Director, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Professor Education B.A. Humboldt State University, Geology 1983 B.S. Humboldt State University, Oceanography 1983 M.S. North Carolina State University, Marine Geology 1985 Ph.D. North Carolina State University, Marine Sedimentology 1990 Research Research Areas: Geological Oceanography Research Interests: Sedimentary processes on continental margins, processes of stratigraphic sequence formation, coastal and barrier island geology, rates and processes of shoreline change, Quaternary sea level history, coastal hazards and vulnerability assessments, anthropogenic impacts on the coastal zone, biological modification of the sedimentary record, benthic habitat assessment.