Principal investigator
Kelly Darnell, Ph.D.
She/Her
Director, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Associate Professor, School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Director, Mississippi Based RESTORE Act Center of Excellence
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
kelly.darnell@usm.edu | (228) 818-8804
Graduate Students
Research Technicians
previous lab members
postdoctoral researchers
Shannan McAskill, Ph.D. (currently: St. Johns Water Management District)
graduate students
Devan Hildebrand, M.S. (currently: Laboratory Technician, Florida International University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute)
Jessica Woodall M.S. (currently: Outreach Assistant, Grant Bay National Estuarine Research Resever)
Christian Hayes, Ph.D. (currently: Assistant Professor of Biology, Waynesburg University)
Matthew Byrnes, M.S. (currently: Research Technician, USM)
Research TechnicianS
Samantha Smith
Candice Sheehan
undergraduate Interns and researchers
Emma Aitken, USM
Caylin Ashcraft, Wittenberg University
A. Paige Harrison, USM
Deborah McNeal, USM
Devan Hildebrand, USM
Rachell Pica, USM