Lee Smee

Dr. Smee is Chair of University Programs and Senior Marine Scientist II. He also holds positions of Associate Professor of Marine Science and Research Scientist in the Life Sciences Department at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. Dr. Smee received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech where he investigated how small-scale turbulence affected chemical signaling between predators and prey and influenced top-down forcing in soft sediment communities. His lab has conducted studies in rocky intertidal communities in Maine as well as oyster, marsh, and seagrass communities in the Gulf of Mexico. Current research topics in his lab include oyster reef ecology, mangrove encroachment, pesticide effects on blue crabs, and biogeography of seagrass communities in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Smee is an Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster of Troop 292 in Mobile, Alabama.