Research

ECU ScholarShip Sustainability Research Collection

 

Names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research at ECU in 2021-22:

First NameLast NameDepartmentResearch Topic
CynthiaGrace-McCaskeyAnthropologyToward a Multi-Scale Theory of Coupled Human Mobility and Environmental Change
ElizabethAblesBiologyTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
RebeccaAschBiology Identification of the Spawning Grounds and Offshore Migration Corridor Used by the North Carolina Stock of Southern Flounder.
ChristopherBalakrishnanBiologyThe White-winged Wood Duck: Fighting Disease to Fight Extinction
AprilBlakesleeBiologyEvaluating ecosystem benefits and tradeoffs of living shoreline materials
PeriBoltonBiologyConservation genomics of the threatened Wallowa rosy-finch
DavidChalcraftBiology
SuelenDe Morais CaladoBiologyNUTRIEN EFFLUENT AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE PAMLICO RIVER ESTUARY, N.C.: 2021 Support
ErinFieldBiologyEnvironmental DNA Sampling in the Lower Roanoke River
RachelGittmanBiologyOyster reef restoration in Back Sound, Rachel Carson Reserve, Beaufort, North Carolina, NFHP
CarolGoodwillieBiologyTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
PatrickHarrisBiology Identification of the Spawning Grounds and Offshore Migration Corridor Used by the North Carolina Stock of Southern Flounder.
JohnHaywoodBiologybiological effects of endocrine disrupting chemical pollution
JohnHobenBiologyA Paired-Watershed Approach to Evaluate the Influence of Onsite Wastewater Nutrient Inputs to Falls Lake, NC
ClaudiaJollsBiologyNRT-URoL: Promoting Creativity and Excellence in Biological Sciences through Team Collaboration Mentorships
JosephLuczkovichBiologyIdentification of the Spawning Grounds and Offshore Migration Corridor Used by the North Carolina Stock of Southern Flounder.
MichaelMcCoyBiologyCollaborative Research: Linking predator functional diversity to prey dynamics through the functional response
KristaMcCoyBiologyDetoxifying a Toxic Environment: Investigating Sulforaphane-Mediated Prevention of Pollutant-Induced Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities
JeffreyMcKinnonBiologyWaters of Wonders: The Exuberant Biodiversity of Earth's Ancient Lakes
SusanMcRaeBiologyEffects of land management on occupancy, movements and breeding success of a threatened freshwater marsh bird, the King Rail
JamesMorleyBiologyThe influence of environmental factors and changes to hydrology on brown shrimp recruitment
ArianePeraltaBiologyCNH2-L: An integrative analysis of perceptions, policy, and land use impact on coastal agricultural watershed resilience
EnriqueReyesBiologyCNH2-L: An integrative analysis of perceptions, policy, and land use impact on coastal agricultural watershed resilience
RogerRulifsonBiologyEnvironmental DNA Sampling in the Lower Roanoke River
KyleSummersBiologyTeaching Evolution and Behavior using Virtual Games
HeatherVance-ChalcraftBiologyTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
DennisMorrisCardiovascular SciencesEast Carolina University Center for Regional Transformation
PraveenMalaliCenter for Sustainable Energy & Environmental EngineeringRenewable Energy and Green Manufacturing Academy for Rural Middle School Students in Eastern North Carolina
WilliamAllenChemistryTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
EliHvastkovsChemistryTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
AnthonyKennedyChemistryTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
JoiWalkerChemistryTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
CarolMassarraConstruction ManagementCost Effectiveness of CBDG-DR: Flood Mitigation and Vulnerable Populations
CoreyAdamsCoastal StudiesDevice Design and Robust Periodic Motion Control of an Ocean Kite for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting
GeorgeBonnerCoastal StudiesPowering the Blue Economy: Waves to Water
DavidCorbettCoastal StudiesBuilding a Lasting and Diverse Economic Sector (BLADES): Offshore Wind and Related Cutting-Edge Technologies
LindaD'AnnaCoastal StudiesUsing Undergraduate Engineers and Community Engagement to Build Resilient Coastal Communities
EricDiaddorioCoastal StudiesSpatial and Interannual Variation in Offshore Habitats Used by Southern Flounder in North Carolina Waters
LindsayDubbsCoastal StudiesAn Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC) for Advancing the Marine Renewable Energy Industry and Powering the Blue Economy
DavidGriffithCoastal StudiesToward a Multi-Scale Theory of Coupled Human Mobility and Environmental Change
NadineHeckCoastal StudiesBelmont Forum Collaborative Research: Negotiating Ocean Conflicts among RIvals for Sustainable and Equitable Solutions
AndrewKeelerCoastal StudiesClimate Change Adaptation in a Coupled Geomorphic-Economic Coastal System
MarkKeusenkothenCoastal StudiesThe Roi-Namur Battlefield: Site Survey and Inventory of Submerged Battlescape Heritage
