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Eric Sparks, Ph.D.

Assistant Director for Outreach and Coastal Ecology Specialist

Contact Information:

1815 Popps Ferry Road
Biloxi, MS 39532

Phone: 228-546-1025

Email: [email protected]

Eric is the assistant director for outreach and a coastal ecology specialist.

His work focuses on estuarine and wetland issues, and his specialty areas include coastal conservation and restoration, living shorelines, marine debris and environmental stewardship. He is an associate extension professor with the Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. 

Eric has a Ph.D. in marine sciences from the University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab and a bachelor of science degree in marine biology from Troy University.