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David Bushek
HSRL Director and Professor
856-391-7653
bushek@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Website/CV
Shellfish ecology and pathology


Ximing Guo
Distinguished Professor
856-391-7654
xguo@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Website/CV
Shellfish genetics and breeding

Jason Morson
Associate Research Scientist
856-391-7658
jmorson@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Population and community ecology, stock assessment, and fisheries management

Daphne Munroe
Associate Professor
856-391-7655
dmunroe@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Website/CV
Ecology of marine larvae and coastal population dynamics
Affiliated Faculty

Thomas Grothues
Associate Research Professor
609-296-5260, ext. 262
grothues@marine.rutgers.edu
Physical factors that determine the abundance and distribution of marine organisms

James Simon
Director, New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Products Program
848-932-6239
jimsimon@rutgers.edu
Natural products from microalgae

Qing-li Wu
Associate Research Professor
848-932-6238
qlwu@rutgers.edu
Natural products from microalgae
Visiting Scientists

Kathryn Ashton-Alcox
Visiting Scientist
856-785-0074
kashton@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Applied oyster research, stock assessment, taphonomy

Eleanor Bochenek
Visiting Scientist
856-785-0074
eboch@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Recreational and commercial fisheries, fisheries management

John Kraeuter
Visiting Scientist
207-967-3302
kraeuter@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Aquaculture, benthos, marine/estuarine ecology

Research Support Staff

Andre Ascura
Laboratory/Technical Assistant
856-391-7671
ama404@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Various research project support



Jillian Jamieson
Laboratory Technician and Doctoral Candidate (Guo)
609-463-0633
jillian.jamieson@rutgers.edu
Oyster aquaculture and genomics

David Jones
Laboratory Researcher II and AIC Operations Manager
609-884-3139
David.Jones@rutgers.edu
Hatchery facilities and operations, shellfish culture

Josh Kiernan
Laboratory Researcher IV and AIC Algal Culture Manager
609-884-3139
Joshua.Kiernan@rutgers.edu
Algal production

Emily Scarpa McGurk
Senior Laboratory Technician
856-391-7660
Emily.Mcgurk@rutgers.edu
Shellfish pathology and parasitology

Joey O’Brien
Laboratory/Technical Assistant
856-391-7671
jo461@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Various research project support

Sam Ratcliff
Laboratory Researcher III and Cape Shore Operations Manager
609-463-0633
samratcl@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Hatchery facilities and operations

Ailey Sheehan
Laboratory/Technical Assistant
856-785-0074
asheehan@marine.rutgers.edu
Various research project support

Jenny Paterno Shinn
Field Researcher III
856-391-7663
Jenny.Shinn@rutgers.edu
Oyster restoration and community education

Sean Towers
Laboratory Researcher II and AIC Hatchery Manager
609-884-3139
Sean.Towers@rutgers.edu
Algal culture technician, nutraceutical development, research project coordination
Postdocs

Lúcia de Souza Lima Safi
Post Doctoral Associate (Bushek)
856-391-7657
ls1350@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Regional Shellfish Seed Biosecurity Program

Laura Steeves
Post Doctoral Associate (Munroe)
856-391-7669
laura.steeves@rutgers.edu
Marine bivalve growth and survival in changing marine environments
Graduate Students

Alexandria Ambrose
Doctoral Candidate (Munroe)
856-785-0074
aa2130@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Ecology of marine larvae and coastal population dynamics

Elizabeth Bouchard
Master’s Candidate (Bushek)
856-785-0074
ehb52@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Ecology of commercially important shellfish species

Sophia Piper
Doctoral Candidate (Munroe)
856-785-0074
sp2272@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Potential influences of offshore wind farms on benthic and infaunal invertebrate communities


Hails Tanaka
Doctoral Candidate (Munroe)
856-785-0074
lht23@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Impacts of climate change and anthropogenic influence on invertebrate larvae and communities on a broad scale

Zhenwei Wang
Doctoral Candidate (Guo)
856-391-7668
zw233@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Functional genetics of bivalve development & reproductions

Heidi Yeh
Doctoral Candidate (Bushek)
856-785-0074
heidi.yeh@marine.rutgers.edu
Microbiomes of oysters
Administrative and Technical Staff

Lajuana Cobbs
Business Assistant II
856-391-7655
cobbsla@hsrl.rutgers.edu

Matthew Kozak
Systems Programmer/Administrator
856-225-6730
mkozak@hsrl.rutgers.edu


Physical Plant


Horst Lehman
Senior Electrician/Maintenance Mechanic
609-463-0633
Horst.Lehmann@rutgers.edu

Shaun Maguire
Senior Maintenance Mechanic
856-391-7667
Shaun.Maguire@rutgers.edu