Shellfish Area Biologist Staff Directory

Below are the towns/cities covered by each biologist and their specialty.

South Shore Shellfish Program

Classification: Cohasset to Westport, including Cape Cod and the Islands
Aquaculture: Statewide
Office: SMAST West, 706 South Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford

Matt Camisa, Senior Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas:  BB5-BB19, BB21, BB22, MHB1-5
Towns:  Berkley, Dartmouth, Dighton, Fairhaven, Fall River, New Bedford, Somerset, Swansea
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

John Mendes, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas:  E1-E14, SC1-SC15, V12-V29, V36
Towns:  Edgartown, Falmouth, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Terry O’Neil, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas:  BB1-4, CCB9, CCB15-CCB22, OC2-OC6, SC37-SC64
Towns:  Brewster, Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Westport, Yarmouth
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Holly Williams, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas:  CCB23-CCB29, MB2-MB11, NS1-NS4, NT1-NT14, SC27-SC36
Cities/Towns:  Cohasset, Dennis, Marshfield, Nantucket, Scituate, Yarmouth
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Michael Blanco, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas:  CCB1-CCB8, CCB10-CCB14, OC1, OC7-OC10, SC16, SC17, SC19, SC20, V1-V11, V30-V35
Towns:  Aquinnah, Chilmark, Eastham, Mashpee, Provincetown, Tisbury, Truro, West Tisbury, Wellfleet
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail] 

Christian Petitpas, Shellfish Program Leader
Specialty: HAB Specialist
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Alex Boeri, Lead Aquaculture and Vibrio Coordinator
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Gabriel Lundgren, Assistant Shellfish Biologist
Specialty: Aquaculture permitting, surveying and field sampling support
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Brianne Shanks, Laboratory Supervisor
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Alyson Mello, Assistant Bacteriologist
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

North Shore Shellfish Program

Hull to Salisbury including greater Boston Harbor

Greg Bettencourt, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Boston, Chelsea, Marblehead, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, Quincy, Salisbury, Swampscott, Winthrop
Specialty: Database Administrator and GIS Mapping
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Melissa Campbell, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Gloucester
Specialty: Phytoplankton Monitoring and Newburyport Laboratory Support
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Ryan Joyce, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Essex, Hingham, Hull, Ipswich, Lynn, Revere, Saugus
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Florence Cenci, Laboratory Supervisor
Specialty: Bacteriology and Marine Biotoxins
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Newburyport Shellfish Purification Plant

Diane Regan, Laboratory Supervisor
Specialty: Shellfish Bacteriology and Vibrio Analysis
Tel: [phone] x312
Email: [e-mail]