{"id":2341,"date":"2021-09-23T18:52:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T22:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=2341"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:41:49","slug":"center-directorate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/center-directorate\/","title":{"rendered":"Center Directorate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Center Director<\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Margaret Sexton, Ph.D.<\/a>
Assistant Director<\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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David Die, Ph.D.
<\/a>Distinguished Research Scientist<\/em><\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Open
Education Expert<\/em><\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alexander Kessie, M.S.<\/strong>
Coordinator<\/strong> for Budgets
& Data Management<\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kara Nuzback, B.A.<\/strong>
Communication
& Outreach Specialist<\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ida Tilghman, Ms<\/strong>
Administrative
Assistant<\/em><\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Center Directorate is the administrative core of the LMRCSC, and is mainly charged to provide oversight of all NOAA-LMRCSC program activities including fiscal, budgetary, organizational, planning, evaluation, research implementation, and infrastructure development.  The core is responsible for the general administration and in collaboration with Partner Institutions<\/strong><\/a>, to coordination of all NOAA-LMRCSC program activities.  This component will seek insight and advice from the advisory committees, and create an integrated work environment that fosters the development of high quality marine research and education. It is also responsible for conducting periodic assessments to identify needs and opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the specific aims of the Center Directorate are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. To provide executive leadership, strategic communications and visibility of the LMRCSC<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Managing, planning, coordinating, organizing, implementing, reporting, and monitoring LMRCSC finances<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Overseeing administration, education, scientific research, engagement and recruitment, retention and graduation of students at the Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Developing comprehensive reports for all LMRCSC sponsored activities, and securing leveraged funding to help make the LMRCSC sustainable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    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:\u00a0    NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP\/MSI)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D.Center DirectorUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Margaret Sexton, Ph.D.Assistant DirectorUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore David Die, Ph.D.Distinguished Research ScientistUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore OpenEducation ExpertUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Alexander Kessie, M.S.Coordinator for Budgets& Data ManagementUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Kara Nuzback, B.A.Communication& Outreach SpecialistUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Ida Tilghman, MsAdministrativeAssistantUniversity of Maryland…Read more Center Directorate<\/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-2341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2341","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=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}