Graduate Research
Trinity Flores
Trinity is a second-year graduate student at Villanova University, who is researching nitrogen movement in salt marsh species ecosystems, including mangroves and organisms such as marsh snails.
Aaron Freeman
Aaron is a masters student in the WETFEET lab group. His thesis work focuses on Rhizophora mangle, investigating the elevational range at which they can survive within a marsh-mangrove ecotone. Additionally, he is examining how coastal wetlands change on a large scale spatially and temporally; quantifying that change for conservation and land management efforts.
Skylar Livengood
Skylar is a first-year graduate student at Villanova University interested in the impacts of anthropogenic pollution on mangrove seedling establishment. She is passionate about using research to better understand ecosystem processes and protect human and non-human coastal populations in the face of global change. She also knows how daunting it can be to first get into the scientific world—if you’re a student reading this and looking for someone to talk to please feel free to reach out!
Jessie Roncevic
Jessie is a first- year graduate student at Villanova University with research interests in plant-microbe-soil interactions and nitrification in mangrove-marsh ecotones.
Phillip Rivera
Phillip is a graduate student and is interested in how the external root structures of mangroves differ due to abiotic factors and disturbances. He is currently looking at how they differ morphologically due to nitrogen enrichment and hydrological position.