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Stacy Zhang
2022 Post-Doc UNC Institute of Marine Sciences2019 PhD Marine Science and Conservation from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment
2012 BS in Biology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joel Fodrie
My research interests span from basic ecology to social drivers of coastal resource use. My doctoral research investigated how species interactions affect community structure and coastal habitat restoration, specifically of seagrasses.

Joseph Reustle
Now At:
Hampton University
2022 Post-doc UNC Chapel Hill Institute of Marine SciencesHampton University
2020 Ph.D., Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
2013 B.S., University of California at Davis
Community Ecology; Species-interactions; Sensory Ecology; Physical-Biological Coupling

Zofia Knorek
2022 PhD, UNC Chapel HillJoel Fodrie
Effect of invasive species and local pests on community dynamics and function

Molly Bost
Now At:
NOAA NCCOS Beaufort Lab
2022 PhD Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel HillNOAA NCCOS Beaufort Lab
2016 MS Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill
2013 BS Environmental Science, UNC Chapel Hill
Antonio B. Rodriguez
Studying the processes (modern, historical, and ancient) that shape the coast.

Taylor Asher
2022 PhD Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel HillRick Luettich
Hydrodynamics and statistical/physical flood hazards


Malcolm Barnard
2022 M.Sc. Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill 2017 B.Sc. Ecology, University of GeorgiaHans Paerl
CyanoHAB dynamics, limnetic phycology, and ecotoxicology


Jonathan Lucas
2021 MS Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel HillJoel Fodrie
Estuarine ecology and habitat restoration

Adam Gold
2020 PhD, UNC Chapel HillMike Piehler
Watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, stormwater management and water quality