Chesapeake Bay Hall

William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS lead the globe in coastal and marine sciences, due to our vision that research, education and advisory services can work complimentarily to advance the academic, economic and environmental interests of Virginia and our world.

Chesapeake Bay Hall is a state-of the-art facility that serves as a hub for much of the lab-based research driving science for solutions. It supports research on shellfish health, fish genetics, aquatic diseases, harmful algal blooms, marine contaminants, microplastics, microbiology and plankton ecology.

The building provides advanced laboratory facilities, including high-tech equipment like DNA analyzers and mass spectrometers. It also houses a teaching lab for hands-on learning which will be central for the coastal and marine sciences undergraduate majors.