Post Doc (McGlathery) Research Interests: Dynamics and drivers of “blue carbon” sequestration in seagrass meadows, salt marshes, and mangrove forests Email: ce8dp@virginia.edu Twitter: @carolynjewers
Ph.D. & Post Doc, 2018 – Advisor: Karen Mcglathery Dissertation: Seagrass as a Coastal Filter: Investigating the Role of Seagrass Meadows in Mediating Nitrogen Cycling in Shallow Coastal Lagoons. Current Location: Postdoc, Cornell University
Amelie Berger
Ph.D., 2021 –Advisor:Peter Berg Dissertation:Long-term aquatic eddy covariance measurements of seagrass metabolism and ecosystem response to warming oceans Current Location:Traveling
Luke Cole
Ph.D., 2011–Advisor:Karen Mcglathery Dissertation:Inputs and fluxes of nitrogen in the Virginia coastal bays: Effects of newly-restored seagrasses on the nitrogen cycle. Current Location:Associate Director for Resilient Communities and Watersheds
Marie Lise Delgard
Ph.D & Post Doc., 2018– Advisor:Peter Berg Dissertation:Major biogenic elements in coastal zones and on the interactions between macrophytes and biogeochemical cycles in these environments Current Location:Private Industry
Jennifer Hansen
Ph.D., 2013 – Advisor:Matthew Reidenbach Dissertation:The effects of waves and turbulence on sediment suspension and mixing within seagrass ecosystems. Current Location: Environmental Scientist with the Natural Resources Management Department of Brevard County, Florida
Kim Holzer
Ph.D., 2010 – Advisor:Karen Mcglathery Dissertation:Interactive effects of herbivory and nutrient enrichment on seagrass ecosystems Current Location:Sustainability Officer, Schweitzer Mountain Resort
Andrew Hume
M.S., 2008–Advisor:Peter Berg & Karen McGlathery Thesis: Dissolved oxygen fluxes and ecosystem metabolism in an eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow measured with the novel eddy correlation technique Current Location:PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Matt Long
Ph.D., 2018 – Advisor:Peter Berg & Jay Zieman Dissertation:Using Eddy Correlation to Understand the Impacts of Hydrodynamics, Irradiance, and Surface Area on Ecosystem Metabolism Dynamics in Coral Reefs, Seagrass Meadows, and Ice Sheets Current Location:Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Meredith Ferdie Muth
Ph.D., 2009 – Advisor:Karen Mcglathery & Jay Zieman Dissertation:Disturbance, gap recovery and patch dynamics of species-rich tropical seagrass communities Current Location: NOAA CLimate Program Office, NIDIS Team, Regional Drought Information Manager
Matthew Oreska
Ph.D., 2018– Advisor:Karen McGlathery Dissertation:Blue Carbon Benefits of Seagrass Restoration Current Location:White House Office of Management and Budget
Laura K. Reynolds
Ph.D., 2012 – Advisor:Karen Mcglathery Dissertation:Genetic diversity and structure of natural and restored seagrass meadows on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: Causes and ecological consequences Current Location:Assistant Professor at the University of Florida
Jennie Rheuban
M.S., 2013 – Advisor:Peter Berg & Karen Mcglathery Thesis:Oxygen metabolism in restored eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) meadows measured by eddy correlation Current Location:Research Coordinator, Woods Hole Sea Grant (WHSG)
Emily Thomas
M.S., 2014– Advisor:Matthew Reidenbach Thesis: Influence of Zostera marina on Wave Dynamics, Sediment Suspension, and Bottom Boundary Layer Development within a Shallow Coastal Bay Current Location: Hydrologic Engineer working at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation-San Joaquin River Restoration Program
Ross Timmerman
M.S., 2014– Advisor:Matthew Reidenbach Thesis:Biophysical Controls on Sediment Suspension in a Shallow Coastal Bay Current Location:Research Data Analyst at Scripps Institute of Oceanography
