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The BLE LTER Team

Project Leads

Name Affiliation Role Phone Email

Ken Dunton

The University of Texas at Austin Project Director 361-749-6744 ken.dunton@utexas.edu

James McClelland

Marine Biological Laboratory Co-Project Director 508-289-7162 jmcclelland@mbl.edu

Investigators

Name Affiliation Areas of Expertise Phone Email

Byron C. Crump

Oregon State University Microbial ecology and metagenomics in estuarine and freshwater ecosystems 541-737-4369 byron.crump@oregonstate.edu
Ken Dunton The University of Texas at Austin Drivers of changes in community structure, resilience, and trophic linkages 361-749-6744 ken.dunton@utexas.edu

Emily F. Eidam

Oregon State University Sedimentology and physical oceanography emily.eidam@oregonstate.edu

Amber K. Hardison

Viriginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary Effect of organic and nutrient terrestrial inputs on lagoon biogeochemical processes 804-684-7779 akhardison@vims.edu

Katrin Iken

University of Alaska Fairbanks Drivers of changes in community structure, resilience, and trophic linkages 907-474-5192 kbiken@alaska.edu

Vanessa L. Lougheed

The University of Texas at El Paso Ecosystem metabolism, biogeochemical cycling, Diversity & Inclusion representative 915-747-6887 vlougheed@utep.edu
James McClelland Marine Biological Laboratory Land to sea fluxes; biogeochemical cycling; estuarine ecosystem dynamics 508-289-7162 jmcclelland@mbl.edu

Bailey C. McMeans

University of Toronto Mississauga Drivers of changes in community structure, resilience, and trophic linkages 905-569-4959 bailey.mcmeans@utoronto.ca

Andrew R. Mahoney

University of Alaska Fairbanks Circulation dynamics between lagoons and sea 907-474-5382 armahoney@alaska.edu

Michael A. Rawlins

University of Massachusetts Amherst Nutrient and water transport into lagoon systems; hydrological and biogeochemical modeling 413-545-0659 mrawlins@umass.edu

Yvette H. Spitz

Oregon State University Circulation/Biogeochemical modeling 541-737-3227 yvette.spitz@oregonstate.edu

Craig E. Tweedie

The University of Texas at El Paso Coastal erosion, biogeochemical cycling, cyberinfrastructure 915-747-8448 ctweedie@utep.edu

Vanessa von Biela

U.S. Geological Survey Aquatic ecology 907-786-7073 vvonbiela@usgs.gov

Tim Whiteaker

The University of Texas at Austin Information Management 512-471-0570 whiteaker@utexas.edu

Project Management

Name Affiliation Role Email

Nathan McTigue

The University of Texas at Austin Core Program Lead mctigue@utexas.edu

Kaylie Plumb

The University of Texas at Austin Core Program Research Assistant kaylie.plumb@austin.utexas.edu

Information Management

Name Affiliation Role Areas of Expertise Email

Tim Whiteaker

The University of Texas at Austin Information Manager Data management, website whiteaker@utexas.edu

Induja Mohandas

The University of Texas at Austin Information Manager Data management induja.mohandas@austin.utexas.edu

Graduate Students

Name Affiliation Advisor Email

Julio Ceniceros

The University of Texas at El Paso Craig Tweedie jeceniceros@miners.utep.edu

Stephen Escarzaga

The University of Texas at El Paso Craig Tweedie smescarzaga@utep.edu

Ellie Gellerson

Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary Amber Hardison efgellerson@vims.edu

Brian S. Kim

Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary Amber Hardison bskim@vims.edu

Anne Krone

Oregon State University Byron Crump kronea@oregonstate.edu

Mathea Kurtz-Shaw

The University of Texas at Austin Ken Dunton mathea.kurtz-shaw@utmail.utexas.edu

Sasha Peterson

The University of Texas at El Paso Craig Tweedie speterson2@miners.utep.edu

Christopher Sandoval

The University of Texas at El Paso Vanessa Lougheed crsandoval@miners.utep.edu

Alina Spera

The University of Texas at El Paso Vanessa Lougheed aspera@miners.utep.edu

Sydney Wilkinson

University of Alaska Fairbanks Katrin Iken swilkinson4@alaska.edu

Postdocs

Name Affiliation Advisor Email
Sabrina Heiser The University of Texas at Austin Ken Dunton sabrina.heiser@austin.utexas.edu

Other Project Personnel

Name Affiliation Role Email

Eloise Brown

University of Alaska Fairbanks Research Technician ejbrown@alaska.edu

Ryan Cody

The University of Texas at El Paso Research Technician: GIS, field instruments rpcody@utep.edu

Vincent Combes

Oregon State University Research Associate: biogeochemical modeling vincent.combes@oregonstate.edu

Katie Gavenus

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies Education Coordinator katieg@akcoastalstudies.org

Taylor Poirrier

University of Alaska Fairbanks Research Technician tmpoirrier@alaska.edu

Gesuri Ramirez

The University of Texas at El Paso Research Technician: hardware, time lapse cameras gramirez12@utep.edu

Susan Schonberg

The University of Texas at Austin Research Associate susan.schonberg@utexas.edu

Affiliated Investigators

Name Affiliation Expertise Email

Amanda Kelley

University of Alaska Fairbanks Ecological physiology alkelley@alaska.edu

Claire Griffin

University of Virginia Aquatic biogeochemistry griffin.claireg@gmail.com

Kristin Nielsen

The University of Texas at Austin Aquatic toxicology kristin.nielsen@austin.utexas.edu

Former Graduate Students and Post-Docs

Name Former Affiliation Advisor Expertise ORCID

Shahab Afshari

University of Massachusetts Amherst Michael A. Rawlins Hydrologic modeling 0000-0002-5166-6721

Kristina Baker

Oregon State University Byron C. Crump Microbiology 0000-0003-2812-5502

Emily M. Bristol

The University of Texas at Austin James McClelland Biogeochemistry 0000-0002-6059-3771

Daniel Fraser

The University of Texas at Austin Ken Dunton Benthic communities 0000-0002-9980-9429

Natasha Griffin

Oregon State University Byron C. Crump Microbiology 0000-0002-6598-8633

Jacob Pratt

University of Alaska Fairbanks Andrew R. Mahoney Sea ice

Aquanette Sanders

The University of Texas at Austin James McClelland Coastal permafrost