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School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
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Email: somas@stonybrook.edu
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Marinetics Endowed Professor in Marine Sciences
Marine invertebrate physiology and health, Shellfish Genomics, Aquaculture
Dana Hall 149
Professor
Marine benthic ecology, invertebrate zoology, marine microbiology, biogeochemistry
Dana Hall 101
Distinguished Professor
Marine biogeochemistry, marine animal-sediment relations
Challenger Hall 101
Associate Professor
Marine Biogeochemistry, Chemical kinetics of natural organic matter, radiocarbon analyses
Challenger Hall 123
Associate Professor
Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, deep-sea sediments, marine micropaleontology
Discovery Hall 117
Distinguished Service Professor
Near shore transport processes, coastal groundwater hydrology, coastal sedimentation,
marine geophysics
Endeavour Hall 211
Advanced Senior Lecturer
Marine and Environmental Science Education, Coastal Community Ecology
Natural Sciences 123
Toll Professor
Benthic ecology, population and community dynamics.
Dana Hall 121
Professor
Fisheries ecology, stock assessment, population and ecosystem dynamics, monitoring
program design and optimization, climate change, fisheries management, international
fisheries
Dana Hall 111
Professor
Phytoplankton physiological ecology, Biocomplexity and microbial diversity, Planktonic
ecosystem processes in marine estuarine and freshwater systems
Discovery Hall 145
Lecturer
Elasmobranch Ecology, Field Research Methods, Environmental Education
Natural Sciences 119
Associate Professor
Nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport, wave-current-sediment-structure interaction,
resilient coastal protection systems, coastal flooding.
Heavy Engineering 112
Toll Professor
Marine phytoplankton physiology and ecology, biogeo-chemistry of metals, marine pollution
Dana Hall 129
Research Professor
Continental Shelf Dynamics, Bio-Physical Interactions in Shelf Systems, Climate Change
Effects on Coastal Systems, Shipboard ADCPs on Volunteer Observing Ships
Endeavour Hall 203
Research Professor
Marine geology, sediment dynamics, continental margin sedimentation
Endeavour Hall 157
Professor
Fish ecology, population modeling and life history theory
Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation
Distinguished Professor
Coastal ecosystem ecology, climate change, harmful algal blooms, phytoplankton, ocean
acidification, effects of multiple stressors on coastal marine resources, aquatic
biogeochemistry
Natural Sciences 125
Denis Gruzdev
Research Associate Professor
microbial molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics, marine invertebrate genomics
Dana Hall
Associate Professor
seascape ecology, including invertebrate reproduction, larval dispersal, metapopulation
modeling, and the spatial ecology of environmental change
Dana Hall
Assistant Professor
coastal geological processes, erosion, and beach morphology
Dana Hall
Associate Professor
Structure and dynamics of shelf-seas and remote sensing oceanography
Endeavour Hall 169
Research Professor
evolutionary biology and entomological research
Assistant Professor
drivers of coastal change, to track transitions in structure and function of ecosystems
and societies with disturbances such as storms, floods, and climate change
Discovery Hall 121
Assistant Professor
estuarine dynamics, coastal sediment transport, shoaling internal waves, coastal connectivity
Endeavour Hall 197
Assistant Professor
Oceanic distributions of microplastics (MPs) and black carbon (BC) particles, Raman
Microspectroscopy
Discovery Hall 165
Associate Professor
Associate Director of Emerging Contaminants Research
Occurrence, fate, and remediation of PFAS, microplastics, and other emerging contaminants
in natural and built environments
Discovery Hall 131
Research Associate Professor
Shellfish physiology, Particle selection mechanisms in suspension-feeding bivalves,
Algology
Dana Hall 149A
Professor
Community ecology of seagrass dominated ecosystems
Natural Sciences 121
Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science
Ocean conservation, fisheries management, ecosystem-based approaches, marine protected
areas (MPAs), endangered fishes, sharks, sturgeon
Discovery Hall 169
Assistant Professor
Coastal fluxes of carbon and other pollutants, Carbonate Chemistry, Hydrothermal vents,
water-rock reactions, toxic metal and metalloid cycling in coastal environments, bioenergetics,
redox disequilibria and microbial ecology, and alkaline shallow-sea vents as early
Earth analogs
Challenger Hall 151
Senior Lecturer
Maritime and Environmental History, Sustainability
Melville Library E2360
Carl Safina Endowed Research Chair for Nature and Humanity
Endeavour Hall 147
Assistant Professor
Bulk and compound specific stable isotope systems, food-webs, ecological niches, community
dynamics, ecosystem ecology, energy flow
Dana Hall 105
Professor
MAR Division Head
Microbial oceanography, microbial ecology, planktonic food webs, biogeochemistry,
ocean deoxygenation, microplastic contaminants, single cell analysis, novel bioimaging
technology - Raman Microspectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy
Endeavour Hall 161
Associate Professor
Marine mammal and seabird ecology and conservation; Habitat use and energetics of
protected species under environmental and anthropogenic change
Challenger Hall 159
Associate Professor
Sediment biogeochemistry, animal-sediment interactions, benthic ecology
Dana Hall 117
Professor
Acoustical oceanography, Zooplankton behavior and ecology
Natural Sciences 101
Associate Professor
Marine Biogeochemistry, Geochemical element cycles, Deep Biosphere
Challenger Hall 145
Associate Professor
Physical oceanography, large-scale circulation: theory and modeling.
Endeavour Hall 167
Associate Professor
Chem-/Bio- Sensors, Marine Biogeochemistry, Trace Elements, Environmental Analytical
Chemistry
Discovery Hall 105
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