Directory

Team Member

Area of Expertise

Contact Information

Tsvetan Bachvaroff

Associate Research Professor

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology

DNA sequence analysis; culture independent methods, such as single cell PCR, sequencing, and sequence analysis; establishing dinoflagellate cultures

Columbus Center - 3046

bachvarofft@umces.edu

(410) 234-8849

Feng Chen

Professor

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology

Marine microbial ecology, microbial oceanography and biogeography, microbial diversity, genomics, functional genomics, clean green biotechnology

Columbus Center - 4070

chenf@umces.edu

410-234-8866

J. Sook Chung

Professor

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology

Neuroendocrine regulation on crustacean physiology of molting, growth, reproduction, sex differentiation, and stress responses

Columbus Center - 4044

chung@umces.edu

410-234-8841

Russell Hill

Executive Director and Professor

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology

Symbiosis between bacteria and marine invertebrates, especially sponges; molecular and culture-based studies of symbiotic bacteria, microalgae, biofuels

Columbus Center - 5083

hill@umces.edu

410-234-8802

Rosemary Jagus

Professor

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology

Translational control of gene expression, regulation of gene activity in early development, host defense against virus infection and viral countermeasures

Columbus Center - 3037

jagus@umces.edu

410-234-8822

Yantao Li

Associate Professor

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology

Micoalgal molecular biology and lipid biochemistry, biotechnology and environmental bioremediation, metabolic engineering for biofuels and bioproducts

Columbus Center - 5051

yantao@umces.edu

410-234-8833