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Dr. Spero is currently recruiting for PhD and MS students to start in Fall 2027, Spring 2028, or Fall 2028 start. Please see "Opportunities" page.
Also, in Spring 2028-Fall 2028, our lab will be looking for summer and semester-based undergraduate researchers.
Dr. Hannah R. Spero (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Hannah R. Spero (Principal Investigator)
Incoming Assistant Professor at University of South Alabama
Incoming Assistant Professor at University of South Alabama
Department of Coastal Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering
Department of Coastal Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering
Areas: Coastal Engineering, Coastal Geomorphology
Areas: Coastal Engineering, Coastal Geomorphology
Email: hannahsperoresearch [@] gmail.com
Email: hannahsperoresearch [@] gmail.com
Hyperlinked: LinkedIn, Google Scholar
Biography: Dr. Spero is an incoming Assistant Professor in Coastal Engineering at the University of South Alabama (USA). She earned her BS degree in Geosciences (Hydrology) at Boise State University (USA) in 2021. Then, earning the NSF GRFP and interested in extreme wave events, Hannah chose to pursue her Ph.D. in Environmental Fluid Dynamics at the University of Notre Dame (USA). She completed her Ph.D. in 2026 from the Dept of Civil, Environmental Engineering, and Earth Sciences, investigating problems related to storm-driven coastal boulder transport.
She was a visiting researcher at Universidad Catolica del Norte (Chile) in 2026 as an SZ4D fellow. Dr. Spero is actively completing a one-year postdoc at Kyoto University (Japan) from 2026 to 2027 as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow and will start as an Assistant Professor at the University of South Alabama for Fall 2027.
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