Alumni
Recent Graduate Alumni – Where are they now?
Diamond VE Holloman
Ph.D., Ph.D., 2020 | Advisor(s): Gabriela ValdiviaResearch: Environmental Justice, hurricane recovery, critical urban ecology | ![]() |
Ph.D., Ph.D., 2020 | Advisor(s): Karl Castillo Research: Ocean acidification and ocean warming effects on Caribbean coral reefs | ![]() |
Ph.D., Ph.D., 2020 | Advisor(s): Joel Fodrie Research: Food web linkages, Habitat connectivity, Marine community ecology | ![]() |
Margit Bertalan
Ph.D., Ph.D., 2019 | Advisor(s): Paul LeslieResearch: Social-ecologial systems, wildlife conservation, community based conservation, East Africa | ![]() |
Ph.D., Ph.D., 2019 | Advisor(s): Jaye Cable Research: Groundwater-surface water interactions, hyporheic zone clogging, stable isotope geochemistry | ![]() |
Lauren Goodman
M.S., M.S., 2020 | Advisor(s): Alex Hearn & Jaye CableResearch: Using drone technology to geolocate shark nurseries | ![]() |
Erin Spencer
M.S., M.S., 2019 | Advisor(s): John BrunoResearch: Sustainable fisheries, marine protected area management, coral reef ecology | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2020 | Advisor(s): John Bruno Research: Coral reef ecology, marine conservation, fisheries reform, natural resource management | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2019 | Advisor(s): Peter White Research: Ecological biogeography; vegetation dynamics; species distribution modeling; soil moisture modeling and forest change in Great Smoky Mountains National Park | ![]() |
Matthew Kenworthy
Ph.D., 2019 | Advisor(s): Joel FodrieResearch: Estuarine ecosystem ecology, fish behavior and habitat use dynamics, coastal fish community dynamics | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2018 | Advisor(s): Joel Fodrie Research: Community assembly patterns, habitat restoration in marine communities | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2018 | Advisor(s): Robert Peet Research: Long-term forest dynamics, succession, climate change, long-term disturbance effects Now at: Assistant Professor of Biology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio | ![]() |
Samantha Tessel
Ph.D., 2018 | Advisor(s): Peter WhiteResearch: Plant ecology | ![]() |
Molly Jenkins
M.S., 2018 | Advisor(s): Allen HurlbertResearch: Working with data that spans large spatial or temporal scales, ornithology, and mountain/forest ecology | ![]() |
Olivia Torano
M.S., 2018 | Advisor(s): Michael PiehlerResearch: Freshwater ecology, aquatic vegetation, nutrient cycling Now at: Research Specialist, UNC Department of Marine Sciences Marchetti Lab | ![]() |
Genevieve Alexander
M.S., 2018 | Advisor(s): Peter WhiteResearch: Plant community composition & long term vegetation monitoring in Northern Minnesota Now at: The Nature Conservancy in Duluth, MN as a Research Assistant | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2017, M.S. | Advisor(s): Michael Piehler Research: Coastal watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, stormwater management Now at: Research Technician in the Piehler lab at UNC Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) in Morehead City, NC | ![]() |
Maggie Esch
Ph.D., 2017 | Advisor(s): Jaye CableResearch: Coastal and estuarine hydrological and biogeochemical processes Now at: Research Associate at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2017 | Advisor(s): Conghe Song Research: Landscape forest dynamics, remote sensing, land use land cover change, conservation Now at: Rice University Department of Statistics and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research as a Rice Academy of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellow | ![]() |
Bianca Lopez
Ph.D., 2017 | Advisor(s): Peter WhiteResearch: Urbanization and its effects on plant communities Now at: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) in Annapolis, MD | ![]() |
Anthony Mayer
M.S., 2017 | Advisor(s): Alan WeakleyResearch: Restoration ecology Now at: Elon University - Loy Farm Sustainability Lab, Adjunct Professor | ![]() |
Samuel Sellers
Ph.D., 2017 | Advisor(s): Pam Jagger and Richard BilsborrowResearch: Evaluating population-health-environment interventions that combine programming in reproductive health and coastal conservation Now at: USAID Office of Forestry and Biodiversity in a AAAS Fellow position as a Biodiversity Specialist | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2017 | Advisor(s): Todd BenDor Research: Climate Change Adaptation; Environmental Policy and Planning Now at: Assistant Professor at Texas A&M in the Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Department | ![]() |
Hannah Palko
M.S., 2017 | Advisor(s): Lindsay DubbsResearch: Environmental impacts of salinity gradient energy as a form of renewable energy on the NC coast Now at: Central Cabarrus High School (NC), teaching biology and AP environmental science | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2016 | Advisor(s): Robert Peet Research: Invasive species ecology, community ecology, population dynamics Now at: Assistant Professor of Biology at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2016 | Advisor(s): Charles Mitchell Research: Disease Ecology Now at: Lecturing Fellow of the Thompson Writing Program, Duke University, Durham, NC | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2016 | Advisor(s): Peter White Research: Plant community dynamics, functional trait ecology Now at: The University of Bayreuth, Disturbance Ecolgoy Department as a Post-Doctorial Scholar | ![]() |
Limei Ran
Ph.D., 2015 | Advisor(s): Larry BandResearch: Land surface processes for meteorological and air quality modeling Now at: National Exposure Research Laboratory Office of Research and Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | ![]() |
Brian Evans
Ph.D., 2014 | Advisor(s): Allen HurlbertResearch: Quantitative ecology Now at: Smithsonian Institution | ![]() |
Susan Caplow
Ph.D., 2014 | Advisor(s): Pamela JaggerResearch: Human Ecology, Environmental Education, Policy Now at: University of Montevallo, Alabama | ![]() |
Rachel Gittman
Ph.D., 2014 | Advisor(s): John Bruno & Pete PetersonResearch: Human development impacts on coastal ecology Now at: Assistant Professor at East Carolina University (ECU), Department of Biology | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2014 | Advisor(s): Robert Peet and Alan Weakley Research: Plant community ecology, biogeography Now at: University of Wyoming | ![]() |
Jackie White
Ph.D., 2014 | Advisor(s): Robert PeetResearch: Riparian plant communities, disturbance regimes, resilience | ![]() |
Andrea Anton Gamanzo
Ph.D., 2013 | Advisor(s): Pete PetersonResearch: Coral reef ecology Now at: Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2013 | Advisor(s): Paul Leslie Research: Social-dimensions of conservation; resilience; pastoralism; rangeland ecology; dryland rivers Now at: North Central Climate Center, Colorado State University | ![]() |
Jeffrey Muehlbauer
Ph.D., 2013 | Advisor(s): Martin DoyleResearch: River ecology Now at: USGS, Flagstaff, Arizona | ![]() |
Ph.D., 2012 | Advisor(s): Charles Mitchell Research: Invasion microbial ecology Now at: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University | ![]() |