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Marcelo Ardón
Associatet professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
​North Carolina State University
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Peter Lazaro
Research Associate
​Lab Manager Extraordinaire 

Current students

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Melinda Martinez
Ph.D.
Coastal forest resilience
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Nick Marzolf
Ph.D.
Tropical stream biogeochemistry
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Matthew Stillwagon
Ph.D.
Consequences of salinization on nutrient cycling in NC coastal plain
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Kelsey Morton
MS student
​Wetland nitrogen cycling in response to salinization 

Former lab members

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Amanda Powell
M.Sc. finished Spring 2014
Effects of saltwater intrusion on bald cypress growth and survival
Now at Meredith College

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Patrick Korn
M.Sc. finished summer 2014
Effects of saltwater intrusion on microbial leaf litter decomposition
Now an environmental consultant
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Tori Goehrig
M.Sc. finished spring 2016
Effects of salinity on flocculation
Currently an environmnetal consultant

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Lonnie R. Jackson
Wundergrad/Summer Research Tech
Graduated 2013 on his way to PA school
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Eva Gallardo
Undergraduate Researcher
Summer REU 2014
Effects of salinity on chlorophyll a
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Sarah Judy
Undergraduate Researcher
Honors Thesis 2016
Effects of coal ash on stream sediment respiration
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Anne Ditlevson
Research Experience for Teachers
​Summer 2016
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Austyn Long
Wundergrad
Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
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Gillian Gundersen (NCSU)
M.Sc. finished fall 2017
Sediment accretion and carbon and nitrogen accumulation in coastal wetlands
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Luise Armstrong (ECU)
M.Sc. finished fall 2017
Effects of hydrologic restoration on greenhouse gas emissions from pocosin wetlands
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Steve Anderson
MS Student defended July 2020
Wetland plant response diversity to salinity
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Elea Ocampo
Wundergrad
​REU summer 2017