Lab members

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Andrew Altieri
Scott and Lindy Hearne Rising Star Assoc Professor at UF 
Research Associate at Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst.
Adjunct Professor at McGill University
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Postdocs

Aaron Bland
UF EES Postdoctoral Research Associate
Nature-based Solutions and ecology of living shorelines

Patrick Saldaña
UF EES Postdoctoral Research Associate
Consumer control of coral reef dynamics

Graduate students

Julie Fernandez
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD Student
HWCOE Dean's Research Award recipient
McKnight Doctoral Fellow
Resilience of coral reefs and vegetated shorelines

Britney Hay
UF Coastal Ecosystems Dynamics PhD Student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
HWCOE Dean's Research Award recipient
Mangrove ecology and coastal restoration with living shorelines

Adam Hymel
UF Coastal Ecosystems Dynamics PhD Student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
HWCOE Dean's Research Award recipient
Wetland restoration and geospatial analysis

Joe Marchionno
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Researcher
Coastal ecology and foundation species - water bird dynamics
Co-advised with Christine Angelini (UF)

Andrew McInnis
UF Coastal Ecosystems Dynamics PhD Student
HWCOE Dean's Research Award recipient
Coral reef macroecology and resilience

Adrian Sakr
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Ecological engineering of living shorelines and coastal restoration

Visiting scientists

David Mateus
Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation Graduate Fellow
University of Évora
MARE Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre

Technicians

Patrick Norby
Environmental monitoring and invertebrate zoology

Charli Pezoldt
Physical monitoring and geotechnical research

Todd van Natta
Environmental engineering and fish ecology

Undergraduate

Brooke Dekle
Fish trophic ecology

Alexandra Grant
Coral restoration

Claire Hiaasen
Coral ecology and physiology

Leighton Levering
Coral population ecology

Abigail Moore
Salt marsh ecology

Alumni

Postdocs
Diana Chin (2020-2023), Associate Research Scientist and MassBays Metro Boston Regional Coordinator, 
             Northeastern University
Maggie Johnson (2016-2019), Assistant Professor, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology
Matt Leray (2016-2018), Staff Scientists, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Kirsteen MacKenzie (2016-2017), Researcher, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
Laura Núñez Pons (2016-2017), Faculty, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
Janina Seemann (2015-2017), Manager, International Climate Initiative, Ministry of Environment, Germany
Erica Staaterman (2015-2017), Scientist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Brian Cheng (2014-2017), Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst
Lisa Schile (2014-2016), Senior Associate, Silvestrum Climate Associates
 
Grad students
Dakota Lewis (PhD, 2026), Postdoc, University of Central Florida
Alli Cauvin (PhD, 2025), Data Management Analyst, University of Florida
Sara Swaminathan (PhD, 2024), Postdoc, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean sciences
Patrick Saldaña (PhD, 2024), Postdoc, University of Florida
Kathryn Grabowski (MSc, 2023), PhD Student, University of British Columbia
Nicole Knight (PhD, 2023), Postdoc, University of British Columbia
Heather Stewart (PhD, 2021), Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Caitie Kuempel (MSc, 2013), Lecturer, Griffith University
 
Research fellows and visiting scholars
Juliana Angarita, Director, Talking Oceans Foundation
Abigail Cannon, Postdoc, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Diana Chin, Postdoc, University of Florida
Robert Dunn, Postdoc, San Diego State University
Clare Fieseler, PhD student, UNC Chapel Hill
Viktoria Frühling, Panamanian Embassy to Sweden
Austin Gallagher, Director, Beneath the Waves
Seamus Harrison, MSc student, University of Michigan
Irene Kopelman, Independent artist
Lauren Linsmayer, Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, Sea Grant
Hannah Nelson, PhD student, UC Davis
Bryan Nguyen, PhD student, George Washington University
Victoria Reed, MSc student, McGill University
Andria Salas, Postdoc, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Andrew Sellers, Postdoc, McGill University
 
Undergraduates and interns
Kelsey Andux
Julius Bright Ross
Amanda Chiachi
Kathryn Cooney
Nilka Gissette Góndola
Natalie Goetz
Cindy Gonzalez
Emily Griffiths
Gwen Griffiths
Alyssa Guariniello
Samantha Hamilton
Michael Hynes
Abbigail Knipp
Myra Knowles
Giovanna Kupiec
Scott Loranger
Marietta Marroquin
Alina Maruniak
Robyn Mast
Collin McMillan
Lyle McMillan
Nicte-Ha Muñoz
Lyle McMillan
Carl Nellbring
Emily Nixon
Shevonne O’Connor
Tanya Rogers
Elaine Shen
Genevieve Tucker
Nicholas Varley
Alexandra Yingst