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The North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (NAC - CESU) was established in June 1999 by cooperative agreement between agencies of the Department of the Interior (National Park Service and USGS Biological Resources Division) and the University of Rhode Island, with its partner institution, University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
The North Atlantic Coast CESU is part of a national network of biogeographic programs being established to provide research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies. The CESUs will generate collaborations among federal managers and policy-makers, federal researchers and the academic community. Each partner contributes a different perspective and wealth of technical knowledge allowing for the development of new, innovative and creative solutions to the myriad of environmental and social issues that confront our nation's ecosystems. Host universities are selected by a highly competitive process insuring that each CESU is founded on scientific excellence.
The University of Rhode Island, a national leader in the study of coastal and marine ecosystems, was selected as the host for the North Atlantic Coast CESU. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a Historically Black College, offers a strong complement of marine and coastal scientists. Based on the success of initial CESU efforts, four additional institutions have joined the North Atlantic Coast CESU as partners since it's formation: the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Rutgers University, Stony Brook University, and City University of New York. As a result, excellent research and cooperative education opportunities have been made available to numerous students from diverse backgrounds, for the mutual professional benefit of students and the federal workforce.
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University of Rhode Island |
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| ESTABLISHED | 1999 | |
| WEBSITE | https://naccesu.uri.edu/ | |
| DIRECTOR | Elin Torell Director, Coastal Institute University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus Narragansett, RI 02882 PHONE: (401) 874-6103 EMAIL: elintorell@uri.edu |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
Cooperative Agreement (1999) Cooperative Agreement (2004) Cooperative Agreement (2009) Cooperative Agreement (2014) Cooperative Agreement (2019) |
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| UNIT PARTNERS | ||
| TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE | ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE | |
| TRIBAL PARTNER | ||
| Narragansett Indian Tribal Historic Preservation Office (NITHPO) on behalf of the Narragansett Indian Tribe | Doug Harris Deputy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer/Preservationist for Ceremonial Landscapes dhnithpo@gmail.com |
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| FEDERAL PARTNERS | ||
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works | Jennifer Seiter-Moser Acting Technical Director Civil Engineering Programs Engineer Research and Development Center jennifer.m.seiter-moser@usace.army.mil |
Sherry Whitaker CESU Program Manager sherry.l.whitaker@usace.army.mil Chelsea Whitten Lead Contract Specialist Chelsea.M.Whitten@usace.army.mil |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | John Mosley Branch Chief, Tribal Climate Resilience Office of Trust Services john.mosley@bia.gov |
Jo Ann Metcalfe Grants Management Specialist jo.metcalfe@bia.gov |
| Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Mary Boatman Environmental Studies Chief Office of Renewable Energy Programs Environment Review Branch for Renewable Energy mary.boatman@boem.gov |
Jennifer Ewald Science Communication Outreach Liaison Division of Environmental Sciences jennifer.ewald@boem.gov |
| Department of Defense | Ray Rainbolt Raymond.E.Rainbolt.civ@mail.mil Liz Galli-Noble Program Manager, DoD Legacy Resource Management Program elizabeth.j.galli-noble.civ@mail.mil |
Lori Kruse-Johnson SWD CESU Program Manager Lori.M.Kruse-Johnson@usace.army.mil |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Susan C. Adamowicz Biologist, Region 5 susan_adamowicz@fws.gov |
Anna-Marie York Grants Management Specialist Science Applications anna-marie_york@fws.gov |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Jon Hare Science and Research Director Northeast Fisheries Science Center jon.hare@noaa.gov |
LCDR James Brinkley North Atlantic Regional Team Coordinator Northeast Fisheries Science Center james.brinkley@noaa.gov Michael Liddel CESU Program Manager Acting Branch Chief, Commercial Fishery Statistics michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
| National Park Service | Brian Mitchell NPS Research Coordinator brian_mitchell@nps.gov |
Keith Zotti Agreements Officer NPS Northeast Region keith_zotti@nps.gov |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Weihuan “Mark” Xu Director, Resource Inventory and Assessment Division, SSRA weihuan.xu@usda.gov David Lindbo Director, Soil and Plant Science Division david.lindbo@usda.gov |
Aileen Anderson Grants Management Specialist aileen.anderson@usda.gov |
| U.S. Geological Survey | Howard Ginsberg Scientist Emeritus Eastern Ecological Science Center hginsberg@usgs.gov |
Faith Graves CESU Contract Specialist fgraves@usgs.gov |
| UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
| Bates College | Holly Ewing Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies hewing@bates.edu |
Joseph Tomaras Director, Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance jtomaras@bates.edu Katie Currie Grants Coordinator, Office for External Grants kcurrie@bates.edu |
| Brown University | Yongsong Huang Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) Yongsong_Huang@brown.edu Tyler Kartzinel Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute at Brown for Environment and Society tyler_kartzinel@brown.edu |
Patrice Carroll Director, Office of Sponsored Projects patrice_carroll@brown.edu |
| Bryn Mawr College | Thomas Mozdzer Associate Professor of Biology tmozdzer@brynmawr.edu |
Sarah Robertson Director of Sponsored Research serobertso@brynmawr.edu |
| City University of New York | John Waldman Professor john.waldman@qc.cuny.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| College of the Atlantic | John G.T. Anderson Associate Dean for Advanced Studies jga@coa.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| Columbia University | Steven Cohen Executive Director, The Earth Institute sc32@columbia.edu Rita Ricobelli Senior Staff Associate, The Earth Institute rricobelli@ei.columbia.edu |
