SSUDS Lab 1 | 358-3301 |
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Harris Hall | 102 | 20467 |
| SSUDS Lab 2 | 358-3305 |
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Harris Hall | 115 | 20467 |
| Water Quality Lab 1 | 358-3303 |
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Harris Hall | 108 | 20467 |
| Water Quality Lab 2 | 358-3308 |
____ | Harris Hall | 110 | 20467 |
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Adjunct Graduate Faculty
| ALEXANDER, Clark, Professor Ph.D., North Carolina State University. Phone: (912)598-2329 Email: clark.alexander@skio.usg.edu |
| BLANTON, Jackson O., Professor Ph.D., Oregon State University. Email: jack.blanton@skio.usg.edu |
| FRISCHER, Marc E., Associate Professor Ph.D., University of South Florida. Phone: (912)598-2308 Email: marc.frischer@skio.usg.edu |
| LEE, Richard F., Professor Emeritus Ph.D., University of California, San Diego. Phone: (912)598-2494 or 2487 Email: dick.lee@skio.usg.edu |
| SANDERS, James G., Director and Professor Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Phone: (912)598-3340 Email: jim.sanders@skio.usg.edu |