DavidLagomasinoCoastal StudiesUsing ICESat2 data for Coastal Ecosystem Structure Assessment
AlexMandaCoastal StudiesDiscoveries in Earth Science for Middle and High School Students with Blindness or Visual Impairments
RonaldMcCord
Coastal StudiesAn Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC) for Advancing the Marine Renewable Energy Industry and Powering the Blue Economy
MichaelMugliaCoastal StudiesWaves to Water Prize Partnership with Coastal Studies Institute at East Carolina University
SiddharthNarayanCoastal StudiesGuaranteeing coastal wetland survival under sea level rise through nature-based beneficial-use dredged sediment placement: A Galveston Bay living laboratory
MichaelO'DriscollCoastal StudiesCoastal Wastewater Infrastructure
PaulParisCoastal StudiesMonitoring possible impacts of beach nourishment on the Avon and Buxton 2022 construction projects
KimberlyRogersCoastal StudiesCNH-L: Socioecological system dynamics related to livelihood, human migration, and landscape evolution in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
PattersonTaylorCoastal StudiesDevice Design and Robust Periodic Motion Control of an Ocean Kite for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting
EricWadeCoastal StudiesCross-institutional & Collaborative: Team Science to Enable Interdisciplinary Graduate Pathways
NehadElsawafEconomicsGreening Industries in North Carolina: Making Pollution Prevention Pay
AusmitaGhoshEconomicsPreparing for, responding to, and mitigating compound coastal water hazards for resilient rural communities
JacobHochardEconomicsCoPe EAGER: Establishing Interface Standards for Physical Exposure and Human Impacts Data Collection and Publication in Rapid Response to Coastal Hazards
GregoryHowardEconomicsLarge-Scale CoPe: The Collaboratory for Coastal Adaptation over Space and Time (C-CoAST) Hub for Transdisciplinary Understanding of Coupled Human-Natural Coastal Dynamics
JamieKruse
EconomicsCenter for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning
HaiyongLiu
EconomicsNRT-HDR: Finding Signal in the Noise to Enable Science-Based Community Response to Change in Coastal Region
MeghanMilleaEconomicsCollaborative Research: LEAP HI: Embedding regional hurricane risk management in the life of a community: A computational framework
TarekAbdul-SalamEngineeringRenewable Energy and Green Manufacturing Academy for Rural Middle School Students in Eastern North Carolina
NatashaBellEngineeringPotential of Woody Substrate-based Bioreactors to Remediate Plant Pathogens in Agricultural Runoff for Onsite Water Reuse
JamesEtheridgeEngineeringReducing stormwater runoff at everyone carries an umbrela university (ECU)
DonnaKainEnglishCollaborative Research: LEAP HI: Embedding regional hurricane risk management in the life of a community: A computational framework
MatthewRushingFamily MedicineLed Break Experience in Costa Rica to study ecological, social, and ecnomic health of the island.
BethBeeGeography, Environment, & PlanningCommunity Asset Mapping Workshops for the Blue Economy Corridor in the Eastern Tar-Pamlico River Basin
BurrellCoveyGeography, Environment, & PlanningMaking Sense of Uncertainty: Improving the Use of Hydrologic Probabilistic Information in Decision-Making
WalterCurtisGeography, Environment, & PlanningPreparing for, responding to, and mitigating compound coastal water hazards for resilient rural communities
PaulGaresGeography, Environment, & PlanningEstuarine bluff shorelines: Inter-relation between erosion processes and development vulnerability
RobertHowardGeography, Environment, & PlanningCESU- Shoreline Change Analysis for Habitat, Recreation, and Infrastructure Resilience at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
MisunHurGeography, Environment, & PlanningScience and Community Oriented Resilience Enhancement (SCORE) for equitable climate and energy solutions in natural-human urban systems
AnuradhaMukherjiGeography, Environment, & PlanningPreparing for, responding to, and mitigating compound coastal water hazards for resilient rural communities
Yoo MinParkGeography, Environment, & PlanningA low-cost mobile air-pollution sensor with geospatial mapping: A tool for community-engaged, environmental health disparity research
JacobPetersen-PerlmanGeography, Environment, & PlanningFocused CoPe: Supporting Environmental Justice in Connected Coastal Communities through a Regional Approach to Collaborative Community Science
HannahSirianniGeography, Environment, & PlanningEvaluating ecosystem benefits and tradeoffs of living shoreline materials
ThadWasklewiczGeography, Environment, & PlanningCESU- Shoreline Change Analysis for Habitat, Recreation, and Infrastructure Resilience at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
DavidFarrisGeologyThe nature of long-lived Appalachian terrane boundaries: An examination of the Tugaloo terrane and Brevard zone in the North Carolina inner Piedmont.
EricHorsmanGeologyTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
EduardoLeorri SorianoGeologyDefining and Modeling the Response of a Low Gradient Coastal System to Rapid Sea-Level Rise during the Late Pleistocene
DavidMallinsonGeologyDefining and Modeling the Response of a Low Gradient Coastal System to Rapid Sea-Level Rise during the Late Pleistocene
SiddharthaMitraGeologyNUTRIEN PHOSPHATE EFFLUENT AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE PAMLICO RIVER ESTUARY, N.C.: 2020 Support
StephenMoyseyGeologyREU SITE: RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION TO COASTAL CHANGE ACROSS COMMUNITIES
CraigBeckerHealth Education & PromotionInitiating sustainable behavior, feel good for doing good
CharlesHumphreyHealth Education & PromotionCoastal Wastewater Infrastructure
StephanieRichardsHealth Education & PromotionGCHC Integrated Behavioral HealthCare Partnership 2021-2022
JenniferMcKinnonHistorySaipan's Land and Sea: Battle Scars & Sites of Resilience
JasonRuppHistoryThe Roi-Namur Battlefield: Site Survey and Inventory of Submerged Battlescape Heritage
PritiDesaiHuman Development & Family ScienceGlobal health issues, child life services in india, human and ecological health, social justice, secure livelihoods, better world for all gernerations
KatharineDidericksenHuman Development & Family Science1st PRIORITIES-Practicing Resiliency & Inclusion: Our Role in Training Integrated Excellence & Sustainability
JenniferHodgsonHuman Development & Family ScienceGCHC Integrated Behavioral HealthCare Partnership 2021-2022
AngelaLamsonHuman Development & Family ScienceGCHC Integrated Behavioral HealthCare Partnership 2021-2022
JeanneHooverJoyner LibraryOpen ETDs for Outreach
JonKirchoffMarketingSustainability-related business topics in supply chain management and marketing
RachelRoperMicrobiology & ImmunologyGender bias in regards to women in the science field.
AlexHodgesNursingCommunity resilience and climate change
ElizabethMizelleNursingHeat-related illnesses and climate change
ReginaDeWittPhysicsCollaborative Research: Holocene and late Pleistocene stream deposition in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica as a proxy for glacial meltwater and paleoclimate
NathanHudsonPhysicsTeam Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)
MarkSpraguePhysicsIdentification of the Spawning Grounds and Offshore Migration Corridor Used by the North Carolina Stock of Southern Flounder.
StevenWolfPhysicsREU Site: Resilience and Adaptation to Coastal Change Across Virtual Communities (C2-Virtual-C)
AlethiaCook
Political ScienceEastern North Carolina Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence
PeterFranciaPolitical ScienceWater Quality and NC Fisheries: Building Stakeholder and Public Support for Improved Water Quality
SamanthaMosierPolitical ScienceImproving Agriculture Policy Design, Implementation, and Resource Allocation: An Examination of Food Labeling Perceptions for GMOs and Other Related Terms
SharonPaynterPolitical ScienceNRT-HDR: Finding Signal in the Noise to Enable Science-Based Community Response to Change in Coastal Region
MarkBowlerPsychologyNRT-HDR: Finding Signal in the Noise to Enable Science-Based Community Response to Change in Coastal Region
GregKearneyPublic HealthCommunity Health Needs Assessment 2021-2022
JeffreySkibinsRecreation SciencesWaterHubs as Entry Points to Environmental Stewardship
AntoniAguilar MogasResearch, Economic Development, & EngagementBiogas Optimization Modeling
DavidMayoSchool of EntrepreneurshipGreening Food Processing and Automotive Manufacturing in North Carolina
KanchanDasTechnology SystemsRenewable Energy and Green Manufacturing Academy for Rural Middle School Students in Eastern North Carolina