Alison Miller Deputy Executive Director The Earth Institute alisonmiller@ei.columbia.edu |
| Cornell University | Magdeline Laba Senior Research Associate IRIS - Section of Soil and Crop Sciences School of Integrative Plant Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ml49@cornell.edu |
Christine Ashdown Senior Grant and Contract Officer Office of Sponsored Programs cma20@cornell.edu |
| Harvard University | Brian Farrell Museum of Comparative Zoology farrellb@oeb.harvard.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| Manhattan College | Kerryanne Donohue Civil and Environmental Engineering Department kerryanne.donohue@manhattan.edu Kirk Barrett Civil and Environmental Engineering Department kirk.barrett@manhattan.edu |
Dominic Esposito Certified Grants Administrator dominic.esposito@manhattan.edu |
| Mansfield University | Jennifer Demchak Chair, Department of Geosciences jdemchak@mansfield.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| Northeastern University | Geoffrey Trussell Director, Marine Science Center g.trussell@neu.edu |
Eric Jones Grant Officer ep.jones@neu.edu |
| Rutgers University | Norbert Psuty Director, Sandy Hook Cooperative Research Program Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences psuty@marine.rutgers.edu Michael DeLuca Senior Associate Director Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences deluca@marine.rutgers.edu |
Casandra Burrows Assistant Director, Grant and Contract Administration Office of Research and Sponsored Programs caburrow@grants.rutgers.edu Melissa Vinch Research Contract/Grant Specialist mv365@grants.rutgers.edu |
| State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Neil Ringler Dean of Research neilringler@esf.edu John Auwaeter Research Scientist jeauwaer@esf.edu |
Justine Gordon Contract and Grant Specialist Office of Sponsored Programs Services Justine.Gordon@rfsuny.org |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | Jon Miller Research Associate Professor Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering jmiller@stevens.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| Stockton University | Kimberly McKenna Director of Sponsored Programs and Senior Project Manager Coastal Research Center kimberly.mckenna@stockton.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| Stony Brook University | R. Lawrence Swanson Associate Dean School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences lswanson@notes.cc.sunysb.edu |
Anne DePietri Contracts Administrator Research Foundation for The State University of New York Office of Sponsored Programs Stony Brook University annette.depietri@stonybrook.edu |
| University of Connecticut | John Volin Professor and Head Natural Resources and the Environment john.volin@uconn.edu Glenn Warner Associate Professor Department of Natural Resources and the Environment glenn.warner@uconn.edu Michael R. Willig Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering michael.willig@uconn.edu |
Andrea Kelly Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Research andrea.kelly@uconn.edu |
| University of Maine, Orono | Frederick Servello Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture Director, Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station fred.servello@maine.edu |
Christopher Boynton Director, Office of Research Administration umgrants@maine.edu |
| University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | David Secor, Ph.D. Professor Chesapeake Biological Laboratory secor@umces.edu |
Barbara Jenkins Senior Research Administrator bjenkins@umces.edu |
| University of Maryland, Eastern Shore | Joseph Pitula Department of Natural Sciences jspitula@umes.edu |
Catherine Bolek Director, Sponsored Research csbolek@mail.umes.edu |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Eric Johnson Director UMASS Archaeological Services Department of Anthropology ericjohnson@anthro.umass.edu |
Office of Grant and Contract Administration ogca@research.umass.edu |
| University of Massachusetts, Boston | Jack Wiggin Director, Urban Harbors Institute jack.wiggin@umb.edu Amy Den Ouden Department of Anthropology amy.denouden@umb.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of New England | Barry A. Costa-Pierce Henry L. and Grace Doherty Chair of Marine Sciences Director, Marine Science Education and Research Center bcostapierce@une.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of Rhode Island | Judith Swift Director, Coastal Institute jswift@uri.edu |
Ellen Mcvey Sponsored Projects Scientific Research Grant Assistant emcvey@gso.uri.edu |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Britt Raubenheimer Senior Scientist Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering britt@whoi.edu |
Richard Murray Deputy Director and Vice President for Research rickmurray@whoi.edu |
| Yale University | William Lauenroth Professor in the Practice Yale School of the Environment william.lauenroth@yale.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| OTHER PARTNERS | ||
| American Turtle Observatory | Lisabeth Willey President lisabeth.willey@gmail.com |
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| Biodiversity Research Institute | David Evers Chief Scientist david.evers@briloon.org |
Lori Davis Finance Director lori.davis@briloon.org Sharon Oehmig Billing and Budget Manager sharon.oehmig@briloon.org |
| Marine Biological Laboratory | Jim Tang The Ecosystems Center jtang@mbl.edu |
Rebecca Lynn Manager of Sponsored Programs rlynn@mbl.edu |
| Maryland Coastal Bays Program | Roman Jesien Science Coordinator mcbp@mdcoastalbays.org or rjesien@mdcoastalbays.org |
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| Natural Areas Association | Lisa Smith Executive Director lsmith@naturalareas.org |
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| New Jersey Audubon | David Mizrahi Vice President for Research and Monitoring david.mizrahi@njaudubon.org |
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| Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Mark Borrelli Coastal Geologist mborrelli@coastalstudies.org |
Richard Delaney Executive Director delaney@coastalstudies.org |
| Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park | Mark Berry President/CEO mberry@schoodicinstitute.org |
Phyllis Morris Office Manager phyllis@sercinstitute.org |
| Vermont Center for Ecostudies | John Lloyd Director of Science jlloyd@vtecostudies.org |
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| Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc. | Susan Barco Research Coordinator sgbarco@virginiaAquarium.com |
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| Wildlife Management Institute | Scot Williamson Vice President swilliamson@wildlifemgt.org |
Scot Williamson Vice President swilliamson@wildlifemgt.org |
