STUDENTS

JP Balmonte
John Paul Balmonte

Office: 3305 Venable/Murray Hall
Email: balmonte@email.unc.edu
Co-Advisers: Andreas Teske and Carol Arnosti

Area of Interest: Linking community dynamics and ecosystem function of aquatic and marine bacteria to understand their role in global carbon cycling.


Jesse Bikman
Jesse Bikman

Office: 3305 Venable/Murray Hall
Email: jbikman@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Rick Luettich

Area of Interest: Mathematical Hurricane/Ocean Modeling


Michelle Brodeur
Michelle Brodeur

Office: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC
Email: mbrodeur@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Joel Fodrie




Jamie Browne
Jamie Browne

Office: 3105C Venable/Murray Hall
Email: jbrowne8@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Adrian Marchetti

Area of Interest: Phytoplankton Community Transcriptomics


Avery Bullock Lab
Avery Bullock

Office: 3305 Venable Hall
Email: averykb@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Carol Arnosti

Area of Interest: Marine Nutrient Processing


Zena Cardman
Zena Cardman

Office: 3105A Venable/Murray Hall
Email: cardman@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Andreas Teske

Area of Interest: Hydrothermal Vent Microbiology


Natalie Cohen
Natalie Cohen

Office: 3305 Venable/Murray Hall
Email: cnatalie@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Adrian Marchetti

Area of Interest: Phytoplankton Physiology


Sara Coleman
Sara Coleman

Office: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC
Email: colemase@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Joel Fodrie

Area of Interest: Oyster Reef Ecology


Luke Dodd
Luke Dodd

Office: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC
Email: lfdodd@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Mike Piehler

Area of Interest: Oyster Reef Ecology


Linghan Dong
Linghan Dong

Office: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC
Email: lhdong@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Hans Paerl

Area of Interest: Phytoplankton Bloom Dynamics


Emily Elliott
Emily Elliott

Email: timmonse@email.unc.edu
Co-Advisers: Brent McKee and Antonio Rodriguez

Area of Interest: Coastal and Fluvial Geology


Jie Gao
Jie Gao

Office: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC
Email: jiegao@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Rick Luettich

Area of Interest: Use of Numerical Models to Study Hurricane Induced Storm Surge and Inundation


Emily Gray
Emily Gray

Office: 3307 Venable Hall
Email: ergray@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Jaye Cable

Area of Interest: Biogeochemical Cycling


jgunnell
John Gunnell

Office: 3105D Murray Hall
Email: johngun@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Brent McKee

Area of Interest: Sediment Geochemistry and Radiology


hoarfrost
Adrienne Hoarfrost

Office: 3105A Murray Hall
Email: horcrux@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Carol Arnosti




hoer
Dan Hoer

Email: hoer@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Christopher Martens

Area of Interest: Carbon and Nitrogen Biogeochemistry


horvath
Kimmaree Horvath

Office: 3105A Murray Hall
Email: horvathk@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Justin Ries

Area of Interest: Climate Changes and Coral


ajalowska
Anna Jalowska

Office: 3117Y Murray Hall
Email: jalowska@email.unc.edu
Co-Advisers: Brent McKee and Antonio Rodriguez

Area of Interest: The source of nutrients and particles, their remobilization, transport and contribution to global circulation


jihyuk-kim
Jihyuk Kim

Office: 3117X Murray Hall
Email: jhk@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Jaye Cable

Area of Interest: Coastal Hydrology and Geochemistry


Caleb King Sea Turtle
Caleb King

Email: cking7@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Chris Martens

Area of Interest: Biogeochemical Cycling


ian-kroll
Ian Kroll

Office: 3305 Venable Hall
Email: ikroll@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Joel Fodrie

Area of Interest: Oyster Larval Connectivity


kellen-lauer
Kellen Lauer

Office: 3105A Murray Hall
Email: kclauer@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Rachel Noble

Area of Interest: Estuarine Water Quality


ljmckay
Luke Mckay

Office: 3117N Murray Hall
Email: ljmckay@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Andreas Teske

Area of Interest: Hydrothermal Vent Microbiology


monbureau
Elaine Monbureau

Office: 3117V Murray Hall
Email: emonbure@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Brian White

Area of Interest: Fluid Dynamics


carley-moreno
Carly Moreno

Office: 3105B Murray Hall
Email: cmmoreno@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Adrian Marchetti

Area of Interest: Phytoplankton Molecular Physiology


Joe Morton
Joe Morton

Office: 3105B Murray Hall
Email: jpmorton@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Charles “Pete” H. Peterson

Area of Interest: Ecological Parasitology


muglia
Mike Muglia

Office: UNC Coastal Studies Institute on Roanoke Island, (Skyco) North Carolina
Email: muglia@csi.northcarolina.edu
Advisor: Harvey Seim

Area of Interest: Coastal Physical Oceanography


inigro
Lisa Nigro

Office: 3309 Venable Hall
Email: lmnigro@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Andreas Teske

Area of Interest: Brine Microbial Ecology


pflaumer
Amy Pflaumer

Office: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC
Email: pflaumer@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Hans Paerl

Area of Interest: Cyanobacterial Toxin Production


justin-ridge
Justin Ridge

Office: 3105C Murray Hall
Email: jtridge@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Antonio Rodriguez

Area of Interest: Oyster Reef Geoecology


smyth
Ashley Smyth

Office: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC
Email: arsmyth@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Michael Piehler

Area of Interest: Estuarine Biogeochemical Cycling


etheuerkauf
Ethan Theuerkauf

Office: UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC
Email: ejtheu@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Antonio Rodriguez

Area of Interest: Examining the role of framework geology on shoreline response; Quantifying barrier island carbon budgets.


isaac-westfield
Isaac Westfield

Office: 3309 Venable Hall
Email: isaactw@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Justin Ries

Area of Interest: Carbon Sequestration Geochemistry. See Isaac's website at: https://sites.google.com/site/isaactwunc/.


caitlin-white
Caitlin White

Office: 3105B Murray Hall
Email: whitecai@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Michael Piehler

Area of Interest: Estuarine Nutrient Cycling


tyang
Tingting Yang

Office: 3117L Murray Hall
Email: tingtiny@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Andreas Teske

Area of Interest: Microbial Community Dynamics of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill


erika-young
Erika Young

Office: UNC-Pembroke
Email: elyoung@email.unc.edu
Advisor: Charles “Pete” H. Peterson




Anna and Sungduk extruding a core
Sungduk Yu

Office: 3117X Murray Hall
Email: sungduk@unc.edu
Advisor: Brian White

Area of Interest: Environmental Fluid Mechanics


zemskova
Barbara Zemskova

Office: 3307 Venable Hall
Email: zemskova@live.unc.edu
Advisor: Brian White

Area of Interest: Fluid Dynamics