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Leadership

Leadership and Administration

Dr. John J. Stegeman

Program Director/Principal Investigator

Senior Scientist and former Department Chair, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(508) 289-2320
jstegeman@whoi.edu

Dr. Dennis McGillicuddy

Program Co-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

Ms. Kate McMullen

Center Administrator

Administrative Associate I, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(508) 289-2632
kmcmullen@whoi.edu

Project Leaders

Project 1: Harmful algal bloom dynamics: assessing physiological and behavioral plasticity in natural populations

Dr. Donald M. Anderson

Senior Scientist, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(508) 289-2351
danderson@whoi.edu

Project 2: Climate forcing of harmful algal blooms and toxicity exposure in the Northeast U.S.

Dr. Dennis McGillicuddy

Senior Scientist and Department Chair, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(508) 289-2683
mcgillic@whoi.edu

Project 3: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying long-term effects of early life exposure to HAB toxins

Dr. Mark E. Hahn

Senior Scientist and former Department Chair, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(508) 289-3242
mhahn@whoi.edu

Community Engagement Core

Dr. Mindy Richlen

Research Specialist, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(508) 289-2552
mrichlen@whoi.edu

External Advisory Committee

Dr. Alan Place, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science
Dr. Phil Landrigan
, Boston College, Global Public Health Program
Dr. Kathi Lefebvre
, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle
Dr. Bradley Moore
, UC San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Scripps Inst. of Oceanography
Dr. Madeleine Scammel
, Boston University, School of Public Health

Internal Advisory Committee

Dr. W. Rockwell Geyer

Senior Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Dr. Judy McDowell

Scientist Emeritus, Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution