Principal Investigator
 | Dr. Peter N. AdamsAssociate Professor of Geology email: adamsp@ufl.edu / (website) Hometown: Buckingham, Pennsylvania BS Chemical Engineering, Penn State, 1996 BS Geosciences, Penn State, 1996 MS Geosciences, Penn State, 1999 PhD Earth Sciences, University of California - Santa Cruz, 2004 Research Interests: Quantitative geomorphology, coastal processes, real-time instrumentation and modeling of surface processes. |
Current Personnel
 | Juan F. Paniagua Arroyave (PhD, 2013-present)PhD Student email: jf.paniagua@ufl.edu / (website) Hometown: Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia BEng Civil Engineering, Universidad EAFIT (Colombia), 2009 MS Earth Sciences, Universidad EAFIT (Colombia), 2013 Research Interests: Wave and current interactions with irregular inner-shelf bathymetry, Decadal evolution of tropical and tectonic active coasts. |
 | Hailey Johnson (PhD, 2016-present)PhD Student email: hailey.johnson@ufl.edu Hometown: Durham, North Carolina BA Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University (2015) BS Computer Science, Duke University (2015) Research Interests: Numerical modeling of coastal evolution |
 | Han Byul "Aiden" Woo (PhD, 2016-present)PhD Student email: hbwoo@ufl.edu Hometown: South Korea BS Geosciences, SUNY - Stony Brook (2013) MS Geological Sciences, University of Florida (2016) Research Interests: Numerical modeling of flexural uplift and influence on surface processes |
 | Matt Conlin (PhD, 2017-present)PhD Student email: conlinm@ufl.edu Hometown: Groton, Massachusetts BS Earth Sciences-Ocean Sciences, Oregon State University (2017) Research Interests: Long-term coastal morphological evolution, remote sensing of coastal morphology, morphological data collection techniques |
 | Brian Kelly (BS, 2017-present)Undergraduate Researcher (Honors Thesis) email: bkelly2014@ufl.edu Hometown: West Palm Beach, Florida Project Title: Sinuosity Analysis of Tidal Creeks in the Suwannee River Deltaic Complex |
Lab Alumni – Post Docs
 | Patrick Limber (Post-Doc, 2012-2014)Post Doctoral Research Project: “Numerical Modeling of Sandy Coast Geomorphic Behavior Resulting From Wave Climate Change” Current Position: Mendenhall Post-doctoral Scholar with U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA. |
Lab Alumni – Graduate Students
 | Christian J. Provancha (MS, 2014-2016)Thesis defense Jun. 17, 2016, M.S. conferred Aug. 2016, Thesis Title: "Linking Latitudinal Variability of Western Atlantic Wave Climate to the North Atlantic Oscillation" Current Position: Project Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers - New York District Operations Division, New York, NY |
 | Kathleen Wilson (MS, 2013-2014)Thesis defense Jun. 20, 2014, M.S. conferred Aug. 2014, Thesis Title: “Probabilistic Forecasting of Coastal Morphodynamic Storm Response at Fire Island, New York”. Current Position: Research Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, Florida |
 | Shaun Kline (PhD, 2009-2013)Advanced to candidacy Mar. 25, 2011, Thesis defense May 24, 2013, Ph.D. conferred Aug. 2013, Dissertation Title: “Influence of Wave Energy Dissipation on the Geomorphic Behavior of Rocky and Sandy Coasts”. Current Position: Coastal Engineer, Environmental Services Group (ESG), Enercon Services, Inc. (ENERCON), Murrysville, Pennsylvania. |
 | Jessica Lovering (PhD, 2009-2013)Advanced to candidacy Jan. 14, 2011, Thesis defense Mar. 15, 2013, Ph.D. conferred Apr. 2013, Dissertation Title: "The Role of Marsh Platform Morphology in the Geomorphic Response of Tidal Inlet Systems to Sea Level Rise”. Current Position: Physical Scientist, Oceanographic Department (NP3), Ocean Prediction Division (NP31), Coastal Forecasting Branch (NP313), Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. |
 | Richard MacKenzie III (PhD, 2007-2012)(Co-advised by Dr. John Jaeger), Advanced to candidacy Sept. 29, 2009, Thesis defense Jul. 18, 2012, Ph.D. conferred Aug. 2012, Dissertation Title: “Establishing Uncertainties Associated With Visual Based And Datum Based Shoreline Proxies On A Wave Dominated Sandy Coast: Cape Canaveral, Florida”, Current Position: Senior Petroleum Geologist with Operations Geology Core Group, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, Texas. |
 | Katherine Malone (MS, 2008-2011)Thesis defense Mar. 1, 2011, M.S. conferred May 2011, Thesis Title: “Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Beach Morphodynamics at an Autonomous Tidal Inlet: Matanzas Inlet, Florida Atlantic Coast”, Current Position: Geologist with ARCADIS Environmental Services, Washington, D.C. |
Lab Alumni – Undergraduate Students
 | Collin Brandt (BS, 2016-2017)Undergraduate Researcher (Honors Thesis) Honors Thesis Title: "Spatial And Temporal Evolution Of Beach Cusp Formations At Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida" Current Status: Chicago, Illinois |
 | Schuyler Smith (BS, 2015-2016)Undergraduate Researcher (Honors Thesis) Honors Thesis Title: "Vegetation and Wet-Dry Line Analysis of Decadal Shoreline Evolution at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida" Current Status: Graduate student in at Univ. of California Santa Cruz in Earth Sciences. |
 | Conner Cash (BS, 2015)Project Title: "Downscaled Laboratory Observations of EbbTidal Delta Formation" Current Status: Employed with United States Navy. |
 | Michael Waechter (BS, 2013-2014)Project Title: "Marsh Channel Sinuosity within the Lower Suwannee River Distributary Complex" Current Status: Currently employed as a Geologist at Gustavson Associates, LLC, Denver, CO |
 | Kyle Sexton (BS, 2012-2014)Project Title: "RTK-GPS Field Studies at NASA-Kennedy Space Center" Current Status: Employed as a Staff Geophysicist at United Consulting in Atlanta, GA (2014-2017). Currently employed as Geologist Level 2, Environmental Remediation Group, CH2M, Atlanta, GA. |
 | Susan West (BS, 2010-2011)BS Thesis Title: "Principal Component Analysis of Beach Profiles at Matanzas Inlet, Florida" Current Status: Currently employed as GeoSolutions Geophysicist with Schlumberger in Houston, TX. |
 | Luke Gommermann (BS, 2007-2008)* University Scholar Honors Thesis Title: "Interannual Climatic Oscillations and Wave Climate: Correlations Along the Florida Atlantic Coast" Current Status: Employed as a seasonal Park Ranger with the National Park Service in Ochopee, Florida and Moab, Utah. |