Faculty

Allison Tracy Assistant Professor
UMBC-IMET

Office Room: 4046
amtracy@umbc.edu
410-234-8834

Yantao Li Associate Professor
UMCES/UMBC-IMET

yantao@umces.edu
Office Room: 5051
410-234-8833

Li Laboratory
  • 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. Associate Professor

schreier@umbc.edu
Office Room: 5042
410.234-8875

Schreier Laboratory
  • 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

Sowers Laboratory
  • 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

ARC
Wong Laboratory
  • 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

Yonathan Zohar, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Department of Marine Biotechnology, Director of ARC
UMBC-IMET