{"id":1381,"date":"2021-09-12T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T16:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=1381"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:08:13","slug":"directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D., Director<br><\/strong>Ph: (410) 621-3034<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:pchigbu@umes.edu\">pchigbu@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Margaret Sexton, Ph.D., Deputy Director<br><\/strong>Ph: (410) 651-1049<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:pchigbu@umes.edu\">masexton@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gulnihal Ozbay, Ph.D., Project Director<br><\/strong>Delaware State University<br>1200 N. Dupont Highway<br>Dover, Delaware 19901-2277<br>Phone: (302) 857-6476<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gozbay@desu.edu\">gozbay@desu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dionne Hoskins-Brown, Ph.D., Project Director<br><\/strong>Savannah State University<br>P.O. Box 20228<br>Savannah State University<br>Savannah, Georgia 31404<br>Phone: (912) 358-4289<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:hoskins@savannahstate.edu\">hoskins@savannahstate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deidre Gibson, Ph.D., Project Director<br><\/strong>Hampton University<br>Marine and Environmental Science Department<br>Hampton University<br>Hampton, Virginia 23669<br>Phone: (757) 727-5883<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:deidre.gibson@hamptonu.edu\">deidre.gibson@hamptonu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eric Schott, Ph.D., Project Director&nbsp;<br><\/strong>University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science<br>Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology<br>Suite 236, Columbus Center<br>701 East Pratt Street<br>Baltimore, Maryland 21202<br>Phone: (410) 234-8881<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jagus@umces.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scott@umces.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elizabeth Babcock, Ph.D., Project Director<br><\/strong>University of Miami<br>4600 Rickenbacker Causeway<br>Miami, Florida 33149<br>Phone: (305) 421-4852<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ebabcock@rsmas.miami.edu\">ebabcock@rsmas.miami.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jessica Miller, Ph.D., Project Director<br><\/strong>Hatfield Marine Science Center<br>Oregon State University<br>2030 SE Marine Science Drive<br>Newport, OR 97365<br>Phone: (541) 867-0381<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jessica.miller@oregonstate.edu\">jessica.miller@oregonstate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ida Tilghman, Administrative Assistant<br><\/strong>Ph: (410) 651-7870<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:imtilghman@umes.edu\">imtilghman@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alexander Kessie, M.S.,&nbsp;Coordinator for Budget and Data Management<\/strong><br>Ph: (410) 651-6520<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:abkessie@umes.edu\">abkessie@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kara Nuzback, B.A., Communication and Outreach Specialist&nbsp;<br><\/strong>Ph: (410) 651-7258<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:kanuzback@umes.edu\">kanuzback@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA Educational Partnership Program<\/strong><br><strong>Audrey Trotman, Ph.D.<\/strong><br>Lead Program and Policy Analyst<br>Ph: (301) 628-2902<br><a href=\"mailto:audrey.trotman@noaa.gov\">audrey.trotman@noaa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jacqueline Rousseau<br><\/strong>Supervisory Program Manager<br>Ph:&nbsp;(301) 628- 2905<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Jacqueline.J.Rousseau@noaa.gov\">Jacqueline.J.Rousseau@noaa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100.png 100w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)<br>(410) 651-7870<br>Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005<br>Funding Agency:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/office-education\/epp-msi\">NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP\/MSI)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D., DirectorPh: (410) 621-3034Email:&nbsp;pchigbu@umes.edu Margaret Sexton, Ph.D., Deputy DirectorPh: (410) 651-1049Email:&nbsp;masexton@umes.edu Gulnihal Ozbay, Ph.D., Project DirectorDelaware State University1200 N. Dupont HighwayDover, Delaware 19901-2277Phone: (302) 857-6476Email:&nbsp;gozbay@desu.edu Dionne Hoskins-Brown, Ph.D., Project DirectorSavannah State UniversityP.O. Box 20228Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia 31404Phone: (912) 358-4289Email:&nbsp;hoskins@savannahstate.edu Deidre Gibson, Ph.D., Project DirectorHampton UniversityMarine and Environmental Science DepartmentHampton UniversityHampton, Virginia 23669Phone:&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/directory\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Directory<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1381","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}