Members

PI - Dr. Matthew Brand

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Research Interests

  • Stochastic Hydrologic Modeling
  • Environmental Economics and Finance
  • Microplastic and Trash Fate and Transport
  • Marsh Accretion Modeling 
  • Sea-Level Rise Adaptation

Postdocs

Dr. Sam Zapp

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Research Interests

  • Wetland Accretion Modeling
  • Flood Risk
  • Environmental Economics

 

Dr. Mariam Valladares Castellanos

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Research Interests

  • Water Quality Modeling
  • Ecosystem service (ES) mapping and quantification
  • Geospatial analysis
  • Decision-support ES frameworks

 

Dr. Michael Lewis

 
Research Interests

  • Compound flooding
  • Urban flood impacts
  • Plastics pollution externality quantification

 

PhD Students

Taofiq Yusuf

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Research Interests

  • Flood Risk Management
  • Wetland Restoration
  • Sea Level Rise Adaptation

Luke Mangney

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Research Interests

  • Hydrologic Modeling
  • Environmental Impact Bonds
  • Post-Wildfire Debris Flows

Nipa Chakroborthy

 

Research Interests

  • Hydrodynamic modeling
  • Coastal wetland restoration
  • Flood risk and sea-level rise adaptation
  • Environmental economics

 

Undergraduate Researchers

Hannah Rothman

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Research Interests

  • Novel Remote Sensing Techniques
  • Plastic fate and transport

 

Matthew Weirich 

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Research Interests

  • Novel Remote Sensing Techniques
  • Machine Learning and Image Processing
  • Plastic fate and transport in aquatic ecosystems

Rosa Adames-Incer

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Research Interests

  • Wetland restoration
  • Green infrastructure