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Funding Source: Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)

Project Roster

Investigation of Mechanisms for Reproductive Failure in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Understand Population Recovery Scenarios for Cetaceans

50 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Cynthia R. Smith
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine

Co-Principal Investigator

Teri Rowles
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
Lori Schwacke
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Stephanie Venn-Watson
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Translational Health and Medicine

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Cynthia R. Smith
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine

Project Data Point of Contact

Kevin P. Carlin
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Translational Health and Medicine
Brian Quigley
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Administration
Brian Quigley
Jardon and Howard Technologies
Environmental and Marine Sciences

Outreach Point of Contact

Steve Walker
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Communications

Research Scientist

Brian C. Balmer
Jardon and Howard Technologies
Environmental and Marine Sciences
Brian Balmer
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Abraham Cardenas
Dolphin Adventure & Cabo Dolphins
Kathleen M. Colegrove
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of Veterinary Medicine
Sylvain De Guise
University of Connecticut
Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
Forrest Gomez
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Marina Ivancic
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Milton Levin
University of Connecticut
Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
Jennifer Meegan
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Ryan Takeshita
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Forrest Townsend
Auburn University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Mandy Tumlin
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Randall Wells
Chicago Zoological Society
Sarasota Dolphin Research Program
Eric Zolman
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Eric S. Zolman
Jardon and Howard Technologies
Environmental and Marine Sciences

Post-Doc

Ashley Barratclough
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Johathan Grindley
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Translational Health and Medicine
Barbara Linnehan
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Sarah Sharp
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine

Research Staff

Jason Allen
Chicago Zoological Society
Sarasota Dolphin Research Program
Mark Baird
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Aaron Barleycorn
Chicago Zoological Society
Sarasota Dolphin Research Program
Brenda Bauer
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Veronica Cendejas
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Kerry Coughlin
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Larry Fulford
Chicago Zoological Society
Sarasota Dolphin Research Program
Ross Martinson
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Jeanine Morey
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Jeanine Morey
Jardon and Howard Technologies
Environmental and Marine Sciences
Whitney Musser
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Wayne Phillips
Dolphin Adventure & Cabo Dolphins
Animal Care
Brian Quigley
Jardon and Howard Technologies
Environmental and Marine Sciences
Brian Quigley
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Administration
Todd Speakman
Jardon and Howard Technologies
Environmental and Marine Sciences
Todd Speakman
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Stephanie Venn-Watson
Epitracker
Department of Epidemiology
Stephanie Venn-Watson
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Translational Health and Medicine

Data Team

Kevin P. Carlin
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Translational Health and Medicine
Brian Quigley
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Administration
Brian Quigley
Jardon and Howard Technologies
Environmental and Marine Sciences

Outreach Team

Kristina Martz
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Communications
Celeste Parry
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Outreach
Jim Rohr
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Outreach

Administrative Staff

Brenda Bauer
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Conservation Medicine
Mike Marchesano
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Administration
Katie Michelmore
National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)
Human Resources

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Thomas Galligan
Medical University of South Carolina
Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences
Erika Ann Gebhard
University of Connecticut
Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science

Undergraduate Student

Sophie Waitt
University of Southern California
Department of Philosophy
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org