Maryland Sea Grant: New Faces

Maryland Sea Grant welcomed two staff members this year in College Park and a Sea Grant Extension faculty member at the UMCES Horn Point Laboratory. Says Maryland Sea Grant Director Jonathan Kramer, "The new members of Maryland Sea Grant's family all bring tremendous enthusiasm and capability to our program. Their contributions will help us extend our reach and serve all of our stakeholders in the years to come. I'm genuinely excited to welcome them aboard."

Fredrika Moser became assistant director for research in August. Moser brings a broad background in estuarine and coastal science, policy and management. Her policy research interests have included aquatic invasive species, land-based sources of pollution to the marine environment, marine sciences and oceans and human health.

Moser received undergraduate degrees in earth sciences and environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1979. She received an M.S. in geological sciences at Rutgers in 1985 and her Ph.D. in environmental sciences, also from Rutgers, in 1997. Her doctoral research centered on geochemical and biogeochemical processes in Barnegat Bay, particularly the spatial and temporal depositional histories of estuarine sediments and associated contaminants, and nitrogen cycling and benthic infaunal communities in contaminated sediments.

Before coming to Sea Grant, she served as a marine science policy analyst at the U.S. Department of State where she helped develop and negotiate U.S. policy positions in international marine affairs. Other past work experience included a postdoctoral fellowship in which she initiated a biodiversity program at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, as well as six years with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science and Research, where she oversaw interdisciplinary research and public policy programs that focused on local marine and coastal issues.

Moser says she's "excited about the unique opportunity that Sea Grant offers for combining my interests in estuarine science, public policy and environmental education."

Andy Lazur joined the Sea Grant Extension Program as finfish aquaculture specialist in July; he holds a joint appointment as associate professor at the UMCES Horn Point Laboratory. Lazur came to Sea Grant from the University of Florida Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science where he was an associate professor for eleven years. His recent research includes the aquaculture of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon and hybrid catfish, characterization and management of effluents from aquaculture ponds in Florida and integrating aquaculture with commercial citrus best management practices.

Lazur has an undergraduate degree in biology from the University of South Carolina, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Aquaculture from Auburn University. His current areas of research interest are food and baitfish culture; integration of aquaculture with agriculture for nutrient reduction; effluent and water quality management; production, marketing and economic evaluation of alternative aquaculture species; culture systems technology; and fish restoration.

In his new position, Lazur will look at recirculating aquaculture systems for alternative species in Maryland, both for food production and restoration. Says Doug Lipton, director of the Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program, "Maryland has some of the finest aquaculture research in the nation; Lazur's expertise in running aquaculture facilities in Florida and elsewhere makes him ideally suited to help apply this research to aquaculture efforts in the state."

Rosalie Lynn began working as the administrative assistant to the director in May. Before taking a position with Sea Grant, Lynn was assistant director of Malta House, an assisted living facility in Hyattsville. Prior to that, she worked for ten years on campus in several departments, including the Office of Procurement and Supply, English, Systems Administration, Poultry Science and Four-H. While she worked on campus, she completed her bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland, College Park, in behavioral and social sciences with a concentration in gerontology and health, graduating in 1999. One of Lynn's personal passions is singing - she has sung semi-professionally at weddings, funerals and other events. One recent highlight of her singing career was auditioning and being selected as a vocalist to sing with a full orchestra at her university commencement.

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