Faculty & Staff
Department of Geography & Geology:
| Name | Position | Research/Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Joanne Halls |
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator Director of the Spatial Analysis Lab |
Coastal land use, tidal creek watershed modeling, marine GIS, ecosystem and environmental GIS, health GIS |
| Dr. Peng Gao |
Assistant Professor |
GIS, Climate Extremes, Landscape Ecology |
| Dr. Eman Ghoneim |
Professor Director of the Remote Sensing Research Lab |
Desert, coastal and environmental remote sensing, natural hazard GIS, water resource and landscape change detection modeling |
| Dr. Narcisa Pricope |
Associate Professor Director of the Socio-Environmental Analysis Lab |
Land change science and human-environment interactions |
Department of Environmental Studies:
| Name | Position | Research/Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jeff Hill | Professor & Department Chair | Recreational use of coastal resources |
| Dr. Jamie Rotenberg | Associate Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator | Coodinator of the Painted Bunting observer team (BPOT) project |
| Dr. Devon Eulie | Assistant Professor | Coastal processes, hazards, and management |
Department of Biology and Marine Biology:
| Name | Position | Research/Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Michael Durako |
Professor |
Coastal botany and Florida Bay seagrasses |
| Dr. Ann Pabst |
Professor |
Marine mammalogy of Sarasota Bay dolphins |
| Dr. Steve Emslie | Professor | Mapping coastal and terrestrial birds such as the blue footed boobies of Peru and Cranes in Asia |
Center for Marine Science:
| Name | Position | Research/Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Michael Mallin |
Research Professor Director of the Aquatic Ecology Lab |
Water quality of the Lower Cape Fear River and New Hanover County tidal creeks program |
