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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of Oceanography

Project Roster

Assessment of Deepwater Fish Assemblages Associated with Desoto Canyons and Continental Slope Waters in the Eastern GOM

30 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

R. Dean Grubbs
Florida State University
Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Co-Principal Investigator

James Gelsleichter
University of North Florida
Biology Department

Project Data Point of Contact

R. Dean Grubbs
Florida State University
Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Post-Doc

Shomen Mukherjee
Florida International University
Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology
Jeremy Vaudo
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences

Research Staff

Willy Bemis
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Shoals Marine Lab
Annabelle Brooks
Cape Eleuthera Institute
Charles Cotton
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Department of Fisheries Science
Kirk Gastrich
Florida International University
Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology
Alejandra Mickle
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Emily Warchol
University of Florida
Florida Program for Shark Research

Data Team

Natasha Mendez-Ferrer
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Derek Burkholder
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Johanna Imhoff
Florida State University
Department of Biological Science
Kristene Parsons
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Department of Fisheries Science

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Brenda Anderson
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Diana Churchill
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Rachel Decker
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Ryan Ford
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Lisa Hollensead
Florida State University
Coastal and Marine Laboratory
Matthew Kolmann
Florida State University
Coastal and Marine Laboratory
Mike McCallister
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Cheston Peterson
Florida State University
Coastal and Marine Laboratory
Travis Richards
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Marine Biology Department
Robin Sarabia
Florida International University
Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology
Kier Smith
Florida Atlantic University
Department of Biological Sciences
Allison Strong
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

Undergraduate Student

Monica Collazos
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Hilary Drakos
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Melissa Gonzalez De Acevedo
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Arianne Leary
University of North Florida
Biology Department
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org