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Executive Team

Deborah Bronk
President and CEO
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 115 | dbronk@bigelow.org

Beth Orcutt
Vice President for Research
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 312 | borcutt@bigelow.org

Benjamin Twining
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Vice President for Education
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 309 | btwining@bigelow.org

Jennifer Cutshall

Vice President for Strategic Alliances and Advancement
jcutshall@bigelow.org

Steven Profaizer

Chief Communications Officer
ext. 103 | sprofaizer@bigelow.org

David Whitt

Chief Financial Officer
Vice President for Administration
ext. 101 | dwhitt@bigelow.org

Valerie Young

Chief of Staff
ext. 107 | vyoung@bigelow.org

Senior Research Scientists

Christoph Aeppli
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 317 | caeppli@bigelow.org

Steve Archer
Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Analytical Services Director
ext. 314 | sarcher@bigelow.org

John Burns
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 304 | jburns@bigelow.org

Peter Countway
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 302 | pcountway@bigelow.org

David Emerson
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 303 | demerson@bigelow.org

José A. Fernández Robledo
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 315 | jfernandez-robledo@bigelow.org

David Fields
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 313 | dfields@bigelow.org

Maya Groner
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 319 | mgroner@bigelow.org

Manoj Kamalanathan
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 320 | mkamalanathan@bigelow.org

Michael Lomas
Senior Research Scientist
NCMA and CAI Director
ext. 311 | mlomas@bigelow.org

Joaquín Martínez Martínez
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 403 | jmartinez@bigelow.org

Catherine Mitchell
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 402 | cmitchell@bigelow.org

Nicole Poulton
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Aquatic Cytometry Director
ext. 513 | npoulton@bigelow.org

Nichole Price
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Seafood Solutions Director
ext. 306 | nprice@bigelow.org

Doug Rasher
Senior Research Scientist
ext. 318 | drasher@bigelow.org

Nick Record
Senior Research Scientist
Tandy Center for Ocean Forecasting Director
ext. 316 | nrecord@bigelow.org

Rachel Sipler
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Water Health and Humans Director
ext. 310 | rsipler@bigelow.org

Ramunas Stepanauskas
Senior Research Scientist
Single Cell Genomics Center Director
ext. 308 | rstepanauskas@bigelow.org

Research Scientists

Julia Brown
Research Scientist
ext. 521 | julia@bigelow.org

Melody Lindsay
Research Scientist
DEI Liaison
ext. 404 | mlindsay@bigelow.org

Karen Stamieszkin
Research Scientist
ext. 419 | kstamieszkin@bigelow.org

LeAnn Whitney
Research Scientist
ext. 408 | lwhitney@bigelow.org

Postdoctoral Scientists

Benedikt Blossom

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 420 | bblossom@bigelow.org

Hannah Blossom

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 421 | hblossom@bigelow.org

Anne Booker
Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 410 | abooker@bigelow.org

Tianyi Chang

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 405 | tchang@bigelow.org

Sarah Douglas

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 422 | sdouglas@bigelow.org

Dave Ernst

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 406 | dernst@bigelow.org

Athanasios Foukis
Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 413 | afoukis@bigelow.org

Keir Macartney

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 407 | kmacartney@bigelow.org

Isaac Miller

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 415 | imiller@bigelow.org

Melissa Rocker

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 424 | mrocker@bigelow.org

Yasmina Shah Esmaeili
Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 401 | yshahesmaeili@bigelow.org

Rebekah Shunmugapandi
Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 409 | rshunmugapandi@bigelow.org

Robin Sleith
Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 417 | rsleith@bigelow.org

Laura Sofen
Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 416 | lsofen@bigelow.org

