Name: Kayla Besong Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: kab226@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Ben Kirtman Research Topic: Atmospheric Blocking Research Keywords: Blocking, variability, teleconnections, predictability, subseasonal
Name: Amie Dobracki Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: aad59@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Paquita Zuidema Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Chemical, Physical, and Optical Properties of Aged African Biomass Burning
Biomass burning, Aerosols, Organic Aerosol, Smoke, Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Name: Haozhe He Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: haozhe.he@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Brian Soden Research Topic: Research Keywords:
To explore the large-scale dynamical responses of clouds to different radiative forcing agents.
Climate sensitivity, cloud feedback
Name: Quinton Lawton Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Website: quintonlawton.com Email: quinton.lawton@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Sharan Majumdar Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Predictability of Tropical Cyclogenesis
tropical cyclones, hurricanes, tropical cyclogenesis, predictability, African easterly waves, kelvin waves
Name: Samantha Nebylitsa Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: samantha.nebylitsa@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Sharan Majumdar and Dave Nolan Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones
Tropical Cyclones, Rapid Intensification, Wind, Shear, Moisture, Modeling, Observations, Storm Size/Structure
Name: Papazian, Karen Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: karen.papazian@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Ben Kirtman Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Climate Variability and Predictability
Variability, Climate, Intraseasonal
Name: Victoria Schoenwald Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: vks16@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Ben Kirtman Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Sea level rise and coastal flooding events caused by natural and anthropogenic forcing.
Sea level rise, coastal flooding, seasonal to decadal prediction, climate models
Name: Wei-Ming Tsai Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Website: https://sites.google.com/view/muse-of-clouds/home Email: wxt108@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Brian Mapes Research Topic: Research Keywords:
tropical convective organization and its responses to moisture variability
Organized convection, Water vapor, cloud-environment interactions, tropical meteorology,
cumulus parameterization
Name: Abazeri, Mariam Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Email: mxa1484@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Meryl Shriver-Rice Research Topic: Research Keywords:
My research focuses on the role of participatory visual methods in organizing and facilitat
Participatory video methods, visual anthropology, water governance, gender studies, Iran
Name: Armen Agopian Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Katharine Mach
Name: Alexandra Anstett Program / Degree: Marine Ecosystems and Society / M.S. Email: alexandra.anstett@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Neil Hammerschlag Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Evaluating shark health between nursery sites in the Galapagos Islands
Shark, Health, Physiology, Body Condition, Galapagos, Nursery
Name: Karen Backe Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Fritz Hanselman
Name: Chelsea Black Program / Degree: Marine Ecosystems and Society / Ph.D. Website: sharktagging.com Email: chelsea.black@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Neil Hammerschlag Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Tracking Marine Megafauna as Ecosystem Sentinels
sharks, biodiversity, megafauna, marine, biodiversity, multispecies
Name: Alex Carbaugh-Rutland Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Jessica Owley, Dr. Kenny Broad
Name: Alize Carrere Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Kenny Broad
Name: Juan Cervera Program / Degree: Marine Ecosystems and Society / M.S. Email: Jcc328@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. David Die Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Benthic Community of a Restored Mangrove Ecosystem
Mangrove, Restored ecosystem, benthic community
Name: Mayra Cruz Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Amy Clement
Name: Jalyse Cuff Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Katharine Mach
Name: Carlie Dario Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Renato Molina
Name: Miranda De Gasperi Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva
Name: Ryan Fochs Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Fritz Hanselmann
Name: Katie Geddes Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. David Die
Name: Jia Geng Program / Degree: Marine Ecosystems and Society / Ph.D. Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jia-geng Email: jxg570@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Daniel Benetti Research Topic: Machine Learning for Aquaculture Research Keywords: Aquaculture, Machine Learning
Name: Yakira Gerszberg Program / Degree: Marine Ecosystems and Society / Ph.D. Email: y.gerszberg@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Neil Hammerschlag Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Investigating the effects of climate change on antipredator behavior of small sharks
Antipredator Behavior, Predator-Prey Interactions, Climate Change,
Warming, Carbon Dioxide, Electroreception, Shark
Name: Micaiala Hamner Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Tyler Harrison
Name: Dishane Hewavithana Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Chris Searcy
Name: Liza Khmara Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva
Name: Steven Koller Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Renato Molina
Name: Carolien Kraan Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policylicy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Katharine Mach
Name: Cristin Mayes Program / Degree: Marine Ecosystems and Society / Ph.D. Email: cristin.mayes@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. David Die Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Fishery Modeling
biology, ecology, mathematics, dynamics, fisheries, modeling
Name: Laura McDonnell Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Neil Hammerschlag
Name: Nkosi Muse Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Email: nkosi.muse@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Katharine Mach Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Equitably improving the preparedness and resilience of cities in the face of climate change.
