Sean P. Powers

Sean Powers is Director of the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of South Alabama and a Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. He also holds the Angelia and Steven Stokes Endowed Chair in Environmental Resiliency. Dr. Powers research lab, personnel and graduate students are located both at the Shelby Center for Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and USA main campus in Mobile. A native New Orleanian, Dr. Powers received a BS from Loyola University, a MS from the University of New Orleans and a Ph.D. in biology and oceanography from Texas A&M University. Following his Ph.D., Dr. Powers was a National Sea Grant John Knauss Marine Policy Fellow and completed post-doctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined the faculty at USA and DISL in 2003. Dr. Powers’s research focuses on the ecology of marine fish and invertebrates, particularly those that support commercial and recreational fisheries. The ultimate goal of his research program is to provide scientifically sound information to direct conservation and restoration efforts of marine fisheries and habitats.