Faculty / Staff
Faculty
Department Chairperson & Associate Professor
Office: 177 CBLS
Phone: 401-874-2951
Email: kpetersson@uri.edu
Assistant Professor
Office: 481 CBLS
Phone: (401)874-7083
email: pbaur@uri.edu
Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: 240C WWH
Email: jennifer_gill2@uri.edu
Professor
Office: 289 CBLS
Phone: 401-874-2811
Email: dave_townson@uri.edu
Professor
Office: East Farm, Bldg. 14,
Phone: 401-874-5404
Email:tbradley@uri.edu
Lecturer
Office: 128 Woodward
email: cjc028@uri.edu
Lecturer
Office: Woodward
email: justine_deming@uri.edu
Professor
Office: 169 CBLS
Phone: 401-874-2917
Email: gomezchi@uri.edu
Assistant Professor
Office: Woodward Hall
Email: mhoffman@uri.edu
Associate Professor
Office: 187 CBLS,
Phone: 401-874-9839
Email: humphries@uri.edu
Professor
Phone: 401-874-2468
Email: rcrhodes@uri.edu
Professor
Office: 126 Woodward hall,
Phone: 401-874-2943
Email: rice@uri.edu
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: Woodward Hall 116
Phone: 401-874-9046
Email:jt_richard@uri.edu
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Office: 421 CBLS, 120 Flagg Road
Phone: 401-874-2667
Email: blsartini@uri.edu
Assistant Professor in Sustainable Aquaculture
Office: 129 Woodward Hall
Phone: 401-874-2040
Email: coleensuckling@uri.edu
Website: www.coleensuckling.co.uk
Kathleen M. Castro
Research Associate IV
Office: East Farm, Bldg. 83,
Phone: 401-874-5063
Email: kcastro@uri.edu
Christopher F. DeAcutis, Ph.D.
RIDEM Division of Marine Fisheries (retired)
Office: 73 Floral Ave. North Kingstown, RI 02852
Phone: 401-573-0171
Email: deacutis@uri.edu
Boze Hancock
TNC-NOAA National Partnership Coordinator
Office: NBC, South Ferry Road,
Phone: 401-874-6121
Email: bhancock@tnc.org
John Hoey
NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC Cooperative Research Program Coordinator
Office: NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center,
Phone: 401-782-3323
Email: john.hoey@noaa.gov
Wa Iba, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science
Halouleo University
Jalan Mokodompit #1
Kendari, Sulawesi Tenggara 93132 Indonesia
Phone: 011-62-822-5934-2577
Email: w.iba86@gmail.com
Dale F. Leavitt
Assistant Professor/Regional Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Office: Roger Williams University,
Phone: 401-254-3047
Email: dleavitt@rwu.edu
Jason E. McNamee, Ph.D.
Chief of Marine Resource Management
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
3 Ft. Wetherill Road Jamestown, RI
Phone: 401-423-1943
Lori Pivarnik
Adj. Associate Professor
Office: Food Safety Research Center, West Kingston
Phone: 401-874-2972
Email: lpivarnik@uri.edu
Dina Proestou, Ph.D.
USDA ARS NAA NCWMAC
Shellfish Genetics Program at the University of Rhode Island
469 CBLS
Office: 401-874-2175
email: dina.proestou@ars.usda.gov
Robert B. Rheault Ph.D
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
Phone: 401-783-6007
Email: bob@ecsga.org
Nicole L. Richard
Adj. Associate Professor
Office: Food Safety Research Center, West Kingston
Phone: 401-874-2977
Email: nicolerichard@uri.edu
David A. Serra
V.M.D, URI Attending Vet
Office: Research Office,
Phone: 401-874-5380
Email: dswrah@aol.com
Roxanna Smolowitz, DVM
Roger Williams University
email: rsmolowitz@rwu.edu
Gary Wikfors, Ph.D.
NOAA Fisheries Milford Laboratory
email: gary.wikfors@noaa.gov
David Bengtson
Professor Emeritus
Office: 113 Woodward Hall,
Phone: 401-874-2668
Email: bengtson@uri.edu
Chong M. Lee
Professor Emeritus
Office: Food Safety Research Center, West Kingston
Phone: 401-874-2862
Email: chonglee@uri.edu
Anthony Mallilo
Professor
Office: 114 Woodward Hall,
Phone: 401-874-4658
Email: tonym@uri.edu
Coleman Replogle
Farm Manager – Peckham Farm
Office: Peckham Farm ,
Phone: 401-874-4183
Email: creplogle@uri.edu
Rachael Demers
Interim Asst. Farm Manager – Peckham Farm
Phone: 401-874-4183
Email: rachael_demers@uri.edu
Stephen Barber
Captain
Phone: 401-874-2012
Email: snbarber@uri.edu
Kathleen M. Castro
Research Associate IV
Office: East Farm, Bldg. 83,
Phone: 401-874-5063
Email: kcastro@uri.edu
Katherine T. Favreau
Fiscal Clerk
Office: 234 Woodward Hall,
Phone: 401-874-2477
Email: kfavreau@uri.edu
Mitch Hatzipetro
Research Associate I
Phone: (401)874-7852
Email: Mitch_hatzi@uri.edu
Najih Lazar
Research Associate III
Office: East Farm, Bldg. 83,
Email: nlazar@uri.edu
Lori Pivarnik
Adj. Associate Professor
Office: Food Safety Research Center, West Kingston
Phone: 401-874-2972
Email: lpivarnik@uri.edu
Nicole L. Richard
Adj. Associate Professor
Office: Food Safety Research Center, West Kingston
Phone: 401-874-2977
Email: nicolerichard@uri.edu
Laura Skrobe
Research Associate III
Office: East Farm, Bldg. 83,
Phone: 401-874-9360
Email: lskrobe@uri.edu
Barbara Somers
Research Assistant IV
Office: East Farm, Bldg. 83,
Phone: 401-874-2012
Email: b_somers@uri.edu
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