Angelos Hannides, PhD

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Angelos Hannides, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Marine ScienceGraduate Faculty, Gupta College of Science

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Student accolades

2025 Payton Youngerman (BS), CCU Gupta College of Science Research Fellowship Award

2025 Kennadi Cook (BS), SC Sea Grant Margaret A. Davidson Resilience Scholar

2025 Juliana Calderone (BS Honors), 2025 CCU Undergraduate Research Symposium 2nd Place (posters)

2025 Cassidy Knill (BS), 2025 CCU Undergraduate Research Symposium 3rd Place (oral)

2024 Juliana Calderone (BS Honors), CCU Gupta College of Science Research Fellowship Award

2024 Cassidy Knill (BS), CCU Gupta College of Science Research Fellowship Award

2024 Mary Olsen (MS), M. Richard “Rick” Devoe Outstanding Student Poster Award, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium Research Symposium

2024 Wendy “Cor” McHone (BS Honors), 2024 CCU Undergraduate Research Symposium 2nd Place (posters)

2024 Mary Olsen (MS), CMWS Distinguished Graduate Student 2024

2023 Christianna Morton (MS), CCU Graduate Student Research Incentive Grant

2023 Madison Geraci (BS Honors), Women Empowerment in STEM (WE-STEM) Research Award

2023 Sarah McCready (BS), CCU Gupta College of Science Research Fellowship Award

2023 Ella Swantek (BS Honors), CCU Gupta College of Science Research Fellowship Award

2023 Christianna Morton (MS), Guy Daniels Marine Science Summer Graduate Fellowship

2022 Mary Olsen (MS), CCU Graduate Student Research Incentive Grant

2022 Christianna Morton (MS), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Student Travel Grant

2019 Nicholas Legut (MS), South Carolina Beach Advocates Student Research Challenge Winner

2017 Madeleine Lee (BS Honors), 2017 CCU Undergraduate Research Competition 1st Place (posters)

Graduate students

Helen Kehoe, M.S. student in CMWS, 2024-present
Marco Sanderson, M.S. student in CMWS, 2024-present
Vincent Alonso, M.S. student in CMWS, 2025-present
Cor McHone, M.S. student in CMWS, 2025-present
Serenity Brooks, M.S. student in CMWS, 2025-present

Undergraduate students

Honors / senior thesis

Payton Youngerman, B.S. student in MSCI, 2025-present
Gupta Research Fellow

Thesis topic: Eutrophication and hypoxia along the Grand Strand – Seasonality, human impacts, geomorphology, and weather

Kennadi Cook, B.S. student in MSCI, 2025-present
SC Sea Grant Margaret A. Davidson Resilience Scholar

Thesis topic: Resilient Urbanized Sandy Shorelines through Nature-based Solutions

Undergraduate Directed Studies and Research Internships

Kyleigh Waugh (FA25)
Josh Pressley (FA25)
April Zoppa (FA25)

Alumni

Graduate students

Georgia Dellinger, M.S. student in CMWS, 2023-2024

Project topic: Seasonality and hurricane impacts of biogeochemical indicators in a SE estuary (did not complete)

Christianna Morton, M.S. student in CMWS, 2022-2024

Thesis topic: Tidal creeks as conduits of land-derived nutrients to the coastal ocean

Mary Olsen, M.S. student in CMWS, 2021-2024

Thesis topic: Coastal-ocean and estuarine acidification in Long Bay, South Carolina: A comparison of in-situ water quality monitoring with measured carbonate system parameters

Ash Abdelhalim Arbali, M.S. student in CMWS, 2018-2021

Project topic: Biogeochemical gradients and transformations along a sandy tidal creek in Long Bay, South Carolina (did not complete)

Rachel Birsch, M.S. student in CMWS (Coastal AIMS Plan), 2019-2020

Internship topic: Permeability of coastal sands: independent measurements and validation of predictive relationships

Kaitlin Dick, M.S. student in CMWS, 2018-2020

Internship topic: Incubation techniques and the investigation of biogeochemical activity of coastal sands and the modification of land-derived substances

Nick Legut, M.S. student in CMWS, 2017-2019

Thesis topic: The role of a permeable sand column in modifying tidal creek geochemistry and land-derived inputs to the coastal ocean

Undergraduate thesis/fellowship students

Juliana Calderone, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2024-present

Thesis topic: Diel patterns of biogeochemical indicators in tidally-dominated creeks

Cassidy Knill, B.S. student in MSCI, 2024-present

Thesis topic: Impacts of Point and Non-Point Sources in Two Urbanized Tidal Creek Systems

Lindsay Dubé, B.S. student in MSCI, 2024-present

Thesis topic: Estuarine Eutrophication Risk and Urbanization

Sarah McCready, B.S. student in MSCI, 2023-2024

Senior Thesis topic: Drivers of the Formation of Sandy Shore Intertidal Biofilms

Cor McHone, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2023-2024

Honors Thesis topic: Impacts of Hurricane Idalia’s Surge on Coastal Sand Biogeochemistry

Madison Geraci, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2023-2024 (with E. Rosch)

Honors Thesis topic: Fiddler Crab Gut Microbiomes as an Indicator for Eutrophication due to Waste-water Contamination in Estuaries

