Recent Graduate Alumni

2019, PhD
Joel Fodrie
Movement ecology and habitat utilization of estuarine fish

2019, PhD
Hans Paerl
Organic Nitrogen cycling in freshwater and estuarine ecosystems
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Carey Lab at Virgina Tech

Carter Smith, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Peterson Lab Member

2019, PhD
Pete Peterson
Coastal ecology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Silliman Lab at Duke University Marine Lab

2019, MS
Rachel Noble
Coastal microbial ecology

Jessamin Straub is a graduate student and Rodriguez Lab Member within the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC-CH

2019, MS
Antonio Rodriguez
Marine Science
2020 Knauss Marine Policy Fellow at the Army Engineer Research and Development Center

2018, PhD
Joel Fodrie
Landscape, restoration, and community ecology; understanding how structured habitats affect ecological communities at landscape scales

2018, PhD
Hans Paerl
Biogeochemical Cycling
Now a: Postdoctoral Researcher at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, FL - Working in Jim Fourqurean’s lab (SERL) studying the carbon biogeochemistry of South Florida seagrass beds

Jie Gao, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Luettich Lab Member

2018, PhD
Rick Luettich
Numerical modeling of storm surge under hurricanes using coupled ocean-wave models, physics of the air-sea interface, influence of waves on surface momentum flux

2018, PhD
Pete Peterson
Marine Ecology & Conservation
Postdoctoral fellow with the South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction & Conservation (SEZARC) and a visiting scholar at the Duke University Marine Lab

2018, PhD
Hans Paerl
Phytoplankton bloom dynamics

Kelsey Jesser, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Noble Lab Member

2018, PhD
Rachel Noble
Coastal microbial ecology
NIEHS NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Levy Research Group at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health

2018, MS
Tony Rodriguez
Land use and ecogeomorphology in coastal watersheds

2018, MS
Joel Fodrie
Oyster community ecology, estuarine disturbance ecology, invertebrate and fish habitat utilization
Oregon First Nations Oyster Biologist

Olivia Torano, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Piehler Lab Member

2018, MS
Mike Piehler
Freshwater ecology, aquatic vegetation, nutrient cycling
Lab Manager and Research Scientist, Marchetti Lab, UNC Chapel Hill

2017, PhD
Joel Fodrie
Oyster Larval Connectivity
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fish and Aquatic Conservation

Erika Young is a UNC Institute of Marine Sciences graduate student and a Peterson Lab Member

2017, PhD
Pete Peterson
Influences of shoreline stabilization structures on nekton and birds in salt marshes
Lecturer at UNC Pembroke

2017, PhD
Tony Rodriguez
Oyster reef geoecology
Duke Marine Lab (DUML), Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab

2017, MS
Niels Lindquist
Alternative Substrates for Oyster Reef Restoration and Bioeroding Sponges in NC Estuaries
Independent Contractor at Sandbar Oyster Company

Jess Smith, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Luettich Lab Member

2017, MS
Rick Luettich
Physical modeling and mapping
UNC at Chapel Hill, BeAM Makerspace

2017, MS
Rachel Noble
Stormwater quality and public health, molecular microbial monitoring methods, coastal recreation

Ethan Theuerkauf is a UNC Institute of Marine Sciences graduate student and a Rodriguez Lab Member

2016, PhD
Antonio Rodriguez
Examining the role of framework geology on shoreline response; Quantifying barrier island carbon budgets
Coastal Geologist State of Illinois