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                                          Atmospheric Sciences Division Faculty
 Professor 
                                                Atmospheric dynamics and diagnoses, climate dynamics, synoptic meteorology 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 101 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                ATM Division Head 
                                                Extreme weather, coastal meteorology, weather forecasting, regional climate change 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 125 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                supercell and tornado dynamics; Doppler weather radar applications; mesoscale meteorology 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 111 
                                             
 Research Professor 
                                                Atmosphere dynamics, stratosphere/mesosphere, climate 
                                                
                                                
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                science communication, health communication, and crisis and risk communication 
                                                
                                                
                                             
 Professor 
                                                artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), physics-based simulations, high-performance
                                                      computing, geoinformatics 
                                                
                                                
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                data science, AI, remote sensing, atmospheric environment, and climate 
                                                
                                                
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Climate modeling, high-resolution cloud modeling, cloud microphysics and parameterization 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 121 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, cloud microphysics, field and laboratory measurements 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 151 
                                             
 SUNY Empire Innovation Professor 
                                                Cloud Microphysics and Dynamics, Environmental Remote Sensing, Radar Meteorology and
                                                      Technology 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 131 
                                             
 Research Professor 
                                                pollutant atmospheric transport and turbulent mixing, emissions quantification, air
                                                      quality and toxic exposure 
                                                
                                                
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Trace gas isotopic composition for the reconstruction of atmospheric chemistry in
                                                      the paleo atmosphere; trace gas emissions from the biosphere; development of instrumentation
                                                      platforms for research aircraft. 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 115A 
                                             
 Research Professor 
                                                radar polarimetry, mixed-phase clouds microphysics, radar simulators 
                                                
                                                
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                Air quality; Climate change impacts; Climate change and health; Energy and climate
                                                      policy evaluations 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 125 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Climate Modeling; Climate Change Attribution, Tropical Cyclones; Climate Extremes;
                                                      Atmospheric Dynamics, Science Policy 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 109 
                                             
 Distinguished Professor 
                                                Dean 
                                                Atmospheric Chemistry and climate change; Aviation; Arctic and coastal halogen chemistry;
                                                      greenhouse gas source and sink measurements; atmospheric aerosols; climate change
                                                      communications 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 145 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Empire Innovation Scholar 
                                                Cloud physics, atmospheric remote sesning, multi-sensor remote sesning, global aerosol
                                                      and cloud distributions, Airborne Raman lidars 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 119 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Climate change impacts; Remote Sensing; Andes; Mountain Societies, and Sustainability
                                                      Studies 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 157 
                                             
 Distinguished Professor 
                                                Climate modelling, atmospheric dynamics 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 195 
                                             
 Marine Sciences Division Faculty
 Marinetics Endowed Professor in Marine Sciences 
                                                Marine invertebrate physiology and health, Shellfish Genomics, Aquaculture 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 149 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Marine benthic ecology, invertebrate zoology, marine microbiology, biogeochemistry 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 101 
                                             
 Distinguished Professor 
                                                Marine biogeochemistry, marine animal-sediment relations 
                                                
                                                Challenger Hall 101 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Marine Biogeochemistry, Chemical kinetics of natural organic matter, radiocarbon analyses 
                                                
                                                Challenger Hall 123 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, deep-sea sediments, marine micropaleontology 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 117 
                                             
 Distinguished Service Professor 
                                                Near shore transport processes, coastal groundwater hydrology, coastal sedimentation,
                                                      marine geophysics 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 211 
                                             
 Advanced Senior Lecturer 
                                                Marine and Environmental Science Education, Coastal Community Ecology 
                                                
                                                Natural Sciences 123 
                                             
 Toll Professor 
                                                Benthic ecology, population and community dynamics. 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 121 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Fisheries ecology, stock assessment, population and ecosystem dynamics, monitoring
                                                      program design and optimization, climate change, fisheries management, international
                                                      fisheries 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 111 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Phytoplankton physiological ecology, Biocomplexity and microbial diversity, Planktonic
                                                      ecosystem processes in marine estuarine and freshwater systems 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 145 
                                             
