Martin T. O'Connell

Dr. Martin T. O'Connell is the Director of the Nekton Research Laboratory (NRL) at UNO's Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences. His research interests involve studying, managing, and conserving aquatic animals in freshwater, estuarine, and marine habitats. In particular the researchers and graduate students in his lab examine long-term changes in fish assemblages, responses of aquatic communities to natural and anthropogenic disturbances, and ecological needs of organisms threatened by changing global conditions. Since 2000, the NRL has generated ecological baseline data from Lake Pontchartrain, the Biloxi Marshes, and the Chandeleur Islands.

Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, 2000
M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991
B.S., Siena College, Loudonville, NY 1988