Climate, resilience, adaptation, equity
Name: Alexandra Norelli Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / PhD Website: apnorelli.com/ Email: alexandra.norelli@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. David Die Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Tropical Tuna Growth, Abundance, and Migrations
Fisheries, Management, Stock Assessment, Growth, Abundance, Migration, Tropical Tuna, Modeling,
Statistics, Fish
Name: Christine Pardo Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Feeley
Name: Ethan Prall Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Andrew Baker, Dr. Kenny Broad
Name: Kristen Ranges Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Martin Grosell
Name: Marcus Reamer Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Meryl Shriver-Rice, Dr. Daniel Suman
Name: M. Jesse Schneider Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Traci Ardren
Name: Rachel Schueller Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Neil Hammerschlag
Name: Andrea Sullivan Lemaitre Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Email: aks136@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Justin Stoler Research Keywords:
WASH, Water Security, Urban Development, Governance
Name: Rumya Sundaram Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Danielle McDonald, Dr. Kenny Broad
Name: Mitchell Rider Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / PhD Email: mitchell.rider@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Neil Hammerschlag Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Understanding movement dynamics of leatherback seaturtles in NW
Atlantic using Satellite Telemetry
Satellite Telemetry, Leatherback Turtles, Movement Ecology
Name: Deva Taylor Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Imelda Moise
Name: Abigail Tinari Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / MS Email: abigail.tinari@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Neil Hammerschlag Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Investigating the effects of artificial light at night on sharks in Biscayne Bay
Sharks, Artificial Light, Melatonin, Urbanization, Biscayne Bay
Name: Lynee Turek-Hankins Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Website: https://climateprep.rsmas.miami.edu/people/lynee-turek-hankins/index.html Email: lturek@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Katharine Mach Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Equitable policies that promote climate adaptation at the housing-energy-built environment nexus
climate adaptation, built environment, extreme heat, energy and environmental justice, complex systems,
climate policy, community engaged research
Name: Matthew Varkony Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / PhD Email: mvarkony@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Renato Molina Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Intersection between society and climate change. Specifically distributional impacts of disasters
Income Inequality, Extreme Events, Disasters, Economics, Poverty, Development
Name: Eddie Wintergalen Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Renato Molina
Name: Christopher Will Program / Degree: Marine Ecosystems and Society / PhD Email: christopher.will@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Catherine Macdonald Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Recovery potential of juvenile nurse sharks to catch-and-release recreational angling.
elasmobranch, physiology, recovery, recreational angling
Name: Lacey Williams Program / Degree: Marine Ecosystems and Society /MS Email: lacey.williams@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Neil Hammerschlag Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Evaluating the natural predatory interactions between great white sharks and seals in South Africa
predation, shark, mobbing, predator-prey ecology, anti-predatory behavior, South Africa
Name: Jeneva Wright Program / Degree: Environmental Science and Policy / Ph.D. Email: jeneva.wright@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Fritz Hanselmann Research Topic: Research Keywords:
climate change impacts to shipwrecks
underwater archaeology, climate change, potentially polluting shipwrecks, corrosion
Name: Anthony Bonacolta Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Website: https://twitter.com/AMBonacolta Email: anthony.bonacolta@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Javier del Campo Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Microbial Ecology
Marine Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Metagenomics
Name: Michael T. Connelly Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: mconnelly@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Coral immunology, host-microbe interactions and diseases
Coral reefs, genomics, innate immunity, symbioses, conservation
Name: David Deering Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / MS Email: david.deering@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Babcock, Joseph Serafy Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Mangrove forests as nurseries for juvenile fish.
