ROSTER OF SUPPORT SCIENTISTS FOR BART

Name

Address

Office Phone

FAX

E-mail

Expertise

August, Peter
Professor

Dept of Natural Resources Science
University of Rhode Island
1 Greenhouse Way
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-4794

(401) 874-4561

pete<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS.

Belkin, Igor
Asst. Marine Research Scientist

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6533

(401) 874-6728

ibelkin<at>gso.uri.edu

Physical Geography;

Ocean fronts, their geographical distribution patterns, physical structure, temporal variability, and diverse manifestations and applications;

Formation and propagation of large-scale temperature/salinity/sea ice anomalies in the North Atlantic and other oceans.

Beutel, David
Fisheries Extension Specialist

Rhode Island Sea Grant
Dept. of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
URI Fisheries Center
Building 83, East Farm
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-7152

(401)

dbeutel<at>uri.edu

Fishing techniques and gear;

Fishery issues;

Operation of nets, other fishing gear on the Research Vessel Cap’n Bert.

Bonynge, Gregory
GISP
Research Assoc.
Geospatial Extension Specialist

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2180

(401) 874-4561  

greg<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS
GPS
Geospatial web apps

Boothroyd, Jon
Professor

Department of Geosciences, CELS
314 Woodward Hall
9E Alumni Road
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2265

(401)874-2190

Jon_Boothroyd<at>uri.edu

Coastal geology;

Shore and shallow water geologic habitats and processes;

ESI Index for spill hydrocarbons;

High-resolution, shallow water, side-scan sonar;

R/V Gilbert, 25’ workboat with certified captain.

Bradley, Michael
GISP
Research Associate

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5054

(401) 874-4561  

mike<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS
GPS

Brown, Wendell
Professor of Oceanography

Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
School of Marine Science and Technology
University of Mass Dartmouth
South Rodney French Blvd.
New Bedford, MA 02744-1221

(508) 910-6395

(508) 999-8197

wbrown<at>umassd.edu

Coastal ocean dynamics, especially the use of observations and numerical models of Gulf of Maine circulation;

Winter storm response in terms of sea level and current variability, and winter mixed layer evolution;

Estuarine dynamics including Air-sea heat transfer;

Building Coastal Ocean Observing Systems; including use of high-frequency radar-derived surface currents; and ocean gliders;

Assimilation of ocean data into numerical coastal ocean circulation models.

Byron, Carrie
Grad Student, Environmental Sciences, Marine Fisheries

1034 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906

(508) 498-4575

 

carriebyron<at>mail.uri.edu

Marine aquatic ecology;

Experimental design and analysis

Aquaculture.

Castro, Kathy
Director, Sustainable Fisheries Extension Program

Rhode Island Sea Grant
Dept. of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
URI Fisheries Center
Building 83, East Farm
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5063

(401) 789-8930

kcastro<at>uri.edu

Fisheries management, habitat and resource enhancement;

Crustacean biology and behavior, especially in relation to fisheries and fishing gear;

Regional lobster science and management issues;

SCUBA diving.

Clark, John
Research Associate

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5054

(401) 874-4561  

john<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS
GPS

Clark, Kate
NOAA, ORR

NOAA, ORR
28 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 782-3235

(404) 782-3201

Kate.clark<at>noaa.gov

Point of Contact for NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration

NRDA; Coastal ecology.

Codiga, Dan
Marine Research Associate

Graduate School of Oceanography
112 Watkins Hall
Bay Campus, URI
215 South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6212

(401) 874-6728

d.codiga<at>gso.uri.edu

Estuarine and coastal circulation and transport dynamics;

Measurement, analysis, and interpretation of hydrographic properties and water velocities using vessel-based surveys and moored instruments;

Systems for real-time data collection and distribution.

Colin, Sean
Assistant Professor

Environmental Sciences
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI 02809

(401) 254 3142

(401) 254 3310

scolin<at>rwu.edu

Zooplankton ecology and functional biology of copepods;

Evolutionary ecology of the copepod-toxic alga relationship.

Collie, Jeremy
Professor

Box 11
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6859

(401) 874-6240

jcollie<at>gso.uri.edu

Fish population dynamics;

Impacts of disturbance on benthic communities, predator-prey interactions, stock assessment and fisheries management.

Costa-Pierce, Barry
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6802
(401) 874-9343
(401) 874-6800

(401)

bcp<at>gso.uri.edu

Ecology of aquaculture and fisheries systems;

Ecological design, engineering, trophic ecology, and modeling of mixed aquatic/terrestrial food/fiber production ecosystems;

Aquaculture as a means of restoration of damaged aquatic ecosystems;

Ecology of invasive fish species.

Coty, Deb
Systems Support Technician

Coastal Institute
Dept of Natural Resources Science
Bay Campus, URI
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6513

(401) 874-6869

dcoty<at>uri.edu

Find MOU administrator, Pete August or Candace Oviatt.

Damon, Christopher
GISP
Research Associate

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2930

(401) 874-4561  

cdamon<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS
Geospatial web apps

Duhaime, Roland
GISP
Research Assoc.

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI  02881

(401) 874-5406
(401) 874-5054

(401) 874-4561

maps<at>uri.edu
roland<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS/Resources at Risk;

Internet resource development.

Fanning, Bill
Ship’s Oceanographic Technician

Marine Technical Services
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6590

(401) 874-6578

wfanning<at>gso.uri.edu

Shipboard technical support;

Design and manage oceanographic data acquisition computer networks;

Create software for the collection, processing, display, and analysis of oceanographic data;

Specify, install, maintain and support instrumentation at sea:

Has taken and passed the on-line course "Introduction to the Incident Command System".

Garber, Jonathan
Director

US EPA
Office of Research & Development
National Health & Environment Effects Research Laboratory
Atlantic Ecology Division
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 782-3001
(401) 782-3000

(401) 782-3030

garber.jonathan<at>epa.gov

Point of contact from BART to EPA-AED.

Gold, Art
Professor

Dept. Natural Resources Sciences
110 Coastal Institute
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2903

(401) 874-4561

agold<at>uri.edu

Watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, especially groundwater nitrate dynamics;

Sources and sinks of nitrogen in coastal watersheds, as for watershed management to minimize the risks of non-point source pollution;

Process level studies at the aquatic margin and GIS techniques to scale up from site level to watershed scale.

Gomez-Chiarri, Marta
Professor

Dept. of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
169 CBLS
120 Flagg Road
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874 2917
(401) 874 7830

(401) 874 7575

gomezchi<at>uri.edu

Fish and shellfish pathology;

Prevention and management of infectious diseases in cultured and wild shellfish and finfish;

Parasitic diseases and immune response in shellfish;

Effects of pollutants on immune response in finfish.

Green, Linda
Program Director, URI Watershed Watch

Dept. of Natural Resources Science
CIK, URI
1 Greenhouse Road
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2905

(401) 874-4561

lgreen<at>uri.edu

Water and soil chemistry;

Laboratory analysis of water quality, especially nitrate loads in ground water;

Oversight, training, and coordination of volunteer water quality monitoring programs and of water quality volunteers.

Horwitz, Richard
Professor

19 Joann Drive
Barrington, RI 02806

(401) 289-0198

(401) 289-0198

rhorwitz<at>cox.net

Emergency response, management and public information;

Planning, coordination, writing, editing;

Communications among scientists, policymakers, and the public.

James-Pirri, Mary-Jane
Marine Research Associate

Box 8
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6617

(401) 874-6887

mjjp<at>gsosun1.gso.uri.edu

Coastal ecosystem ecology with emphasis on monitoring protocols;

Ecology of horseshoe crabs;

Ecological statistics.

Killingbeck, Keith
Professor

Dept. of Biological Sciences
Ranger Hall
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2624

(401) 874-5974

keith<at>uri.edu

Ecology and physiology of plant nutrient dynamics;

Evolution and mechanisms of environmental influence on resorption;

Relationship between invasive species and ecological disturbance;

Biodiversity and rare plant assemblages.

Kincaid, Christopher
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6571

(401) 874-6811

kincaid<at>gso.uri.edu

Coastal physical oceanography;

Estuarine circulation and transport: Observational and computational methods applied to circulation and residence time of estuarine waters and dynamical interaction between estuary and shelf waters;

Geophysical fluid dynamics applied to Earth systems;

Laboratory and numerical experiments on mantle dynamics and related thermal-chemical transport processes.

