Coastal & Marine System Science Program Directory
Coastal & Marine System Science Program
Joseph David Felix, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Program CoordinatorOffice: NRC 3508
Phone: (361) 825-4180
Email: joseph.felix@tamucc.edu
Website: http://felixlab.tamucc.edu
Stable isotope biogeochemistry; Transport, fate, and air-sea-land exchange processes of volatile organic compounds and reactive nitrogen; Bulk and compound-specific stable isotope analysis method development
Hussain Abdulla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 211
Phone: (361) 825-6050
Email: hussain.abdulla@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.habdullagroup.com
Abdulla's Organic Biogeochemistry research laboratory specializes in aquatic environmental metabolomics, studying the fluxes, fate, and transformation of natural dissolved organic matter (DOM). The research group focuses on understanding the fate and transformation of natural DOM and organic pollutants and investigating how different aquatic species tolerate environmental stresses using environmental metabolomics approaches. Additionally, the lab is dedicated to developing advanced analytical methods for the sensitive and robust quantification of metabolites.
Mohamed Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of GeophysicsOffice: NRC 2508
Phone: (361) 825-3278
Email: mohamed.ahmed@tamucc.edu
Website: https://ahmedlab.tamucc.edu
Applying geophysics, remote sensing, hydrogeology, modeling, and GIS to investigate a wide range of complex problems
Mark Besonen, Ph.D.
Associate Research ScientistOffice: HRI 215B
Phone: (361) 825-2043
Email: mark.besonen@tamucc.edu
Chris Bird, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of BiologyOffice: TH 234
Phone: (361) 825-6024
Email: chris.bird@tamucc.edu
Website: https://birdlab.tamucc.edu
Molecular Ecology, Evolution, Population Genetics, Marine Biology, Community Ecology, Fisheries Management, Invertebrate Zoology, Biotechnology
Darek Bogucki, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorOffice: CS 251
Phone: (361) 825-2836
Email: darek.bogucki@tamucc.edu
Website: https://faculty.tamucc.edu/dbogucki
Small scale physical processes in the coastal ocean, including remote sensing, numerical methods in fluid dynamics, biological-physical interactions, sensors, and LIDAR
Richard Coffin, Ph.D.
PENS Chair & ProfessorOffice: NRC 3500
Phone: (361) 825-2814
Email: richard.coffin@tamucc.edu
Website: http://icl.tamucc.edu
Carbon isotope geochemistry to study biogeochemical cycles in the coastal ocean and estuaries.
Donna Devlin, Ph.D.
Research AssociateOffice: CS 106
Phone: (361) 825-3935
Email: donna.devlin@tamucc.edu
Dale Gawlik, Ph.D.
HRI Endowed Chair for Conservation and BiodiversityOffice: HRI 314A
Phone: (361) 825-2045
Email: dale.gawlik@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.harte.org/research/conservation-biodiversity
Research interests: waterbird ecology and conservation, wetland and intertidal ecosystems, restoration ecology, and the use of birds in aquatic ecosystem management.
James Gibeaut, Ph.D.
Endowed Associate Research ProfessorOffice: HRI 215A
Phone: (361) 825-2060
Email: james.gibeaut@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.harteresearch.org/research/geospatial-sciences
Coastal geology using topographic Lidar, remote sensing, GIS, and field surveys to measure and understand coastal change.
Nasrin Hooshmand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 250
Phone: (361) 825-2862
Email: nasrin.hooshmand@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.hooshmandlab.io/?page_id=507
Lucy Huang, Ph.D.
ProfessorOffice: RFEB 310B
Phone: (361) 825-2646
Email: lucy.huang@tamucc.edu
GIS in public health/epidemiology
Lei Jin, Ph.D.
Professor of StatisticsOffice: CI 307
Phone: (361) 825-2099
Email: lei.jin@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/lei-jins-website/home
Time series, missing data and applied statistics
Scott King, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer ScienceOffice: CI 341
Phone: (361) 825-5877
Email: scott.king@tamucc.edu
Website: https://faculty.tamucc.edu/sking
Computer Graphics: Facial Animation and Modeling, Real-Time Graphics, Rendering, Scientific Visualization; Face-to-Face Human Computer Interaction
Chuntao Liu, Ph.D.
Professor of Atmospheric SciencesOffice: NRC 1109
Phone: (361) 825-3845
Email: chuntao.liu@tamucc.edu
Research area: Remote sensing of cloud, precipitation and severe weather.
Richard McLaughlin
HRI Chair and Professor EmeritusOffice: HRI 311C
Phone: (361) 825-2010
Email: richard.mclaughlin@tamucc.edu
Marine policy and law
Paul Montagna, Ph.D.
HRI Chair and ProfessorOffice: HRI 122E
Phone: (361) 825-2040
Email: paul.montagna@tamucc.edu
Ecosystem studies with a focus on benthic components, freshwater resources, water quality, ecosystem modeling, and environmental statistics; and integrating natural science with human dimensions research.
Dorina Murgulet, Ph.D.
CMSS Program Coordinator and Professor of HydrogeologyOffice: NRC 3103
Phone: (361) 825-2309
Email: dorina.murgulet@tamucc.edu
Website: https://artesian.tamucc.edu/index.html
Physical and Contaminant Hydrogeology; Hydrology and Water Resources; Groundwater/surface water interactions; Coastal hydrogeology.
Dara Orbach, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of BiologyOffice: TH 340
Phone: (361) 825-3217
Email: dara.orbach@tamucc.edu
Website: https://daraorbach.weebly.com
Ingo Pecher, Ph.D.
