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Staff Directory
Director's Office
Fredrika Moser, Director
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: moser@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: moser@mdsg.umd.edu
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Maryland Sea Grant College
5825 University Research Court, Suite 1350
College Park, MD 20740
(301) 405-7500
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
(301) 405-6372
(301) 405-6375
Jeannette Connors, Personnel and Travel Coordinator and National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) National Office Manager
Phone: (301) 405-6376
Email: connors@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-6376
Email: connors@mdsg.umd.edu
(301) 405-6376
Hannah Cooper, Science Management and Policy Intern
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: hrcooper@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: hrcooper@mdsg.umd.edu
(301) 405-7500
(301) 405-8194
(301) 405-1269
Taryn Sudol, Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Coordinator
Phone: (301) 405-6378
Email: sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-6378
Email: sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
(301) 405-6378
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
(301) 405-7500
J. Adam Frederick, Assistant Director for Education and National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) National Office Coordinator
Phone: (410) 234-8850
Email: frederic@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (410) 234-8850
Email: frederic@mdsg.umd.edu
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
Suite 236, Columbus Center
701 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 234-8850
Communications
Madeleine Jepsen, Science Writer and Digital Specialist
Phone: (301) 405-6380
Email: mjepsen@mdsg.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-6380
Email: mjepsen@mdsg.umd.edu
(301) 405-6380
(301) 405-6385
Information Technology
(301) 405-6383
Program Announcements
News and Blogs
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
Exploring the Use of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells to Remove Sulfide While Harvesting Energy from Oyster Aquaculture Biodeposits
Oyster aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in Maryland’s Chesapeake waters which stimulates economic activity and may provide a host of ecosystem benefits. A potential concern associated with the intensification of the oyster aquaculture is the local production and accumulation of oyster biodeposits, which can lead to a porewater sulfide accumulation and declining bioturbation, symptoms of declining ecosystem function. Sulfide is naturally removed from the seafloor by the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sulfide oxidizing bacteria.
