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Congratulations to Our Spring 2018 Cohort of Global Change Fellows

The Southeast Climate Science Center is pleased to announce that 13 exceptional NC State graduate students have been selected for the Global Change Fellows Program for Spring 2018. The Global Change Fellows will bring their diverse perspectives to the development of a Global Change Seminar series, which will engage the NC State and broader community across disciplines on topics of global change. The Fellows were nominated by SE CSC Faculty Affiliates representing six departments and four colleges. Learn about these outstanding student researchers below.
Jared Balik, Department of Applied Ecology
Graduate Advisor: Brad Taylor
Jared’s research explores how climate-induced changes in the phenology of hydrologic events (e.g., the timing of springtime peak flows and duration of baseflow) can affect the nutrient dynamics and productivity of montane streams.
Hadi Eshragi, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Graduate Advisor: Joe DeCarolis
Hadi is working to develop energy optimization models of the US energy system and to apply methods of uncertainty assessment in a high-performance computing framework.
Riley Gallagher, Department of Applied Ecology
Graduate Advisor: Jeff Buckel
Riley focuses on population genetics and life history adaptability of migratory cobia in coastal North Carolina and Virginia waters.
Devon Gaydos, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Graduate Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
Devon is studying the ecology and management of sudden oak death disease, using spatiotemporal projections of disease spread and participatory modeling.
Enie Hensel, Department of Applied Ecology
Graduate Advisor: Craig Layman
Enie studies how human impacts including eutrophication, habitat degradation, and overharvesting change Caribbean coral and seagrass food web structure and ecosystem function.
Danielle Lawson, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
Graduate Advisor: Kathryn Stevenson
Danielle’s research is designed to determine how we can leverage the unique climate change views of younger generations to increase the climate literacy of older generations.
James (Mike) Madden, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Graduate Advisor: Walt Robinson
Mike is evaluating whether projections of conditions such as higher temperatures, water vapor concentrations, sea-surface temperatures, and future land-use are adequately represented and resolved in numerical models that describe storm events.
Lindsay Maudlin, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Graduate Advisor: Karen McNeal
Lindsay’s research consists of an eye-tracking assessment of the usability of a web-based climate decision support system for forestry stakeholders.
Tina Mozelewski, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Graduate Advisor: Robert Scheller
Tina is investigating how climate change will alter the outcomes for existing restoration projects in the longleaf pine ecosystem on and around Fort Bragg, NC and the Uwharrie National Forest, and how restoration programs should be re-designed given the changing climate.
Sudarshana Mukhopadhyay, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Graduate Advisor: Sankar Arumugam
Sudarshana researches using global climate model outputs to develop sub-seasonal to seasonal streamflow predictions for reservoir inflow forecasts.
Sarah Parsons, Department of Entomology
Graduate Advisor: Steve Frank
Sarah investigates the manipulation of landscape design elements, especially vegetation complexity, as a tool to mitigate the negative effects of pests on urban trees in a warming climate.
Emily Reed, Department of Applied Ecology
Graduate Advisor: Martha Reiskind
Emily is studying how the invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus moves across urbanizing landscapes and the role humans play in their dispersal.
Matthew Stillwagon, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Graduate Advisor: Marcelo Ardón Sayao
Matthew’s research focuses on how sea level rise and saltwater intrusion are altering nutrient storage and cycling in soils and surface water of coastal wetlands in North Carolina.