Dr. James G. Sanders

James Sanders is Head of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, a campus of the University System of Georgia. He received his B.S. from Duke University in Zoology and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1978 in Marine Sciences, and then was a postdoctoral investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Prior to his arrival in Savannah Dr. Sanders was on the faculty and served as Head of the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Estuarine Research Center in Maryland from 1981 to 1999, then was Chairman of the Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Old Dominion University in Virginia.

Dr. Sanders is known for his interests within the area of trace element biogeochemistry: how trace elements are transported through coastal zones, transformed by chemical and biological reactions during transport, and how they can impact aquatic ecosystems. He serves as a consultant to federal and state science agencies and industrial groups in the U.S. and Europe. He is a member of numerous scientific societies, is President-Elect of the National Association of Marine Laboratories and has served on the Editorial Board of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and the Estuarine Research Federation. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SouthEast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System, a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, and on the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee of the Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency. He is the author of over 70 scientific publications. His research funding has come from a variety of federal and state agencies (NOAA, EPA, NSF, MD DNR) and private organizations.