{"id":1522,"date":"2021-09-12T17:45:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T21:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=1522"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:56:22","slug":"dr-margaret-sexton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/faculty\/dr-margaret-sexton\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Margaret Sexton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2023\/04\/Sexton_200x200.png\" alt=\"Dr. M. Sexton\" class=\"wp-image-4022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2023\/04\/Sexton_200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2023\/04\/Sexton_200x200-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2023\/04\/Sexton_200x200-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-header-secondary-bg-color-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>DEPUTY CENTER DIRECTOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Research Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography<\/em><br><strong>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: (410) 621-1049 | Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20masexton@umes.edu\">masexton@umes.edu<\/a>&nbsp;| Fax: (410) 651-7739<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2021\/09\/CV_sexton_2015-1.pdf\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Interim Assistant Director<\/strong>, NOAA-LMRCSC, UMES. 2017 &#8211; August 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assistant Director<\/strong>, NOAA-LMRCSC, UMES. August, 2019 &#8211; Present&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>University of Maryland, Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences<\/strong>&nbsp;(2012)<br><em>Ph.D.,&nbsp;<em>Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coastal Carolina University&nbsp;<\/strong>(2003)<br><em>B.S., Marine Science and Biology&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The biology and ecology of gelatinous zooplankton in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Coastal Bays, particularly the early life stages of&nbsp;<em>C. quinquecirrha<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sexton MA, Hood RR, Sarkodee-adoo J, Liss AM (2010) Response of&nbsp;<em>Chrysaora quinquecirrha<\/em>&nbsp;medusae to low temperature. Hydrobiologia 645:125-133<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biosketch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Maggie Sexton<\/strong>&nbsp;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, &nbsp;conducted at the Horn Point Laboratory, sought to characterize inter-annual and intra-annual variability in the abundance of the sea nettle&nbsp;<em>Chrysaora quinquecirrha<\/em>&nbsp;in Chesapeake Bay and the environmental conditions that cause this variability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sexton joined &nbsp;the LMRCSC in 2013. &nbsp;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&nbsp;<em>C. quinquecirrha<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\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>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>DEPUTY CENTER DIRECTOR Research Assistant Professor of Biological OceanographyUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Phone: (410) 621-1049 | Email:&nbsp;masexton@umes.edu&nbsp;| Fax: (410) 651-7739 Curriculum Vitae&nbsp; Education University of Maryland, Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences&nbsp;(2012)Ph.D.,&nbsp;Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science Coastal Carolina University&nbsp;(2003)B.S., Marine Science and Biology&nbsp; Research Interests Selected Publications Biosketch Dr. Maggie Sexton&nbsp;received a B.S. degree in&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/faculty\/dr-margaret-sexton\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Dr. Margaret Sexton<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1396,"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-1522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1522","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=1522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1522\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}