
Marcelo Ardón
Associate Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
North Carolina State University
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Peter Lazaro
Research Associate
Lab Manager Extraordinaire
Research Associate
Lab Manager Extraordinaire
pOSTdOCS
Current students

Sedanur Yilmaz
MS Student (Co-advised with Dr. Elizabeth Nichols)
Water quality in the Hofmann Forest
MS Student (Co-advised with Dr. Elizabeth Nichols)
Water quality in the Hofmann Forest

Titilayo Tajudeen
MS Student (Co-advised with Dr. Leah Rathbun)
Cypress knees in the Three Sisters Swamps
MS Student (Co-advised with Dr. Leah Rathbun)
Cypress knees in the Three Sisters Swamps

Yui Omori
MS Landscape Architecture
MS Landscape Architecture

Matthew Stillwagon
Ph.D.
Consequences of salinization on nutrient cycling in NC coastal plain
Ph.D.
Consequences of salinization on nutrient cycling in NC coastal plain
Former lab members

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

Nick Marzolf
Ph.D. 2021 with us, and now a postdoc
Drivers and Consequences of CO2 Inputs to Lowland Neotropical Streams
Ph.D. 2021 with us, and now a postdoc
Drivers and Consequences of CO2 Inputs to Lowland Neotropical Streams

Annie Welch
MS student 2022
Nutrient export from natural and working peatlands.
MS student 2022
Nutrient export from natural and working peatlands.

Melinda Martinez
Ph.D. 2021
State changes in coastal wetlands: anticipating transitions and evaluating the role of ghost forests in regional greenhouse gas emissions
Now a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow at US Geological Survey
Ph.D. 2021
State changes in coastal wetlands: anticipating transitions and evaluating the role of ghost forests in regional greenhouse gas emissions
Now a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow at US Geological Survey

Patrick Korn
M.Sc. finished summer 2014
Effects of saltwater intrusion on microbial leaf litter decomposition
Now an environmental consultant
M.Sc. finished summer 2014
Effects of saltwater intrusion on microbial leaf litter decomposition
Now an environmental consultant

Tori Goehrig
M.Sc. finished spring 2016
Effects of salinity on flocculation
Currently an environmnetal consultant
M.Sc. finished spring 2016
Effects of salinity on flocculation
Currently an environmnetal consultant

Kelsey Morton
MS student
Wetland nitrogen cycling in response to salinization
MS student
Wetland nitrogen cycling in response to salinization

Lonnie R. Jackson
Wundergrad/Summer Research Tech
Graduated 2013 on his way to PA school
Wundergrad/Summer Research Tech
Graduated 2013 on his way to PA school

Eva Gallardo
Undergraduate Researcher
Summer REU 2014
Effects of salinity on chlorophyll a
Undergraduate Researcher
Summer REU 2014
Effects of salinity on chlorophyll a

Sarah Judy
Undergraduate Researcher
Honors Thesis 2016
Effects of coal ash on stream sediment respiration
Undergraduate Researcher
Honors Thesis 2016
Effects of coal ash on stream sediment respiration

Anne Ditlevson
Research Experience for Teachers
Summer 2016
Research Experience for Teachers
Summer 2016

Austyn Long
Wundergrad
Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
Wundergrad
Fall 2016 and Spring 2017

Gillian Gundersen (NCSU)
M.Sc. finished fall 2017
Sediment accretion and carbon and nitrogen accumulation in coastal wetlands
M.Sc. finished fall 2017
Sediment accretion and carbon and nitrogen accumulation in coastal wetlands

Luise Armstrong (ECU)
M.Sc. finished fall 2017
Effects of hydrologic restoration on greenhouse gas emissions from pocosin wetlands
M.Sc. finished fall 2017
Effects of hydrologic restoration on greenhouse gas emissions from pocosin wetlands

Steve Anderson
MS Student defended July 2020
Wetland plant response diversity to salinity
MS Student defended July 2020
Wetland plant response diversity to salinity

Elea Ocampo
Wundergrad
REU summer 2017
Wundergrad
REU summer 2017