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    DISL students sampling effectiveness of various types of shoreline restoration schemes as part of NGI research project.

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    MSU student assessing water quality of streams impacted by bank erosion which relates to the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem health

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    NGI supported citizen scientists help in the research of Harmful Algal Blooms, one of the coastal hazards facing the Gulf

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    Student researcher from LSU is assessing wetlands restoration as part of an NGI research project

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Research >> Researchers

NGI Researchers

Mississippi State University

Jim Aanstoos

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

Vladimir Alarcon

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



Peter Allen

Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Mississippi State University

Philip Amburn

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



William (Trey) Breckenridge

High Performance Computing Collaboratory

Mississippi State University

Robert Brzuszek

Department of Landscape Architecture

Mississippi State University



John H. Cartwright

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

Keith H. Coble

Department of Agricultural Economics

Mississippi State University



William Cooke

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

Arthur Cosby

Social Science Research Center

Mississippi State University



Jairo N. Diaz-Ramirez

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mississippi State University

Surya S. Durbha

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



Jamie Dyer

Department of Geosciences

Mississippi State University

Mariola Edelmann

Life Science and Biotechnology Institute

Mississippi State University



Gary Ervin

Department of Biological Science

Mississippi State University

Pat Fitzpatrick

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



Taze Fulford

Department of Landscape Architecture

Mississippi State University

Cory Gallo

Department of Landscape Architecture

Mississippi State University



John Harding

NGI Program Office

Mississippi State University

Sandra Harpole

Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology

Mississippi State University



Christopher M. Hill

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

Sharon Hodge

NGI Program Office

Mississippi State University



Rita Jackson

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

Haldun Karan

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



Tae-goun Kim

Department of Agricultural Economics

Mississippi State University

Roger L. King

Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

Mississippi State University



Yee Lau

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

Zhongping Lee

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



John Madsen

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

James L. Martin

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mississippi State University



