Fisheries and Mariculture Program in the College of Science

Faculty in the Fisheries and Mariculture Program
Adjunct faculty and instructors in the Fisheries and Mariculture Program
Advisors for the College

Fisheries and Mariculture Program

Kim Withers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Program Coordinator

Office: 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

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Faculty in the Fisheries and Mariculture Program

Chris Bird, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Office: 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

Donna Devlin, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Office: CS 106
Phone: (361) 825-3935
Email: donna.devlin@tamucc.edu

Chris Hollenbeck, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Fisheries and Mariculture

Office: TH 140
Phone: (361) 825-6022
Email: christopher.hollenbeck@tamucc.edu

Ivy Jones, Ph.D.

Professional Assistant Professor

Office: TH 133
Phone: (361) 825-3259
Email: ivy.jones@tamucc.edu

Paul Montagna, Ph.D.

HRI Chair and Professor

Office: HRI 122E
Phone: (361) 825-2040
Email: paul.montagna@tamucc.edu

Coastal ecology with emphasis on watersheds & estuaries; ecosystems with emphasis on water quality & benthos; modeling, statistics, & experimental design; ecoinformatics

Jennifer Pollack, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marine Biology and HRI Chair for Coastal Conservation & Restoration

Office: HRI 210A
Phone: (361) 825-2041
Email: jennifer.pollack@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.harte.org/research/coastal-conservation-restoration

Field research experience in temperate salt marsh creeks, semi-arid estuaries, and polar regions

David Portnoy, Ph.D.

Professor of Marine Biology

Office: TH 138
Phone: (361) 825-2859
Email: david.portnoy@tamucc.edu
Website: https://marinegenomicslab.tamucc.edu

Conservation genetics of exploited marine fishes, historical patterns of zoogeography, systematics and evolution of bony fishes and elasmobranchs, patterns of sexual selection, conflict and speciation.

Ed Proffitt, Ph.D.

Professor

Office: 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

Greg Stunz, Ph.D.

Professor of Marine Biology and Endowed Chair for Fisheries and Ocean Health

Office: HRI 311C
Phone: (361) 825-3254
Email: greg.stunz@tamucc.edu

Marine biology, marine ecology, marine fisheries ecology, fisheries, estuarine ecology, environmental biology

Benjamin Walther, Ph.D.

Professor

Office: TH 336
Phone: (361) 825-4168
Email: benjamin.walther@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/waltherfishlab/

Fish migration ecology; population connectivity; habitat use; food web dynamics; carbonate chemistry

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Adjunct Faculty in the Fisheries and Mariculture Program

Jesse Gilbert, M.S.

Adjunct Professor

Phone: 361-881-1215
Email: jgilbert@txstateaq.org
Website: https://www.texasstateaquarium.org

aquatic animal husbandry, water quality, life support operations, mariculture

James Tolan, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor

Office: NRC 2501
Phone: (361) 825-3247
Email: james.tolan@tpwd.texas.gov
Website: https://www.gulfbase.org/people/dr-james-tolan

Fisheries; Larval Fish Biology; Bay and Estuary Freshwater Inflows; Ecology; Fisheries Management; Population Biology; Ecological Indicators

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Fisheries and Mariculture Program Directory