King, John
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6594

(401) 874-6182

jking<at>gso.uri.edu

Geomagnetism, paleomagnetism, environmental magnetism, sedimentology, paleoclimatic studies, trace metal geochemistry, pollution studies, and sediment core logging.

Krumholz, Jason
GSO Grad Student

20 Ranger Rd.
North Kingstown, RI 02852

(401) 874-6188

(401) 874-6613

jkrumholz<at>gsosun1.gso.uri.edu

Conservation and ecosystem biology,

Wastewater TN,

Benthic assays to determine the effect of trawling pressure.

LaBash, Charles
GISP
Research Associate
Dir. Environmental Data Center

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2198

(401) 874-4561  

labash<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS System Admin

Latimer, Jim
Research Scientist

US EPA
Office of Research & Development
National Health & Environment Effects Research Laboratory
Atlantic Ecology Division
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 782-3167
(401) 782-3000

(401) 782-3030

latimer.jim<at>epa.gov

Cycling of organic and inorganic compounds in aquatic systems and the atmosphere;

Organic geochemistry of sediments and water;

Environmental trace metal chemistry;

Fate and effects of anthropogenic compounds in the marine environment.

Lellis-Dibble, Kim
Ph.D. Student

Dept. of Natural Resources Science
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 829-7151

(401) 874-4561

klellisdibble<at>gmail.com

Community level effects of invasive species on estuarine ecosystems;

Coastal habitat protection and restoration;

Fisheries management;

Estuarine ecology with emphasis on the analysis of fish condition and food web interactions

Lohmann, Rainer
Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6612

(401) 874-6811

lohmann<at>gso.uri.edu

Transport and fate of organic contaminants (PAHs, PCBs etc);

Air/water exchange;

Analysis of sediments, biota, air and water for organic compounds in GSO laboratory.

Macy, Bill
Associate Marine Research Scientist

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6174

(401) 874-6853

wkmacy<at>gso.uri.edu

Bioenergetics of marine organisms, with emphasis on age, growth and feeding of squid and fishes.

Mandeville, Aimee
GISP
Research Associate

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2930

(401) 874-4561  

aimee<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS
GIS Instruction
Web development

Maranda, Lucie
Marine Research Scientist

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6216

(401) 874-6240

lmaranda<at>gso.uri.edu

Phytoplankton ecology, with emphasis on dinoflagellates;

Relationships between the population dynamics of a toxin producers and shellfish contamination;

Biofouling .

Maynard, Brian
Professor

Dept. of Plant Sciences
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5372

(401) 874-2494

bmaynard<at>uri.edu

Diagnosis of abiotic plant stress;

Damage to landscape plants;

Remediation plantings;

RI nursery or landscape industries.

Menden-Deuer, Susanne
Assistant Professor of Oceanography

Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island
215 South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6608
(401) 874-6013

(401) 874-6728

smenden<at>gso.uri.edu

Biological oceanography;

Marine microbial food webs;

Plankton behavior and ecology;

Harmful & toxic algae;

Biophysical drivers of plankton population dynamics;

Integration of mathematical and empirical techniques;

Lagrangian instrumentation for environmental monitoring applications.

Meyerson, Laura
Assistant Professor

Department of Natural Resources Science
University of Rhode Island
1 Greenhouse Road
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-7058

(401) 874-4561

lameyerson<at>mail.uri.edu

Invasive species;

Estuarine ecology;

Aquatic macrophytes;

Conservation biology;

Restoration ecology.

Monroy, Eivy
Graduate Assistant

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5054

(401) 874-4561  

eivy<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS
GPS

Murray, David
Sr. Research Associate
Lab Manager

Center for Environmental Studies
135 Angell St.
Brown University, Box 1943
Providence, RI 02912-1943

(401) 863-3531

(401) 863-2700

dmurray<at>brown.edu

Estuarine oceanography and marine geology;

Distribution and controls of dissolved oxygen;

Sediment composition, including elemental and organic compound analysis;

Paleo-environmental reconstructions using benthic foraminifera and geochemistry.

