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Active GCE Personnel

Project Administrators and Managers
Merryl Alber, Project Director
Steve Pennings, Field Director
Wade Sheldon, Information Manager
Amanda Spivak, Co-Project Director
Project Investigators
Clark Alexander, Marine Geology
Jeb Byers, Marine Community and Population Ecology
Renato Castelao, Physical Oceanography
Daniela Di Iorio, Physical Oceanography
Dean Hardy, Human-Environment Geography
Austin Heil, Science Education, Schoolyard Coordinator
Nik Heynen, Political Ecology
Christine Hladik, Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology
Joel Kostka, Marine Microbiology
Patricia Medeiros, Organic and Isotope Geochemistry
Christof Meile, Biogeochemical Modeling
Deepak Mishra, Remote Sensing
Georgianne Moore, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Jimmy Nelson, Ecosystem Ecology
Jessica O'Connell, Wetland Plant Ecology and Remote Sensing
Craig Osenberg, Ecology and Ecophysiology
John Schalles, Remote Sensing
Lori Sutter, Tidal Marsh Ecology
Victor Thompson, Anthropology
John Wares, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Conservation
Alicia Wilson, Groundwater Hydrology
Shelby Ziegler, Coastal Ecology and Conservation
Affiliated Investigators
John Carroll, Estuarine community ecology
Chris Craft, Wetlands Ecology and Soils
Brian Hopkinson, Marine Ecophysiology
Chuck Hopkinson, Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Dionne Hoskins-Brown, Fisheries Biology
Zoe Hughes, Coastal Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport
Wenwen Liu, Community Ecology
Giulio Mariotti, Coastal Processes
Project Staff
Robert Dunn, Research Professional (Pennings)
Carey Garland, Research Archaeologist (Thompson)
Peter Hawman, Post-doctoral Associate (Mishra)
Io Hennessy, Administrative Assistant (Alber)
Kyle Krezdorn, Research Professional (Alexander)
Piero Mazzini, GCE Faculty Scholar
Bryant Miller, Research Professional (Moore)
Brett Parbus, Post-doctoral Associate (Thompson)
CJ Pell, Post-doctoral Associate (Moore)
Joey Reustle, GCE Faculty Scholar
Jessica Riekenberg, Lab Technician (Spivak)
Savannah Rigdon, Sapelo Field Technician
Mike Robinson, GIS Specialist (Alexander)
Kyle Runion, Post-doctoral Associate (Mishra)
Joan Sheldon, Data Analyst and Modeler
CJ Sides, Sapelo Field Technician
James Solow, Post-doctoral Associate (Di Iorio)
Claudia Venherm, Research Professional (Alexander)
John Williams, Sapelo Field Research Coordinator
Zhicheng Yang, Post-doctoral Associate (Alber/Alexander)
Graduate Students
Mitchelle Agonsi, Castelao Ph.D. Student
Addie Band, Byers Ph.D. Student
Emanuella Bosompemaa Obeng, Hladik M.S. Student
Alan Cai, O'Connell Ph.D. Student
Lalah Choice, Reustle M.S. Student
Sandesh Dallakoti, Moore M.S. Student
Gbenga Demehin, Osenberg M.S. Student
Ajay Devda, O'Connell Ph.D. Student
Steve Fitzpatrick, Meile Ph.D. Student
Claudia Franco, Pennings Ph.D. Student
Delancey Griffin, Thompson Ph.D. Student
Britany Guo, Spivak Ph.D. Student
Eamon Hennessy, Pennings Ph.D. Student - Graduate Student Rep.
Asa Julien, Mishra M.S. Student
Gabie Krueger, Kostka Ph.D. Student
Tyler Lynn, Alber/Mishra Ph.D. Student
Robbyn McKellop, Thompson Ph.D. Student
Clara Mitchell, Nelson M.S. Student
Paul Okrah, Meile Ph.D. Student
Arman Oliazadeh, Mishra Ph.D. Student
Kalpana Patabendige, Pennings Ph.D. Student
Matt Pierce, Byers Ph.D. Student
Lucia Rameriz-Joeseph, Nelson Ph.D. Student
Alec Reeb, Mishra M.S. Student
Jennifer Ruiz, Pennings M.S. Student
Hossain Sammi, Moore Ph.D. Student
Rajneesh Sharma, Mishra Ph.D. Student
Jacob Simon, Hopkinson Ph.D. Student
Margaret Staller, Byers Ph.D. Student
Xin Yan, Mishra Ph.D. Student
Nikki Zhang, Spivak Ph.D. Student
Partners
Ethan Bourque, SINERR Research Coordinator (SINERR)
Megan Conger, Assistant Research Scientist, UGA Center for Applied Isotope Studies
Nuette Gordon, UGAMI Assistant Director for Academics (UGAMI)
Rachel Guy, SINERR Reserve Manager (SINERR)
Fred Hay, Sapelo Island Manager, GA DNR
Ellen Herbert, SALTEx Collaborator (Ducks Unlimited)
Nick Macias, UGAMI Assistant Director for Operations (UGAMI)
Jonah Rigdon, UGA Marine Institute Liaison (UGAMI)
Jack Sandow, Altamaha Water Quality Consultant
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959, OCE-1237140, OCE-1832178 and OCE-2425396. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.