Meet Our Team
Dr. Timothy L. Hawthorne
Founding Research Director
Dr. Bo Yang
Postdoctoral Associate | NSF Eelgrass Lead
Elise Lorenzo
PhD Candidate | Open Reef Co-Founder
Christian Huerta
Graduate Research Assistant
Hunter Searson
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ilan Gritzman
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Alexandra Waller
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dr. Hannah Torres
Co-PI for NSF REU/RET Site
Dr. Fernando Rivera
NSF REU Co-Principal Investigator
Tyler Copeland
PhD Candidate | Outreach Coordinator
Hanifah Griffith
Graduate Research Assistant
Caralyn Tenney
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jessica Scales
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Larissa Gehringer
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dr. Olga Jarrett
NSF Partner
Dr. Christy Visaggi
NSF REU Co-Principal Investigator
Kayla Toohy
GRA | Media Specialist
Morgan McDonald
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Kirsten Bouck
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Alexandra Stovall
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dustin Braden
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Open Reef
Antonio Cano
Robert Hernandez
Lain Graham
