Dr. Emily Hall joined the staff at Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, in the Chemical Ecology Program in 2005 where she participated in research and monitoring of nutrient patterns in relation to harmful algal blooms in the west-central coast of Florida and investigated sources of nutrients in aquatic systems.

Dr. Hall now currently manages the Chemical and Physical Ecology Program and the Ocean Acidification Program, two major research programs at Mote Marine Laboratory. As part of the Ocean Acidification Program, Dr. Hall developed ocean acidification and climate change experimental systems (in the Florida Keys — CAOS; in Sarasota — OASys) to study the effects of global and local variables on coral reef ecosystems as well as on other marine organisms. Dr. Hall has been instrumental in engaging regional, national and international stakeholders to identify and set priorities for ocean acidification research and monitoring gaps in both the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Regions. Understanding the effects of acidification on coastal, marine and estuarine ecosystems and organisms is a top priority of numerous federal, state, and local agencies and institutions in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Hall is also focusing her research on unique coastal and marine habitats that may be able to withstand or alleviate the effects of global climate change on coastal and marine organisms.

Additionally, within the Chemical and Physical Ecology Program at Mote, Dr. Hall addresses both research and applied science questions on the impacts and interactions of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and silica) and physical parameters (salinity, light) in riverine, estuarine and coastal environments, and associated with harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico.