Newsroom
FOR THE MEDIA: Below is a list of UCI staff members and their areas of expertise. Additional biographical information can be found on the Who We Are page. Media inquiries may be directed to Karl Vilacoba, Communications Director, at kvilacob@monmouth.edu or 732-571-3688. For a full list of experts at Monmouth University, click here.
UCI Expert Guide
Tony MacDonald, Esq.
Expertise: Ocean resources management issues and public policy, beach access law, ocean planning, federal environmental legislation and congressional affairs
Dr. Jason Adolf
Expertise: Water quality, harmful algal blooms, red tides, phytoplankton ecology and evolution
Randall Abate, J.D.
Expertise: Climate change law and justice, domestic and international environmental law, constitutional law, animal law
Vice Admiral Paul Gaffney, USN (Ret.)
Expertise: Ocean exploration, federal ocean policy, Naval meteorology and oceanography
Dr. Thomas Herrington
Expertise: Coastal resilience and sustainability, hazard mitigation, ocean engineering, storm surge and wave impacts, beach/sand management, climate change
Jim Nickels
Expertise: Marine science, fisheries, plankton, benthic organisms, sediment, water quality, mitigation, geophysics, marine GIS and GPS mapping.
Karl Vilacoba
Expertise: The Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal, ocean planning, general inquiries about UCI programs, projects and activities
News Releases
Recent news from the Urban Coast Institute: Click here for older UCI news releases.
Monmouth University Christens Research Vessel as the Heidi Lynn Sculthorpe, October 18, 2018
Former Govs. Kean, Florio and Other Coastal and Ocean Champions to be Honored Oct. 9 at Monmouth University, September 28, 2018
Monmouth University Appoints Inaugural Rechnitz Family UCI Endowed Chair in Marine and Environmental Law and Policy, September 18, 2018
Monmouth University Unveils 49-Foot Research Vessel Nauvoo, June 27, 2018
Report Assesses Mid-Atlantic Coast’s Economic Vulnerability to Climate Change, April 17, 2018
Science Building Renovation and Expansion Project Completed, Feb. 21, 2018
Mid-Atlantic Residents See Ocean Health as Major Economic Issue, December 5, 2017
Rumson and Monmouth University Announce Partnership to Build Marine Field Station on Navesink River, October 2, 2017
Urban Coast Institute to Assist in Researching Sediment Contamination in New York Harbor Channels, May 23, 2017
Herrington Joins Urban Coast Institute as Associate Director, May 11, 2017
Naked DNA in water tells if fish have arrived, April 12, 2017
UCI’s MacDonald Joins Team Researching How Chemical Cues Influence Marine Life Habitat Selection on Coral Reefs in Belize, March 21, 2017
UCI Director Tony MacDonald Statement on the Release of JOCI Ocean Action Agenda, March 7, 2017
Scientists release final report, recommendations from the 2016 US National Ocean Exploration Forum, February 20, 2017
UCI Director Tony MacDonald Statement on the Federal Approval of Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Ocean Plans, December 7, 2016
Symposium to Explore America’s Ocean Future: Recommendations for the Trump Administration and Congress, November 30, 2016
Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents, October 19, 2016
Moore Foundation Grants $1.2 Million to Monmouth U. to Support Progress on Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal, August 18, 2016
Public Open House at Monmouth University for Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan July 14, June 23, 2016
Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute Joins Mid-Atlantic Coastal Resilience Project Team, May 17, 2016
Urban Coast Institute Report Examines How Mid-Atlantic Boaters Spend Time and Money, April 22, 2016
Public Says Climate Change Is Real, January 5, 2016
Urban Coast Institute Director Headed to Paris Climate Change Conference, November 18, 2015
Two Renowned Ocean Advocates To Speak at Monmouth University on October 29, October 7, 2015
Portal Redesign Links Users to Each Other via Stories, Data, Mapping, June 17, 2015
Monmouth Conservation Foundation Names Monmouth University President Paul R. Brown to Its Board of Trustees, April 22, 2015
Monmouth University’s Science, Society, and Sustainability Seminar Series Presents Award-winning Author Paul Greenberg on April 27, February 24, 2015
Michael Schwebel Appointed Urban Coast Institute’s Community Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Specialist, February 24, 2015
$1.6 Million Grant from Moore Foundation Supports Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute’s Work on Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal, January 29, 2015
Monmouth University’s Science, Society, and Sustainability Seminar Series Presents Governor Florio on February 3, January 21, 2015