The University of the West Indies, Mona is pleased to announce the promotion of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Dr. Dale Webber, to the rank of Professor.

Dr. Webber, who is also Director of the Centre for Marine Sciences and Associate Dean, Graduate Matters in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, holds the Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Botany and Zoology and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Marine Botany from the University of the West Indies, Mona.  His academic specialization is in the field of Coastal Ecology and Management.

Dale Webber joined the staff of the UWI, Mona in 1989 as Warden of Taylor Hall and moved in 1991 to become Lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences. From 1992 to 2001 he was the Assistant Director for the Centre for Marine Sciences. His promotion to Senior Lecturer came in 2003, and he has also served as a part-time lecturer in the School of Education.

Professor Webber has had a distinguished career in Coastal Ecology and Management and has demonstrated a strong and consistent record of academic achievement in research, teaching and administration. His research on the Kingston Harbour, spans some seventeen years and the impact is recognized internationally by his peers.

Professor Webber has produced two book chapters and twenty five publications in peer reviewed journals, nine of which are within the special issue of a major journal ‘Bulletin of Marine Science’, which he was invited to co-edit and produce as a result of the significance and extensiveness of his team’s work on the marine biology of the polluted Kingston Harbour. He has presented his research findings at conferences locally and internationally and written over seventeen technical reports. Dale Webber has attracted approximately JA$30Million and US$150,000.00 in research grants.

He also has an excellent record of public service, which includes serving as Chairman, Environmental Foundation of Jamaica Board of Directors, National Ramsar Committee of the National Environment and Planning Agency and Convener of the CAPE Environmental Sciences Panel for the Caribbean Examination Council.