Initiative
Our team, totalling almost 40 people – is comprised of
staff, educators, researchers and students.
For detailed information on individuals, research or abstracts
click on the links below.
| Name | Title | Telephone Number |
| Allison Eaton | Manager |
(709) 458-2550 |
| Dennis Rumbolt | Maintenance Technician | (709) 458-2550 |
| Joyce Maynard | Custodian | |
| Laurie Haycock | Receptionist/Gift Shop Clerk | (709) 458-2874 |
| Doris Randell | Gift Shop Clerk | (709) 458-2874 |
| Name | Title(Affiliation) | Research Area |
| de Young, Brad | Professor, (Physics and Physical Oceanography, MUN) | Ocean Observatory Physical Oceanography |
| Professor (Research), (Ocean Sciences Centre, MUN) | Ocean Observatory Ecology, physiology and energetics of marine crustacean and gelatinous zooplankton. | |
| DuRand, Michelle | Research Specialist, (Ocean Sciences Centre, MUN) | Phytoplankton Ecology Bio-optical Oceanography |
| Edinger, Evan | Assistant Professor (Biology & Geography, MUN) | Marine conservation and coral reef biogeography |
| Gagnon, Patrick | Assistant Professor (Ocean Science Centre) | Structure and function of marine ecosystems |
| Hood, Catherine | MUN Adjunct Professor, Marine Associate with Intervale |
By-catch of marine mammals in fishing nets |
| Hooper, Robert | Director, (Associate Professor, Biology, MUN) | Ocean Observatory Boreal and Arctic Seaweeds Sea urchin and kelp aquaculture |
| Methven, David | MUN Adjunct Professor | Fish biology and ecology |
| Parrish, Chris | Professor (Research), (Ocean Sciences Centre, MUN) | Ocean Observatory Marine lipid chemistry and transport within marine food webs |
| Rivkin, Richard | Professor, (Ocean Sciences Centre, MUN) | Ocean Observatory Phytoplankton physiological ecology and microbial food webs dynamics |
| Snelgrove, Paul | Associate Professor - Canada Research Chair Boreal and Cold Ocean Systems, (Ocean Sciences Centre, MUN) | Ocean Observatory Larval ecology, benthic communities, physical-biological coupling |
| Walsh, Phil | Fishing Gear Technologist, (Center for Sustainable Aquatic Resources, Marine Institute) | Fishing gear operations |
| Winger, Paul | Fish Behaviourist, (Center for Sustainable Aquatic Resources, Marine Institute) | Snow crab behaviour in relation to fishing gear operation |
| Wroblewski, Joe | Professor (Research), (Ocean Sciences Centre, MUN) | Fisheries oceanography and physical-biological mathematical modelling |
| Zedel, Len | Associate Professor, (Physics and Physical Oceanography, MUN) | Ocean Observatory Physical Oceanography |
| Name | Research | Programme |
| Burdett-Coutts, Victoria | Abundance and distribution of American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae and early benthic juveniles in coastal Newfoundland: Passive and active processes |
M.Sc. Biology |
| Caines, Scott | Oil spill site recovery | B.Sc. Biology Honours Completed 2007 |
| Coffey, William | Reproduction and growth of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis | M.Sc. Biology |
| Dawe, Jennifer | Wolffish ecology Abstract |
B.Sc. Biology Honours Completed 2007 |
| Doyle, Gina | Marine biofouling | B.Sc. Biology Honours Completed 2007 |
| Howlett, Jerome | Studies on the ecology and aquaculture of the kelp, Laminaria longicruris | M.Sc. Biology |
| Kelly, Michael | Bentho-pelagic coupling and sinking food supply: Does composition, diversity, or quantity of food supply influence macrofaunal biodiversity? Abstract | M.Sc. Biology |
| Pantin, Julia | Lobster Habitat Ecology | B.Sc. Biology Honours |
| Puddister, Deidre | Monitoring and assessment of conditions at a diesel oil spill site in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland and tests determining the relative toxicity to three marine invertebrates of diesel oil-in-sea water mixtures. Abstract | M. Sc. Environmental Science
Completed February 2004 |
| Quijon, Pedro A. | Predator recruitment and regulation of sedimentary communities in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland. Abstract | Ph.D. Biology Completed December 2004 |
| Rogers, Kara | Assessment of the lobster (Homarus americanus) population in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland | M. Sc. Biology |