Mustard, John
Professor

Dept. of Geological Sciences
Box 1846, Brown University
324 Brook Street Street
Providence, RI 02912

(401) 863-1264

(401) 863-3978

john_mustard<at>brown.edu

Remote sensing of coastal waters and uplands;

High spatial resolution maps of NB sea-surface temperatures, with 60 m/pixel spatial resolution and daily time resolution;

Use of remotely sensed data for analysis of optical properties (chlorophyll, turbidity, CDOM) using Landsat, EO-1, and AVIRIS data.

Nixon, Scott
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6803

(401) 874-6207

swn<at>gso.uri.edu

Ecology of estuaries, bays, lagoons, marshes and other coastal ecosystems;

Nutrients, eutrophication, hypoxia, fish kills, etc.

Processes that determine the primary and secondary productivity of these environments, with emphasis on nutrient enrichment and other anthropogenic impacts;

Use of comparative and historical field data, autecological rate measurements, numerical simulation modeling, and manipulative ecosystem-level experiments.
Oakley, Bryan
Ph.D. Candidate

Dept. of Geosciences
317 Woodward Hall
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-4560
(401) 862-1109

(401) 874-2190

boakley<at>mail.uri.edu
bryan_oakley<at>hotmail.com

USCG Certified Captain of vessels to 100-gross tons upon inland waters (Narragansett Bay to Block Island) and uninspected passenger vessels out to 100 miles w/ over 1100 days worked on local waters

Quaternary geology of Narragansett Bay; Shallow estuarine, marine and shoreface benthic geologic habitats and sediment transport processes; High-resolution, shallow water mapping with side-scan sonar, sub-bottom seismic reflection and multi-beam swath bathymetry

Oviatt, Candace
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6661

(401) 874-6613

coviatt<at>gso.uri.edu

Estuarine ecoloy;

Coastal ecosystem studies, particularly system production and respiration as measured by oxygen and carbon, carbon and nutrient cycling, benthic-water column interactions, and the functional role of higher trophic levels.

Paton, Peter
Professor

1 Greenhouse Rd.
Dept. of Natural Resource Science
Woodward Hall, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-2986
(401) 874-2495

(401) 874-4561

ppaton<at>uri.edu

Birds/Wildlife;

Assess effects on avian populations.

Pratt, Sheldon
Research Associate

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6699

(401)

spratt<at>gso.uri.edu

Inventory and monitoring of benthic macrofauna;

Mapping benthos habitat;

Benthos recovery.

Prell, Warren
Professor

Dept. of Geological Sciences
Box 1846
Brown University
Providence RI 02912

(401) 863-3221

(401) 863-2058

warren_prell<at>brown.edu

Global-scale paleoceanography and local-scale estuarine oceanography;

History of environmental change in oceans and estuaries;

Physical and water quality monitoring of watersheds;

Data quality control, analysis, and mapping of the dissolved oxygen surveys in Narragansett Bay;

Impact of temperature and salinity on the flushing of the Brayton Point thermal plume;

Sediment analysis of foraminifera and composition.

Quinn, James
Professor Emeritus of Oceanography

Box 20
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401) 874-6219

(401) 874-6811

jgquinn<at>gso.uri.edu

Marine organic chemistry, including the organic geochemistry of seawater and sediments, metal-organic and mineral-organic interactions, and the biogeochemistry of organic pollutants in the marine environment;

Chemical studies of the sources, transport, and fate of petroleum in aquatic environments.

Rice, Mike
Professor

Dept. of Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Sciences
University of Rhode Island
19 Woodward Hall
Kingston, RI 02881

(401)874-2943
(401)874-2477

(401) 874-7575

rice<at>uri.edu

Environmental physiology of marine & estuarine invertebrates;

Population ecology of bivalve mollusks;

Environmental impacts of aquaculture.

Rothstein, Lewis
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

(401)874-6517

(401) 874-6728

lrothstein<at>gso.uri.edu

Geophysical fluid dynamics

Large-scale ocean circulation, data assimilation, coupled air-sea interactions on various scales (hurricanes to interannual to interdecadal), and numerical modeling.

Ruddock, Kevin
Research Associate

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5054

(401) 874-4561  

kevin<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS

Schult, Matthew
Grad Student

MERL, Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 0288

(401)876-6188

(401)874-6613

mschult<at>gso.uri.edu

Benthic ecology;

Water column sampling.

Seibel, Brad
Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences
100 Flagg Road
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881-0816

(401) 874-7997

(401) 874-4256

seibel<at>uri.edu

Hypoxia tolerance in animals

Cephalopods (squids and octopods) as models for metabolic and locomotory physiology.

