MEES Faculty Members Actively Recruiting Students
The following are current MEES faculty members who are looking to recruit Graduate students to their lab. While this list is not inclusive of all faculty members looking, the following faculty have provided the MEES Office information regarding potential advisee slots. Please contact the faculty members for more information by referring to the contact information indicated.
Fall Admission: No advisor needed to apply to the MEES program, but to gain full admission in the Fall an advisor must be identified and he/she must have confirmed with the MEES program that they have agreed to work with you before a formal acceptance can be processed. Therefore, we strongly recommended that you contact potential advisors in advance.
For Spring admission policy, please click here.
Faculty Name: Dr. Lee Cooper
Lab/ Campus: Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: cooper@umces.edu
Office Phone: 410-326-7359
Faculty Name: Dr. Jonathan Cumming
Lab/ Campus: University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: jrcumming@umes.edu
Office Phone: 410-651-6072
Faculty Name: Dr. Kathleen Cusick
Lab/ Campus: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interest: Here
Email: kcusick@umbc.edu
Office Phone: 410-455-5621
Faculty Name: Dr. Ming Li
Lab/ Campus: Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: mingli@umces.edu
Office Phone: 410-221-8420
Faculty Name: Dr. Yantao Li
Lab/ Campus: Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology (IMET), University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: yantao@umces.edu
Office Phone: 410-234-8833
Faculty Name: Dr. Sairah Malkin
Lab/ Campus: Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: smalkin@umces.edu
Office Phone: 410-221-8418
Faculty Name: Dr. Carys Mitchelmore
Lab/ Campus: Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: mitchelmore@umces.edu
Office Phone: 410-326-7283
Faculty Name: Dr. William Nardin
Lab/ Campus: Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: wnardin@umces.edu
Office Phone: 410-221-8232
Faculty Name: Dr. Elizabeth North
Lab/ Campus: Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: enorth@umces.edu
Office Phone: 410-221-8497
Faculty Name: Dr. Joseph Pitula
Lab/ Campus: NOAA-LMRCSC, University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: jspitula@umes.edu
Office Phone: 410-621-2980/410-651-6666
Faculty Name: Dr. Karen Prestegaard
Lab/ Campus: University of Maryland College Park (UMCP)
Research Interest: Here
Email: kpresto@umd.edu
Office Phone: 301-405-6982
Faculty Name: Dr. Eric Schott
Lab/ Campus: Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: schott@umces.edu
Office Phone: 410-234-8881
Faculty Name: Dr. R. Dwi Susanto
Lab/ Campus: University of Maryland College Park (UMCP)
Research Interest: Here
Email: dwisusa@umd.edu
Office Phone: 845-666-3003
Faculty Name: Dr. Stephen Tomasetti
Lab/ Campus: University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: sjtomasetti@umes.edu
Office Phone: 410-651-6120
Faculty Name: Dr. Victoria Volkis
Lab/ Campus: University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)
Research Interest: Natural plants in antifouling protection, biofilm formation, polymeric resins (site under construction)
Email: vvolkis@umes.edu
Office Phone: 410-651-6030
Faculty Name: Dr. Yan Waguespack
Lab/ Campus: University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: yywaguespack@umes.edu
Phone: 410-651-6052
Faculty Name: Dr. Justine Whitaker
Lab/ Campus: University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: jwhitaker@umes.edu
Phone: 985-493-2628
Faculty Name: Dr. Xin Zhang
Lab/ Campus: Appalachian Laboratory (AL), University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Research Interest: Here
Email: Xin.Zhang@umces.edu
Phone: 301-689-7201