Research Team & Collaborators

Samantha Chapman

Principal Investigator

Villanova University

Adam Langley

Co-Principal Investigator

Associate Professor, Villanova University

Langley Lab Website

Candy Feller

Senior Scientist

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Tess Adgie

Project Technician

Villanova University

Scott Jones

Assistant Professor

University of North Florida

Jones Lab website

Mark Hester

Principal Investigator

Professor, University of Louisiana Lafayette

Gabby Canas

Project Technician

GTMNERR

Mike Aspinwall

Assistant Professor

Auburn University

Nikki Dix

Research Director

GTMNERR

Lisa Chambers

Co-Principal Investigator

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

Chambers Lab Website

Kaitlyn Dietz

Coastal Training Coordinator

GTMNERR

Ches Vervaecke

Coastal Ecologist

Southern Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network

Jim Morris

Co-Principal Investigator

Professor, University of South Carolina

Gregg Verutes

Spatial Data Scientist

Gregg’s website

Emily Dangremond

Assistant Professor

Roosevelt University

Pamela Brannock

Assistant Professor

Rollins University


Graduate Students

Cathilyn McIntosh

Graduate student, Villanova University

Morgan Mack

Graduate student, Villanova University

Jocelyn Bravo

Graduate student, Villanova University

Annie Hurley

Graduate student, University of North Florida


Recent Alumni

Justin Robbins

Graduate student, Villanova University

Now at Clemson University

Emma Guilbault

Completed Senior Thesis in 2022

Currently pursuing an MS at Penn State University

Nicole Spanier

Defended MS in 2022

Currently pursuing a PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington

Nicole’s website

Philip Yang

Completed Senior Thesis in 2021

Pursuing MS at University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography

Damir Creecy

Defended MS in 2022

Currently a lab Instructor at Swarthmore College

Chuck Hyde

Defended MS in 2019

Currently pursuing a PhD at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Matt Sturchio

Defended MS in 2021

Pursuing a PhD at Colorado State University

Emily Geoghegan

Defended MS in 2019

Pursuing a PhD at Cornell University

Emily’s website