Principal Investigators (PIs)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tess Danielson
Master's student, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Victor Rivera-Monroy
Graduate Research Assistant
tdani17@tigers.lsu.edu

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
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

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
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

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

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

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."

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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