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Camryn Blawas
Primary affiliation:
UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy ProgramAdvisor: Dr. Janet Nye



Sally Dowd
Primary affiliation:
UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy ProgramFisheries Ecology
(252) 726-6841 ext 168
3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557
Nye Lab
Colin Eimers
Advisor: Dr. Rachel Noble
Marine Science and Policy
Institute of Marine Sciences Room 265
Noble Lab


Ileana Fenwick
Advisor: Janet Nye
Community Ecology, Quantitative Fisheries Ecology
(919) 962-1252
Murray Hall, CB#3300
Nye Lab

Nick Funnell
Primary affiliation:
UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy ProgramAdvisor: Joel Fodrie
Marine community ecology, restoration, and conservation; human-environment interactions; sustainable aquaculture
3117W Murray Hall, CB#3300
Fodrie Lab
Joshua Himmelstein
Advisor: Antonio Rodriguez
Coastal Geomorphology
(919) 903-6320
3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557
Rodriguez Lab
Alexis Longmire
Primary affiliation:
UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy ProgramAdvisor: Joel Fodrie


Madeline Payne
Primary affiliation:
UNC Environment, Ecology and Energy ProgramAdvisor: Joel Fodrie
Applied ecosystem-based management; ecosystem services; estuarine and fisheries ecology.
IMS 159
Fodrie Lab

Haley Plaas
Primary affiliation:
UNC Dept. of Environmental Sciences and EngineeringAdvisor: Hans Paerl
Harmful algae blooms
(252) 726-6841
Paerl Lab


Anne Margaret Smiley
Advisor: Mike Piehler
Understanding ecosystem functioning in human influenced environments.
Carolina Population Center #3124
Piehler Lab