Smayda, Ted
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6171

(401) 874-6682

tsmayda<at>gsosun1.gso.uri.edu

Phytoplankton ecology, with emphasis on organismal ecophysiology and habitat modification;

38-year time series of weekly measurements of physical, chemical and phytoplankton abundance, species composition, blooms, production, and a ca. 20-year time series of zooplankton abundance and species composition at a station located in lower NB near Fox Island;

Ecology of harmful algal blooms;

Impacts of eutrophication and climate change on phytoplankton dynamics.

Smith, David C.
Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6172

(401) 874-6240  

dcsmith<at>gso.uri.edu

Marine microbial ecology;

Water quality (microbial).

Smith, Liz
Graduate Student

Dept. of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
University of Rhode Island
Coastal Institute in Kingston
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-9196
(646) 775-8003

 

lizcsmith<at>gmail.com

Public goods, values and markets for ecosystem services; experimental economics

Spaulding, Malcolm
Professor of Ocean Engineering

Department of Ocean Engineering
University of Rhode Island
223 Sheets Building
Bay Campus
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6666
(401) 874-6139

 

spaulding<at>egr.uri.edu

Director, Center for Excellence in Undersea Technology;

President, Northeast Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observation;

Oil spill modeling and supporting environmental data systems;

Has assisted in the scientific responses to all major oil spills in RI waters;

Led the development of one of the most widely used oil spill models in the world.

Squillante, Lesley
Assistant Director

Coastal Resources Center (CRC)
Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6489

(401) 874-6920 

lesley<at>crc.uri.edu

Point of contact for CRC technical staff;

Communications: writing, editing;

Group/meeting facilitation;

Strategic planning.

Sutherland, Michael

40 Web Avenue #209
North Kingstown, RI 02852

(401) 486-6039
(401) 667-0202

 

agramante<at>gso.uri.edu

Sedimentology/Fluid dynamics.

Swallow, Steve
Professor

Dept. of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
University of Rhode Island
Coastal Institute in Kingston
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-4589
(401) 874-2471

(401)782-4766 

swallow<at>uri.edu

Environmental valuation, ecosystem management modeling;

Land use and land conservation policy;

Values and markets for ecosystem services.

Thornber, Carol
Asst. Professor

Dept. of Biological Sciences
University of Rhode Island
100 Flagg Road
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-4495

(401) 874-4256

thornber<at>uri.edu

Marine ecology;

Macroalgae (nearshore, intertidal and subtidal rocky);

Theoretical modeling, field and laboratory manipulations, and biogeographical comparisons;

Seaweed-herbivore interactions;

Population and community level effects of invasive species on natural habitats.

Ullman, Dave
Assistant Marine Research Scientist

Graduate School of Oceanography
Bay Campus, URI
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 874-6138

(401) 874-6728

d.ullman<at>gso.uri.edu

Coastal ocean dynamics.

Rapid assessment of the distribution of hydrographic and chemical properties in vertical sections (distance and depth) via Acrobat-towed, undulating vehicle equipped with hydrographic and chemical sensors (T,S, O2, NO3, chlorophyll) as well as turbulence sensors.

Vieira, Jane
Coordinator, CELS Research and Outreach

129 Woodward
East Alumni Avennue, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5493

(401) 874-9107

janev<at>uri.edu

Point of contact for financial administration and accounting of BART scientific support.

Vigness Raposa, Kathleen
Graduate Assistant

Environmental Data Center Lab
Coastal Institute, Room 25
One Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881

(401) 874-5054

(401) 874-4561  

kathy<at>edc.uri.edu

GIS

Wang, Y.Q.
Assoc. Professor

Dept. of Natural Resources Science
027 Coastal Institute Building, URI
1 Greenhouse Road
Kingston, RI 02881-0804

(401) 874-4345

(401) 874-4561

yqwang<at>uri.edu

Terrestrial remote sensing and related natural resources analysis and mapping;

Dynamics of landscape and land-use/land-cover change (LULCC).

Natural resources inventory in coastal terrestrial environment using multispectral, hyperspectral, multitemporal, multisensor airborne and space-borne remote sensing data, in situ observations, and GIS/GPS data.