Mangroves, Juvenile Fish, Salinity, Human Impact, Tropical Fish
Name: Amanda DeLiberto Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: amanda.deliberto@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Douglas Crawford Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Evolutionary patterns of Northern Fundulus heteroclitus populations
Fundulus heteroclitus, genomics, rapid evolution, population genetics, physiology
Name: Allyson DeMerlis Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Website: https://allysondemerlis.weebly.com, https://twitter.com/allydemerlis Email: allyson.demerlis@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Molecular mechanisms of coral resilience to environmental stress
and resistance to disease
Molecular biology, reef restoration, genomics, coral disease
Name: LaTreese Denson Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Fisheries / PhD Website: latreesedenson.com/ Email: ldenson@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Babcock Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Environmental effects on population dynamics, spatially and temporally,
and fisheries management
Stock assessment, population dynamics, recruitment, spatial structure,
fisheries management, Stock Synthesis
Name: Caroline Dennison Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: caroline.dennison@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Andrew Baker Research Topic: Coral-algal symbiosis and disease implications Research Keywords: coral reef ecology, coral, symbionts, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
Name: Melissa Drown Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: melissa.drown@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Douglas Crawford Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Rapid adaptation to changing environmental temperature in a small estuarial fish.
genomics, evolution, adaptation, fish physiology, Fundulus heteroclites
Name: Moritz Ehrlich Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Website: @EhrlichMo (Twitter) Email: moritz.ehrlich@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Marjorie Oleksiak Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Within-generation adaptation to ecological niches in Atlantic killifish
Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Ecology, Population Genetics,
Natural Selection, Physiology, Fundulus heteroclitus
Name: LeeAnn Frank Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: leeann.frank@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Martin Grosell Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Metabolic cost of osmoregulation in teleost fish<
Osmoregulation, metabolism, teleost, fish physiology, toadfish, environmental physiology
Name: Khadija Haider Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: khadija.haider@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Chris Langdon Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Identification of resistant corals and resistant genes to cope with the ocean acidification
Coral Reefs, Climate Change, Ocean Acidification
Name: Katherine Hardy Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-hardy-656520210 Email: katherine.hardy@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Andrew Baker Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Coral reproduction and juvenile resilience
Climate change, coral reproduction, resilience, cryopreservation, assisted evolution, symbiosis
Name: Kelsey Johnson-Sapp Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Website: linkedin.com/in/kelsey-johnson-sapp-960b5a75/ Email: kej31@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Andrew Baker Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Leveraging natural genetic dynamics to enhance coral restoration strategies
Coral, Coral Reef, Coral Restoration, Coral Ecology, Coral Genetics
Name: Richard Karp Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: rkarp@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Andrew Baker Research Topic: Coral resilience and adaptation Research Keywords:
Coral, genetics, transcriptomics, stress hardening, stress tolerance,
symbiont communities
Name: Patrick Kiel Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: pkiel@rsmas.miami.edu Website: https://patrickkiel.com Advisor: Dr. Vivek Prakash Research Topic: Investigating how biophysical and engineering properties modulate coral physiology and Research Keywords:
ecology
coral reefs, ecology, biophysics, engineering, restoration, ocean acidification, translational ecology
Name: McGuigan, Charles Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: cjm240@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Daniel Benetti Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Investigating the ontogeny of the American Red Snapper, Lutanus campechanus
Red snapper, aquaculture, larval development, metabolics
Name: Emma Pontes Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-pontes-97b492141/ Email: e.pontes1@umiami.edu Advisor: Dr. Chris Langdon Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Examining how low oxygen conditions affect coral physiology, especially in
combination with other stressors like increased temperature and reduced pH.
coral, ecology, ocean acidification, hypoxia, climate change, Acropora cervicornis
Name: Eric Randolph Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: eric.randolph@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Lynne Fieber Research Keywords: Aplysia, learning, teneurin
Name: Marissa Rykowski Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: m.rykowski@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Beth Babcock Research Topic: My dissertation focuses on anthropogenic effects, mainly bycatch, on the Research Keywords: oggerhead sea turtle, population dynamics, bycatch, Gulf of Mexico
loggerhead sea turtle.
