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Principal Investigator

 

Rachel Noble
Mary and Watts Hill Jr. Distinguished Professor: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and the Department of Marine Sciences
Assistant Director: Institute for the Environment, Morehead City Field Site
rtnoble@email.unc.edu

 

Current Members

 

Tami Bennett
Institute of Marine Sciences Research Technician
tamib@email.unc.edu
 
Denene Blackwood
Institute of Marine Sciences Research Analyst, and Laboratory Manager
denene@email.unc.edu
 
Mark Ciesielski, IMS
Department of Marine Sciences masters student
mciesi3@unc.edu
 
Tom Clerkin
Institute of Marine Sciences Research Technician
tclerkin@live.unc.edu
 
Carly Dinga
Undergraduate researcher and previous Morehead City field site student, honors thesis fall 2020
carly22@live.unc.edu
 
Bryn Foster
Morehead City field site undergraduate researcher
brynf@live.unc.edu
 
Matt Price, IMS
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, PhD candidate
mtprice@email.unc.edu
 
Joe Purifoy
Captain
 

Mark Stoops, IMS
Department of Marine Sciences masters student
majastoo@email.unc.edu
 
 

Lab Alumni

Grad Students

Jennifer Hsieh 2005 MPH NYC Health
Tanya Bean-McGhee 2005 MS Pitt Community College
Jason Gregory 2005 MS LA county sanitation districts
Angela Coulliette 2008 PhD CDC
Reagan Converse 2009 PhD
Leigh-Anne Krometis 2009 PhD Virginia Tech
Curtis Stumpf 2011 PhD Crystal Diagnostics
Sandra Mesquita 2012 PhD Universidade do Algarve
Raul Gonzalez 2013 PhD HRSD Environmental Scientist
Kellen Lauer 2015 MS Environmental Business Specialists, LLC
Justin Hart 2017 MS Debra Shore Commissioner Office, Chicago
Kelsey Jesser 2018 PhD University of Washington
Matthew Price 2020 PhD

Postdocs

Kathy Conn USGS
J. Steve Fries 2007 EPA
Mussie Habteselassie University of Georgia
Marc Verhougstraete 2013 University of Arizona
Brett Froelich 2018 GMU

Visiting

Simone Raszl 2015 PhD PAHO/ PANAFTOSA-WHO
Diana António Mestre PhD Scientific Officer at European Chemicals Agency

Undergraduates

Kelly (Stewart) Ginger 2005 Undergrad Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc
Zachary Williams 2006 Undergrad REU NC State PhD student
Brentley McNeill 2007 Undergrad Point Reyes National Seashore Association
Sarah Hatcher 2010 Undergrad REU Epidemiologic Intelligence Service Officer
Sarah Rhodes 2011 Undergrad REU Occupational Disease Consultant at University of Toronto
Chelsea Berg 2011 Undergrad REU EPA (RTP)
Marie English 2013 Undergrad University of Tennessee, Graduate Student
Sara Posey 2013 Undergrad Mainspring Conservation Trust, Inc.
Alexandra Snedeker 2013 Undergrad Asia School of Business, Marketing Manager
Mary Jo Weiss 2013 Undergrad REU US Navy, Industrial Hygienist
Maite Ghazaleh 2014 Undergrad Postdoc, UNC
Alexandra Lorentz 2014 Undergrad Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Ph D program
Allison Kline 2014 Undergrad (finished masters at UW in 2019)
Ryan Leighton 2015 Undergrad University of South Carolina, Graduate student
Carly Dinga 2019 Undergrad
Sunny Choi Undergrad
Doug McIntyre Undergrad Environmental Air Team Supervisor at Chevron Licensed Attorney
Jereka Parker-Hunt Undergrad
Zeph Pendleton Undergrad Stanford University, Research Assistant
Sarah Hiser Undergrad REU SAS Data Scientist
Michael McKay Glasglow Undergrad REU
Steven Morgan Undergrad REU
Kate Morrison Undergrad REU Senior Scientist and Project Manager at Wood Environment
Luke Myers Undergrad REU Equity Shield Services
Jennifer Parker Undergrad REU
Maria Walker Undergrad REU Tufts Health Plan
Stephanie Walker Undergrad REU Senior Risk Consultant at Traveler’s