COASTAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER

Dr. Christopher A. Boyd
Assistant Extension Professor of Environmental Ecology

Mississippi State University-Coastal Research and Extension Center
1815 Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi, MS 39532
Tel: 228-546-1025; Fax: 228-388-1375
E-mail: cboyd@ext.msstate.edu
URL: http://www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/envi.html

CURRENT INTERESTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Development of coastal resource protection programs and creation of extension programs related to estuarine and wetland environmental issues. This is accomplished by working with state, federal, non profit agencies, and researchers to display and discuss the out come of coastal research projects and how these finding are relevant to the protection and preservation of our coastal environments. The following topics are areas of research and program interests that I am currently involved in:

• Planning and conducting wetland and coastal restoration research projects
• Creating best management practices for shoreline erosion, e.g., living shorelines
• Developing and coordinating the Mississippi Master Naturalist Program
• Developing a marine natural resource education program

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures
August 2006, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Master of Science, Crop and Soil Environmental Science Department,
December 1997, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Bachelor of Science, Agronomy and Soils Department
August 1994, Auburn University, Auburn, AL