CURRENT RESEARCH FACULTY
Internationally renowned faculty specialize in using marine animals to address fundamental questions in science and apply that knowledge to problems of human health, natural resources and the environment. Researchers at the lab are on the front lines of research in biodiversity, ocean health, marine chemistry, neuroscience, sensory biology, evolutionary genomics, embryology, and cell regeneration.
Veronica Hinman, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Director Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
Research Area: Evolution, Developmental Biology and Regeneration using Echinoderms (sea star and sea urchins)
David Duffy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics and Rising Star Condron Family Endowed Assistant Professor
Research Area: Wildlife Genomic Medicine and One Health
Leonardo Ibarra-Castro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatic Sciences
Research Area: Fish Aquaculture
James C. Liao, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Research Area: Biomechanics and Neuroscience of Fish Behavior
Leonid Moroz, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics, Biology and Chemistry
Research Area: Genomics, Memory and Neuronal Evolution
Todd Z. Osborne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry
Research Area: Wetland Biogeochemistry
Joseph Ryan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Area: Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Biology
Christine Schnitzler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Area: Evolutionary and Functional Genomics
Elaine Seaver, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Research Area: Development and Evolution of Marine Invertebrates