Alongside Associate Professor Janet Nye at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, graduate student Sally Dowd is working toward a better understanding of how ocean warming affects fish populations in coastal regions and the broader implications of these changes.

Graduate student assesses ecological impacts of shellfish relays in North Carolina.

Institute of Marine Sciences doctoral candidate examines coastal ecosystem health.

An Institute of Marine Sciences doctoral student examines the effects of rising sea levels on marshes.

Institute of Marine Sciences doctoral candidate examines shorelines and their affect on ocean waves and coastal erosion.

Marine science Ph.D. candidate explores why oysters are dying off.

Carolina Ph.D. candidate Mollie Yacano studies an invasive species that is surprisingly effective at preventing erosion and pollution on the North Carolina coast.

Employing wastewater epidemiology UNC microbiologist Rachel Noble is leading a state-wide collaboration tracking novel coronavirus outbreaks across North Carolina, gaining insight that testing individuals does not offer.