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One-on-One with SMAST?s Steven E. Lohrenz Steve, please tell me a little about your back- ground and what brought you to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology. Before joining SMAST two years ago, I was Chair and Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi De- partment of Marine Science, which is located at the John C. Stennis Space Center, near Bay St. Louis. I received my Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography in 1985 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- tion Joint Program. I joined the University of Southern Missis- sippi faculty in 1987 and became the chair of the Department of Marine Science in 2004. While my experience at Southern Miss was great, I saw the move to New Bedford as an excit- ing new opportunity to be part of a growing program with a stellar faculty and a great reputation. It is a fairly new gradu- ate program (15 years old) with an excellent track record. It had a lot of really attractive qualities; speciÞ cally, the location cannot be beat. Located along Route 195, it is a hop and a skip to major cities such as Providence, New York and Boston as well as being situated in the heart of the largest cluster of world class research and education institutions and innovative marine technology manufacturers on the globe. This is a very exciting place to be and we have a lot to offer many research and private sector groups nearby and nationally. Academia One-on-One with SMAST?s Steven E. Lohrenz MTR had the opportunity to visit with many colleagues at the recent Oceans2013 MTS/IEEE San Diego conference. Among them was Steve Lohrenz, Dean of the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Steve was there to chair the session on Marine Education and Outreach and to promote the new Professional Science Master?s in Coastal and Ocean Administration, Science and Technology. Steve explained the program in more detail to MTR. October 201326 MTRMTR #8 (18-33).indd 26MTR #8 (18-33).indd 2610/15/2013 4:07:14 PM10/15/2013 4:07:14 PM