Dr. Paul A. Sandifer (B.S., Ph.D.) is Director of the Center for Coastal Environmental and Human Health at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, and Deputy Director for the Center for Oceans and Human Health at the University of South Carolina. He is experienced in ecological and aquaculture research, natural resource management, science policy, and environmental health science. Previously, he served in senior scientific roles with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Ecological Society of America.