Water in the Changing Coastal Environment of Delaware
PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS
Delaware State University
DEL STATE FACULTY
| FACULTY | |
 | Venugopal Kalavacharla Co-PI Professor, Molecular Genetics & Epigenomics Laboratory Director, Center for Integrated Biological & Environmental Research (CIBER) College of Agriculture, Science & Technology (CAST) DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY E: vkalavacharla@desu.edu |
 | Saytha Elavarthi Associate Professor Threat 4 - Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
 | Kimberly Milligan Assistant Professor Threat 4 - Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
 | Gulni Ozbay Professor Threat 4 - Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
 | Derrick Scott Assistant Professor Threat 4 - Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
 | Dr. Yangfeng Yue Assistant Professor Threat 4-Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
DEL STATE STAFF
| STAFF | |
 | Tiffini Johnson Center for Integrated Biological & Environmental Research (CIBER) and Outreach Coordinator |
 | Covel McDermot Postdoctoral Researcher, Threat 4 |
 | Laurieann Phalen Center for Integrated Biological & Environmental Research (CIBER) Secretary |
 | Dr. Antonette Todd Postdoctoral Researcher Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
 | Cecile Cunningham Pre/Post Award Specialist PMEA |
 | Dr. Mayavan Subramani Postdoctoral Researcher Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
DEL STATE GRAD STUDENTS
| GRADUATE STUDENTS | |
| Vanessa Cruz | |
| Isaac Fisher | |
 | Mohana Gadde Graduate Student Threat 4 - Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization Research |
 | Rita Hayford Graduate Student Threat 4 - Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization Research |
| Dylan Lynch | |
 | Miranda Penney |
 | Nyasha Shumbayarerwa Graduate Student Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
 | Arianna Wallace Graduate Student Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
| Eric Wilt |
DEL STATE UNDERGRAD STUDENTS
| UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS | |
| Maria D. Cevantes-Garcia Undergraduate Student Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
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| Celine Coverdale Undergraduate Student Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
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| Ayiana James Undergraduate Student Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
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| Atavia Kent Undergraduate Student Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
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 | Lily Lofton Undergradduate Student Threat 4 - Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization Research |
 | Miranda Penney Undergraduate Student Threat 4 - Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization Research Class of 2019 |
| Daniela Rivera Undergraduate Student Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
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| Fedrica Williams Undergraduate Student Threat 4 – Ecological Stresses from Nutrients and Salinization |
Wesley College
Wesley College is now part of Delaware State University and the team members listed below were an integral part of the first three years of Project WICCED.
WESLEY COLLEGE - OFFICE OF PROVOST
| Office of Provost (Authorized Institutional Representative) | |
 | Jeffrey K. Gibson, Ph.D. Provost & V.P. of Academic Affairs |
 | Tina M. Heesh-Mosley Administrative Assistant to Provost |
WESLEY COLLEGE FACULTY
| Faculty | |
 | Malcolm J. D'Souza, PhD Co-PI Institutional Lead, Chemistry E: Malcolm.DSouza@wesley.edu |
 | Kathleen Curran, PhD Scholars Day Committee Chair, Director Beekeeping 101 program |
 | Brantley Craig, PhD Associate Professor of English and Religion, Director of Honors Program |
 | Frank Fiedler, PhD Chair of Math & Science, Professor of Mathematics & Data Science, Cyber-Security Policy Certificate Program development |
 | William K. Kroen PhD Professor of Biology |
 | Paul Olsen Associate Professor of Mathematics and Data Science, Math component-lead |
 | Kristopher Roeske Chemistry component-lead |
 | Kevin E. Shuman, Ph.D. Assistant Director of STEM Initiatives, Environmental Microbiology |
 | Stephanie Stotts, PhD Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Dendroecology |
 | Alban W. Urbanas, PhD Professor & Chair of Philosophy & Religion, Preliminary Scholars Day Program lead |
 | Derald E. Wentzien, PhD Professor of Mathematics & Data Science, Cyber-Security Policy Certificate Program-lead |
WESLEY COLLEGE STAFF
| Staff | |
 | Danielle L. Archambault Coordinator of Tutoring Services & Writing Center |
 | Amy Kellen Student Success Outreach Coordinator |
 | Christine M. McDermott Director of Student Success & Retention |
 | Melanie N. Pritchett STEM Programs Assistant |
| Kristopher Roeske Laboratory Manager, and Chemical Safety Support |
 | Kendall Wilson-Lamourine Career Advising Coordinator |
 | Emily L. Wood Academic Research Grants Administrator |
WESLEY COLLEGE GRAD STUDENTS
| Grad Students | |
| Joshua Barth | |
| Olivia Gulledge | |
WESLEY COLLEGE UNDERGRADS
| Undergrads | |
 | Anthony Baker Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Biology |
 | Alena Brown Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Biology |
 | Aleya Cummings Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Mathematics |
 | Katelynn Fry Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Environmental Science |
 | Sarah Fryer Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Administration |
