Graduate Students

Lindsey Blankenship
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Lee
Seismology, volcanology, and infrasound
lindsnb@email.unc.edu
Lee Lab

Camryn Blawas
Primary affiliation: UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
Advisor: Dr. Janet Nye
cblawas@live.unc.edu
Google Scholar Profile
@camrynblawas
Nye Lab

Garrett Braniecki
Advisor: Dr. Surge
Paleoclimatology
braniegf@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Surge Lab

Jose Daniel Velez Castano
Advisor: Tamlin Pavelsky
Hydrology, Hydraulics, Remote sensing, Physical Limnology
davelez@unc.edu
Mitchell hall, Of. 214
Google Scholar Profile
@_josele__
Global Hydrology Lab


Mingying Chuo
Advisor: Nathan Hall
Marine Sciences
mchuo@unc.edu
3105A Murray Hall, CB#3300
Paerl Lab

Mark Ciesielski
Advisor: Rachel Noble
Marine Microbiology
mciesi3@unc.edu
@mark_ciesielski
Noble Lab

Melanie Cohn
Advisor: Scott Gifford
Marine Microbiology and Carbon Cycling
mcohn@live.unc.edu
3105K Murray Hall, CB#3300
Personal Website
@ScithoughtsM
Gifford Lab

Caroline Cooper
Advisor: Emily Eidam
Coastal modeling and sediment dynamics
coopcr@ad.unc.edu
Eidam Lab

Julianne Davis
Advisor: Dr. Tamlin Pavelsky
Fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport, boreal hydrology, delta progradation, and morphodynamic modeling
jmsdavis@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Global Hydrology Lab

Wayana Dolan
Advisor: Dr. Tamlin Pavelsky
Remote sensing, Arctic hydrology, Geoscience education
Wayana.Dolan@unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Personal Website
Global Hydrology Lab

Sally Dowd
Primary affiliation: UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
Fisheries Ecology
sdowd@email.unc.edu
(252) 726-6841 ext 168
3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557
@sallycdowd
Nye Lab

Marissa Dudek
Advisor: Dr. Tamlin Pavelsky
Global Hydrology & Planetary Geology
mjdudek@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315

Anastasia Dulskiy
Primary affiliation: UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
Advisor: Karl Castillo
Coral microbial ecology
adulskiy@unc.edu
Personal Website
@AnaDulskiy
Castillo Lab

Colin Eimers
Advisor: Dr. Rachel Noble
Marine Science and Policy
ceimers@unc.edu
Institute of Marine Sciences Room 265
Noble Lab

Eve Eisemann
Advisor: Dr. Antonio Rodriguez
Coastal Geomorphology
eeisemann@unc.edu
UNC-IMS
Google Scholar Profile
@morphodyn
Rodriguez Lab

Ileana Fenwick
Advisor: Janet Nye
Community Ecology, Quantitative Fisheries Ecology
ileanaf@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-1252
Murray Hall, CB#3300
@_ileanaf
Nye Lab

Rebecca Flick
Advisor: Joel Fodrie
rflick@unc.edu
IMS 159
Fodrie Lab

Benton Franklin
Advisor: Dr. Laura Moore
Coastal Geomorphology
wbenton@ad.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Coastal Environmental Change Lab

Nick Funnell
Primary affiliation: UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
Advisor: Joel Fodrie
Marine community ecology, restoration, and conservation; human-environment interactions; sustainable aquaculture
nfunnell@email.unc.edu
3117W Murray Hall, CB#3300
@nachofunnell
Fodrie Lab

Daniel Goldman
Advisor: Kennet Flores
Petrology, Geochemistry
dgoldman@unc.edu
(919) 962-1250
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Linkedin
Flores Lab

Aliyah Griffith
Advisor: Dr. Karl Castillo
Coral Reef Ecophysiology and Conservation
aliyahg@live.unc.edu
3105A Murray Hall, CB#3300
@cnidariannerd

Lauren Grimley
Advisor: Dr. Antonia Sebastian
Hydrology and flood hazards
lauren.grimley@unc.edu
Personal Website
Google Scholar Profile
@_LaurenGrimley
Hydrology and Flood Hazards Lab

Nataly Guevara
Advisor: Scott Gifford
nguevara@live.unc.edu
Murray Hall 3105B

Jana Haddad
Advisor: Rick Luettich
Coastal processes, hydrodynamic modeling
jhaddad2@live.unc.edu
Personal Website
Google Scholar Profile
@JanaKHaddad
Luettich Lab