 Lecturer 
                                                Elasmobranch Ecology, Field Research Methods, Environmental Education 
                                                
                                                Natural Sciences 119 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport, wave-current-sediment-structure interaction,
                                                      resilient coastal protection systems, coastal flooding. 
                                                
                                                Heavy Engineering 112 
                                             
 Distinguished Professor 
                                                Marine phytoplankton physiology and ecology, biogeo-chemistry of metals, marine pollution 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 129 
                                             
 Research Professor 
                                                Continental Shelf Dynamics, Bio-Physical Interactions in Shelf Systems, Climate Change
                                                      Effects on Coastal Systems, Shipboard ADCPs on Volunteer Observing Ships 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 203 
                                             
 Research Professor 
                                                Marine geology, sediment dynamics, continental margin sedimentation 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 157 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Fish ecology, population modeling and life history theory 
                                                
                                                
                                             
 Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation 
                                                Distinguished Professor 
                                                Coastal ecosystem ecology, climate change, harmful algal blooms, phytoplankton, ocean
                                                      acidification, effects of multiple stressors on coastal marine resources, aquatic
                                                      biogeochemistry 
                                                
                                                Natural Sciences 125 
                                             
 Research Associate Professor 
                                                microbial molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics, marine invertebrate genomics 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                seascape ecology, including invertebrate reproduction, larval dispersal, metapopulation
                                                      modeling, and the spatial ecology of environmental change 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                coastal geological processes, erosion, and beach morphology 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Structure and dynamics of shelf-seas and remote sensing oceanography 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 169 
                                             
 Research Professor 
                                                evolutionary biology and entomological research 
                                                
                                                
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                drivers of coastal change, to track transitions in structure and function of ecosystems
                                                      and societies with disturbances such as storms, floods, and climate change 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 121 
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                estuarine dynamics, coastal sediment transport, shoaling internal waves, coastal connectivity 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 197 
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                Oceanic distributions of microplastics (MPs) and black carbon (BC) particles, Raman
                                                      Microspectroscopy 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 165 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Associate Director of Emerging Contaminants Research 
                                                Occurrence, fate, and remediation of PFAS, microplastics, and other emerging contaminants
                                                      in natural and built environments 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 131 
                                             
 Research Associate Professor 
                                                Shellfish physiology, Particle selection mechanisms in suspension-feeding bivalves,
                                                      Algology 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 149A 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Community ecology of seagrass dominated ecosystems 
                                                
                                                Natural Sciences 121 
                                             
 Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science 
                                                Ocean conservation, fisheries management, ecosystem-based approaches, marine protected
                                                      areas (MPAs), endangered fishes, sharks, sturgeon 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 169 
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                Coastal fluxes of carbon and other pollutants, Carbonate Chemistry, Hydrothermal vents,
                                                      water-rock reactions, toxic metal and metalloid cycling in coastal environments, bioenergetics,
                                                      redox disequilibria and microbial ecology, and alkaline shallow-sea vents as early
                                                      Earth analogs 
                                                
                                                Challenger Hall 151 
                                             
 Senior Lecturer 
                                                Maritime and Environmental History, Sustainability 
                                                
                                                Melville Library E2360 
                                             
 Carl Safina Endowed Research Chair for Nature and Humanity 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 147 
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                Bulk and compound specific stable isotope systems, food-webs, ecological niches, community
                                                      dynamics, ecosystem ecology, energy flow 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 105 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                MAR Division Head 
                                                Microbial oceanography, microbial ecology, planktonic food webs, biogeochemistry,
                                                      ocean deoxygenation, microplastic contaminants, single cell analysis, novel bioimaging
                                                      technology - Raman Microspectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 161 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Marine mammal and seabird ecology and conservation; Habitat use and energetics of
                                                      protected species under environmental and anthropogenic change 
                                                
