Board Roster
| Rita R. Colwell, PhD
Research Board Chair |
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| Margaret Leinen, PhD
Research Board Vice Chair |
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| Debra S. Benoit, MEd
Director of Research and Sponsored Programs |
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| Peter G. Brewer, PhD
Senior Scientist |
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| Richard E. Dodge, PhD
Dean, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center |
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| John W. Farrington, PhD
Dean Emeritus |
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| Kenneth M. Halanych, PhD
Alumni Professor & Coordinator, Marine Biology Program |
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| David Halpern, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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| William T. Hogarth, PhD
Director, Florida Institute of Oceanography at the University of South Florida |
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Cecilie Mauritzen, PhD |
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| Raymond L. Orbach, PhD
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin |
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| Jürgen Rullkötter, PhD
Professor of Organic Geochemistry (retired) |
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| David R. Shaw, PhD
Vice President for Research and Economic Development |
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| Richard F. Shaw, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, School of the Coast & Environment |
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| John Shepherd, PhD
Professorial Research Fellow |
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| Bob Shipp, PhD
Professor Emeritus |
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| Burton Singer, PhD
Adjunct Professor |
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| Ciro V. Sumaya, MD, MPHTM
Professor, Health Policy and Management |
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| Denis Wiesenburg, PhD
Provost and Vice President |
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| Dana Yoerger, PhD
Senior Scientist |
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