Leadership
Leadership and Administration
Dr. Dennis McGillicuddy
Program Director/Co-Principal Investigator
Senior Scientist and former Department Chair, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(508) 289-2683
mcgillic@whoi.edu
Dr. John J. Stegeman
Program co-Director/Principal Investigator
Senior Scientist and former Department Chair, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(508) 289-2320
jstegeman@whoi.edu
Ms. Karen Pipkin
Center Administrator
Administrative Associate II, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
kpipkin@whoi.edu
Project Leaders
Project 1: Harmful algal bloom dynamics: assessing factors that control life cycle processes
Dr. Michael Brosnahan
Project 1 Principal Investigator
Assistant Scientist, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Project 2: Environmental forcing of harmful algal blooms and toxicity exposure
Dr. David Ralston
Project 2 Principal Investigator
Associate Scientist with Tenure, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Project 3: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying long-term effects of early life exposure to HAB toxins
Dr. Neelakanteswar Aluru
Project 3 Principal Investigator
Associate Scientist, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Community Engagement Core
Dr. Mindy Richlen
Senior Research Specialist, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
External Advisory Committee
(Chair) Prof. Lora Fleming (University Exeter)
Dr. Kathi Lefebvre (NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
Prof. Pam Lien (University of California)
Dr. Chrissy Petitpas (Mass Division of Marine Fisheries)
Dr. Charlie Stock (NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)
Internal Advisory Committee
Judy McDowell Emeritus Scientist (Chair)
Rocky Geyer, Sr. Scientist, Applied Physics & Ocean Engineering
Kenneth Kostel Director Research Communications
Natalie Nevarez Chief Organizational Development Officer