Professor of Coastal and Marine System ScienceOffice: NRC 2515
Phone: (361) 825-4141
Email: ingo.pecher@tamucc.edu
Geophysical studies of seafloor processes. Fluid expulsion, cold seeps, gas hydrates, shallow gas, geohazards, seafloor sedimentation and erosion. Analysis of seismic, echosounder, multibeam and sidescan sonar data. Geophysical well logs. Marine heat flow. Integration of geochemical, sedimentological and geophysical data.
Jennifer Pollack, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine Biology and HRI Chair for Coastal Conservation & RestorationOffice: HRI 210A
Phone: (361) 825-2041
Email: jennifer.pollack@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.harte.org/research/coastal-conservation-restoration
Invertebrate fisheries and mariculture; oyster restoration; and marine ecology of marshes, bays, and estuaries
Ed Proffitt, Ph.D.
ProfessorOffice: TH 139
Phone: (361) 825-2358
Email: ed.proffitt@tamucc.edu
Website: https://edproffitt.wixsite.com/coastal-ecology
Ecology of estuarine and marine plants and invertebrates; ecological genetics; experimental design and biometry; applying multivariate statistics to address large-scale problems
Lindsay Prothro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of GeologyOffice: CS 247
Phone: (361) 825-4062
Email: lindsay.prothro@tamucc.edu
Alexey Sadovski, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 338
Phone: (361) 825-2477
Email: alexey.sadovski@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.gulfbase.org/people/dr-alexey-l-sadovski
Mathematical and statistical modeling and their applications to environmental, coastal, marine, and earth sciences and systems
Jian Sheng, Ph.D.
Professor of EngineeringOffice: RFEB 313
Phone: (361) 825-3731
Email: jian.sheng@tamucc.edu
Toshiaki Shinoda, Ph.D.
Professor of Atmospheric ScienceOffice: SL 105
Phone: (361) 825-3636
Email: toshiaki.shinoda@tamucc.edu
Website: https://faculty.tamucc.edu/tshinoda
Climate dynamics, Atmosphere-ocean interaction, Physical oceanography
Michael Starek, Ph.D.
Professor of Geospatial Systems EngineeringOffice: NRC 3407
Phone: (361) 825-3978
Email: michael.starek@tamucc.edu
Website: https://mantisresearch.org/faculty
My research explores the merging of geomatics, remote sensing, and geospatial computing for science and engineering problems. Expertise includes LiDAR, autonomous sensing & UAS, photogrammetry, machine learning, and GIS.
Greg Stunz, Ph.D.
Professor of Marine Biology and Endowed Chair for Fisheries and Ocean HealthOffice: HRI 311C
Phone: (361) 825-3254
Email: greg.stunz@tamucc.edu
Marine biology, marine ecology, marine fisheries ecology, fisheries, estuarine ecology, environmental biology
Philippe Tissot, Ph.D.
Associate Research ProfessorOffice: NRC 2801
Phone: (361) 825-3776
Email: philippe.tissot@tamucc.edu
My main research interest is the application and development of machine learning based techniques
Jeffrey Turner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine BiologyOffice: TH 240
Phone: (361) 825-6206
Email: jeffrey.turner@tamucc.edu
Website: https://turnerlab.tamucc.edu
Microbial Ecology, Molecular Biology, Population Genetics, Evolution, Genomics, Metagenomics, connections between oceans and human health
Maria Vasilyeva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Applied MathematicsOffice: CI 310
Phone: (361) 825-3023
Email: maria.vasilyeva@tamucc.edu
Multiscale multiphysics problems, Heterogeneous media, Numerical methods, Multiscale methods, Upscaling, Machine learning
Michael Wetz, Ph.D.
Professor of Marine BiologyOffice: HRI 210B
Phone: (361) 825-2132
Email: michael.wetz@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.harte.org/research/coastal-ecosystem-processes
Phytoplankton ecology, estuarine and coastal food webs and biogeochemical cycles, effects of climatic and anthropogenic change
Kim Withers, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorOffice: NRC 3205
Phone: (361) 825-5907
Email: kim.withers@tamucc.edu
Tidal flat ecology; invertebrates & nekton of tidal flats & marshes; shorebird habitat use on tidal flats in Laguna Madre & Corpus Christi Bay; mangrove-associated faunas; seagrass ecology & invertebrate communities; impacts of succession on juvenile fish communities; fisheries resources in Texas & Mexico
Feiqin Xie, Ph.D.
Professor of Atmospheric SciencesOffice: NRC 3507
Phone: (361) 825-3229
Email: feiqin.xie@tamucc.edu
Website: https://faculty.tamucc.edu/fxie/
My primary research interests are in atmospheric remote sensing and atmospheric dynamics.
Wei Xu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine Biomedical ScienceOffice: TH 339
Phone: (361) 825-2676
Email: wei.xu@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.tamucc.edu/science/research/leh/wei-xu.php
Hua Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil EngineeringOffice: RFEB 319C
Phone: (361) 825-2467
Email: hua.zhang@tamucc.edu
Website: https://wesa.tamucc.edu
Hydrology, water resources management, geospatial analysis, infrastructure resilience, environmental systems analysis
Lin Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine ChemistryOffice: NRC 1109
Phone: (361) 825-2095
Email: lin.zhang@tamucc.edu
Website: http://zhanglab.tamucc.edu
Compound/Position Specific Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis in Amino Acids and Application in Oceanography and Ecology. Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry of Greenhouse Gases in Alaskan Peatlands.