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	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
Stephen Escarzaga	The University of Texas at El Paso	Craig Tweedie	smescarzaga@utep.edu
Eden Krolopp	Oregon State University	Emily Eidam	kroloppe@oregonstate.edu
Mathea Kurtz-Shaw	The University of Texas at Austin	Ken Dunton	mathea.kurtz-shaw@utmail.utexas.edu
Derk Lyford	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Andy Mahoney	dlyford@alaska.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
Rachel R. Shrives	Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary	Amber Hardison	rrshrives@vims.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
Julia Holtzer	Marine Biological Laboratory	Research Technician	jholtzer@mbl.edu
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
Julio Ceniceros	The University of Texas at El Paso	Craig Tweedie	Biophysical coastal dynamics	0000-0002-8491-8729
Daniel Fraser	The University of Texas at Austin	Ken Dunton	Benthic communities	0000-0002-9980-9429
Ellie Gellerson	Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary	Amber Hardison	Coastal biogeochemistry	0000-0002-5234-2374
Brian S. Kim	Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary	Amber Hardison	Nutrient cycling	0000-0002-0189-0530
Natasha Griffin	Oregon State University	Byron C. Crump	Microbiology	0000-0002-6598-8633
Anne Krone	Oregon State University	Byron Crump	Microbial ecology
Jacob Pratt	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Andrew R. Mahoney	Sea ice
Aquanette Sanders	The University of Texas at Austin	James McClelland	Coastal permafrost
Alina Spera	The University of Texas at El Paso	Vanessa Lougheed	Ecology and biogeochemistry	0000-0001-5025-1260