Faculty & Staff Directory

COVADONGA R. ARIAS
Professor
Assistant Director of Instruction, Extension and Outreach
CASIC 327/CASIC Lab 299
334-844-9215
ARIASCR@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

STEPHEN A. (ASH) BULLARD
Associate Professor
Upchurch 324
334-844-9278
ASH.BULLARD@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

IAN A.E. BUTTS
Assistant Professor
Swingle 211
334-844-9407
IAB0007@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

MATT CATALANO
Assistant Professor
Swingle 217
334-844-7366
MJC0028@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

JESSE A. CHAPPELL
Associate Professor
Extension Specialist
Swingle 125
334-844-9209
CHAPPJ1@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

DAVID J. CLINE
Extension Specialist
Education
Aquatic Resources Ctr
334-844-2874
CLINEDJ@AUBURN.EDU

WILLIAM H. (BILL) DANIELS
Associate Professor
Swingle 123
334-844-9123
DANIEWH@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

ALLEN DAVIS
Alumni Professor
Swingle 315
334-844-9312
DAVISDA@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

DENNIS DeVRIES
Professor
Assistant Director for Research Programs
Swingle 311
334-844-9322
DEVRIDR@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

REX DUNHAM
Professor
Swingle 121
334-844-9121
DUNHARA@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

TERRY HANSON
Professor
Extension Specialist
Swingle 213
334-844-9207
HANSONTR@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

ELISE IRWIN
Alabama Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Unit Assistant Leader, Associate Professor
Swingle 103
334-844-9190
IRWINER@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

CAROL JOHNSTON
Professor
391 Woodfield Dr.
Bio Diversity Lab
334-844-1781
JOHNSC5@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

ANITA M. KELLY
Extension Specialist III
Research Professor
Alabama Fish Farming Center
(334) 624-4016
AMK0105@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

MELISSA PARTYKA
Extension Specialist
203B Swingle Hall
(334) 844-4786
MLP0069@AUBURN.EDU

ERIC PEATMAN
Associate Professor
CASIC 345
334-844-9319 or 334-844-9251
PEATMER@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

LUKE ROY
Extension Specialist
Associate Research Professor
334-624-4016
ROYLUKE@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

JIM STOECKEL
Associate Professor
Swingle 121B
334-844-9249
JIMSTOECKEL@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

STEPHEN SZEDLMAYER
Professor
Fairhope, AL
251-990-4858
SZEDLST@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

JEFFREY (JEFF) TERHUNE
Associate Professor
ARC lab building
334-844-9213
TERHUJS@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

JOSEPH R. TOMASSO JR.
Director, Professor
203B Swingle Hall
334-844-9206
JRT0033@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

WILLIAM (BILL) WALTON
Associate Professor
Extension Specialist
Dauphin Island, AL
251-861-3018, Extension 2
BILLWALTON@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

P.J. WATERS
Extension Specialist
118 North Royal Street
STE 800
Mobile, Alabama 36602
251-438-5690
WATERPH@ACES.EDU

NATHAN WHELAN
Assistant Professor
US Fish & Wildlife Service Director
Southeast Conservation Genetics Laboratory
101 Life Sciences Bldg
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
(334) 844-4830
NVW0001@AUBURN.EDU

GREGORY N. WHITIS
Extension Specialist – Aquaculture
Greensboro
334-624-4016
WHITIGN@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE 

ALAN E. WILSON
Associate Professor
Swingle 321
334-246-1120
WILSON@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

RUSSELL A. WRIGHT
Extension Specialist
Associate Professor
Swingle 313
334-844-9311
WRIGHR2@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE

THOMAS BILLINGSLEY
Aquaculture Tech
Aquatic Resource Center
334-844-4667
billita@auburn.edu		   KAREN BOOKER
Administrative Support Specialist II
Swingle 203C
334-844-9206
bookeks@auburn.edu
JACQUELINE (JAKY) BROUSSARD
Administrative Support Associate II
Greensboro
334-844-4016
jjb0033@auburn.edu		   JUNE BURNS
TES Technicien
Aquatic Resource Center LAB
334-844-4076
burnsja@auburn.edu
RITA CARSWELL
Administrative Support Assistant II
Swingle 201
334-844-9320
rfc0004@auburn.edu		   GLEN CHAPLIN
Advisor – Natural Resource Programs
Dauphin Island
251-861-3018
chaplgi@auburn.edu
TRACY COLLIER-CLINE
Undergraduate Student Coordinator
Swingle 117
334-844-3615
tcollier@auburn.edu		   JEREMY DAVIS
Aquaculture Tech
Aquatic Resource Center
334-844-4667
davisjd@auburn.edu
RUSTY GRICE
Oyster Aquaculture Business Specialist
AU Marine Extension & Research Center – Mobile, AL
251-438-5690
rtg0010@auburn.edu		   JEANIE HARRY
Accountant III
Swingle 203A
334-844-9315
jph0005@auburn.edu
BRIAUNNA (BRI) JONES
Administrative Support Assistant II
Swingle 203-D
334-844-9205
bzj0008@auburn.edu		   CAROLYN JONES
Administration Support Assistant II
Swingle 203D
334-844-9204
jonesca@auburn.edu
VALERIE KLEIN
Administrative Support Assistant II
Aquatic Resource Center
334-844-4667
kleinvw@auburn.edu		   LARRY LAWSON
Director
E.W. Shell Fisheries Center
Aquatic Resource Center
334-844-4667
lll0021@auburn.edu

