People

David Yoskowitz, Ph.D.

Senior Executive Director and Endowed Chair for Socio-Economics

Gail Sutton, M.S.

Associate Director for Institutional Initiatives, Finance and Administration

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.

HRI Chair for Ecosystem Science & Modeling

Larry McKinney, Ph.D.

HRI Chair for Gulf Strategies

Richard McLaughlin, J.D., L.L.M., J.S.D.

Endowed Chair for Coastal and Marine Policy and Law

Paul Montagna, Ph.D.

HRI Chair for HydroEcology

Jennifer Beseres Pollack, Ph.D.

HRI 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.

HRI Chair for Coastal Ecosystem Processes

Mark Besonen, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Katya Wowk, Ph.D.

Senior Associate for Strategic Planning & Policy

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

Joe Youngblood

Director of Development

Leslie Adams, M.S.

Operations Manager

Auria Avalos

Institutional Student Worker