Jack Corbin, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2023-2024

Honors Thesis topic: Sedimentary Conditions at a Tidal Creek that Exhibits Seasonal Pelagic-Benthic Variations

Ella Swantek, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2023-2024

Honors Thesis topic: Effects of Urbanization on Eutrophication Parameters in three tidal creeks

Zachary Padgett, B.S. student in MSCI/BCHEM, 2022-2023

Senior Thesis topic: The Effect of Hurricane Ian on the Biogeochemistry of a South Carolina Sandy Beach Sediment Column

Nathan Easterling, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2022-2023

Honors Thesis topic: Investigation of a Possible Switch of Benthic Photosynthetic Organisms and Phytoplanktonic Organisms in White Point Swash, South Carolina

Sarah (Gray) Abel, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2022-2023

Honors Thesis topic: The Dynamics of Sedimentary Chlorophyll α at a High-Energy Beach

Jacey Ballard, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2022-2023

Honors Thesis topic: Suboxic and anaerobic respiration across a sandy-shore-to-estuarine gradient

Lissett Diaz, B.S. student in BCHEM, MSCI minor (Honors), 2020-2021

Honors Thesis topic: Iron Geochemistry Across an Estuary-to-Coastal Gradient

Mary Olsen, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2020-2021

Honors Thesis topic: Isolated point discharges into coastal swashes as nutrient sources to coastal waters

Kayla Christofferson, B.S. student in MSCI (Honors), 2020-2021

Honors Thesis topic: Organic matter spatial and temporal patterns in coastal sands of Long Bay, South Carolina

Emily Bianchini, C-SURF REU Fellow (Cedar Crest College), 2019

Fellowship project topic: Chlorophyll dynamics at an open ocean-facing sandy beach

Lexi Echols, B.S. in MSCI (Honors), 2018-2019

Honors Thesis topic: Dissolved inorganic nitrogen speciation in swash zone sands of Long Bay, SC: Effects of sediment permeability

Nick Workman, B.S. in MSCI (Honors), 2018-2019

Honors Thesis topic: Character and water quality of Sandpiper Pond: A coastal pond assessment, fifteen years after restoration

Brandon Hawkins, B.S. in MSCI, 2018-2019

Senior Thesis topic: Impacts of swash water inputs on deep-sand biogeochemical properties and processes

Logan Jarrell, B.S. in MSCI & BIOL (Honors), 2018

Honors Thesis topic: Characterizing diatom biofilms and their influence on the sand biogeochemistry of high energy beaches

Desirae Vess, C-SURF REU Fellow (Columbia College), 2018

Fellowship project topic: Sedimentary organic matter dynamics at a high-energy beach

Rebecca Ford, B.S. in MSCI (Honors), 2017-2018

Honors Thesis topic: The Clean Air Act and its impact on ground level ozone pollution levels in Los Angeles, California

Adam Hitt, B.S. in MSCI, 2016-2017

Thesis topic: Chlorophyll a in intertidal sands of South Carolina

Madeleine Lee, B.S. in MSCI (Honors), 2016-2017

Honors Thesis topic: Nitrogen cycling through stormwater retention pond systems – a modeling study

Nick Legut, B.S. in MSCI, 2016-2017

Thesis topic: Filtration of seawater through the permeable seafloor of Long Bay, South Carolina, and its biogeochemical implications

Undergraduate Directed Studies and Research Internships

Olivia Napier (FA24-SP25), Amanda Rhyne (SP24, SP25), Kennadi Cook (SP25), Payton Youngerman (SP25), Karina Griffin (SP25), Sophia Santella (SP25), Kelsey Porto (SP25), Rebecca Sesto (SP25), Cor McHone (SP23), Sarah McCready (SP23), Zachary Padgett (FA22), Kayla Midney (SP22), Jake New (SP22), Kiley Jillisky (SP22), Kristyn Bryant (SP21), Lissett Diaz (FA20), Alexander Gauger (FA20), Logan Troxell (FA20), Courtney Williams (SP19, FA19, SP20), Mary Olsen (SP20), Olivia Ward (SP20), Callie Hawkins (SP20), Casey Ludwick (SP20), Anne-Marie Molina (SP20), Cassidy Jones (FA18, SP19, FA19), Natalie Littrell (SP19, FA19), Madison Ross (FA18, SP19), Hayley Jones (SU18, SP19), Laura Patterson (SP19), Callie Loving (SU18, FA18), Brandon Hawkins (FA18), John Moore (FA18), Tayanna Wiltshire (FA18), Emilee Janney (FA18), Logan Jarrell (SU18), Kathryn Lienhard (FA17, SP18), Jenna Harris (SP18), Kerry Wheeler (SP18), Tessa Liner (SP16, FA16, SP17, FA17), Eryn Roach (FA17), Thomas Hart (FA17), Andrew Lanza (FA17), Sarah Buddelmeyer (FA17), Erin Dumontelle (SP17), Adam Hitt (FA16), Nicholas Legut (SP16, SU16), Haley Coderre (SP16), Madeleine Lee (SP16), Carmen Williams (SP16), Megan Ludolph (SP16), Kaila Bishop (SP16), Sarah Keffer (SP16)

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