
Kristina Colaccio
Faculty Research Assistant
UMBC-IMET
Kcolacicco@umbc.edu
Office Room 4045
410-234-8835
- Oyster ecology & multiple stressors
- Parasites of the Chesapeake Bay

Allison Tracy
Assistant Professor
UMBC-IMET
410-234-8834
- Ecology and evolution of infectious marine diseases
- The microbiome in health and disease
- Habitat-forming species

Yantao Li
Associate Professor
UMCES/UMBC-IMET
yantao@umces.edu
Office Room: 5051
410-234-8833
- Micoalgal molecular biology and lipid biochemistry
- Metabolic engineering for biofuels and bioproducts

Keiko Saito, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor – UMBC-IMET
saito@umbc.edu
Office Room: 5043
410-234-8820
- Aquatic microbial ecology and aquaculture microbiology

Harold J.Schreier, Ph.D.
Professor
UMBC-IMET
schreier@umbc.edu
Office Room: 5042
410.234-8875
- Nitrogen and sulfur cycles of marine recirculating aquaculture systems
- Nitrogen fixation in the gut of a wood-eating catfish

Kevin R. Sowers, Ph.D.
Associate Director and Professor
UMBC-IMET
sowers@umbc.edu
Office Room: 5045
410.234.8878
- Biology of methanogenic archaea
- Anaerobic conversion of organic wastes to biomethane

Vikram N. Vakharia, Ph.D
Professor
UMBC-IMET
vakharia@umbc.edu
Office Room: 5049
410-234-8880
- Viral pathogenesis of fish rhabdoviruses
- Development of novel vaccines for economically important fish pathogens

Ten-Tsao Wong, Ph.D
Associate Professor
UMBC-IMET
twong@umbc.edu
Office Room: 5044
410.234.8876
- Molecular, cellular and applied aspects of fish germ cell biology, reproductive physiology and vaccine development

Nilli Zmora
Associate Research Professor
UMBC-IMET
ARC
Zohar lab
Yonathan Zohar
Professor & Chair
UMBC-IMET
- Fish reproductive physiology and molecular endocrinology
- Broodstock management and hatchery technologies
- Biotechnology for sustainable aquaculture
- Environmentally responsible recirculating marine aquaculture