Principal Investigators (PIs)
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Dr. Christopher D'Elia
Professor and Dean, School of Coast and the Environment
cdelia@lsu.edu
http://www.sce.lsu.edu/profile/chris/


Nutrient dynamics in aquatic systems, estuarine ecology, coral reef ecology, algal/invertebrate symbiosis, science history and policy, math and science education, marine pollution, global climate change, and analytical chemistry
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Dr. Kevin Robbins
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Anthropology
Director, Southern Regional Climate Center
krobbins@srcc.lsu.edu
http://ga.lsu.edu/faculty/kevin-robbins/


Agricultural climatology, network-integrated data management and delivery systems

SC-CSC Affiliates

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Dr. Eurico D'Sa
Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
ejdsa@lsu.edu
http://www.ocean.lsu.edu/index.php/people/faculty/eurico-dsa/


Remote sensing, marine optics, and climate change
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Dr. Kristine L. DeLong
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Anthropology
kdelong@lsu.edu
http://ga.lsu.edu/faculty/kristine-delong/


Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, paleoecology, sclerochronology, climate change on recent and longer time scales, ocean-atmosphere processes and decadal variability
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Dr. Renee Edwards
Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies
edwards@lsu.edu
http://uiswcmsweb.prod.lsu.edu/hss/cmst/People/Faculty/item57317.html


Hurricane evacuation and decision making, hurricane literacy, responding to new stories about drought, cognitive processing of weather and climate information
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Dr. Kam-biu Liu
Professor and Chair, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
kliu1@lsu.edu
http://www.oceanography.lsu.edu/index.php/people/faculty/kam-biu-liu/


Coastal environmental change, paleoclimatology, paleoecology and palynology of coastal wetlands, and hurricane impacts
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Dr. Barry D. Keim
State Climatologist, Louisiana Office of State Climatology
Professor, Department of Geography and Anthropology
keim@lsu.edu
http://ga.lsu.edu/faculty/barry-d-keim/


Climate change, extreme weather events, heavy rainfall, hurricanes, and applied climatology
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Dr. Kanchan Maiti
Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
kmaiti@lsu.edu
http://www.oceanography.lsu.edu/index.php/people/faculty/kanchan-maiti/


Biogeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, transport of organic matter and contaminants in aquatic systems, chemical processes at sediment-water interface, and sediment geochemistry
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Dr. Victor H. Rivera-Monroy
Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
vhrivera@lsu.edu
http://www.oceanography.lsu.edu/index.php/people/faculty/victor-hugo-rivera-monroy/


Estuarine and coastal ecosystems, landscape modeling/ecosystem models, coastal management and aquaculture
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Dr. Robert V. Rohli
Professor, Department of Geography and Anthropology
garohl@lsu.edu
http://ga.lsu.edu/faculty/robert-rohli/

Synoptic and applied climatology, meteorology, water resources, and geography education
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Dr. Robert R. Twilley
Executive Director, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
Adjunct Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
rtwilley@lsu.edu
http://www.sce.lsu.edu:8001/index.php/people1/faculty/robert-r-twilley/


Coastal systems ecology, wetland biogeochemistry, ecosystem design of resilient coastal landscapes, and nutrient dynamics
Graduate Assistants
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Tess Danielson
Master's student, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Victor Rivera-Monroy
Graduate Research Assistant
tdani17@tigers.lsu.edu
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Gil Ouelette
Ph.D. student, Department of Geography and Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Kristine DeLong
Graduate Research Assistant and SC-CSC Early Career Fellow
gilman.ouellette@gmail.com

Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, isotope geochemistry, multi-proxy reconstructions, coral and speleothem proxies, and Caribbean climate variability
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Jacob Warner
Ph.D. student, Department of Geography and Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. David Chicoine, Dr. Kristine DeLong
Graduate Research Assistant funded by SC-CSC 
j.warn.121@gmail.com

Paleoclimatology, paleoenvironment reconstruction, sclerochronology, coastal archaeology, environmental archaeology. Peruvian prehistory
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Asher Williams 
Ph.D. student (Fall 2014), Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Victor Rivera-Monroy
Graduate Research Assistant funded by SC CSC
awil336@tigers.lsu.edu

Alumni

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Rebecca Hood
Master's student, Department of Geography and Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Kristine DeLong
Graduate Research Assistant funded by SC CSC
rhood2@tigers.lsu.edu

Coastal archaeology, human-environment interactions, paleoclimatology, sclerochronology, environmental archaeology, climate variability during the Holocene, and historical climatology
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Emily Powell
Ph.D. student
Advisor: Dr. Barry Keim
Graduated May 2014
SC-CSC Early Career Fellow, Emily is now working at Texas Tech with SC CSC, Congratulations Emily!

Dissertation: "Climate Extremes in the Southeast United States: Observed Variability, Spatial Classification, and Related Planning."

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William Tollefson
Masters student
Advisor: Dr. Robert Rohli
Graduate Research Assistant funded by by SC CSC
Graduated December 2013.

Thesis: “Effect of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Conditions on Agricultural Spray Drift."
Study site: Winnsboro, Louisiana.

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Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Telephone: 225-578-6316
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Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-5942