 

 
BILLY MOORE
Aquaculture Tech
Aquatic Resource Center
334-844-4667
bwm0006@auburn.edu		   LISA POGUE
Administrative Support Assistant II
AU Marine Extension & Research Center – Mobile, AL
251-438-5690
poguelo@auburn.edu
MOLLIE SMITH
Administrator II
Outreach Programs
Aquatic Resource Administration Building
334-844-4667
mrs0018@auburn.edu		    
L. STINSON
Aquaculture Tech
Aquatic Resource Center
334-844-4667
stinslk@auburn.edu		   JODY THOMPSON
Administrator
118 North Royal Street STE 800
Mobile, Alabama 36602
251-438-5690
    OLIVER WILLIAMS
Aquaculture Tech
Aquatic Resource Center
334-844-4667
williol@auburn.edu

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JESSE A. CHAPPELL
Associate Professor
Extension Specialist
Swingle 125
334-844-9209
CHAPPJ1@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE		   DAVID J. CLINE
Extension Specialist
Education
Aquatic Resources Ctr
334-844-2874
CLINEDJ@AUBURN.EDU
LARISSA GRAHAM
Extension Specialist
AUMERC — Mobile
251-438-5690
LJG0008@AUBURN.EDU		   TERRY HANSON
Professor
Extension Specialist
Swingle 213
334-844-9207
HANSONTR@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE
WILLIAM (BILL) HEMSTREET
Advisor III
Natural Resources Program
Greensboro
334-624-4016
HEMSTWI@AUBURN.EDU		   MELISSA PARTYKA
Extension Specilaist
203B Swingle Hall
(334) 844-4786
mlp0069@auburn.edu
LUKE ROY
Extension Specialist and Associate Research Professor
Alabama Fish Farming Center
(334) 624-4016
ROYLUKE@AUBURN.EDU
Faculty Website		   WILLIAM (BILL) WALTON
Associate Professor
Extension Specialist
Dauphin Island, AL
251-861-3018, Extension 2
BILLWALTON@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE
 
P.J. WATERS
Extension Specialist
118 North Royal Street STE 800
Mobile, Alabama 36602
251-438-5690
   GREGORY N. WHITIS
Extension Specialist – Aquaculture
Greensboro
334-624-4016
WHITIGN@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE
    RUSSELL A. WRIGHT
Extension Specialist
Associate Professor
Swingle 313
334-844-9311
WRIGHR2@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE
 
ESAU ARANA
Fisheries
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-4667

DEBORAH (RENEE) BEAM
203 Swingle Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-4667

GLEN CHAPLIN
150 Agassiz St
Dauphin Island, AL 36528
251-861-3018

WENG CHEN
203 Swingle Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-4000

SUNNI LEE DAHL
203B Swingle Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-4000

TAMMY DEVRIES
Fisheries
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-4786

STACEY LAFRENTZ
559 Devall Drive
Auburn, AL 36849
334-844-2614

M. CLINT LLOYD
203B Swingle Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
770-337-2391

PETER MUDRAK
8300 State Hwy 104
Fairhope, AL 36532
334-844-4000

MELANIE RHODES
CPMC 999 Commerce Drive
Gulf Shores, AL 36542
251-967-4353

FRANK (SCOTT) RIKARD
150 Agassiz Street
Dauphin Island, AL 36528
251-861-3018

GUILLAUME SALZE
203B Swingle Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-9306

STEVEN SAMMONS
203 Swingle Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-4159

BYRON (DANIEL) THOMAS
Ireland Center, North Auburn
334-844-4767
bdt0013@auburn.edu

JULIE BEBAK
Aquaculture Biosecurity, LLC
Auburn, Alabama
334-707-0590

BENJAMIN BECK
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Auburn, Alabama
334-887-3741 ext. 112

RUTH CARMICHAEL
University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab
251-861-2141, ext 7555

JUST CEBRIAN
University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab
334-887-3741, ext. 112

NAGARAJ CHATAKONDI
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Stoneville, MS
662-686-3566

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JOHN DINDO
Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama

KELLEY DROGAN
University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab
251-861-2141

