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The Lab
Researchers & Staff

Pelayo Menéndez
Postdoctoral fellow
Climate risk, coastal adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Rae Taylor-Burns
PhD Candidate
Climate adaptation and coastal dynamics, hazards, and ecosystems

Ted Liu
Graduate Student
Financial risks and costs of climate change, economic resilience

Megan Kelso
Postdoctoral fellow
Nature-based risk reduction, assessments, and risk transfer tools

Austen Stovall
Researcher/Coordinator
Coastal engineering, adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Brook Constantz
Graduate RA
Graduate research in Environmental Studies & Coastal Resilience

Stephan Bitterwolf
PhD Candidate
Coral gene expression biomarkers, ecosystem services, and restoration

Ben Norris
Coastal Modeler
Nearshore processes and hydrodynamics of aquatic ecosystems

Camila Gaido
Coastal Modeler
Coastal engineering, adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Ian Costello
MFA Student
Botanically accurate procedural vegetation growth in game engines
Affiliated Researchers
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