{"id":1367,"date":"2021-07-26T09:13:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T13:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/?page_id=1367"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:43:35","slug":"staff-and-researchers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/staff-and-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff and Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff and Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8aa3364d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:2.5rem;padding-right:2.5rem;padding-bottom:2.5rem;padding-left:2.5rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/02\/Tomasetti.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1423\" style=\"width:245px;height:306px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/02\/Tomasetti.png 490w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/02\/Tomasetti-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Stephen J. Tomasetti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director<br>Paul S. Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center&nbsp;<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore&nbsp;<br>3103 Carver Hall<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sjtomasetti@umes.edu\">sjtomasetti@umes.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 410-651-7787<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Dr. Moses Kairo<\/em><\/strong><br>Dean<br>School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences&nbsp;<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore&nbsp;<br>Room No. 3052&nbsp;<br>Richard Hazel Hall&nbsp;<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:mkairo@umes.edu\">mkairo@umes.edu<\/a>&nbsp;<br>Phone: 410-651-6072&nbsp;<br>Fax: 410-621-3550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Dr. Jonathan Cumming<\/em><\/strong><br>Chair, Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>1103 Carver Hall,<br>Princess Anne, MD 21853<br>Phone: 410-651-6014<br>Email:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:jrcumming@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\">jrcumming@umes.edu<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><em>Dominique Wilcox, Acting Coordinator<\/em><\/strong><br>Paul S. Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center&nbsp;Research&nbsp;Lab Rm 120<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>11802 Marsh View Lane<br>Berlin, MD 21811<br>Phone: 410-651-8697<br>Fax: 410-629-1095<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sarbanescec@umes.edu\">sarbanescec@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Faculty Researchers&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Paulinus Chigbu, Director, NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center and NSF CREST-CISCEP<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>3109 Carver Hall&nbsp;<br>Princess Anne, MD 21853<br>Phone: 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><em>Gordon Custer, Assistant Professor<\/em><\/strong><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>Phone: 410-651-7159<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:gfcuster@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gfcuster@umes.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Chris Daniels, Captain of Research Vessels<\/em><\/strong><br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:cdaniels1@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cdaniels1@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/faculty\/dr-david-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David J. Die<\/a>, Associate Professor,<\/em><\/strong><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>Phone: 410-621-3444<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:djdie@umes.edu\">djdie@umes.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Eric May, Professor<\/em><\/strong><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>Phone: 410-651-8342<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:ebmay@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ebmay@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Joseph Pitula, Associate Professor<\/em><\/strong><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>2107 Carver Hall<br>Princess Anne, MD 21853<br>Phone: 410-651-6666<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jspitula@umes.edu\">jspitula@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Dannise Ruiz Ramos, Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/em><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>Phone: 410-651-7234<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:dvruizramos@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dvruizramos@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Stephanie Stotts, Associate Professor<\/em><\/strong><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>Phone: 410-651-6013<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:snstotts@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">snstotts@umes.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Justine Whitaker, Assistant Professor<\/em><\/strong><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>Phone: 410-651-7846<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:jwhitaker@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jwhitaker@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Meng Xia, Professor<\/em><\/strong><br>Department of Natural Sciences<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br>Phone: 410-621-3551<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:mxia@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mxia@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff and Researchers Dr. Stephen J. Tomasetti DirectorPaul S. Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center&nbsp;University of Maryland Eastern Shore&nbsp;3103 Carver HallEmail:&nbsp;sjtomasetti@umes.eduPhone: 410-651-7787 Dr. Moses KairoDeanSchool of Agricultural and Natural Sciences&nbsp;University of Maryland Eastern Shore&nbsp;Room No. 3052&nbsp;Richard Hazel Hall&nbsp;Email:&nbsp;mkairo@umes.edu&nbsp;Phone: 410-651-6072&nbsp;Fax: 410-621-3550 Dr. Jonathan CummingChair, Department of Natural SciencesUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore1103 Carver Hall,Princess Anne, MD 21853Phone: 410-651-6014Email:&nbsp;jrcumming@umes.edu&nbsp;&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/staff-and-researchers\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Staff and Researchers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-1367","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/psscec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}