Lab members

​Andrew Altieri
Assistant Professor at University of Florida
Research Associate at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Adjunct Professor at McGill University
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Postdoc

Maggie Johnson
STRI/MarineGEO postdoc
Ocean acidification and ecosystem function in coral reef communities
Co-advised with Val Paul (SMS-FP) and Nancy Knowlton (NMNH)
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Graduate students

Nicole Knight
STRI-McGill NEO PhD student
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholar
Landscape and global drivers of biodiversity
Co-advised with Fred Guichard (McGill University)

Patrick Saldaña
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
Bridging the Americas Marine Conservation Fellow
Consumer control of ecological processes in coastal ecosystems

Heather Stewart
STRI-McGill NEO PhD student
Bridging the Americas Marine Conservation Fellow
Ecology of mangrove ecosystems and fish conservation biology
Co-advised with Lauren Chapman (McGill University)
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Sara Swaminathan
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Physiological ecology of corals under global change

Technicians

Patrick Norby
Environmental monitoring and invertebrate zoology

Todd van Natta
Environmental engineering and fish ecology

Interns

Natalie Goetz
Coral community ecology

Alyssa Guariniello
Coral physiological ecology

Abby Knipp
Mangrove ecology and biodiversity

Robyn Mast
Mangrove ecology and biodiversity

Emily Nixon
Coral physiological ecology

Adrian Sakr
Intertidal community ecology

Visiting scholars

Matt Leray
STRI Postdoc
Environmental drivers of marine biodiversity

Noelle Lucey
STRI Postdoc
Ecophysiology of coral reef communities

​Andrew Sellers
BESS Intern
STRI-McGill NEO PhD Student
Rocky intertidal community ecology

Alumni

Postdocs
Brian Cheng (2014-2017), Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst
Kirsteen MacKenzie (2016-2017), Researcher, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
Laura Núñez Pons (2016-2017), Faculty, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
Lisa Schile (2014-2016), Senior Associate, Silvestrum Climate Associates
Erica Staaterman (2015-2017), Scientist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Janina Seemann (2015-2017), Manager, International Climate Initiative, Ministry of Environment, Germany
 
Grad student
Caitie Kuempel (MSc, 2013), Postdoc, NCEAS
 
Research fellows and visiting scholars
Juliana Angarita, Director, Talking Oceans Foundation
Abigail Cannon, Postdoc, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Diana Chin, PhD student, Stonybrook University
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
 
Undergraduates and interns
Julius Bright Ross
Amanda Chiachi
Kathryn Cooney
Nilka Gissette Góndola
Cindy Gonzalez
Gwen Griffiths
Samantha Hamilton
Michael Hynes
Giovanna Kupiec
Scott Loranger
Marietta Marroquin
Collin McMillan
Lyle McMillan
Nicte-Ha Muñoz
Lyle McMillan
Carl Nellbring
Shevonne O’Connor
Tanya Rogers
Elaine Shen
Genevieve Tucker
Nicholas Varley
Alexandra Yingst