 | Sydney Hall Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Environmental Science |
 | Teric Henry Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Environmental Science |
 | Joseph Howard Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Environmental Science |
 | Gloria Jimenez-Martinez Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Biology |
 | Savannah Love Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Environmental Science |
 | Ja'Ki Miles Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Biological Chemistry |
 | Allison Mills Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Environmental Policy |
 | Lily Neff Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Biological Chemistry |
 | Gyllian O'Neal Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Administration/ Marketing |
 | Thomas Suarez Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Business Administration |
 | Joshua Windsor Wesley Summer Intern - Solution 3, Mathematics |
Delaware Technical Community College
DEL TECH STAFF
 | Martha Hofstetter DTCC Institutional Lead Principal Investigator/Project Director Grants DELAWARE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE E: martha.hofstetter@dtcc.edu |
 | John McDowell DELAWARE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE Microbiome Core |
 | Justina Sapna EPSCoR State Committee Vice President for Academic Affairs DELAWARE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
DEL TECH UNDERGRADS
| UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS | |
 | Matthew Gilliam Programming Intern Social Dimensions Research |
 | Katina Thongvong Programming Intern Social Dimensions Research |
University of Delaware
UD FACULTY
| FACULTY | |
 | Kent Messer Principal Investigator of Project WiCCED S. Hallock DuPont Professor Director, Center for Experimental & Applied Economics Applied Economics and Statistics College of Agriculture and Natural Resources E: messer@udel.edu |
 | Holly Michael Co-PI and Research Lead of Project WiCCED Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair in Environment Associate Professor, Geological Sciences College of Earth, Ocean and Environment E: hmichael@udel.edu |
 | Donald Sparks Co-PI and DE EPSCoR Director S. Hallock du Pont Chair Director, Delaware Environmental Institute E: dlsparks@udel.edu |
 | Wei-Jun Cai Mary A.S. Lighthipe Chair of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Co-Lead Sensors, Threat 3 |
 | Kelly Davidson Assistant Professor, Applied Economics and Statistics Social Dimensions; Solution 2 |
 | Shanshan Ding Assistant Professor, Applied Economics and Statistics Social Dimensions; Data Core |
 | Jing Gao Assistant Professor, Geography & Data Science Institute Social Dimensions; Data Core |
 | Thomas Hanson Professor, Marine Biosciences Microbiome Core; Threat 2 |
 | Deb Jaisi Associate Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences Co-Lead, Threat 2 and Threat 3 |
 | Pinki Mondal Assistant Professor, Geography Social Dimensions, Data Core |
 | Dan Leathers Professor, Geography, State Climatologist Social Dimensions, Co-Lead, Data Core |
 | Leah Palm-Forster Assistant Professor, Applied Economics and Statistics Associate Director, Center for Experimental and Applied Economics Co-Lead, Social Dimensions; Solution 1; Solution 2 |
 | Andy Novocin Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Data Core |
 | George Parsons Professor, School of Marine Science and Policy Social Dimensions; Solution 2 |
 | John Rabolt Karl and Renate Boer Professor Materials Science and Engineering Co-Lead, Sensor Core |
 | Amy Shober Associate Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences Social Dimensions |
 | BIll Ullman Professor of Marine and Geological Sciences Co-Lead, Threat 3 |
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UD STAFF
| STAFF | |
 | A. Scott Andres Senior Scientist, Delaware Geological Sciences, Co-Lead, Threat 1 |
 | Ahsanuzzaman Postdoc, Center for Experimental and Applied Economics Social Dimensions Research |
 | Kevin Brinson Associate State Climatologist and DEOS Director Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (CEMA) State Coordinator of CoCoRAHS Delaware Social Dimensions; Data Core |
 | Tina Callahan Associate Director Delaware Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (DEMAC) Lead, Data Core; Social Dimensions |
 | Sean Ellis Postdoctoral Researcher. Social Dimensions |
| Katelynn Fry Research Manager Social Dimensions |
 | Katelyn Gray Postdoctoral Researcher, Threat 2 |
 | Chunhao Gu Postdoctoral Researcher, Threat 2 |
 | Jeanette Miller EPSCoR Director of Education Outreach Diversity |
 | Laura Paul Postdoctoral Researcher Social Dimensions |
 | Chelsea Peters Postdoctoral Researcher Threat 1, Salinization |
 | Amalea Rassias Economic Development, Office of Economic and Innovative Partnerships |
 | Amy Slocum Associate Director, Delaware EPSCoRII |
 | Reeva Steet Postdoctoral Researcher, Sensors |
 | Elizabeth Tomazsewski Postdoctoral Researcher, Threat 2 |
 | Jenn Volk Kent County Extension Director; Environmental Quality Extension Specialist Social Dimensions |
 | David Weir Office of Economic and Innovative Partnerships Solution 4 |
 | Yolanda Williams Bey EPSCoR Education Program Manager |
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UD GRAD STUDENTS
| GRAD STUDENTS | |
| Anyelo Almonte | |
| Nick Butler | |
 | Saber Brasher Graduate Student Data Core Research |
| James Collier | |
 | Brian Cortez Graduate Student Social Dimensions Research |
 | Kaveh Dalvand Graduate Student Social Dimensions Research |
| Sam Fielding | |
 | Mary Hingst Graduate Student Threat 1 Research |
| Makund Kabra | |
 | Lindsey Kelley Graduate Student, Center for Experimental and Applied Economics ('20) Social Dimensions Research |
