Faculty

Julian R. Ashford Research Assistant Professor (757)683-4804 jashford@odu.edu	Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Larry P. Atkinson Eminent Professor (757)683-4926 atkinson@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D.,Dalhousie University (1972) Interests:  Nutrient supplies and hydrographic variability
Jens F. J. Bischof Research Assistant Professor (757)683-5987 jbischof@odu.edu	Ph.D., Kiel University, Keil Germany, (1990) Interests:  Identification of ice rafted sand grains which can be frequently found dispersed in glacial marine deep-sea sediments
Alexander Bochdansky Assistant Professor (757)683-4933 abochdan@odu.edu	Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (1997) Interests:  Ecophysiology of zooplankton; trophic interactions; heterogeneity in the (feeding) environment; assimilation of organic nutrients; bioenergetics.
David J. Burdige Professor and Eminent Scholar (757)683-4930 dburdige@odu.edu	Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego (1983) Interests:  Biogeochemical processes in estuarine and marine sediments; marine organic geochemistry; manganese and iron redox chemistry; mathematical modeling of geochemical processes.
Gregory A. Cutter Professor (757)683-4929 gcutter@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (1982). Interests:  Processes affecting trace element speciation and distributions in natural waters and sediments; air-sea transport and exchange of gases and trace elements; paleoceanographic tracers; analytical methods for aquatic chemistry; computer modeling of geochemical processes.
Dennis A. Darby Professor (757)683-4701 ddarby@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (1971) Interests:  Sedimentary processes
Fred C. Dobbs Professor Graduate Program Director (757)683-5329 fdobbs@odu.edu	Ph.D., Florida State University (1987) Interests:  Marine microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, particularly of benthic systems
Tal Ezer Associate Professor (757)683-5631 tezer@odu.edu	Ph.D., Florida State University (1989) Interests:  Numerical ocean modeling and prediction for regional to basin-scale problems, and for studies of processes such as overflow dynamics, turbulence, coastal circulation and climate change.
Marjy Friedrichs Research Assistant Professor  757.683.5563 marjy@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D., Old Dominion University (1999) Interests:  Physical - biological interactions; marine ecosystem modeling
Ann Gargett Professor Emeritus (757)683-6009 gargett@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D., University of British Columbia (1970)
Thomas Gatski Research Professor (757)683-5526 gatski@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (1976)
Jennifer Georgen Assistant Professor (757)683-5198 jgeorgen@odu.edu	Ph.D., MIT (2001) Interests:  Marine geology and geophysics
Chester E. Grosch Professor of Oceanography Professor of Computer Science (757)683-4931 enright@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology (1967) Interests:  Fluid dynamics, boundary layers, stability, computational fluid dynamics
Victoria Hill Assistant Research Professor (757)683-4911 vhill@odu.edu	Ph.D., Southampton Institute (2002) Interests:  Bio-optical oceanography, polar environments, chemotaxonomic pigment markers, remote sensing algorithms for chlorophyll and productivity.
Eileen E. Hofmann Professor (757)683-5334 hofmann@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D., North Carolina State University (1980) Interests:  Physical-biological interactions and descriptive physical oceanography.
Ronald Johnson Professor Emeritus (757)683-4936 rejohnso@odu.edu	Ph.D., Oregon State University (1972) Interests:  Generation and distribution of water masses, oceanic circulation, theory of waves and tides
Cynthia M. Jones Eminent Scholar & Professor Director of the Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology   (757)683-4497 cjones@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Rhode Island (1984) Interests:  Fisheries Ecology
John M. Klinck Professor Director of the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (757)683-6005 klinck@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D., North Carolina State University (1980) Interests:  Analytical and numerical modeling of biological and physical processes in the ocean.
John R. McConaugha Associate Professor (757)683-4698 jmcconau@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Southern California (1977) Interests:  Fisheries oceanography, larval transport, invertebrate development and physiology.
Margaret R. Mulholland Associate Professor (757)683-3972 mmulholl@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Maryland (1998) Interests:  Nitrogen Cycling, Phytoplankton Dynamics, Microbial Ecology, Dissolved Organic Material Cycling
Nora Noffke Associate Professor (757)683-3313 nnoffke@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Oldenburg Germany (1997) Interests:  Biosedimentary dynamics of siliciclastic marine environments; co-evolution of sedimentary systems and benthic bacteria during Earth history; Astrobiology.
Ali A. Nowroozi Emeritus Professor (757)683-5198 anowrooz@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Interests:  Application of geophysical methods in environmental studies and Earth mineral resources. Seismology. Earthquake risk; Plate ectonics of Middle East; Evaluation of saltwater/freshwater interface.
George F. Oertel Professor (757)683-4935 goertel@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Iowa (1971) Interests:  Interactions between barrier lagoons and boundary environments around barrier lagoons
Thomas C. Royer Professor Emeritus (757)683-5547 royer@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D., Texas A&M University (1969) Interests:  Deep ocean and coastal hydrography and currents, long time series measurements, air-sea interactions
Joseph H. Rule Professor Emeritus (757)683-4418 jrule@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia (1972) Interests:  Geochemistry of trace metals in rocks, soils, sediments, waters and organisms in the environment
Peter N. Sedwick Associate Professor (757)683-4936 psedwick@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Hawaii (1991) Interests:  Marine biogeochemistry of trace metals and their role in regulating marine primary production; atmospheric transport and deposition of trace metals to the ocean; paleoenvironmental records in marine sediments and ice cores.
Malcolm Scully Assistant Professor (757)683-5335 mscully@ccpo.odu.edu	Ph.D., College of William and Mary, School for Marine Science (2005) Interests:  Coastal and estuarine dynamics and sediment transport, including the interactions between circulation, density stratification and turbulent mixing.
Elizabeth A. Smith Research Assistant Professor (757)683-5842 lizsmith@ccpo.odu.edu	M.S., Florida State University (1987) Interests:  Oceanography remote sensing;
Donald J.P. Swift Professor (757)683-4937 dswift@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of North Carolina (1964) Interests:  Fluid and sediment dynamics in shallow marine environments
G .Richard Whittecar Associate Professor (757)683-5197 rwhittec@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1979) Interests:  Geomorphology and hydrology of estuarine, fluvial, and palustrine wetlands
Richard C. Zimmerman Chair, Professor (757)683-5991 rzimmerm@odu.edu	Ph.D., University of Southern California (1983) Interests:  Ecological physiology of marine autotrophs, metabolic regulation of carbon and nutrient dynamics in marine ecosystems, radiative transfer and remote sensing of optically shallow waters, ecosystem productivity and numerical modeling.