Associate Dean for Research and Operations and Graduate Program Faculty, Odum School of Ecology; Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Ecology; Lothar Tresp Honors Professor; UGA Athletic Association Professor
Research interests: Marine community and population ecology, biological invasions, marine parasites and disease, ecosystem engineers, species range boundaries, marine reserves, conservation biology
Research projects: Predicting species’ spread and distribution in coastal oceans, impacts of non-native species on native marine communities, mechanisms driving variation in parasites in nearshore communities, effects of parasites on communities and ecosystems, effects of black gill disease in shrimp, interactions between ecosystem engineers in the face of climate change