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Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D.
Candidate for Academic Sector Institutional Member Board of Directors seat.
Professor; Dean, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
Executive Director: National Coral Reef Institute
8000 N. Ocean Dr., Dania Beach, FL 33004
(954) 262-3651 (voice); (954) 262-4020 (fax), email: dodge@nova.edu
Dr. Richard E. Dodge is Dean of, and Professor at, the Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center. NSU is the 7th largest private not-for-profit university in the nation. The OC is one of 16 academic divisions. Dodge is also Executive Director of the Center's National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI). He received the B.A. degree in from Univ. of Maine in 1969 and the M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University in 1973 and 1978.
Dodge is a recognized authority on corals and coral reef ecosystems. He has conducted research in Haiti, Saudi Arabia, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Panama, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Cape Verde Islands, Sao Tome & Principe (Gulf of Guinea), Mexico, and Florida. Dodge has held grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the US Geological Survey, the U.S. Navy, Florida Sea Grant, NOAA, the EPA, South Florida Water Management District, Marine Spill Response Corporation, MMS, Office of Naval Research, State of Florida DEP and FWC, Broward Co, and the US Department of Justice. He is the author of many publications in the scientific literature and reports for various agencies and companies. He has served as an expert witness on coral reef injuries. He has been a board member of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida (MIASF). He is past Editor of the international scientific journal Coral Reefs. He served for 5 years as a member of the Scientific Review Board of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to oversee a Minerals Management Service contract Dodge is a former member of the coral advisory committee for the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries Management Council and currently serves on the coral advisory committee for the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council. Dodge is a founding member of the Florida COOS Caucus.
