Steve Arnott, Ph.D.

Field Lead, Long Island Sound Project (Affiliate)

Education

Ph.D. University of Glasgow (1997)
M.Sc. Edinburgh Napier University (1992)
B.Sc. (Hons). Newcastle University (1990)

Professional History

2023-Present: Field Survey Lead, AIS / NOAA
2023-2023: Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
2019-2022: City University of New York
2008-2018: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
2003-2008: Aberdeen & Stanford Universities
2001-2003: Stony Brook University
1999-2001: Glasgow University
1998-1999: Kristineberg Marine Research Station

Steve has a broad background in evolutionary ecology and fisheries biology. He has performed research on topics that include population and genetic responses of fish to climate variation, host-parasite interactions, and spatial connectivity. He headed the South Carolina Inshore Fisheries Lab in Charleston for nine years, and held positions on numerous committees of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Recently, he worked on American lobster and Jonah crab populations in the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument. Currently, he is working on the population biology of Eastern oysters in Long Island Sound.

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