The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) announced that longtime marine scientist Dr. Kelly Lucas has been named Associate Vice President for Research, Coastal Operations. Lucas, a South Mississippi native, has served in that capacity on an interim basis since March. She will oversee all coast-based research units and will coordinate all coast-based research functions for USM. Lucas earned her undergraduate degree (microbiology) from Mississippi State University; Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Alabama-Birmingham; and doctorate (coastal sciences) from USM. She worked for USM’s Gulf Coast Geospatial Center as a scientist and deputy director from 2008-2013 before becoming the chief scientific officer at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources in 2013. In 2016 she returned to USM as Director of the Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center. She will continue to serve in that capacity until a new director is named. (Source: USM 11/10/20)
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