Students

If you are a student interested in conducting research with our lab, please explore our pages and see what our current students are working on. We currently have students conducting one-semester DIS projects to Masters students working on capstone or thesis projects.

Doctoral Students

Claire Brovold

Claire is a PhD student in Applied Coastal and Ocean Sciences. She previously received her M.S. in Geology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and her B.A. in Geology and Environmental Science from Adrian College (Michigan). Her MS research focused on the effects of salt-induced faulting on coastal land loss in Louisiana. Her research on the Louisiana Coast led her to UNCW to continue her interests in coastal wetland research. Claire's dissertation work focuses on past, present, and future carbon sequestration along the Cape Fear River.

M. Bryan Held

Bryan has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Southern Oregon University. He also has an M.S. in Applied Biological Sciences from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is a licensed sUAS pilot and proficient GIS analyst. His previous work includes wildfire effects on streams and the effects on humans that work in wildfire prevention. His passion for the environment and the curiosity to analyze the accelerated climate change effects on the environment led him to UNCW to pursue his PhD in Applied Coastal and Ocean Sciences.

Master Students

Gardner Goodall

Gardner is a Dual Master’s student in Environmental Science and Public Administration. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science from UNC-Asheville. After graduating Gardner fell in love with coastal systems while managing the Native Plants Program at the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. He is interested in exploring how we can protect and restore salt marsh habitat

Rachel Funkhouser

Rachel is a Master’s student in Environmental Science. She is an Old Dominion University graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Biology. Her undergraduate research included surveying grazing habits of sea urchins in Belize, and an independent project observing underwater soundscapes across degraded seagrass, hard-bottom, and coral reef environments in the Florida Keys. After graduating, Rachel commissioned in the United States Navy and served active duty for five years as a Surface Warfare Officer. She is now a full-time student focusing on conservation management and is working as a volunteer lab assistant in the lab.

Lauren Robinson

Lauren is a M.S in Environmental Science student. She earned her B.S. in Environmental Science from The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where her undergraduate research examined algal composition and percent cover in relation to ocean temperature variation in the Galápagos Islands. Lauren is interested in coastal conservation management, with a focus on ecological processes in coastal and estuarine systems.

Undergraduate

Lexi McCormick

Lexi is an undergraduate Honors student at UNCW pursuing a B.S. in Environmental Science, with a minor in Political Science. Currently, she is working as a volunteer lab assistant in Dr. Eulie’s CES lab. She is passionate about environmental conservation and climate change mitigation and hopes to pursue graduate studies to earn her PhD in the future.

Jake Widmar

Jake is an undergraduate Honors student at UNCW pursuing a B.S. in Environmental Science. His research examines techniques for planting marsh vegetation at wetland restoration sites.