John G.T. Anderson  jga@coa.edu

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B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1979;
M.A. Ecology and Systematic Biology, San Francisco State University, 1982;
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 1987

John is director of COA's Island Research Center. He maintains an active research program at the Alice Eno Field Station on Great Duck Island (GDI), where he uses micro-sensor technology to model habitat selection and monitor environmental conditions of the nesting burrows of Leach's Storm Petrels. Five to seven COA students join John on GDI for each summer's research session. John is also dean of the graduate program. Course areas: anatomy and physiology, animal behavior, conservation biology, ecology, zoology

Helen Hess hhess@coa.edu

www.coa.edu/faculty/profiles/hhess.html

B.S. University of California, Los Angeles, 1985;                     
Ph.D. Zoology, University of Washington, 1991

Helen focuses her research on the reproductive biology of marine organisms, especially the reproductive biology of a local sea cucumber species that is the target of an emergent fishery. Her training as an invertebrate zoologist has led her to develop courses that take her and her students wherever invertebrates are found, including local rivers, Maine's rocky intertidal shores, and Caribbean coral reefs. Course areas: biomechanics, history of life, invertebrate zoology

Chris Petersen chrisp@coa.edu

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B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976;
Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 1985

Chris' current research spans sculpin reproductive biology, cleaning symbioses in the fish of the Caribbean, sea cucumber fisheries, estuarine fish ecology, life-history modeling, and fertilization ecology of marine fishes. Chris is an associate editor of the American Naturalist and the author of over thirty peer-reviewed scientific papers. Course areas: biology, evolution, ichthyology, marine ecology, statistics

Sean Todd   stodd@coa.edu

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B.S. University College of North Wales (UK);
M.S. Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland;
Ph.D. Biopsychology, Memorial University, 1998

Sean is senior scientist at Allied Whale and leads investigations at the college's Edward McC. Blair Marine Research Station at Mount Desert Rock. His research includes bio-acoustics, foraging ecology, photo-identification, and studying interactions of North Atlantic Humpback Whales. Sean is particularly interested in whale-fishery interactions. Course areas: biology, marine mammals, oceanography, sensory ecology, statistics