Principal investigator
Kelly Darnell, Ph.D.
She/Her
Director, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Associate Research Professor, School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Director, Mississippi Based RESTORE Act Center of Excellence
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
(228) 818-8804
Graduate Students
Research Technicians
previous lab members
postdoctoral researchers
Shannan McAskill, Ph.D. (currently with St. Johns Water Management District)
graduate students
Jessica Woodall M.S. (currently a Marine Educator, USM Marine Education Center)
Christian Hayes, Ph.D. (currently Assistant Professor of Biology, Waynesburg University)
Matthew Byrnes, M.S. (currently with Mississippi Department of Marine Resources)
Research TechnicianS
Samantha Smith
Adam Kemberling
Candice Sheehan
undergraduate Interns and researchers
Emma Aitken, USM
Caylin Ashcraft, Wittenberg University
A. Paige Harrison, USM
Deborah McNeal, USM