Academic Career
Rice has spent most of his career in academia, first appointed to the faculty of the University of Rhode Island (URI) in October 1987. His academic research interests are in the area of environmental physiology and ecology of bivalve molluscs, and he has further research interests in the field of aquaculture. His major contributions have been the demonstration that bivalve mollusks have the ability to absorb amino acids directly from seawater as a nutrition source, and that bivalves serve an important role in mediating the cycling of nitrogen and other nutrients within marine ecosystems. Additionally, he has studied the effects of shellfishing on the population ecology of bivalves. His research has led to refinements to the practice of managing shellfishery resources in coastal waters, estuaries and marine protected areas.
Rice has made contributions to the growth of the aquaculture industry in Rhode Island, and internationally, including the Philippines, Tanzania, the Republic of Georgia, and The Gambia. Working with Enrico Beridze of the Iberian Pontomarine Aquaculture Company, he introduced mussel farming to the Black Sea coast of Georgia. Rice has been the recipient of three Fulbright Scholarship awards: Republic of the Philippines 1996-97; Indonesia 1997; and Republic of the Philippines 2006. At the University of Rhode Island he served as Chairman of the Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science from 2000 to 2004, and Chairman of the URI Faculty Senate from 2005 to 2007.
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