RYAN EARLEY
University of Alabama
205-348-1827

KEVIN FITZSIMMONS
University of Arizona
520-621-7687

MARY C. FREEMAN
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia
706-583-0978

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BILL GARRETT
Supervisor of Environmental Affairs, Alabama Power Company
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BART GREEN
Research Fish Biologist
Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center
870-673-4483, ext. 286

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HUGH HAMMER
Director of the Aquatic Science and Aquaculture Education and Development Center, Gadsden State Community College
256-549-8345

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KEN HECK
Senior Marine Scientist III, Professor and Chair, Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Professor, University of South Alabama
251-861-2141
KHECK@DISL.ORG
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PAUL JOHNSON
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marion, Alabama
334-683-5000

JESSICA JONES
US FDA
251-406-8136
Jessica.Jones@fda.hhs.gov

RONALD KIENE
Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama; Senior Marine Scientist III, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
251-460-6101

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JEFFREY KRAUSE
University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab
251-861-2141, ext 7577

BENJAMIN LAFRENTZ
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Auburn, Alabama
334-887-3741, ext. 151

MARK LILES
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Auburn University
334-844-1656

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BEHZAD MORTAZAVI
University of Alabama
251-861-2141, ext 2189

GREG MOYER
United States Fish and Wildlife Services
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ALICE ORTMANN
Senior Marine Scientist I and Assistant Professor, University of South Alabama
251-861-2141

KYEONG PARK
Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama; Senior Marine Scientist, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
251-861-2141

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WILL PATTERSON
University of Florida
352-273-3647

DAVE PERERA
West Virginia University
334-744-0448

DANIEL PETROLIA
Mississippi State University
662-325-2888

SEAN POWERS
Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama; Senior Marine Scientist, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
251-460-6101

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CRAIG SHOEMAKER
Molecular Biologist, Aquatic Animal Health Research — USDA
334-887-3741, ext. 16

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DAVID SMITH
Research Ecologist, Cognitive Ecology and Ecohydraulics Team, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research & Development Center (ERDC)
601-634-4267

JOHN VALENTINE
Senior Marine Scientist III and Executive Director, Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Professor, University of South Alabama
251-861-2141

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YIFEN WANG
Professor, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University
334-844-8051

CARL WEBSTER
Center Director and Research Leader, Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center — USDA
870-673-4483

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DEHAI XU
Research Parasitologist, Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit — USDA
334-887-3741, ext. 20
dehai.xu@ars.usda.gov
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DAVID R. BAYNE
Professor Emeritus
334-887-0985
BAYNEDR@AUBURN.EDU
VIEW WEBSITE		   CLAUDE E. BOYD
Professor Emeritus
BOYDCE1@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE
YOLANDA J. BRADY
Associate Professor Emeritus
Swingle 209
334-844-9122
BRADYYJ@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE		   WILLIAM (BILL) DAVIES
Professor Emeritus
541-330-6122
LDAVIES@KELLYBEAR.COM
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BRYAN L. DUNCAN
Professor Emeritus
334-844-9201
DUNCABL@AUBURN.EDU
VIEW WEBSITE		   JOHN M. GRIZZLE
Professor Emeritus
334-844-3474
GRIZZJM@AUBURN.EDU
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JOHN GROVER
Professor Emeritus
334-887-8581
GROVEJH@AUBURN.EDU
VIEW WEBSITE		   JOHN JENSEN
Professor Emeritus
334-745-4786
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ZHANJIANG (JOHN) LIU
Alumni Professor
Associate Vice President for Research
202 Samford Hall
334-844-4784
LIUZHAN@AUBURN.EDU
FACULTY WEBSITE		   RICHARD (TOM) LOVELL
Professor Emeritus
334-745-6556
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LEONARD L. LOVSHIN
Professor Emeritus
Swingle 116B
334-844-9117
LOVSHLL@AUBURN.EDU
VIEW WEBSITE		   MICHAEL J. MACEINA
Professor Emeritus
334-844-4231
MACEIMJ@AUBURN.EDU
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JOHN PLUMB
Professor Emeritus
334-821-1881
JPLUMB1881@CHARTER.NET
VIEW WEBSITE		   TOM J. POPMA
Professor Emeritus
TBPOPMA@GMAIL.COM
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WILMER (BILL) ROGERS
Professor Emeritus
334-887-3361
VIEW WEBSITE		   DAVID B. ROUSE
Professor Emeritus
Swingle 116C
334-844-4786
ROUSEDB@AUBURN.EDU
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H. RUDY SCHMITTOU
Professor Emeritus
334-821-2324
SCHMITTOUHN@BELLSOUTH.NET
VIEW WEBSITE		   E. WAYNE SHELL
Professor Emeritus
334-887-5866
WSHELL5@CHARTER.NET
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RICHARD K. WALLACE
Professor Emeritus
251-438-5690
WALLARK@AUBURN.EDU
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