Principal Investigators

A principal investigator (PI) is the lead scientist in charge of a research project or part of a research project. In Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS), there are 5 lead PIs for the overall program and 37 co-PIs from 20 institutions.

  • Dr. Scott Glenn, Professor of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey email: glenn@marine.rutgers.edu
  • Dr. Carolyn Thoroughgood, MARACOOS Director, Professor of Marine Biosciences, University of Delaware email: ctgood@udel.edu
  • Dr. William Boicourt, MARACOOS Co-Director, Professor of Oceanography, University of Maryland email: boicourt@hpl.umces.edu
  • Dr. Wendell Brown, Professor of Oceanography, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth email: wbrown@umassd.edu
  • Dr. Larry Atkinson, Slover Professor of Oceanography, Old Dominion University email: latkinso@odu.edu

Co-Principal Investigators & Federal Partners:

  • A. Allen, U.S. Coast Guard
  • J. Billet, NWS Wakefield, VA
  • A. Blumberg, Stevens Inst.
  • M. Bruno, Stevens Inst.
  • H. Clark, Liberty Science Ctr.
  • A. Cope, NWS Mount Holly
  • B. Colle, SUNY Stony Brook
  • M. Crowley, Rutgers Univ.
  • R. Dunk, Rutgers Univ.
  • C. Flagg, SUNY Stony Brook
  • A. Gangopadhyay, Univ. Mass.
  • T. Herrington, Stevens Inst.
  • E. Howlett, ASA
  • J. Kerfoot, Rutgers Univ.
  • D. King, Univ. of Maryland
  • J. Kohut, Rutgers Univ.
  • G. Kuska, Univ. Delaware
  • B. Lipphardt, Univ. Delaware
  • A. MacDonald, Monmouth U.
  • J. Manderson, NOAA NMFS
  • J. McDonnell, Rutgers Univ.
  • J. O’Donnell, Univ. of Conn.
  • M. Oliver, Univ. of Delaware
  • H. Roarty, Rutgers Univ.
  • O. Schofield, Rutgers Univ.
  • H. Seim, U. North Carolina
  • T. Siebers, NWS Sterling VA
  • C. Strong, NWS Sterling, VA
  • B. Thompson, NWS Taunton
  • J. Titlow, WeatherFlow Inc.
  • J. Tongue, NWS Upton, NY
  • D. Ullman, URI
  • E. Vowinkel, USGS
  • N. Vorona, CIT
  • J. Wilkin, Rutgers Univ.
  • R.Wilson, Stony Brook
  • J. Yapalater, Freeport Tuna

Regional Coastal Observing Systems: Alaska • 
Caribbean • 
Central and Northern California • 
Great Lakes • 
Gulf of Mexico • 
Pacific Islands • 
Mid-Atlantic • 
Northeast-Atlantic • 
Pacific Northwest • 
Southern California • 
Southeast-Atlantic • 
IOOS ASSOCIATION
National Observing System Partners: Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT)Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
Integrated Ocean Observing System IOOS