Dr. Deidre M. Gibson

Associate Professor, and Chair, Marine and Environmental Science
Location: Marine Science 103
Phone: 757-727-5883
E-mail: deidre.gibson@hamptonu.edu
Expertise: Biological Oceanography

Dr. Deidre Gibson is the Chair of the Department of Marine and Environmental Science at Hampton University.  She earned her B.S. in Oceanography from the University of Washington, Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Georgia/Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. She is a broadly trained biological oceanographer with research interests centered on the trophic ecology, reproductive biology, and population dynamics of zooplankton, but more specifically, gelatinous zooplankton, and currently oyster restoration. While at Hampton University, she has served as PI on several NSF and NOAA grants that continue to train the next generation of African American marine scientists