Faculty

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

Office Room: 4046
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

ARC
Saito Laboratory
  • 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

Vakharia Lab

Vakharia Laboratory
  • 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

nzmora@umbc.edu
Office Room: 3075/3077
410-234-8825

ARC
Zohar lab

zohar@umbc.edu
Office Room: 3041
410-234-8803
Zohar Laboratory
  • Fish reproductive physiology and molecular endocrinology
  • Broodstock management and hatchery technologies
  • Biotechnology for sustainable aquaculture
  • Environmentally responsible recirculating marine aquaculture