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Dr. S. Mažeika P. Sulliván
Dr. S. Mažeika P. Sulliván
Former PI of STRIVE Lab, Director of the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science (BICEFS), and Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation at Clemson University
Dr. S. Mažeika Patricio Sulliván was a professor at Clemson University and the Director of the Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science (BICEFS) from Aug 2022 until his untimely passing in May 2024. Dr. Sulliván published 76 peer-reviewed articles, five book chapters, and offered 216 scholarly presentations and talks. He was awarded ~$9 million in research funding from several sources including the US Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Land Management, Ohio Division of Natural Resources, and Ohio Corn and Small Grains Marketing Programs. In addition to work in South Carolina and Ohio, Dr. Sullivan conducted research in multiple geographic regions of the U.S. and internationally in Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, and South America.
Dr. Sullivan’s service activities included participation as a member of the EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board’s “Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters” Panel (2013-2014), acting as a technical expert for the Ohio EPA’s Coldwater Streams Designation, and reviewing for >35 ecological and environmental journals. Dr. Sullivan also participated in Congressional Briefings to Members of Congress on “waters of the US” (WOTUS), and offered two national seminars on the topic. He was a Distinguished University teacher at OSU and served as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (Colombia, 2014-2015).
Dr. Sullivan was also actively engaged in promoting and supporting equity, inclusion, and diversity in ecology and natural resources through teaching, research, and service activities. At the national level, Dr. Sullivan led the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Task Force for the Society for Freshwater Science, and worked with the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe of northern Idaho on issues relative to Native American water rights.
Current Staff at BICEFS
Current Staff at BICEFS
Dr. Miren Atristain Vega - PI/Post-doctoral Fellow
Stephanie S. Li - Executive Assistant for Research
Nayeli K. Sanchez - Research Technician
Robert B. Keast - Public Outreach Specialist
Current Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Kenneth Rolando De Leon Colon (co-advised by Dr. Troy Farmer and Dr. Miren Atristain)
Charlie Kloppenburg (advised by Dr. Althea Hagan)
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