Matthew Bethel

Project Manager/Research Associate at PIES Coastal Research Lab, remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications, and specializes in the classification of vegetation with geospatial technologies and the quantification of landscape/habitat changes.

Sarah Fearnley

Research Associate IV and Laboratory Manager. The geochemistry of natural and restored habitats, particularly soil structure and function as well as water quality applications. Water quality analysis including nutrient determination using a Liquid Chromatograph and Total Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Analyzer; soil property analysis including total carbon and nitrogen determination using a FlashEA 1112 Elemental Analyzer and determination of basic soil physical properties, including bulk density, moisture content, and particle size.

Ioannis Georgiou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Laboratory Director. Environmental Hydraulics; computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling; Coastal Hydrodynamics; Water Quality Modeling; Stormwater Management; Rainfall-Induced Infiltration Inflow; Wave Dynamics and Sediment Transport.

Heather Gordon

Research Associate. Educational field trip guide, Wetland educator for high school students and teachers, Water quality analysis, Intimate knowledge of local geology and cultural history and pre-history, Research, Production of curriculum & multi-media educational products, Map making, Surveying, Phase I, II, & III Archaeological Investigations

Joe M. King, Ph.D.

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs. Agal Taxonomy; Phytoplankton Ecology; Aquatic Toxicology; Water Quality Assessments; Ecology; Invasive Species.

Mark Kulp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Laboratory Director, Geology of the northern Gulf Coast with a special emphasis on the sedimentary framework of the Mississippi River delta system and evolution of the Louisiana coastal plain in response to changes in sediment supply, sea-level rise, and subsidence.

Alex McCorquadale, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng.

Professor and Laboratory Director. Physical and Numical Modeling in Environmental Hydraulics; Settling Tank Hydrodynamics; Lake and River Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport; Contaminated Sediments; Transient Analysis of Water Systems; Coastal Engineering; Stormwater Management.

Dinah F. Maygarden, M.A.

Research Associate and Coastal Wetland Educational Program Manager. Coastal Wetlands Science Education and Public Outreach; Environmental and Coastal Science; Coastal Habitats.

Michael D. Miner, Ph.D.

Research Associate and Geologist. Late Quaternary coastal evolution; Barrier island and tidal inlet morphodynamics and stratigraphy; Coastal zone response to sea level rise; Seafloor mapping and historical seafloor data integration for applications to morphological evolution, sediment transport trends and sea level rise; Transgressive stratigraphy.

Deepak Mishra, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Laboratory Director. Deepak Mishra, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Laboratory Director. Remote Sensing of Wetlands, Estuaries, Coastal and Open Ocean Waters; Geospatial Analysis/Satellite Image Analysis; Environmental Remote Sensing; Ocean Optics and Satellite Oceanography.

Martin O’Connell, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Laboratory Director. Biological Sciences; Fish Biology; Fisheries Management; Conservation Biology; Nekton Research; Freshwater Mussel Ecology; Invasive Species.

Michael A. Poirrier, Ph.D.

Professor and Laboratory Director. Biological Sciences; Coastal Conservation Biology; Benthic Invertebrate Zoology; Coastal Restoration and Management of Submersed Aquatic Habitats: Shellfish, Estuarine Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV), Seagrass, and Artificial Reefs; Water Quality; Invasive Species.

Karen E. Ramsey

Research Associate and Assistant to the Director. Coastal Geology and Processes; Sea Level Rise and Subsidence Processes; Sand Resources; Shoreline Habitat Mapping; Research Contracts, Grants and Personnel Management.

Denise J. Reed, Ph.D.

Professor and Laboratory Director. Wetland Geomorphology and Processes; Sediment Dynamics; Wetland Soils; Coastal Restoration Science; Marsh Management; Marsh Hydrology.

Thomas M. Soniat, Ph.D.

Professor/Research, Biological Sciences; Oyster Biology; Estuarine Ecology; Conservation and Restoration of Oyster Reefs; Freshwater Requirements of Oysters; Oyster Fisheries Management, Oyster Disease Dynamics.

Patricia M. Williams, PhD, DABT

Associate Professor and Laboratory Co-ordinator.

Brendan Yuill.

Research Associate V. Fluvial & coastal geomorphology, Sediment transport & erosion, Resource economics & planning.