Joe DiDomenico

Estuary Science Coordinator

Joe DiDomenico is the Estuary Science Coordinator at PDE. In this role, he supports a wide range of estuary research, monitoring, and restoration efforts, with responsibilities spanning fieldwork, laboratory tasks, GIS applications, and statistical analysis. He helps organize and conduct coastal wetland and shellfish monitoring projects, manages data QA/QC, and assists in developing scientific products for the National Estuary Program.
Joe is a New Jersey native and holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Operational Oceanography from Rutgers University. His master’s research focused on the development of a validation methodology for machine learning-based classification of benthic habitats from sonar imagery. Prior to his role at PDE, he conducted coastal and estuarine fisheries research as a field technician at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station. He has also worked as an educator and river guide in the New Jersey Pine Barrens through Pinelands Adventures, a subsidiary of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance.
In his free time, Joe enjoys paddling the diverse waterways of the Delaware Estuary and New Jersey Pine Barrens. He is also a PADI-certified Rescue Diver and has logged dives all over the world, including sites in the Philippines, Central America, the Mediterranean, and the Great Lakes.

Joe can be reached at (302) 655-4990, ext. 107 or via email at JDiDomenico@DelawareEstuary.org.