Current Personnel

Abigail Tamburello is a third-year undergraduate student at Loyola University New Orleans, double majoring in Environmental Science with a biological concentration and Computer Science. She is very passionate about coastal environmental science, and intends to use computer skills to do valuable data analysis work to restore and protect coastal environments. Their professional aspiration is to be an executive scientist and be in charge of her own lab, doing research to advance sustainable technologies. She enjoys chemistry and statistics the most.

Rebecca Nix is an REU student at LUMCON. Rebecca is from Lawrenceburg, TN. and loves all things concerning nature. She grew up on a farm, which solidified her love for the outdoors and led her to majoring in Geology with a concentration in Geospatial Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Rebecca’s academic interests center on coastal and wetland ecosystems.

Cameron Donofrio is a MS student in the Ecotoxicology program within the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of South Alabama. He received a B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of West Florida in 2022. Cameron is interested in coastal eutrophication and the impacts of nutrient cycling on coastal water quality.

Past Personnel

Cadie Barnes was a laboratory technician in the Coastal Biogeochemistry Lab at Dauphin Island Sea Lab from 2023 - 2024. Cadie is now a MS student in the Aquatic Biogeochemistry Lab at the University of Central Florida.

Ilya Sniff was an REU student in the Coastal Biogeochemistry Lab at Dauphin Island Sea Lab for the summer of 2023. Ilya’s project, focused on determining the geochemical effects associated with a novel method of oyster reef restoration, can be found here. Ilya is finishing his degree at Grinnell College and will be pursuing a PhD in Astrophysics and Mechanical Engineering in Fall 2025.