Ms Emily Hein

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Position: Assistant Director for Advisory Services

Department: Office of Research and Advisory Services

University/Institute/Company: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary

About

As part of the Office of Research and Advisory Services, I respond to inquiries and requests from local, state, regional, and federal policy makers and regulators and provide marine science-based information and advice. I am regularly involved with shoreline and subaqueous permits reviews. Reviews and other advisory documents from our office typically involve various other VIMS scientists. I also represent VIMS as an Executive Member of the Coast Guard-led Virginia Area Committee and serve as the co-chair of the Eastern Shore Subcommittee. These groups plan for and respond to hazardous material (including oil) spills in the waters of the Commonwealth.

I continue to be involved with various coastal geologic research projects, collaborating with VIMS scientists in the Coastal Geology Lab, Shoreline Studies Group, and the William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research and others outside VIMS/WM. Recent projects have looked at various aspects of the evolution of the barrier islands of Virginia’s Eastern Shore and the evolution of natural and constructed dunes on the Outer Banks of NC.