CIMAS Student Directory

Atmospheric Sciences | Marine Biology and Ecology | Meteorology and Physical Oceanography

Atmospheric Sciences

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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)

Marine Biology and Ecology

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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

Meteorology and Physical Oceanography

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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