Principal Investigator      

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Anna R. Armitage, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head
Department of Marine Biology






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Graduate Students      

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Brooke Torjman
Ph.D. Candidate, EEB



Facilitative interactions between salt marsh plants and infauna in Galveston Bay.





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Briana Sebastian
Ph.D. Student, EEB






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Jamie Brinkley
M.S. Student, MARB






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Jocelyn Bravo
Ph.D. Student, MARB



My research interests lie in coastal wetlands and the marsh-mangrove ecotone, specifically in understanding how global change drivers and disturbances impact plant and community dynamics.





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Ansley Levine
Ph.D. Student, MARB



Research interests: coastal ecology; human-coastal interactions; sustainable ecosystem management and restoration.





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Alumni      

Alizia Barnes Rhodes
M.S. in Marine Biology, 2023

Dissertation title: Phragmites australis reproductive fitness, productivity, and morphology along a salinity gradient in the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge


Marissa Palmer
M.S. in Marine Biology, 2023

Dissertation title: Patterns of reproduction at the black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) range edge after a freeze event 


Jamie Thompson
Ph.D. in Marine Biology, 2022

Dissertation title: Abiotic and biotic influences on black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) growth and survival along their northern range limit in the Gulf of Mexico


Ashley McDonald
M.S. in Marine Biology, 2022

Thesis title: Responses of coastal wetland vegetation to a large-scale tidal restoration on the Texas Upper Coast


Janelle Goeke
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2021

Dissertation title: Bottom-up effects of mangrove encroachment on basal consumers in the Gulf of Mexico


Marissa Llosa
M.S. in Ecosystem Science and Management, 2021

Thesis title: Long-term vegetation changes in a Texas coastal prairie wetland complex with insights for managers


Rachael Glazner
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2020

Dissertation title: Effects of vegetation type on predation success: implications of mangrove expansion


Sarah Gossett Robinson
Master of Natural Resource Development, 2020

Thesis title: "An Analysis on the Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure Solutions for Reducing Contamination from Urban Stormwater Runoff"


Jake Sigren
Ph.D. in Marine Biology 2017

Dissertation title: Coastal Dunes and Dune Vegetation: Interdisciplinary Research on Storm Protection, Erosion, and Ecosystem Restoration


Carolyn Weaver
Ph.D. in Ecosystem Science and Management 2016

Dissertation title: Nutrient Enrichment Effects within the Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone: Implications for Mangrove Encroachment


Ashley Whitt
M.S. in Marine Biology 2016

Thesis title: Utilizing Citizen Science to Assess Bird Community Composition within a Changing Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone in Texas


Courtney Lee
M.S. in Marine Biology 2014

Thesis title: The Role of Population-based Diversity on Productivity: Considerations for Restored Spartina alterniflora Salt Marshes


Erin Kinney, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2011-2013

Current Position: Research Scientist, Houston Advanced Research Center


Eric Madrid, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2009-2011

Current Position: Advanced Placement/Dual Credit Teacher, Samuel V. Champion H.S.


Allison Parnell Nunnally
Masters of Marine Resource Managment 2011

Thesis title: Effects of Anthropogenic Nutrient Enrichment on Exotic and Restored, Native Aquatic Vegetation


Michael Bell
M.S. in Marine Biology 2011

Thesis title: Aquatic Macrophyte and Animal Communities in a Recently Restored Brackish Marsh: Possible Influences of Restoration Design and the Invasive Plant Species Myriophyllum spicatum


Chuan-Kai Ho, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2008-2010

Current Position: Associate Professor at Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University


Lindsey Staszak
Masters of Marine Resource Management 2010

Thesis title: A Rapid Assessment Method Examining the Ecological Health of Tidal Marine Wetlands in Galveston Bay, Texas




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