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MCP Faculty
SoMAS faculty offer a wide range of expertise in Marine Conservation and Policy. The faculty members on the MCP Steering Committee below, or any member of the SoMAS graduate faculty, can serve as a mentor for a student’s internship or capstone project. To learn about their interests and ongoing research in their labs, click on the individuals below or see the complete faculty list).
- Ellen PikitchView Profile
Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation ScienceExecutive Director, IOCS / Faculty Director, MCP ProgramEllen.Pikitch@stonybrook.eduOcean conservation, fisheries management, ecosystem-based approaches, endangered fishes, sharks, sturgeon - Yong ChenView Profile
Professoryong.chen.2@stonybrook.edufisheries ecology, stock assessment, population and ecosystem dynamics, monitoring program design and optimization, climate change, fisheries management, international fisheries
- Mary CollinsView Profile
Associate Professormary.collins@stonybrook.eduEnvironmental Health Inequality, Environmental Justice, Socio-Environmental Systems, Quantitative Methods, Data Synthesis & Visualization - Liliana M. Dávalos-AlvarezView Profile
Professor of Conservation Biologyliliana.davalos@stonybrook.eduMolecular evolution, phylogenetics and tropical biology
- Donovan FinnView Profile
Assistant ProfessorFaculty Director, Environmental Design, Policy, and Planningdonovan.finn@stonybrook.eduCommunity-based planning, disaster recovery, resilience policy, urban design and placemaking Currently on leave - Karine KleinhausView Profile
Research Assistant Professorkarine.kleinhaus@stonybrook.eduCoral reproduction, hormonal signalling, gametogenesis, reef conservation, coral aging and senescence
- Giovanna McClenachanView Profile
Assistant Professorgiovanna.mcclenachan@stonybrook.edudrivers of coastal change, to track transitions in structure and function of ecosystems and societies with disturbances such as storms, floods, and climate change - Carl SafinaView Profile
Endowed ChairCsafina@safinacenter.orgOcean animals, fisheries, human relationship with nature
- Oliver ShipleyView Profile
Assistant ProfessorOliver.shipley@stonybrook.eduBulk and compound specific stable isotope systems, food-webs, ecological niches, community dynamics, ecosystem ecology, energy flow - David TaylorView Profile
Assistant ProfessorFaculty Director, Environmental Humanities Interim Division Head, Sustainability Studies David.j.taylor@stonybrook.eduenvironmental humanities, history of naturalist studies, American Literature, nature writing