                                                Challenger Hall 159 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Sediment biogeochemistry, animal-sediment interactions, benthic ecology 
                                                
                                                Dana Hall 117 
                                             
 Professor 
                                                Acoustical oceanography, Zooplankton behavior and ecology 
                                                
                                                Natural Sciences 101 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Marine Biogeochemistry, Geochemical element cycles, Deep Biosphere 
                                                
                                                Challenger Hall 145 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Physical oceanography, large-scale circulation: theory and modeling. 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 167 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Chem-/Bio- Sensors, Marine Biogeochemistry, Trace Elements, Environmental Analytical
                                                      Chemistry 
                                                
                                                Discovery Hall 105 
                                             
 Sustainability Studies Division Faculty
 Associate Professor 
                                                chemical education, sustainable and green chemistry 
                                                
                                                Chemistry Building 407 
                                             
 Lecturer 
                                                Urban Studies, Local and Global Environmental Histories, Environmental Justice, Human
                                                      Geography, Sustainability. 
                                                
                                                Melville Library E2360 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                Environmental Health Inequality, Environmental Justice, Socio-Environmental Systems,
                                                      Quantitative Methods, Data Synthesis and Visualization 
                                                
                                                Melville Library E2360 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                community-based planning, disaster recovery, resilience policy, urban design and placemaking 
                                                
                                                Melville Library E2360 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                disaster recovery, community resilience 
                                                
                                                Endeavour Hall 167A 
                                             
 Lecturer 
                                                Geospatial Sciences, geographic information systems 
                                                
                                                Earth and Space Sciences 104 
                                             
 Lecturer, PRODiG+ Fellow 
                                                Agriculture, climate change mitigation, greenhouse gas emissions, natural climate
                                                      solutions, soil carbon sequestration, sustainable food systems 
                                                
                                                Melville Library E2360 
                                             
 Assistant Professor 
                                                ecotoxicology, soil ecology 
                                                
                                                Melville Library E2360 
                                             
 Senior Lecturer 
                                                Maritime and Environmental History, Sustainability 
                                                
                                                Melville Library E2360 
                                             
 Associate Professor 
                                                SUS Division Head 
                                                environmental humanities, history of naturalist studies, American Literature, nature
                                                      writing 
                                                
                                                Melville Library E2360 
                                             
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Affiliated Faculty
Stephen Baines  |  Stephen.Baines@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
Aquatic ecosystem ecology, ecological stoichiometry
Gregory Henkes  |  gregory.henkes@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
Stable isotope geochemistry of light elements
Heidi Hutner  |  heidi.hutner@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
Environmental literature and film; ecofeminism; environmental justice; feminism; race
                                                      studies; women’s literature; Restoration and eighteenth-century literature and culture.
Christopher Johnson |  chris.johnson@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
Multiplexing laser spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to address challenges in energy
                                                   and the environment
Reuben Kline | reuben.kline@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
social dilemmas, climate change mitigation behavior, behavioral ethics, public opinion,
                                                   and voting
Jeff Levinton | jeffrey.levinton@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
Marine benthic ecology, macroevolution
Heather Lynch  |  heather.lynch@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
Development and application of statistics
Dianna Padilla  |  dianna.padilla@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
Aquatic ecology, applied ecology, conservation biology
Andrew Singer  |  Andrew.C.Singer@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
signal processing and communication systems, audio and undersea acoustics, and financial
                                                   modeling
Elizabeth Watson  |  elizabeth.b.watson@stonybrook.edu | Affiliated Faculty
Coastal wetlands, climate change, ecohydrology, translational ecology
Adjunct Lecturers
Mirza Beg | mirza.beg@stonybrook.edu
Kimberly Durham | kdurham@amseas.org
Steve Englebright | scenglebright@gmail.com
James Gilmore | james.gilmore@stonybrook.edu
Maxine Montello | mmontello@nymarinerescue.org
Richard Murdocco | richard.j.murdocco@stonybrook.edu
Michael White | mwhite@wintersbros.com





































































