Mark Warner and Jeremy Firestone recently joined the College as assistant professors in the Marine Biology-Biochemistry and the Marine Policy programs, respectively.

Warner is a marine biologist who specializes in reef-building corals and the ways they interact with their environment. More specifically, his research focuses on the relationship between these corals and the algae that live in there tissue. He earned his doctorate in ecology from the University of Georgia, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship.

Firestone, a specialist in ocean and coastal zone law and policy, has a background in both the social and natural sciences. His interests include the tension between private rights and public responsibilities in coastal land use and policies related to land-based marine pollution.

Firestone earned a doctorate in public policy analysis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has a law degree from the University of Michigan.