Name: John Sebastiani Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: jts199@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Danielle McDonald Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Serotonin clearance and uptake mechanisms in vertebrates, serotonin as a hormone, hypoxia response
serotonin, 5-HT, toadfish, vertebrate physiology, pharmacology, hypoxia response
Name: Grace Snyder Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: grace.snyder@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Coral and other Cnidarian Cell Biology and genetics
Coral, immunity, cell, stem cells, transcriptomic, microbiome
Name: Bradley Weiler Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: bweiler@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Javier del Campo Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Marine microbiomes and coral disease
microbiome, pathobiome, coral, next-generation sequencing,
culturing, SSU rRNA
Name: Olivia (Liv) Williamson Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Website: livwilliamson.com/ Email: omw10@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Andrew Baker Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Enhancing resilience of Caribbean coral juveniles through manipulation of early symbiont communities
coral reef, symbiosis, coral restoration, assisted evolution, resilience, climate change,
coral bleaching, coral recruitment
Name: Adrianne Wilson Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: adrianne.wilson@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Babcock Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Age and Growth of Lane Snapper
Fish Population Structure, Quantitative Fisheries Ecology, Age and Growth, Stock Assessment,
Ecosystem Based Management
Name: Emily Yeager Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: emily.yeager@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Andrew Baker Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Coral-algal symbiosis and dysbiosis
Coral, algae, symbiosis, bleaching, marine environment, symbiont availability
Name: Benjamin Young Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: benjamin.young@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Genetic and microbial disease resistance and disease
dynamics in Acropora palmata
Disease, disease resistance, coral, transcriptomics,
metagenomics, acropora palmata
Name: Wenlong Zhang Program / Degree: Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD Email: wxz296@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Martin Grosell Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Environmental effects on invertebrate calcification
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Proteomic analysis
Name: Jorge Agobian Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Website: https://jnagobian.wixsite.com/rsmas Email: jagobian@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Keir Becker Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Hydrothermal circulation in spreading centers: fluid recharge vs. discharge
@ edges of abyssal hills
hydrothermal circulation, fluid discharge, fluid recharge, abyssal hills, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Pond
Name: Farzaneh Aziz Zanjani Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Website: farzanehzanjani.weebly.com Email: fzanjani@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Guoqing Lin Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Global assessment of Double Seismic Zones
Earthquake relocation, tomography, Moment tensor inversion,
Double Seismic Zones, Subduction zone
Name: Anna Bakker Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Email: annabakker@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Sam Purkis Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Remote sensing of coral reefs
remote sensing; coral reefs; spatial maps; resilience index
Name: Sara Bashah Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Website: https://sarabashah87.wixsite.com/carbonate Email: nbashah@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Gregor Eberli Research Topic: Research Keywords:
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OCEAN CURRENTS IN CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
Seismic Stratigraphy, Ocean Currents, Carbonate Drifts, Florida Current, Marion Plateau, Maldives
Name: Colleen Brown Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Email: colleen.brown@rsmas.miami.edu or cxb1085@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Amanda Oehlert Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Bridging paleoclimate to current and future climate predictors using stable isotopes in carbonates
Carbonates, diagenesis, isotopic fractionation, paleoclimate
Name: Anna Ling Program / Degree: Marine Geology and Geophysics / PhD Website: alingrsmas.wordpress.com Email: a.ling@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Gregor Eberli Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Influence of Ocean Currents on Carbonate Platform Drowning
Ocean Currents, Nutrients, Carbonate, Platform Drowning, Phosphorus,
Nitrogen, Microfacies
Name: Cecilia Lopez-Gamundi Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Email: Cecilia.Lopez-Gamundi@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Sam Purkis Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Sediment budget and hydrodynamics of the Great Bahama Bank
Carbonate sedimentology, sediment transport, hydrodynamics, Great Bahama Bank,
remote sensing
Name: Evan Moore Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Email: evan.moore@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Peter Swart Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Unconventional stable isotopes on carbonate sediment deposits, sulfate reduction, paleotemperatures
