The Mission of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences cannot be completed without the dedication of the people who support it. This page highlights those who served Stony Brook University and the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.
Retired Staff and Faculty
Andrew Brosnan
Captain
Retired 2020
George Carroll
Computer and Network Support Manager
Retired 2010
Carol Dovi
Graduate Programs Coordinator
Retired 2016
Gina Gartin
Staff Assistant
Retired 2017
Paulette Gerber
HR Assistant
Donald Getz
Captain
Eileen Goldsmith
Project Staff Assosciate
Retired 2015
John Graham
Accounts Assistant
David Hirschberg
Analytical Lab Technician
Retired 2016
James Hoffmann
Adjunct Lecturer
Retired 2016
Modeling complex biotic systems, especially aquatic ecosystems; algal and plant-based green technologies for water treatment; use of algal biomass; physiological ecology of algae, especially photosynthesis and production as affected by the interactions among physicochemical factors.
Cliff Jones
Facilities Manager
Retired 2013
Mae Johnson
Custodian
Roger Kelly
MASIC Librarian
Richard McIntyre
Director, Marine Sciences Field Station
H. James Quigley Jr.
Retired Lecturer
Maria Riegert
MASIC Librarian
Retired 2015
Susan Rudnick
Project Staff Associate
Jeri Schoof
Executive Assistant to the Dean and Director
Bonnie Stephens
Staff Assistant, WRMI
Retired 2021
Helen Ulreich
Undergraduate Programs Secretary
Bill Wise
Associate Director
Emeritus Faculty
Robert Armstrong
Professor Emeritus
Edward Carpenter
Professor Emeritus
Robert Cess
Professor Emeritus
J. Kirk Cochran
Professor
Marine geo-chemistry, use of radionuclides as geochemical tracers; diagenesis of marine sediments.
Roger Flood
Research Professor
Marine geology, sediment dynamics, continental margin sedimentation
Jane Fox
Professor Emeritus
Marvin Geller
Professor Emeritus
Valerie Gerard
Emeritus
Lee Koppelman
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., 1970 New York University
Cindy Lee
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Glenn Lopez
Professor Emeritus
Marine benthic ecology, animal-sediment interactions
J. R. Schubel
Professor Emeritus
Mary Scranton
Professor Emeritus
Marine geochemistry, biological-chemical interactions in seawater
Dong-Ping Wang
Professor Emeritus
Robert Wilson
Associate Professor Emeritus
Estuarine and coastal ocean dynamics
Charles Wurster
Associate Professor Emeritus
MSRC/SoMAS Deans
The individuals below served as Dean and Director of the Marine Sciences Research Center/School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Donald F. Squires
Director 1968-1972
1932 – 2017
M. Grant Gross
Director 1972
Fred Roberts
Executive Officer 1973-1974
Jerry R. Schubel
Dean 1974-1986, 1988-1994
Donald W. Pritchard
Dean 1986-1987
Malcolm J. Bowman
Dean 1987-1988
J. Kirk Cochran
Dean 1994-1998
Marvin A Geller
Dean 1998-2003
David O. Conover
Dean 2003-2010
Minghua Zhang
Dean 2010-2016
Larry Swanson
Interim Dean 2016-2018
Paul Shepson
Dean 2018-
In Memoriam
Boudewijn H. Brinkhuis
Faculty
1946-1989
Harry Carter
Professor Emeritus
1921-2019
Joanne Cosgrove
Secretary
Nancy Craig
Alumna
Robert L. de Zafra
Professor Emeritus
1932 – 2017
M. Grant Gross
Director 1972
Andrew Hamilton
Electronics Technician
1936 - 2016
Lawrence Herschenfeld
MASIC Librarian
1947 -1992
Douglas Hill
Adjunct Lecturer
1925-2019
Blair Kinsman
Faculty
1914-1989
Barry Korman
Graduate Student
March 1980
J. David Lucyk
Electronics Technician
J. Laurie McHugh
Faculty
1911-1999
Akira Okubo
Professor Emeritus
Bill Peterson
Assistant Professor
1942-2017
Donald W. Pritchard
Faculty
1922-1999
Nuria Protopopescu
Graduate Student
9/21/1982 – 5/13/2012
Jo Ann Radway
Research Scientist
8/6/1952 - 7/3/2017
Laura Richardson
Graduate Programs Secretary
Ralph George Rowland
Flax Pond Marine Lab Manager
1941-1990
Donald F. Squires
Director 1968-1972
1932 – 2017
Kate Stansfield
Alumna
Helmut C. Stuebe
Captain, R/V Onrust
Dennis Suszkowski
Alumni, Class of 1973
Larry Swanson
Interim Dean 2016-2018
10/11/1938 – 10/17/2020
Orville Terry
Associate Research Professor
Petra Udelhofen
Assistant Research Professor
Prasad Varanasi
Professor Emeritus
Qing Xia
Peter Weyl
Professor Emeritus
Those That Left Their Mark
The individuals listed below may not have retired from Stony Brook University, but they made a significant contribution to MSRC/SoMAS before their departure.
Steve Cluett
Captain, R/V Seawolf
Steve Cluett converted the Fishing Vessel Bagatell into the Research Vessel Seawolf. He documented the conversion process with a detailed journal of the modifications to the vessel.
J. R. Schubel
Professor Emeritus
Donald F. Squires
Professor and Former Director, New York Sea Grant
William Wise
Associate Dean