We are working with UGA researchers (Nik Heynen, Matt Bilksie, Lizzie King, Amy Rosemond) along with non-profits, Save Our Legacy Ourself and Shell to Shore to restore oyster reefs along the Georgia coast, specifically on Sapelo Island and the Big Hole and Cabretta marshes. The goal of these projects is to restore oyster reefs, not…

We are working within the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) to understand how to best implement natural and hybrid infrastructure solutions. This work includes several projects including: Cost:benefit analysis of nature-based alternatives related to large-scale floodplain reconnection and smaller-scale stream restoration efforts. Research, design and implementation of nature-based shoreline projects at US military installations…

We are working with researchers at Stanford University (Giulio De Leo, Fiorenza Micheli) and the non-profit Comunidad y Bioversidad (Alesa Flores) to understand how marine fishery meta-population dynamics and environmental variability affect the ability of small-scale fisheries to be sustainable and resilient. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation.

We are working with a team to understand how kelp forests interact with, and influence coastal flows, and incorporating these effects into vegetation modules in coastal circulation models (COAWST). We are using a variety of techniques to understand bulk and individual drag coefficient variation with kelp biomass, canopy cover, and wave interactions. We are examining…

Our team is integrating engineering principles with oceanography to improve conservation of marine resource; what we call Conservation Oceanography & Engineering. Currently, we are developing thermodynamically-balanced ecosystem theory to examine how the ocean likely looked before human extraction, understanding how flow over coral reefs influences carbon and oxygen dynamics in the South Pacific, creating models…