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Smithsonian Marine Station staff share a common mailing address and fax number which are listed at the bottom of each page in the SMS website. Phone calls to the listed SMS main number will lead to a menu of individual phone numbers. Phone calls are received Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Time. Email addresses are lastname@si.edu or lastnamefirstinitial@si.edu.

Resident Staff:
Dr. Valerie Paul, Head Scientist
Michael Scott Jones, Research Assistant
Joan Kaminski, Administrative Officer
William (Woody) Lee, Research Assistant
Erin Linley, Research Assistant
Julianne Piraino, Laboratory Manager
Sherry Reed, Research Assistant
Hugh Reichardt, Station Manager
Dr. Mary E. Rice, Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
Raphael Ritson-Williams, Research Assistant
Michelle Stephens, Research Assistant
Dr. Bjorn Tunberg, Research Biologist

Marine Ecosystems Exhibit
Laura Diederick, Marine Biology Educator
William Hoffman, Ecosystems Exhibit Manager
Bryan Olson, Ecosystems Exhibit Technician
Cristin Ryan, Marine Biology Educator
Carolyn Spradlin, Ecosystems Exhibit Technician

Indian River Species Inventory Project:
James Masterson
Melany Puglisi

Research Associates (and institutional affiliations):
Dr. Donna Devlin (Florida Atlantic University)
Dr. Joseph Dineen
Dr. Paul Hargraves (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute/Florida Atlantic University)
Dr. Rick Hochberg (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)
Dr. Daniel McCarthy (Jacksonville University)
Dr. Charles "Ed" Proffitt (Florida Atlantic University)
Dr. Susan Richardson (Florida Atlantic University Honors College)
Dr. Cliff Ross (University of North Florida)
Dr. Judith Winston (Virginia Museum of Natural History)

Research Collaborators (and institutional affiliations):
Dr. Mark Clementz (University of Wyoming)
Dr. Amy Erickson (Louisiana State University in Shreveport)
Dr. Sharon Ewe (Florida International Universtiy)
Dr. Melany Puglisi (University of Chicago)

Postdoctoral Fellows:
Dr. Karen Arthur (July 2006 - June 2008)
Dr. J. Antonio Baeza (May 2007 - June 2008)
Dr. James Douglass (August 2008 - August 2010)
Dr. Sarath Gunasekera (November 2006 - January 2009)
Dr. Katharine Anne Rawlinson (September 2007 - August 2009)
Dr. Kathleen Semon (September 2007 - August 2009)
Dr. Koty Sharp (February 2006 - August 2008)

Predoctoral Fellow:
Jonathan Craft (May - July 2008)
Theresa Meickle (summer 2007 - present)

Link Foundation/Smithsonian Institution Graduate Fellows:
Andrew Gillis (October - December 2008)
Kyle Glenn (June - August 2008)
Juliane Vogt (April - June 2009)

Interns:
Robert Bollmann
Kristin Brown
Caroline Capobianco
Kelly Chang
Vickie Fields
Pamela Gardner
Anna Harp
Lenette Lewis
Patrick Lomenzo
Melody McCabe
Barry Miller
Chivas Owle
Lindsey Spiers
Kevin Su
Stephen Tressel

Volunteers:
John Bauer
David Butcher
Jack Connolly
Ronnie DeGarmo
John Holt
Charlie Kennedy
Barbara Oliver
Peter Tyson
Jeanne Walther