Isotopes, sulfur, boron, paleotemperatures, CO2, limestone, pore water
Name: Sara Mirzaee Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Website: https://saramirzaee.weebly.com Email: sara.mirzaee@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Falk Amelung Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Interferometric SAR Techniques and Applications
Geodesy, InSAR, Volcano, Modelling, Data Mining
Name: Megan Smith Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Email: megan.smith@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Peter Swart Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Using clumped & stable isotopes of carbonates to determine diagenesis & paleoenvironment conditions
Clumped Isotopes, Stable Isotopes, Carbonates, Diagenesis, Concretions, Modern Sediments, Sediment Cores
Name: Valeria Turino Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Email: valeria.turino@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Adam Holt Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Numerical modeling of subduction zones
subduction zones, subduction dynamics, geodynamics, numerical modeling
Name: Bhuvan Varugu Program / Degree: Marine Geosciences / PhD Website: bhuvankumaru.wordpress.com/ Email: bvarugu@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Falk Amelung Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Application of Space Geodesy for Volcanoes and Earthquakes
InSAR, Hawaiian Volcanoes, Geophysical modelling
Name: Elizabeth Vinarski Program / Degree: Marine Geology and Geophysics / PhD Email: ekv5@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Guoqing Lin Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Seismicity of Kilauea 2020 Eruption
seismicity, hawaiian vulcanism, earthquake relocation, forecasting
Name: Brooke Vitek Program / Degree: Marine Geology and Geophysics / PhD Email: brooke.vitek@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. R. Pamela Reid Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Multiscale Morphogenesis of Hamelin Pool Stromatolites
Stromatolites, geobiology, petrography, remote sensing, morphometric analysis
Name: Simge Bilgen Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: sbilgen@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Kirtman Research Topic: Research Keywords:
The Role of Ocean Eddies in the Southern Ocean Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing
Coupled Modeling, Air-Sea Interaction, Southern Ocean
Name: Leah Chomiak Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: leah.chomiak@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Denis Volkov (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM) Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Large-Scale Ocean Circulation, Repeat Hydrography, Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Dynamics
Circulation, Hydrography, Oceanography, Physical, Climate, Climate change
Name: Rebecca Evans Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Website: rebeccacevans.com Email: rebecca.evans@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. David Nolan Research Topic: Internal Inertia-Gravity Waves in Tropical Cyclones Research Keywords: Hurricanes, tropical cyclones, gravity waves, dynamics, convection
Name: Ryder Fox Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Website: kryderfox.com Email: krf44@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. David Nolan Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Microphysical impacts to deep convection
Microphysics, Hurricanes, Radar Observations, Numerical Weather Modeling, WRF
Name: Yu Gao Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: ygao@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Igor Kamenkovich Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Mesoscale air-sea interactions, using both regional and global high-resolution numerical models.
air-sea interaction, mesoscale circulation, numerical models, climate change
Name: Jimmy Ge Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: jimmy.ge@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. David Nolan Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Relative humidity evolution during tropical cyclogenesis
Hurricanes, tropical cyclogenesis, relative humidity, satellite meteorology,
remote sensing
Name: Matthew Grossi Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: matthew.grossi@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Tamay Ozgokmen Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Applying machine learning techniques to observational ocean data
ocean observation, field campaigns, ocean modeling, oceanic transport, machine learning,
neural networks, data exploration
Name: Luna Hiron Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: lhiron@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Lynn "Nick" Shay Research Topic: Research Keywords:
MDynamics of the Loop Current and associated frontal eddies in the Gulf of Mexico
Loop Current, Loop Current Frontal Eddies, mesoscale oceanography, eddy intensification,
ocean dynamics, Gulf of Mexico
Name: James Hlywiak Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Website: https://jameshlywiak.github.io/ Email: jhlywiak@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. David Nolan Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Hurricane Surface and Boundary Layer Physics
Hurricanes, Boundary Layer, Air-Sea Interactions, Oceanic Barrier Layers,
Numerical Modelling