Alaina Weinheimer
Postdoctoral Fellow
ext. 423 | aweinheimer@bigelow.org

Reyn Yoshioka

Postdoctoral Scientist
ext. 414 | ryoshioka@bigelow.org

Visiting PhD Students

Shane Farrell

PhD Student
sfarrell@bigelow.org

Rene Francolini
PhD Student
rfrancolini@bigelow.org

Sydney Greenlee

PhD Student
sgreenlee@bigelow.org

Kyle Oliveira

PhD Student
koliveira@bigelow.org

Samuel Tan

PhD Student
stan@bigelow.org

Dara Yiu

PhD Student
dyiu@bigelow.org

Science Staff

Sean Boyd

Senior Research Associate
ext. 208 | sboyd@bigelow.org

Craig Burnell

Research Associate
ext. 512 | cburnell@bigelow.org

Brigid Carr

Research Associate
ext. 532 | bcarr@bigelow.org

Peter Craig

Research Technician
ext. 502 | pcraig@bigelow.org

Jonathan Curtis

Research Technician
jcurtis@bigelow.org

Tim D'Angelo
Senior Research Associate
ext. 522 | tdangelo@bigelow.org

David Drapeau

Senior Research Associate
ext. 506 | ddrapeau@bigelow.org

Kerry Dykens
Assistant Curator
ext. 204 | kdykens@bigelow.org

Johnathan Evanilla

Research Associate
ext. 523 | jevanilla@bigelow.org

Gregory Gavelis

Bioinformatician
ext. 530 | ggavelis@bigelow.org

Hailey Greenleaf

Research Technician
ext. 508 | hgreenleaf@bigelow.org

Kristin Heidenreich

Associate Curator
ext. 206 | kheidenreich@bigelow.org

Brittney Honisch

Senior Research Associate
ext. 525 | bhonisch@bigelow.org

Mark Hurd

Associate Curator
ext. 205 | mhurd@bigelow.org

Gabriella Iacono

Research Associate
ext. 528 | giacono@bigelow.org

Kirsten Johnston

Research Technician
ext. 529 | kjohnston@bigelow.org

Makayla Lauser

Assistant Curator
ext. 207 | mlauser@bigelow.org

Debra Lomas

Senior Research Associate
ext. 518 | dlomas@bigelow.org

Laura Lubelczyk

Research Associate
ext. 511 | llubelczyk@bigelow.org

Corianna Mascena

Research Associate
ext. 504 | cmascena@bigelow.org

Jarret Mayo

Research Technician
ext. 509 | jmayo@bigelow.org

Farley Miller

Research Associate
ext. 501 | fmiller@bigelow.org

Maura Niemisto

Research Associate
ext. 505 | mniemisto@bigelow.org

Vishaan Nursey
Research Technician
ext. 531 | vnursey@bigelow.org

Caitlyn Olson

Research Technician
ext. 516 | colson@bigelow.org

Sunny Pinkham

Research Associate
spinkham@bigelow.org

Amanda Pinson

Research Technician
ext. 503 | apinson@bigelow.org

Kevin Posman

Senior Research Associate
ext. 507 | kposman@bigelow.org

Brynn Presler-Marshall

Research Technician
ext. 510 | bpreslermarshall@bigelow.org

Mike Preston

Senior Research Associate
ext. 203 | mpreston@bigelow.org

Charlotte Quigley

Assistant Director Center for Seafood Solutions
ext. 124 | cquigley@bigelow.org

Rimar Reed

Office Manager National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota
ext. 202 | rreed@bigelow.org

Sara Savage

Research Technician
ext. 210 | ssavage@bigelow.org

Robert Schmedicke

Managing Director of Technology Development
rschmedicke@bigelow.org

Elena Shippey

Project Administrator Coast-Cow-Consumer
ext. 109 | eshippey@bigelow.org

Rachele Spadafore

Research Technician
ext. 209 | rspadafore@bigelow.org

Hannah Sterling

Research Technician
ext. 533 | hsterling@bigelow.org

Rosalynn Sylvan
Managing Director COBRA
rsylvan@bigelow.org

Brian Thompson

Senior Research Associate
ext. 517 | bthompson@bigelow.org

Ben Tupper

Senior Research Associate
ext. 524 | btupper@bigelow.org

Jay Wheeler

Senior Research Associate
ext. 520 | jwheeler@bigelow.org

Administration

Joe Ambrosino

Desktop Support Specialist
ext. 120 | jambrosino@bigelow.org

Cindy Bailey

Assistant Controller
ext. 121 | cbailey@bigelow.org

Eli Barter

Facilities Assistant
ebarter@bigelow.org

Leah Campbell

Science Communications Manager
lcampbell@bigelow.org

Jason Grundy

Grants Financial Analyst
jgrundy@bigelow.org

Kevin Guay

Director of IT
kguay@bigelow.org

Evan Henerberry

Education Coordinator
ext. 104 | ehenerberry@bigelow.org

Jessica Hoffmann

Advancement Officer
ext. 106 | jhoffmann@bigelow.org

Abby Jones

Administrative Assistant
ext. 100 | ajones@bigelow.org

Aislyn Keyes

Marine Educator
ext. 111 | akeyes@bigelow.org

Kim Knowlton

Events Steward
ext. 117 | kknowlton@bigelow.org

Paty Matrai
Senior Research Scientist Emerita
Interim Technology Transfer Officer
ext. 305 | pmatrai@bigelow.org

Margaret McDiarmid

Director of Human Resources
ext. 119 | mmcdiarmid@bigelow.org

John McKown

Grants Manager
ext. 110 | jmckown@bigelow.org

Valerie Reny

Accounts Payable Coordinator
ext. 122 | vreny@bigelow.org

Chris Rigaud

Dive Safety Officer
crigaud@bigelow.org

Abdullahi Roble

Grants Financial Analyst
aroble@bigelow.org

Laurie Rollins

Steward

Chris Salatino

Director of Facilities
ext. 108 | csalatino@bigelow.org

Collin Sheehan

Marketing Communications Manager
ext. 102 | csheehan@bigelow.org

Adam Smart

Environmental Health and Safety Officer
ext. 116 | asmart@bigelow.org

Michael Vilarello

Philanthropy Officer
ext. 126 | mvilarello@bigelow.org

Chris Vooght

Accountant
ext. 114 | cvooght@bigelow.org

Dana Wilson

Advancement Grants and Operations Manager
ext. 112 | dwilson@bigelow.org

Scientists Emeriti

Robert Andersen

SRS Emeritus
CCMP Director

Barney Balch

SRS Emeritus
ext. 301 | bbalch@bigelow.org

Peter Larsen

SRS Emeritus
plarsen@bigelow.org

Clarice Yentsch

Bigelow Laboratory Co-founder
SRS Emerita

Adjunct Scientists

Steven Baer

Maine Maritime Academy  

Barney Balch

 

Mattias Cape

University of Washington  

Stephanie Carr

Hartwick College  

Rosemary Dorrington

Rhodes University  

Jelena Godrijan

Ruđer Bošković Institute  

Jacqueline Goordial

University of Guelph  

Julie Huber

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  

Priscila Lange

National Council for Scientific Development, Brazil  

Paty Matrai

 

Linas Mazutis

Vilnius University  

Jim McManus

National Science Foundation  

Daniel Pendleton

New England Aquarium, University of Maine  

Aurora M. Ricart

Institute of Marine Sciences of the Spanish National Research Council  

Katherine Richardson

University of Copenhagen  

Robert Spencer

Florida State University  

Gerrit van den Engh

 

Ken Voss

University of Miami  

Meredith White

Mook Sea Farm  

Tanja Woyke

DOE Joint Genome Institute