Carolina graduate students in multiple STEM-related research areas received awards helping to broaden and diversify talent in these fields.

Graduate student Kimmy Hansen is analyzing the impact of future development on the tree canopy of Bald Head Island, a North Carolina barrier island that boasts the second-largest maritime forest in the state.

Chad Lloyd is a recent doctoral graduate in the Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Lloyd also holds a master’s degree from the College’s Department of Chemistry.

North Carolina Sea Grant has named several graduate students as NC STEM Policy Fellows.