DEPUTY CENTER DIRECTOR
Research Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Phone: (410) 621-1049 | Email: masexton@umes.edu | Fax: (410) 651-7739
- Interim Assistant Director, NOAA-LMRCSC, UMES. 2017 – August 2019
- Assistant Director, NOAA-LMRCSC, UMES. August, 2019 – Present
Education
University of Maryland, Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences (2012)
Ph.D., Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science
Coastal Carolina University (2003)
B.S., Marine Science and Biology
Research Interests
- The biology and ecology of gelatinous zooplankton in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Coastal Bays, particularly the early life stages of C. quinquecirrha.
Selected Publications
- Sexton MA, Hood RR, Sarkodee-adoo J, Liss AM (2010) Response of Chrysaora quinquecirrha medusae to low temperature. Hydrobiologia 645:125-133
Biosketch
Dr. Maggie Sexton received a B.S. degree in Marine Science and Biology from Coastal Carolina University in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science from the University of Maryland in 2012. Her dissertation research, conducted at the Horn Point Laboratory, sought to characterize inter-annual and intra-annual variability in the abundance of the sea nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrha in Chesapeake Bay and the environmental conditions that cause this variability.
Dr. Sexton joined the LMRCSC in 2013. Her current research interests include the biology and ecology of gelatinous zooplankton in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Coastal Bays, particularly the early life stages of C. quinquecirrha.
NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)
(410) 651-7870
Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005
Funding Agency: NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI)
