CIMAS Student Directory

• Gifford, Ian

  Name: Ian Gifford
  

  Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  igifford@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman (UM/CIMAS)

• Kaiser, Josiah

  Name: Josiah Kaiser
  

  Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  jmk433@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman (UM/CIMAS)

• Papazian, Karen

  Name: Karen Papazian
  

  Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  karen.papazian@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman (UM/CIMAS)

  Research Topic:
  Climate Variability and Predictability

  Research Keywords:
  Variability, Climate, Intraseasonal

• Schoenwald, Victoria

  Name: Victoria Schoenwald
  

  Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  victoria.schoenwald@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman (UM/CIMAS)

  Research Topic: Sea level rise and coastal flooding events caused by natural and anthropogenic forcing

  Research Keywords: Sea level rise, coastal flooding, seasonal to decadal prediction, climate models

• Schuler, Christina

  Name: Christina Schuler
  

  Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  cts123@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman (UM/CIMAS)

• Cook, Ashley

  Name:  Ashley Cook
  

  Program / Degree:  Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD

  Email:  ashley.cook@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Beth Babcock (UM), Dr. Melissa Soldevilla (NOAA)

  Research Topic:
  Cetacean passive acoustics with an emphasis on the Rice's whale (Balaenoptera ricei)

  Link to NOAA page: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/contact/ashley-cook

   

• DeMerlis, Allyson

  Name:  Allyson DeMerlis
  

  Program / Degree:  Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD

  Website: https://www.allysondemerlis.com/

  Email:  allyson.demerlis@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles (UM), Dr. Ian Enochs (NOAA)

  Research Topic:
  Molecular basis for coral resilience against environmental stressors

  Research Keywords:
  coral reef, resilience, climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease

  Link to NOAA page: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/people/allyson-demerlis/

• Eaton, Katie

  Program / Degree:  Marine Biology and Ecology / MS

  Email:  katie.eaton@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles (UM)

  Research Topic:
  coral reefs, coral disease

  Research Keywords:
  coral reefs, coral disease, microbiomes, resilience

• Kiel, Patrick

  Name:  Patrick Kiel
  

  Program / Degree:  Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD

  Website: https://patrickmkiel.com/

  Email:  pkiel@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Vivek Prakash (UM), Dr. Prannoy Suraneni (UM), Dr. Ian Enochs (NOAA)

  Research Topic:
  Coral reef ecology, biophysics 

  Link to NOAA page: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/people/patrick-kiel/

• Rykowski, Marissa

  Program / Degree:  Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD

  Email:  m.rykowski@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Beth Babcock (UM), Dr. Paul Richards (NOAA)

  Research Topic:
  Anthropogenic effects, mainly bycatch, on the loggerhead sea turtle

  Research Keywords:
  Loggerhead sea turtle, population dynamics, bycatch, Gulf of Mexico

• Chomiak, Leah

  

  Name:  Leah Chomiak

  Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

  Email:  leah.chomiak@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:   Denis Volkov (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM)

  Research Topic:
  Large-Scale Ocean Circulation, Repeat Hydrography, Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Dynamics

  Research Keywords:
  Circulation, Hydrography, Oceanography, Physical, Climate, Climate change

• Looney, Lev

  Name:  Lev Looney
  

  Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

  Email:  lev.looney@earth.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM), Dr. Greg Foltz (NOAA)

  Research Topic:
  The driving forces of hurricane-induced ocean cooling

  Research Keywords:
  Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones, Air-Sea Interactions, Physical Oceanography, Numerical Modeling

• Pita, Ivenis

  

  Name:  Ivenis Pita

  Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

  Website:   https://ivenispita.github.io/science_mode/

  Email:  ivenis.pita@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:   Dr. Gustavo Goni (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM)

  Research Topic:
  Influence of Western Boundary Currents on Coastal Sea Level

  Research Keywords:
  Sea Level, Coastal Variability, Brazil Current, Hydrography, Physical Oceanography

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