{"id":810,"date":"2024-03-06T18:38:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T18:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/?page_id=810"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:44:02","slug":"our-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/our-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our Management Transition Advisory Group (MTAG)<\/b> is comprised of researchers and resource managers with diverse and specialized knowledge of Tampa Bay<\/b> and the people who live here. The group was established to engage regional stakeholders and to ensure that the Tampa Bay Surveillance Project<\/b> builds on existing surveys and programs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bina Nayack<\/a><\/b>, Water Research Project Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Maya Burke<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Director<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Susie Paterson<\/a><\/b>, Research and Evaluation Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Karen Campbell-Fraze<\/strong>, PE, Environmental Restoration Flight Chief<\/p>\n

Kristy Snyder<\/strong>, Remedial Project Manager<\/p>\n

Chris Sutton<\/strong>, 6th Civil Engineer Squadron contractor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Tom Frazer<\/a><\/strong>, Dean, College of Marine Science<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Luiz Barbieri<\/a><\/b>, Program Administrator, Marine Fisheries Research<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Vera Ignjatovic<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Pediatrics<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Felix Martinez<\/a><\/b>, TBS Program Manager<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Our list of collaborators<\/b> will grow and evolve with the TBS project. In addition to our MTAG, there are a number of organizations and individuals lending considerable support to our project. We are grateful for their expertise and guidance!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Jenny Yucus<\/b><\/a>, Associate Professor of Graphic Design
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Seniors from The University of South Florida’s College of the Arts<\/a> Graphic Design Research class collaborated with TBS during the Fall 2024 semester. Students explored different research methods to yield a comprehensive design system<\/b> for the project. The result? A whole new brand with an updated logo, infographics, packaging, and more. Check out USF’s coverage of the collaboration here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dennis Apeti<\/strong><\/a>, Program Manager<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

NOAA’s National Mussel Watch Program<\/a> monitors the status and spatial and temporal trends of chemical contaminants and biological stressors in the nation\u2019s coastal waters. The Mussel Watch Program is the longest running continuous contaminant-monitoring program<\/b> of its kind in the United States. The program utilizes a sentinel-based approach to monitoring by collecting and analyzing sediment and bivalves (oysters and mussels) as surrogates for water pollution and bioaccumulation from a network of sites across the U.S. and territories.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A very special shout-out to Bass Pro Shops<\/a> for being a TBS sponsor! BPS generously donated gift cards to the crew to purchase field gear and other goodies. We have been sporting our hats, buffs, quick-dry t-shirts, shorts and pants on each sampling trip and are especially grateful on those high-heat-advisory-warning days. This gift has also enabled us to stock our research vessel with safety gear quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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