Lu Han
Advisor: Harvey Seim
Physical oceanography & meteorology and coastal water dynamics
luh@live.unc.edu
3309 Murray Hall, CB#3300

Sean Hart
Advisor: Johanna Rosman
Hydrodynamic Modeling, Interactions of ocean currents and waves with complex reef topography
seanhart@unc.edu
Murray Hall, CB#3300

Will Hefner
Topography in the Klamath Mountains and Coast Range of Northern California and Southern Oregon
whefner@unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315

Joshua Himmelstein
Advisor: Antonio Rodriguez
Coastal Geomorphology
jhimmel@email.unc.edu
(919) 903-6320
3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557
Personal Website
Google Scholar Profile
@joshimmel
Rodriguez Lab

Hunter Hughes
Advisor: Dr. Donna Surge
Paleoclimatology
hphughes@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
@HPHughesCraft
Paleoclimate Lab

Brianna Ingram
Advisor: Laura Moore
Coastal Geomorphology
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Coastal Environmental Change Lab

Yubeen Jeong
Advisor: Harvey Seim
Physical oceanography
ybjeong@unc.edu
Google Scholar Profile
Seim Lab
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yubeen-Jeong

Lina Koschik
Advisor: Xiaoming Liu
Geochemistry
ckoschik@ad.unc.edu
(919) 962-1250
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Linkedin
Liu Lab

Ted Langhorst
Advisor: Tamlin Pavelsky
Fluvial Geomorphology, Remote Sensing
tlang@live.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Personal Website
Google Scholar Profile
@TedLanghorst
Global Hydrology Lab

Gibson Leavitt
Advisor: Alberto Scotti
Internal Waves; Computational Fluid Dynamics
gleavitt@unc.edu

Shuo Li
Advisor: Wei Mei
Hurricanes and Climate Change
shuo@live.unc.edu
3202C Murray Hall, CB#3300 3105C Murray Hall, CB#3300
Mei Lab

Johnson (YuanYu) Lin
Advisor: Adrian Marchetti
Phytoplankton physiology and marine microbiology
johnsony@live.unc.edu
3105C Murray Hall, CB#3300
Marchetti Lab

C. Chad Lloyd
Advisor: Carol Arnosti
Chemical oceanography and the carbon cycle
cclloyd@live.unc.edu
3117L Murray Hall, CB#3300

Alexis Longmire
Primary affiliation: UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
Advisor: Joel Fodrie
alongmire@unc.edu
Fodrie Lab

Alexis Lopez
Advisor: Drew Coleman
arlopez1@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall CB#3304
Coleman Lab

Ashley Lynn
Advisor: Kevin G. Stewart
Structural Geology
aslynn@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Stewart Lab

Sydney Maguire
Advisor: Eric Kirby
Tectonic Geomorphology
smaguire@unc.edu

David Malcolm
Advisor: Scott Gifford
Metagenomics and Spatial Ecology
lmalcolm@unc.edu
(904) 535-8506
Murray Hall, Rm. 3105B
Linkedin

Sofia Marino
Advisor: Eric Kirby
Structural Geology
smari115@ad.unc.edu
(919) 962-1252
Kirby Lab

Meredith Meyer
Advisor: Dr. Adrian Marchetti
Biological Oceanography
mgmeyer9@email.unc.edu
3117K Murray Hall, CB#3300
Personal Website
@mgmeyer9
Marchetti Lab

Allison Murrie
Advisor: Drew Coleman
Using Li isotopes to understand the evolution of pegmatitic systems.
amurrie@live.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
Coleman Lab

Tyler O’keefe
Advisor: Joel Fodrie
Ecology
okeefet@unc.edu
(919) 962-1250
Google Scholar Profile
@OKeefeTyler
Fodrie Lab

Madeleine Payne
Advisor: Joel Fodrie
IMS 159
Fodrie Lab

Stephanie Peak
Primary affiliation: UNC Biology
Advisor: Christopher Willett and Karl Castillo
Coral Biology
speak@unc.edu
941-713-4967
3313 Murray Hall, CB#3300
Google Scholar Profile
@stephanie_peak
Castillo Lab

Haley Plaas
Primary affiliation: UNC Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Advisor: Hans Paerl
Harmful algae blooms
hplaas@live.unc.edu
(252) 726-6841
Personal Website
Google Scholar Profile
@HABhaley
Paerl Lab