 | Melissa Langer Graduate Student, Center for Experimental and Applied Economics ('20) Social Dimensions Research |
 Xiangmin Liang, | Xiangmin Liang PhD Student DENIN Fellow |
 | Lauren Mosesso PhD Student DENIN Fellow |
 | Jimmy Murillo-Gelvez PhD Student DENIN Fellow |
 | Joanne Norris Graduate Student, Materials Science Sensor Core |
| Sara Parkison | |
| Sanket Phadtare | |
| Adam Pollack Graduate Student, Center for Experimental and Applied Economics ('21) Social Dimensions Research |
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 | Rubait Rahman Graduate Student, Center for Experimental and Applied Economics ('19) Social Dimensions Research |
| Charles Scarborough | |
 Danhui Xin | Danhui Xin PhD Student DENIN Fellow |
 | Alfred Yan PhD Student DENIN Fellow Social Dimensions Research |
| Pat Zingo Data Core |
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 | Vishruta Yawatkar Data Core |
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UD UNDERGRAD STUDENTS
| UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS | |
 | Hannah Braun 2019-2021 Communications Team Project Management, Evaluation and Assessment |
 | Alex Atiyeh 2019-2021 Communications Team Project Management, Evaluation and Assessment |
 | Keriann Dignan 2020-2021 Communications Intern Project Management, Evaluation and Assessment |
 | Gabby Harvilla 2020-2021 Communications Intern Project Management, Evaluation and Assessment |
 | Miranda Marini 2021 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Microbiome Core |
 | Timothy Martin 2021 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Threat 2 |
 | Molly McVety 2021 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Data Core |
 | Nathaniel Moneymaker 2021 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Social Dimensions |
 | Alexandra Pipinos 2021 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Microbiome Core |
 | Travis Pluck 2021 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Data Core |
 | Chase Wunder 2021 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Threat 3 |
 | Kimberly Bieksha Summer 2020 Research Assistant Threat 1 Research |
 | Faith Brown Summer 2020 Research Assistant Social Dimensions Research |
 | Tatum Casey Summer 2020 Research Assistant Social Dimensions Research |
 | Karen Dong Summer 2020 Research Assistant Social Dimensions Research |
 | Jessie Eastburn Summer 2020 Research Assistant Data Core Research |
 | Monica Elavarthi Summer 2020 Research Assistant Threat 2 Research |
 | Brian Kennedy Summer 2020 Research Assistant Data Core Research |
 | Charlie Kimsal Summer 2020 Research Assistant Threat 1 Research |
 | Rebecca King Summer 2020 Research Assistant Data Core Research |
 | Laura Taylor Summer 2020 Research Assistant Social Dimensions Research |
 | Rebecca Schwartz Spring 2020 Research Assistant Solution 2 Research |
 | Lauren Breyer 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Academic Environmental Scholar Social Dimensions Research |
 | Timothy Wentzien 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Sensor Core |
 | Stephen Wemple 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Social Dimensions / Solution 1 |
 | Nathan Castaneda 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Summer Intern Social Dimensions Research Student at DTCC during academic year |
 | Jared Kanim 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Academic Environmental Scholar 2019-2020 Academic Year Research Assistant Social Dimensions Research |
 | Connor McCrone 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Academic Environmental Scholar Threat 2 Research |
 | Julia Parker 2018-2019 Academic Year Research Assistant Social Dimensions Research |
 | Erick Tepale 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Academic Environmental Scholar Social Dimensions Research |
 | Melissa Vorn 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Academic Environmental Scholar Social Dimensions Research |
 | Rucha Wani 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Academic Environmental Scholar Threat 2 Research |
 | Rachel King 2019 Summer Research Assistant Social Dimensions Research |
 | Kate McCarroll 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Summer Intern Social Dimensions Research |
 | Maria Sanchez 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Summer Intern Social Dimensions Research Student at University of Kentucky during academic year |
 | Liam Vita 2019 DENIN/Project WiCCED Summer Intern Social Dimensions Research |
| Alena Brown 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Microbiome Core |
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 | Katie Buell-Flemming 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Data Core |
| Monica Elavarthi 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Threat 2 |
 | Anna Evers 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Threat 2 |
 | Allison Harten 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Social Dimensions |
 | Marc Hinte 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Social Dimensions/Solution 1 |
 | Emma House 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Data Core |
| Rachel King 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Social Dimensions / Solution 1 |
 | Sydney Messick 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Threat 2 |
 | Katelyn Phelps 2019-2020 Communications Team Project Management, Evaluation and Assessment |
 | Ryan Seeley 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Social Dimensions / Solution 2 |
 | Laura Taylor 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Social Dimensions / Solution 1 |
 | Rucha Wani 2019-2020 DENIN/Project WiCCED Intern Threat 2 |