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Mollie Yacano

Mollie Yacano

2023 PhD UNC Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences
Mike Piehler
Coastal biogeochemistry

Jana Haddad

Jana Haddad

2023 PhD UNC chapel Hill
Rick Luettich
Coastal processes, hydrodynamic modeling

Stacy Zhang

Stacy Zhang

2022 Post-Doc UNC Institute of Marine Sciences
2019 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

Joseph Reustle

2022 Post-doc UNC Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences
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

Zofia Knorek

2022 PhD, UNC Chapel Hill
Joel Fodrie

Effect of invasive species and local pests on community dynamics and function


Rebecca Van Hoeck

Rebecca Van Hoeck

2022 PhD UNC Chapel Hill
Joel Fodrie
Ecology and soundscapes of temperate hard bottom habitats

Molly Bost

Molly Bost

2022 PhD Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill
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

Taylor Asher

2022 PhD Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill
Rick Luettich
Hydrodynamics and statistical/physical flood hazards

Jeff Plumlee

Jeff Plumlee

2022 PhD Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill
Joel Fodrie

Marine fishes


Malcolm Barnard

Malcolm Barnard

2022 M.Sc. Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill 2017 B.Sc. Ecology, University of Georgia
Hans Paerl

CyanoHAB dynamics, limnetic phycology, and ecotoxicology