![](https://secoora.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/JD-staff-photo.jpg)
jdorton@secooraorgpact.wpengine.com
(910) 443 – 1708
Please join us in welcoming Jennifer Dorton as SECOORA’s Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (RCOOS) Manager. Jennifer will be responsible for overseeing the development of SECOORA’s updated regional observing plan, managing Data Management and Communications, coordinating SECOORA’s Principal Investigators, and growing our observing system.
Jennifer has over 13 years of experience leading grant funded programs and projects at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). She has served as a Principal Investigator (PI) on the SECOORA funded UNCW Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program and as the lead PI on the Marine Weather Portal web development project. Jennifer has worked as the Coordinator for NOAA teams such as NOAA in the Carolinas and the North Carolina Sentinel Site Cooperative.
Jennifer and her husband, Jay Styron, also own and operate Carolina Mariculture Co., an oyster farm where they use off-bottom mariculture techniques to farm raise oysters.
Welcome aboard Jennifer!
Related news
![](https://secoora.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20230414_164356-1-588x240.jpg)
Measuring Surface Currents on the East Coast of Florida with High Frequency Radars
The Florida Institute of Technology and UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography recently installed four high frequency radars on the east coast of Florida. These systems measure the speed and direction of ocean currents, which is helpful for search & rescue operations and tracking marine debris.
![](https://secoora.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Annual-Meeting-collage2-588x240.png)
The 2024 SECOORA Annual Meeting: A Huge Success!
The SECOORA Annual Meeting was held in Charleston, South Carolina May 7th - 8th. Thank you to those who attended, we hope to see you again next year!
![](https://secoora.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NC-Water-Level-Story-header-588x240.png)
SECOORA Partners with North Carolina Communities to Install New Water Level Sensors
SECOORA has partnered with North Carolina Public Safety, Beaufort County Emergency Services, and the town of Belhaven to install new water level stations in two flood-prone North Carolina communities.