Graduate Students | Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences

Isabela Arauz

Advisor: Tamlin Pavelsky
Remote Sensing, Coastal Flooding
iarauz@ad.unc.edu
214 Mitchell Hall
Global Hydrology Lab

Jack Baer

Advisor: Antonia Sebastian
Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, ensemble modeling approaches, climate change, natural hazards, machine learning
jabaer@unc.edu
Mitchell 309
Flood Hydrology and Hazards

Kamya Bates

Advisor: Dr. Joel Fodrie
Coastal Ecology
batesnk@unc.edu
Murray 3105B
LinkedIn
Estuarine Ecology Lab

Garrett Braniecki

Advisor: Dr. Surge
Paleoclimatology, Low Temperature Geochemistry, Sclerochronology
braniegf@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall 219
Google Scholar Profile
Surge Lab

Heather Bruck

Advisor: Joel Fodrie
Coastal Community Ecology
hbruck@unc.edu
Institute for Marine Sciences, Morehead City
Personal Website

Samantha Kimberly Cerda

Advisor: Scott Gifford
Microbiology, Bioinformatics
samanth@email.unc.edu
Murray 3117K
Gifford Lab

Jianing Chen

Advisor: Wei Mei

Tropical cyclones

jnchen@unc.edu
Venable Hall

Yanan Cheng

Advisor: Xiaoming Liu

chyanan@unc.edu
(984)-332-0142
Mitchell 305

Mingying Chuo

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

Lillian Cooper

Advisor: Brent McKee
Blue Carbon & Lead-210 Geochronology
lilymc@live.unc.edu
Murray 3105B
Google Scholar Profile
LinkedIn

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

Emma Dempsey

Advisor: Rachel Noble

Water Quality, Environmental Microbiology and Public Health

edemps@ad.unc.edu
IMS, Morehead City
Linkedin

Damian Donoso-Tapia

Advisor: Kennet E. Flores
Fluid-mediated processes in subduction zones through exhumed serpentinites and associated high-pressure rocks
damiandt@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, Room 305
Google Scholar Profile

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

Benton Franklin

Advisor: Dr. Laura Moore
Barrier Island Migration
wbenton@ad.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall 223
Coastal Environmental Change 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

Sofia Gurevich

Advisor: Dr. Laura Moore

gis@unc.edu
Mitchell Hall
Coastal Environmental Change Lab

Nadya Summer Gutierrez

Advisor: Joel Fodrie
Coastal landscape ecology
nadyagut@ad.unc.edu
(678)-823-0680
IMS

Samantha Hamontree

Advisor: Scott Gifford
Methane concentration in estuaries and lakes
samham@unc.edu
Murray 3105D

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

Hannah Henry

Advisor: Dr. Laura Moore
Coastal geomorphology, Human dimensions, Science policy
hahenry@unc.edu
Mitchell 222
Personal Website
Google Scholar Profile
Linkedin

Douglas B. Hill

Advisor: Drew S. Coleman
Geoarchaeologist
dhill222@live.unc.edu
(919) 398-2687
Mitchell Hall 314
Linkedin

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

Seungyeon Jade Hong

Advisor: Janet Nye
Quantitative fisheries analysis
sjhong@unc.edu
Murray Hall 3105A
Linkedin
Nye Lab

Marissa Jean Hughes

Advisor: Dr. Tamlin Pavelsky
Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Water Resources, SWOT
mjdudek@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall, 208
Google Scholar Profile
Personal Website
Global Hydrology Lab

Hunter Hughes

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

Sarah Wells Hull

Advisor: Kevin Stewart
Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology
sbrookw@live.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall 105A

Yubeen Jeong

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

Solomon Kica

Advisor: Tamlin Pavelsky
Radar Remote Sensing of Hydrology
kica@unc.edu
(919) 923-3865
Mitchell 214
Google Scholar Profile
Twitter
Global Hydrology Lab

Lina Koschik

Advisor: Xiaoming Liu
Geochemistry
ckoschik@ad.unc.edu
(919) 962-1250
Mitchell Hall 305
Linkedin
Liu Lab

Francesco John Lane

Advisor: Harvey Seim
Ocean Circulation's influence on Nutrient and Carbon Transport
francescojclane@gmail.com
(135) 221-4977
Murray 3105A

Margarita Lankford

Advisor: Adrian Marchetti
Phytoplankton diversity in Galápagos Archipelago
mlankford@unc.edu
Murray Hall 3117V

Gibson Leavitt

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

Alex Longo

Advisor: Dr. Xiaoming Liu
Planetary Science
azlongo@live.unc.edu
Mitchell 210A
AmericaSpace
Liu Research Group

Alexis Lopez

Advisor: Drew Coleman

arlopez1@email.unc.edu
Mitchell Hall CB#3304
Coleman Lab

Alexander Cole Medlin

Advisor: Donna Surge
Geological Sciences
alexcole@live.unc.edu
Mitchell 218
Paleoclimatology Lab

Haley Elisabeth Meyrowitz

Advisor: Eric Kirby

Remote sensing, topographic analysis, and field-based analysis to understand surface roughness of alluvial fans in the Panamint Valley Fault Zone.

haley05@unc.edu
(516) 640-6845
320 Mitchell

Riley Moran

Advisor: Brent McKee

Microplastic in freshwater systems

andriley@ad.unc.edu
Murray 3105B

matthew.paris@unc.edu
Murray

ysharifi@unc.edu
IMS
Rodriguez Lab