Name: Chong Jia Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: chong.jia@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Peter J Minnett Research Topic: Improved Satellite Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature at High Latitude Research Keywords: Satellite Remote Sensing, SST, Algorithm, Arctic
Name: Lev Looney Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: lbl21@miami.edu Advisor: Gregory Foltz (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM) Research Topic: Research Keywords:
The driving forces of hurricane-induced ocean cooling
Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones, Air-Sea Interactions, Physical Oceanography, Numerical Modeling
Name: Yueyang Lu Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Website: https://yueyanglu.github.io/ Email: yueyang.lu@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Igor Kamenkovich Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Mesoscale eddy-induced transport in the ocean: significance, mechanism, and parameterization
Oceanic eddies, tracer transport, numerical models, parameterization
Name: Nektaria Ntaganou Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: nntaganou@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Vassiliki Kourafalou Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Role of mesocale eddies in the Gulf of Mexico/Loop Current System variability
LC system, LCFEs, WFAs, HYCOM, topographic controls
Name: Ivenis Pita Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Website: https://ivenispita.github.io/science_mode/ Email: ivenis.pita@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Gustavo Goni (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM) Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Influence of Western Boundary Currents on Coastal Sea Level
Sea Level, Coastal Variability, Brazil Current, Hydrography, Physical Oceanography
Name: Junfei Xia Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Website: http://junfeixia.com Email: junfei.xia@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Tamay M Ozgokmen Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Machine Learning for Submesoscale Characterization, Ocean Prediction, and Exploration
Machine Learning; Drifter; Submesoscale; Modeling; Ocean Prediction
Name: Xingchen Yang Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: xxy181@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Mohamed Iskandarani Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Quantifying model output response due to input uncertainties, investigating
Loop Current behavior
Uncertainty Quantification, loop current, loop current eddy
Name: Paloma Cartwright Program / Degree: Applied Marine Physics / PhD Website: https://palomacartwright.github.io/ Email: palomacartwright@earth.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Lisa Beal Research Topic: Florida Current and Sea Level Research Keywords: Sea Level Rise, Physical Oceanography, Ocean Heat, Florida Current
Name: Hanjing Dai Program / Degree: Applied Marine Physics / PhD Email: hdai@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Brian Haus Research Topic: Wind waves, their generation and propagation on the ocean surface. Research Keywords: Air-sea interaction, Wind waves, Surface oil transport, Gravity-capillary
waves, Ocean surface roughness
Name: Madeleine Dawson Program / Degree: Ocean Sciences / PhD Email: madeleine.dawson@rsmas.miami.edu Website: https://www.madeleinedawsonphd.com/ Advisor: Dr. Hans Graber Research Topic: Machine Learning Sea Ice Feature Extraction and Characterization from Synthetic Research Keywords: Remote Sensing, SAR, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Machine Learning
Aperture Radar Image
Name: Hope Elliott Program / Degree: Ocean Sciences / PhD Email: hee21@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Cassandra Gaston Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Nutrient deposition in the marine environment from aerosols/mineral dust
mineral dust, Saharan dust, iron limitation, phosphorus limitation, aerosol chemistry, geochemistry
Name: Lillian Henderson Program / Degree: Ocean Sciences Email: lillian.henderson@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Hilary Close Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Origin and transformations of organic matter in the water column
Biogeochemistry, stable isotopes, particulate organic matter, carbon and nitrogen cycling
Name: Gabrielle Ricche Program / Degree: Applied Marine Physics / PhD Email: gxr544@miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Hans Graber Research Topic: Detection and quantification of icebergs and their response to wind and currents using SAR imagery Research Keywords: remote sensing, icebergs, physical oceanography, climate, machine learning
Name: Peisen Tan Program / Degree: Ocean Sciences / PhD Email: peisen.tan@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Brian Haus Research Topic: Air-sea interaction and momentum transfer Research Keywords: Air-Sea Interaction, Waves, Coastal Resilience, Physical Oceanography,
Experimental Physics
Name: Paul Wojtal Program / Degree: Ocean Sciences / PhD Email: paul.wojtal@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Hilary Close Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Amino acid compound specific isotope analysis of organic material in the water column
Nutrient cycling, biogeochemistry, isotopes, nitrogen, carbon, organic matter
Name: Elizabeth Yanuskiewicz Program / Degree: Ocean Sciences / PhD Email: e.yanuskiewicz@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Hilary Close Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Composition and transformation of particulate organic matter in the
water column.
Biogeochemistry, naturally occurring stable isotopes, organic matter