Christopher D'Elia

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Christopher Francis D'Elia is an American marine scientist and biologist, known for his research on nutrient pollution by nitrogen. [1] He is currently Dean and Professor at Louisiana State University College of the Coast and Environment [2] [3] and since 1992 has been an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [4]

D'Elia holds a bachelor's degree from Middlebury College and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia. [2] In 1989 he joined the University of Maryland faculty where he was director of the Sea Grant program and president of the Sea Grant Association. [5] He led the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation from 1991 to 1993, and in 1999 moved to the University of Albany as vice president of research. [1] He later worked at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg where in 2007 D'Elia was appointed regional vice chancellor of students affairs and was in charge of all academic programs [6] and stayed until 2009 when he joined the faculty at Louisiana State University. [7]

In 2014 the University of Georgia Graduate School gave D'Elia their Alumni of Distinction Award. [8]

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