Water in the Changing Coastal Environment of Delaware

PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS

University of Delaware

Kent Messer

Kent Messer

Principal Investigator, S. Hallock du Pont Professor of Applied Economics. Project Expertise: Behavioral Response to Risk and Environmental Economics.

Holly Michael

Holly Michael

Co-Principal Investigator, Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, and Professor, Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair for the Environment. Project Expertise: Coastal Hydrology. 

Leah Palm-Forster

Leah Palm-Forster

Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Applied Economics, Director of the Center for Experimental and Applied Economics. Project Expertise: Environmental and Agricultural Economics.

Wei-Jun Cai

Wei-Jun Cai

Associate Dean for Research and Mary A.S. Lighthipe Chair of Earth, Ocean, and Environment. Project Expertise: Marine Estuarine Chemistry, Carbon Cycle.

Sam Clem

Sam Clem

Delaware Environmental Institute, Associate Director, Diversity, Education, and Outreach. Project Expertise: Education, Communications and Workforce Development.

Pinki Mondal

Associate Professor and Associate Director, Masters in Data Science. Project Expertise: Remote Sensing, GIS, Climate impacts on Agriculture.

Amy Slocum

Amy Slocum

Director, Delaware EPSCoR. Project Expertise: Financial and project management, reporting and coordination.

Carolyn Voter

Carolyn Voter

Assistant Professor, Brigid Hawk McVaugh ’74 and John B. McVaugh Jr. ’71 ’75M Term Professor of Environmental Engineering. Project Expertise: Water Resources Engineering and Integrated Hydrologic Modeling.

Graduate Students

CJ Evans-Ralston

CJ Evans-Ralston

Woking in the Messer lab focusing on environmental economics and willingness to pay.

Lauren Hollinger

Lauren Hollinger

Working in the Mondal lab focusing on remote sensing and GIS.

Andrea Kaufer

Andrea Kaufer

Working in the Car lab focusing on sensors and salinization detection.

Delaware State University

Gulni Ozbay

Gulni Ozbay

Co-Principal Investigator. Delaware EPSCoR Outreach Director. Associate Dean of Cooperative Extension & Applied Research Professor of Natural Resources. Director of Integrative Ph.D. Program in Agriculture, Food, & Environmental Sciences. Project Expertise: Water Quality and Aquaculture.

Antonette Todd

Antonette Todd

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Plant Sciences. Project Expertise: Plant Molecular Biology.

Yanfeng Yue

Yanfeng Yue

Professor of Chemistry. Project Expertise: Chemistry and Functional Materials.

Delaware Technical Community College

Heidi Gurdo

Heidi Gurdo

Instructional Director, Instructor, and Program Advisor. Project Expertise: Environmental Workforce Development.

Kyle Lampron

Kyle Lampron

Environmental Engineer. Project Expertise: Environmental Workforce Development.

Goldey-Beacom College

Deanna Merritt

Deanna Merritt

Director of Grants and Partnerships. Project Expertise: Workforce Development and Partnerships.

Wilmington University

Milton Muldrow

Milton Muldrow

Assistant Professor and Dean, College of Sciences and Engineering. Project Expertise: Marine Molecular Biology and Workforce Development.