People

David Yoskowitz, Ph.D.

Senior Executive Director and Endowed Chair for Socio-Economics

Carmen Osier, CPA

Associate Director

Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.

HRI Ambassador to the Gulf

Dale Gawlik, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair for Conservation & Biodiversity

James Gibeaut, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair for Coastal and Marine Geospatial Sciences

Xinping Hu, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair for Ecosystem Science & Modeling

Larry McKinney, Ph.D.

HRI Chair for Gulf Strategies

Paul Montagna, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair for HydroEcology

Jennifer Beseres Pollack, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair for Coastal Conservation & Restoration

Greg Stunz, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair for Fisheries and Ocean Health and Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation Director

John W. Tunnell, Jr., Ph.D.

Former Endowed Chair for Biodiversity and Conservation Science and Professor Emeritus

Michael Wetz, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair for Coastal Ecosystem Processes

Mark Besonen, Ph.D.

HRI Director of International Programs & Associate Research Scientist

Katya Wowk, Ph.D.

Director of Texas OneGulf & Senior Research Scientist

Silvia Patricia González Díaz

Furgason Fellowship International Chair for Coastal and Marine Studies in Cuba

Fernando Nuno Dias Marques (Nuno) Simões, Ph.D.

Furgason Fellowship International Chair for Coastal and Marine Studies in Mexico

Leslie Adams, M.S.

Operations Manager

Christian Amos

Graduate Research Assistant

Wumi Andrew

Graduate Research Assistant

Linnea Balderson

Undergraduate Research Assistant