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Staff Directory
Director's Office
Research & Administration
Michael Allen, Associate Director for Research & Administration
Phone: (301) 405-6372
Email: mallen@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-6372
Email: mallen@mdsg.umd.edu
Caldonia Carmello, Science Management and Policy Intern
Phone: 301-405-7500
Email: clcarmel@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-7500
Email: clcarmel@mdsg.umd.edu
Jeannette Connors, Personnel and Travel Coordinator
Phone: (301) 405-6376
Email: connors@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-6376
Email: connors@mdsg.umd.edu
Julissa Murrieta, Environmental Science Outreach Intern
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: jmurriet@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: jmurriet@mdsg.umd.edu
Taryn Sudol, Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative
Phone: (301) 405-6378
Email: sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-6378
Email: sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
Education
Chris Flight, Professional Development and Aquaculture Education Coordinator
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: cflight@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: cflight@mdsg.umd.edu
J. Adam Frederick, Assistant Director for Education
Phone: (410) 234-8850
Email: frederic@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (410) 234-8850
Email: frederic@mdsg.umd.edu
Communications
Ashley Goetz, Science Writer and Digital Specialist
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: goetza@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: goetza@mdsg.umd.edu
Madeleine Jepsen, Science Writer and Digital Specialist
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: mjepsen@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: mjepsen@mdsg.umd.edu
Annalise Kenney, Assistant Director of Communications
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: akenney@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: akenney@mdsg.umd.edu
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Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
