Faculty in the Marine Conservation and Policy Program

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences faculty offer a wide range of expertise in Marine Conservation and Policy (MCP).  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 Pikitch
Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science
Executive Director, IOCS 
Ellen.Pikitch@stonybrook.edu
Ocean conservation, fisheries management, ecosystem-based approaches, endangered fishes, sharks, sturgeon

Yong Chen
Professor 
yong.chen.2@stonybrook.edu
fisheries ecology, stock assessment, population and ecosystem dynamics, monitoring program design and optimization, climate change, fisheries management, international fisheries

Mary Collins
Associate Professor
mary.collins@stonybrook.edu
Environmental Health Inequality, Environmental Justice, Socio-Environmental Systems, Quantitative Methods, Data Synthesis & Visualization 

Liliana M. Dávalos-Alvarez
Professor of Conservation Biology
liliana.davalos@stonybrook.edu
Molecular evolution, phylogenetics and tropical biology

Donovan Finn
Assistant Professor
Faculty Director, Environmental Design, Policy, and Planning 
donovan.finn@stonybrook.edu
Community-based planning, disaster recovery, resilience policy, urban design and placemaking 

Karine Kleinhaus
Research Assistant Professor 
karine.kleinhaus@stonybrook.edu
Coral reproduction, hormonal signalling, gametogenesis, reef conservation, coral aging and senescence 

Giovanna McClenachan
Assistant Professor 
giovanna.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 Safina
Endowed Chair 
Csafina@safinacenter.org
Ocean animals, fisheries, human relationship with nature 

Oliver Shipley
Assistant Professor 
Oliver.shipley@stonybrook.edu
Bulk and compound specific stable isotope systems, food-webs, ecological niches, community dynamics, ecosystem ecology, energy flow

David Taylor
Associate Professor
Division Head, Sustainability Studies
David.j.taylor@stonybrook.edu
environmental humanities, history of naturalist studies, American Literature, nature writing