Elizabeth Griffin
Marine Wildlife Scientist, Oceana

MEM Duke University
BS Loyola College

Primary Area of Expertise: Marine Wildlife

Ms. Griffin joined Oceana as a Marine Wildlife Scientist based out of Oceana's Washington, D.C. office in February, 2006. She received a master's degree in Environmental Management, with a concentration in Coastal Environmental Management, from Duke University for research conducted on international cetacean bycatch issues. Before coming to Oceana, Elizabeth was the staff coordinator for protected species, socioeconomics and fisheries independent sampling programs at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. She has also spent time working for the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Environmental Defense, and the World Wildlife Fund. She has extensive expertise in marine mammal, sea turtle and fish bycatch issues as well as a background in national and international protected species policy.

Dr. Larry Crowder
Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology, Duke University Marine Lab
Coastal Systems Science and Policy Division, Interim Chair

PhD Michigan State University
MS Michigan State University
BA California State University Fresno

Crowder's expertise lies in Marine ecology and fisheries. Population and community ecology. Endangered species/fisheries conflicts, especially sea turtles and bycatch in fishing gear. Marine conservation biology and policy. International affairs.

Primary area of expertise: Ecology

Dr. Crowder's research centers on predation and food web interactions, mechanisms underlying recruitment variation in fishes, and on population and food web modeling in conservation biology. He has studied food web processes in estuaries and lakes, and has used observational, experimental and modeling approaches to understand these interactions in an effort to improve fisheries management. He co-directed the South Atlantic Bight Recruitment Experiment (SABRE) and continues to conduct research on the life histories of estuarine-dependent fishes. He continues to conduct model and statistical analyses to assist in endangered species management for both aquatic (sea turtles) and terrestrial species (red-cockaded woodpeckers). Recently he has begun developing more extensive programs in marine conservation, including research on bycatch, spatial analysis, nutrients and low oxygen, marine invasive species and integrated ecosystem management.