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Co-Principal Investigator

Douglas Zemeckis

(Co-PI) Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Doug Zemeckis serves as a County Agent II (Associate Professor) with Rutgers Cooperative Extension. In this role, he conducts educational programming and applied research to address local issues related to fisheries, aquaculture, and marine resources management. His work focuses on Ocean, Atlantic, and Monmouth Counties, as well as other coastal counties in New Jersey as needed. Doug has a B.S. in Marine Sciences from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Marine Science and Technology from the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. 

Sarah Borsetti

(Co-PI) Fisheries Researcher

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Sarah Borsetti is a Fisheries Researcher at Rutgers University's Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, where she conducts applied research to support the commercial and recreational fishing industries in New Jersey and the broader Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. Her work focuses on understanding the interactions between fished stock population dynamics and environmental factors. As a Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University, she investigated the complex relationships among commercial shellfish fisheries, offshore wind energy development, and climate change. She holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.