Experts

URI’s experts are at the top of their fields in the areas related to renewable energy, oceanography, and environmental sciences. It’s no wonder that they are melding the next generation of leaders in the Blue Economy. Read about what our students and alumni are doing as well.

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Director, U.S. Coastal Programs, Director of Extension, RI Sea Grant

Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography

401.874.6127
jmccann@uri.edu

Marine Research Associate II and Coastal and Ocean Planner

Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography

401-874-6701
abbey_greene@uri.edu

Professor and Graduate Director

Department of Ocean and Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.6575
cbaxter@uri.edu

Assistant Professor of Coastal Planning, Policy, and Design

Department of Marine Affairs

401.874.4192
abecker@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Department of Marine Affairs

401.874.5708
dbidwell@uri.edu

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.2680
abrads@uri.edu

Professor and Department Chair

Department of Marine Affairs

401.874.2434
dalton@uri.edu

Distinguished Professor and Chair

Department of Ocean Engineering

grilli@uri.edu

Associate Research Professor

Department of Ocean Engineering

401.874.6029
annette_grilli@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Department of Ocean Engineering | Graduate School of Oceanography

401.874.6217
reza_hashemi@uri.edu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Graduate School of Oceanography

401.874.6182
zoe_hutchison@uri.edu

Coordinator URI Energy Fellows Program

URI Cooperative Extension

401.874.5585
kchawkes@uri.edu

Professor

Graduate School of Oceanography

401.874.6182
jwking@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

401.874.4569
clang@uri.edu

Professor of Wildlife Ecology & Physiology

Department of Natural Resources Science

401.874.7531
srmcwilliams@uri.edu

Professor

Department of Ocean Engineering

401.874.6540
miller@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Department of Marine Affairs

206.498.4496
ameliamoore@uri.edu

Professor

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

401.874.4590
jimo@uri.edu

Professor

Department of Natural Resources Science

401.874.2986
ppaton@uri.edu

Associate Research Professor

Department of Ocean Engineering

401.874.6591
gpotty@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

401.874.9197
sproul@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

401.874.7428
simona@uri.edu

Program Administrator, Energy Literacy

URI Cooperative Extension

401.874.4096
kate@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography and Director

Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography

401.874.6233
jpwalsh@uri.edu


Students

Graduate Student

Marine Affairs ’22

jessica_hiltz@uri.edu

Graduate Student

Biological Oceanography '21

mmanz@uri.edu

Graduate Student

Ocean Engineering ’22

maeve_story@uri.edu

Graduate Student

Marine Affairs '22

tybo034@uri.edu

PhD Student

Ocean Engineering

jennifer_giard@uri.edu


Alumni

B.S. '08 M.S. '12 PhD '18, Oceanography

Marine Ecologist, National Park Service

B.S. '21 Environmental & Natural Resource Economics

Staff, Coastal Resources Center/RI Sea Grant

mhawkins5@uri.edu

B.S. '09, Marine Biology

Manager of Environmental Affairs, Vineyard Wind

B.S. '08, Environmental Economics and Management

Legislative Liaison and Interdepartmental Manager at RI OER

B.S. '20, Ocean Engineering & Minor, Engineering Entrepreneurship

Project Consultant, Offshore Construction Associates

B.A. '00, Economics and Political Science & M.A. '06, Political Science

State Energy Commissioner of the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources

B.S. '21 Ocean Engineering, Renewables Track

Offshore Wind Energy Engineer for Mott MacDonald

thomas_ash@my.uri.edu

M.A. '17, Marine Affairs

Senior Policy Analyst at NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

PhD '17, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics & Blue MBA '10

Administrator, Grid Modernization and Systems Integration at RI OER

B.S. '18, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Marine Affairs Coordinator at Ørsted - Offshore North America

PhD '20, Marine Affairs

NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration