Graduate Student

Cornish

Michael's introduction to research occurred when he spent a summer on an uninhabited Maine island where he developed methods to census nesting seabirds using UAVs (drones). He subsequently conducted research in Costa Rica and completed his undergraduate thesis with the SBC LTER group at UC Santa Barbara on the secondary productivity of beach invertebrates. During this time he also worked as first mate on a research vessel operated by his undergraduate institution the College of the Atlantic, in Bar Harbor, Maine. He graduated with a B.A.

Barnes

Tyler first discovered his passion for research while studying sediment dynamics within coral reef habitats in the U.S. Virgin Islands as he completed a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of San Diego. He went on to study geomorphologic change of sandy beaches within Monterey Bay, CA, earning him a M.S. in Marine Science from Moss Landing Marine Labs. During this time, Tyler also held a part-time position with Central Coast Wetlands Group where he served as a research assistant and worked on various restoration and environmental monitoring projects.

Rodenberg

MS in Geospatial Analysis from the University of Mary Washington. Research interests include studying the environmental factors that drive the spatial characteristics of plants and animals across a landscape.

Long

Victoria received a BS in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia in 2015. A native of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Victoria’s research focuses on the impacts of sea level rise, the salinization of farmland and the potential solutions that may be found in coastal wetlands.

Kent

Kelcy double-majored in Biology with a concentration in conservation and Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia and went on to complete a masters in coastal marine ecology and mangrove genetics with Jay Zieman and Howard Epstein at UVA. Her work focused on assessing genetic diversity in mangroves along the Gulf Coast, particularly noting range-expansion populations in comparison to historical, within-range populations, with possible future implications for habitat shifts in the black mangrove species along the Gulf.

Jablonski

Plant physiology, solar-induced fluorescence, imaging spectroscopy, carbon modeling.

Huelsman

I study supporting ecosystem services in three land-use types under different levels of human management at Blandy Experimental Farm. The purpose of my research is to analyze properties, processes, and functions of these land-use types to evaluate the relative levels of supporting services they provide. By then considering the cost of human management in each land-use type, the overall benefits of the ecosystem services can be compared to improve land-use decision-making.

Department of Environmental Sciences