Our Team
Paul Winger, Ph.D.
Director
Telephone: 709-778-0430
Kelly Moret
Assistant Director
Telephone: 709-778-0425
Claudene Hartery
Administrative Secretary
Telephone: 709-778-0521
George Legge
Facility Supervisor
Telephone: 709-778-0508
Harold DeLouche
Senior Trawl Designer
Telephone: 709-778-0387
Philip Walsh
Fishing Gear Technologist
Telephone: 709-778-0501
Rennie Sullivan
Fisheries Technician
Telephone: 709-778-0357
Roy Gibbons
Instructor, Fishing Masters
Telephone: 709-778-0576
Scott Grant, Ph.D.
Senior Fisheries Biologist
Telephone: 709-778-0598
Tara Perry
Net Maker
Telephone: 709-778-0531
Craig Hollett
Electronics Technologist
Telephone: 709-778-0629
Brett Favaro, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Telephone: 709-778-0587
Ryan Doody
Electronics Technologist
Telephone: 709-778-0321
Gebre Kebede, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Telephone: 709-778-0557
Pingguo He, Ph.D.
Professor
School for Marine Science and Technology
UMass Dartmouth
Michael Hurley
M.Sc. - Biology
Telephone: 709-778-0583
Thesis Title: Investigations into the commercial potential of a Sub-Arctic population of Porcupine crab (Neolithodes grimaldii): establishing information on life-history characteristics key to effective management
Jonathan Bergshoeff
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
Telephone: 709-778-0386
Thesis Title: Developing an optimal removal program for the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Newfoundland
Nicola Zargarpour
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
Telephone: 709-778-0401
Thesis Title: To catch a predator: Using underwater video to investigate the impact of invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas) on American lobster (Homarus americanus) catch efficiency
Khanh Nguyen
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Telephone: 709-778-0630
Thesis Title: Lighten up. Using Low-Powered LED lights to improve the efficiency and selectivity of fishing gear
Phillip Meintzer
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
Telephone: 709-778-0557
Thesis Title: Improving baited pots for Atlantic cod in Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries
Tomás Araya Schmidt
Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0384
Thesis Title: TBD
Zhaohai Cheng
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Telephone: 709-778-0303
Thesis Title: Improving trawl technology for the Newfoundland shrimp industry
Maggie Folkins
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0553
Thesis Title: Using underwater video to investigate the use of potting gear in the Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) fishery.
Jackie Saturno
M.Sc. - Fisheries Science and Technology
Thesis Title: Investigating the role of fishing gear in the generation of microplastic waste and ingestion by Atlantic cod in Fogo Island, Newfoundland
James Anderson
M.Eng.- Computer Engineering
Thesis Title: Stereovision in underwater environments
Gregory Furey
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Assessing the prevalence and effects of rhizocephalan parasite Briarosaccus callosus on the Porcupine crab host in the Northwest Atlantic
Jessica Kenney
M.Sc. – Biology
Thesis Title: Assessing and minimizing fillet discolouration in commercially harvested yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
Anulika Mbakwe
M.Sc. - Environmental Science
Thesis Title: Investigating factors that influence the catchability of northern stone crab (Lithodes maja)
Jenna Munden
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Reducing negative ecological impacts of capture fisheries through gear modification
Andrew Murphy
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Evaluation of fishing gears modified to reduce ecological impacts in commercial fisheries
Truong Nguyen
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Thesis Title: Development of Seabed Friendly Bottom Trawls
Emma Posluns
M.Sc. – Environmental Science
Thesis Title: The analysis of temporal and environmental influence on commercial catch rate of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
Taufiqur Rahman
Ph.D - Mechanical Engineering
Thesis Title: Design synthesis and prototype implementation of parallel orientation manipulators for optomechatronic applications
Melanie Underwood
M.Sc. – Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology
Thesis Title: The use of a high definition (HD) underwater camera to observe the behaviour of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) in the mouth of a commercial bottom trawl