William H. McAnally

Northern Gulf Institute

Mississippi State University

Karen S. McNeal

Department of Geosciences

Mississippi State University



Andrew Mercer

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

Deepak Mishra

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



Robert Moorhead

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

Tibor Pechan

Life Sciences & Biotechnology Institute

Mississippi State University



Lora Petrie-Hanson

College of Veterinary Medicine

Mississippi State University

Daniel R. Petrolia

Department of Agricultural Economics

Mississippi State University



Joby Prince

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University

John Ramirez-Avila

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



Jay Ritchie

NGI Program Office

Mississippi State University

Scott Samson

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



Timothy Schauwecker

Department of Landscape Architecture

Mississippi State University

Michael Seymour

Department of Landscape Architecture

Mississippi State University



David Shaw

Office of Research and Economic Development

Mississippi State University

Jason Walker

Department of Landscape Architecture

Mississippi State University



Calvin Walker

Bagley College of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering

Mississippi State University

Louis Wasson

Geosystems Research Institute

Mississippi State University



Wayne Wilkerson

Department of Landscape Architecture

Mississippi State University

Mark Woodrey

Coastal Research & Extension Center

Mississippi State University







The University of Southern Mississippi

Vernon L. Asper

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

Patrick Biber

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Alan Bougere

School of Social Work

University of Southern Mississippi

Nancy Brown-Peterson

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Charlotte A. Brunner

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

Gregory A. Carter

Gulf Coast Geospatial Center

University of Southern Mississippi



Xiaogang Chen

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

Bruce Comyns

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Kevin Dillon

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi

David Dodd

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi



R. D. Ellender

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Southern Mississippi

James (Jim) Franks

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Richard Fulford

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi

William Monty Graham

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi



Robert (Joe) Griffitt

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi

Darrell (Jay) Grimes

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Kjell Gundersen

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

Laodong Guo

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi



Richard Heard

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi

Eric Hoffmayer

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Stephan Howden

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

Don Johnson

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Vladimir Kamenkovich

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

Sara E. LeCroy

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Steven Lohrenz

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

James McGuire

Department of Community Health Sciences

University of Southern Mississippi



Scott Milroy

Department of Marine Sciences

University of Southern Mississippi

Amal Mitra

Department of Community Health Sciences

University of Southern Mississippi



Dmitri Nechaev

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

Karen Orcutt

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi



Thomas Osowski

School of Social Work

University of Southern Mississippi

Robin Overstreet

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Harriet M. Perry

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi

Mark S. Peterson

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Chet Rakocinski

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi

Donald Redalje

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi



Tim Rehner

School of Social Work

University of Southern Mississippi

Alan M. Shiller

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi



Christine Trigg

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi

Thomas VanDevender

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Richard Waller

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi

Shiao Wang

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Southern Mississippi



Jerry Wiggert

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi

Wei Wu

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

University of Southern Mississippi



Kevin Yeager

Department of Marine Science

University of Southern Mississippi





Louisiana State University

Laurie Anderson

Department of Geology and Geophysics

Louisiana State University

Linda Hooper- Bùi

Department of Entomology

Louisiana State University



Sibel Bargu-Ates

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

Mark Benfield

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University



Rex H. Caffey

Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy

Louisiana State University

Q. Jim Chen

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Louisiana State University



James H. Cowan

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

John Day

Coastal Ecology Institute

Louisiana State University



Brian Fry

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

Sara Green

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University



Aixin Hou

Department of Environmental Sciences

Louisiana State University

Haosheng Huang

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University



Dubravko Justic

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

Robert Lane

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University



Chunyan Li

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

Irving Mendelssohn

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University



Kenneth Rose

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

Richard F. Shaw

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University



Malinda Sutor

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

Erik Swenson

Department of Coastal Ecology

Louisiana State University



Eugene Turner

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

Nan D. Walker

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University



Susan Welsh

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University

John R. White

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Louisiana State University



Guoping (Gregg) Zhang

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Louisiana State University





Florida State University

Mark Bourassa

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University

Jeffrey Chanton

Department of Oceanography

Florida State University



Eric Chassignet

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University

Felicia Coleman

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Florida State University



Kevin Craig

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Florida State University

William K. Dewar

Department of Oceanography

Florida State University



Dmitry Dukhovskoy

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University

Henry Fuelberg

Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science

Florida State University



Kyle Gallivan

Department of Mathematics

Florida State University

Oscar Garcia-Pineda

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University



Markus Huettel

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University

Randall (Anne) Hughes

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Florida State University



Mohamed Jardak

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University

David Kimbro

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Florida State University



Christopher Koenig

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Florida State University

Joel Kostka

Department of Oceanography

Florida State University



Thomas Miller

Department of Biological Science

Florida State University

Steve Morey

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University



James Nelson

Department of Oceanography

Florida State University

Michelle Slaton

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University



Shawn Smith

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University

Christopher Stallings

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Florida State University



David Thistle

Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences/Oceanography

Florida State University

Xiaolei Zou

Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science

Florida State University







Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Ruth Carmichael

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab & University of South Alabama

Just Cebrian

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab



Bart Christiaen

Marine Ecosystems Lab

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Robert Condon

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab



George Crozier

Department of Marine Sciences

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

John Dindo

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab



Marcus Drymon

Fisheries Lab

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Joel Fodrie

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab



Kenneth Heck

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Frank Hernandez

Department of Marine Sciences

Dauphin Island Sea Lab



Hugh MacIntyre

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Charles Martin

Marine Conservation Lab

Dauphin Island Sea Lab



Tina Miller-Way

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Discovery Hall Programs for Education and Outreach

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Behzad Mortazavi

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab



Alice Ortmann

Marine Science Institute

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Sean Powers

Fisheries Laboratory

Dauphin Island Sea Lab



John F. Valentine

Department of Marine Sciences

Dauphin Island Sea Lab





NOAA

Rebecca Allee

CSC/GCSC - Gulf Coast Services Center

NOAA

Robert Allman

NMFS/SEFSC/ Panama City Laboratory

NOAA



Robert Atlas

AOML : Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

NOAA

Ronald Baker

NMFS/SEFSC/ Galveston Laboratory

NOAA



Tim Battista

NOS/NCCOS/CCMA - Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment

NOAA

Russ Beard

National Coastal Data Development Center

NOAA



Charles Carleton

National Coastal Data Development Center

NOAA

Russell Chadwick

Earth System Research Laboratory

NOAA



Erik D Davenport

NOS/NCCOS/CCFHR - Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research

NOAA

Todd Davison

CSC/GCSC - Gulf Coast Services Center

NOAA



Doug Devries

NMFS/SEFSC/ Panama City Laboratory

NOAA

David W. Evans

NOS/NCCOS/CCFHR - Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research

NOAA



Gary Fitzhugh

NMFS/SEFSC/ Panama City Laboratory

NOAA

Chris Gardner

NMFS/SEFSC/ Panama City Laboratory

NOAA



Kelly D. Goodwin

NMFS/SWFSC/ La Jolla Laboratory

NOAA

Jeff Govoni

NOS/NCCOS/CCFHR - Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research

NOAA



Jeff Graschel

NWS/SRH/LMRFC - Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center

NOAA

George Halliwell

AOML : Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

NOAA



David S. Hanisko

NMFS/SEFSC/ Pascagoula Laboratory

NOAA

Marian Hanisko

CSC/GCSC - Gulf Coast Services Center

NOAA



Kim Johnson

NMFS/SEFSC/ Pascagoula Laboratory

NOAA

Michael Koziara

NWS/SRH/LIX - New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA Forecast Center

