Staff and Researchers

Dr. Moses Kairo
Dean
School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences 
University of Maryland Eastern Shore 
Room No. 3052 
Richard Hazel Hall 
Email: mkairo@umes.edu 
Phone: 410-651-6072 
Fax: 410-621-3550

Dr. Jonathan Cumming
Chair, Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
1103 Carver Hall,
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Phone: 410-651-6014
Email: jrcumming@umes.edu 

Dominique Wilcox, Acting Coordinator
Paul S. Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center Research Lab Rm 120
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
11802 Marsh View Lane
Berlin, MD 21811
Phone: 410-651-8697
Fax: 410-629-1095
Email: sarbanescec@umes.edu

Faculty Researchers 

Paulinus Chigbu, Director, NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center and NSF CREST-CISCEP 
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
3109 Carver Hall 
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Phone: 410-621-3034
Email: pchigbu@umes.edu

Gordon Custer, Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Phone: 410-651-7159
Email: gfcuster@umes.edu

Chris Daniels, Captain of Research Vessels
Email: cdaniels1@umes.edu

Eric May, Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Phone: 410-651-8342
Email: ebmay@umes.edu

Joseph Pitula, Associate Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
2107 Carver Hall
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Phone: 410-651-6666
Email: jspitula@umes.edu

Dannise Ruiz Ramos, Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Phone: 410-651-7234
Email: dvruizramos@umes.edu

Stephanie Stotts, Associate Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Phone: 410-651-6013
Email: snstotts@umes.edu

Justine Whitaker, Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Phone: 410-651-7846
Email: jwhitaker@umes.edu

Meng Xia, Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Phone: 410-621-3551
Email: mxia@umes.edu