In April 2011 I began serving as an academic rotator in the Biological Oceanography Program at the National Science Foundation. This is where I presently spend most of my time, although I continue to be involved as I can in research, education, and public service through the School of Marine Science and my office at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, ME. My research interests are in larval (meroplankton) ecology; the study of coupled physical-biological processes; climate change impacts; the role of biodiversity in the functioning of marine ecosystems; and linkages between basic science, policy and management. Large projects over the past decade included leading the Gulf of Maine Area Census of Marine Life Program; studying interactions between internal waves and submarine topography and how those interactions affect euphausiid (krill) patchiness and whale feeding; and larval ecology and connectivity of lobster populations in the Gulf of Maine. Newer projects are taking a systems approach to understanding the provision of ecosystem goods and services, and examining ways to represent ecosystem processes in management considerations.
My research interests are in larval (meroplankton) ecology; the study of coupled physical-biological processes; climate change impacts; the role of biodiversity in the functioning of marine ecosystems; and linkages between basic science, policy and management. Large projects over the past decade included leading the Gulf of Maine Area Census of Marine Life Program; studying interactions between internal waves and submarine topography and how those interactions affect euphausiid (krill) patchiness and whale feeding; and larval ecology and connectivity of lobster populations in the Gulf of Maine. Newer projects are taking a systems approach to understanding the provision of ecosystem goods and services, and examining ways to represent ecosystem processes in management considerations.