NOAA



Linda Lombardi

NMFS/SEFSC/ Panama City Laboratory

NOAA

Joanne Lyczkowski-Shultz

NMFS/SEFSC/ Pascagoula Laboratory

NOAA



Doran M. Mason

AOML/GLERL - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

NOAA

Mark McDuff

NMFS/SEFSC/ Pascagoula Laboratory

NOAA



Thomas J. Minello

NMFS/SEFSC/ Galveston Laboratory

NOAA

Mark Monaco

NOS : National Ocean Service

NOAA



Felix Navejar

NWS/SRH/LCH -Lake Charles, LA Forecast Center

NOAA

Redwood W. Nero

NMFS/SEFSC/ Stennis Space Center

NOAA



Rost Parsons

National Coastal Data Development Center

NOAA

Butch Pellegrin

NMFS/SEFSC/ Pascagoula Laboratory

NOAA



David Ramirez

NWS/SRH/LMRFC - Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center

NOAA

David Reed

NWS/SRH/LMRFC - Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center

NOAA



Eric Roby

National Coastal Data Development Center

NOAA

Lawrence P. Rozas

NMFS/SEFSC/ Lafayette Laboratory

NOAA



David Ruple

NEERS/ Grand Bay, Mississippi

NOAA

Christopher Sabine

OAR/PMEL - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory - Carbon Dioxide Program

NOAA



Tina Sanchez

CSC/GCSC - Gulf Coast Services Center

NOAA

Christopher Sinigalliano

AOML/OCD - Ocean Chemistry Division - Miami, FL

NOAA



Hendrik L. Tolman

NWS/NCEP/EMC/MMAB - Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch

NOAA

Rik Wanninkhof

AOML : Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

NOAA



Ann Weaver

CSC/GCSC - Gulf Coast Services Center

NOAA

David Welch

NWS/SRH/LMRFC - Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center

NOAA



Fuzhong Weng

NESDIS : National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NOAA







Other Organizations

Martinho Marta Almeida

Department of Oceanography

Texas A & M University

Sunil Bisnath

Department of Earth, Science and Engineering

York University



Anne Boettcher

Department of Biology

University of South Alabama

Kevin Briggs

Naval Research Laboratory

United States Department of the Navy



Robert Byrne

College of Marine Science, Seawater Physical Chemistry

University of South Florida

Jaye Cable

Department of Marine Sciences

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill



Wei-Jun Cai

University of Georgia

Department of Marine Science

Michael Carron

Program Director

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative



Changsheng Chen

School for Marine Science and Technology

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Gregory Easson

Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute

University of Mississippi



Katja Fennel

Department of Oceanography

Dalhousie University

David Fries

College of Marine Science - Center for Ocean Technology

University of South Florida



Deborah Gochfeld

School of Pharmacy

University of Mississippi

Courtney Harris

School of Marine Science

Virginia Institute of Marine Science



Rob Hetland

Department of Oceanography

Texas A & M University

Raymond Highsmith

National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology

University of Mississippi



Matthew Howard

Department of Oceanography

Texas A & M University

Jiatang Hu

Department of Oceanography

Dalhousie University



Samantha (Mandy) Joye

Department of Marine Sciences

University of Georgia

Dong Shan Ko

Naval Research Laboratory

United States Navy



Craig E. Landry

Center for Natural Hazards Research

East Carolina University

Bruce Lipphardt

College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment

University of Delaware



Patrick Louchouarn

Department of Oceanography

Texas A&M University

Larry McKinney

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Texas A&M Univ. - Corpus Christi



Paula Moreno

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

Universityof Southern Mississippi

Sinead Ni Chadhain

Department of Biology

University of South Alabama



Denise Reed

Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences

University of New Orleans

John Rimoldi

Department of Medicinal Chemistry

University of Mississippi



Joe Salisbury

joe.salisbury@unh.edu

Marine Program, Ocean Process Analysis Lab

Gordon Skelton

Center for Defense Integrated Data

Jackson State University



Marc Slattery

Department of Pharmacognosy

University of Mississippi

John (Wes) Tunnell

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi



Robert Twilley

Office of the Vice President for Research

University of Louisiana

Kristine Willett

Environmental Toxicology Research Program

University of Mississippi



Bryon Williams

Center for Defense Integrated Data

Jackson State University

Jiangtao Xu

NOAA Coast Survey Development Laboratory

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration