People

Current Lab Members

Graduate Students

Simone Schuster, PhD Student

Research Focus: Sequestration of reactive nitrogen in coastal ecosystems.

sschuster@bio.fsu.edu

Jasmine Stanton, MSc Student

Research Focus: Interactions at the mangrove-marsh interface.

jes23a@fsu.edu

Anastasiia Pestereva, MSc Student

Research Focus: Translocation of legacy Phosphorous in the Water Conservation Area.

ap26z@fsu.edu

Undergraduate Students

Taylor Cline, Biology and Environmental Science

I am focused on studying the ratio of inorganic to organic soil nitrogen in different environments across the globe.

Sarah Jensen, Environmental Science

WIMSE (Women in Math, Science, Engineering) student focused on restored mangrove soils.

Ezri Pratt, Biology

Biology Major interested in soil science and nutrient cycling.

Avery Willis

Lab Technicians

David DuBose

Research Technician - Florida Sea Grant

Lab Alumni

Erin Tilly, Biology and Environmental Science Double Major

Honors Thesis: Evaluating intertidal oyster reef condition in Franklin County, Florida, using oyster shell clusters, live oysters, and sediment physicochemical properties

Now: Aquatic Biogeochemistry M.S. Student at University of Central Florida

Kevin Engelbert

M.S. Chemical Oceanography, August 2024

Thesis: Tracing the Historical Increase of Sediment Organic Carbon in Apalachicola Bay, FL: Insights From Dual Analytical Approaches.

Rachel Biton

M.S. Biology, December 2024

Thesis: Investigating regional-scale differences in the physical structure of mangroves at an expanding range limit in northern Florida

Selma Squafi

M.S. Biology, December 2024

Research: Investigating Spatiotemporal Variation of Sediment Organic Carbon within Coastal Sand Dunes in Saint George Island, FL, USA

Website

Dr. Havalend Steinmuller, Post-doc: 2021-2022

Now: Assistant Professor, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)

Undergraduate Researchers

Alix Urban (2025-2026)
Jake Renner (2023-2024)
Samantha Hight (2022, 2024)
Jayna Hankin (2023, 2024)
Jesse Thomas, UROP (2022)
Anna Jacoby, UROP (2022)
Taylor Smith (2022)
Amina Sublaban, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021)
Kamri Colvin-Reece, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021)
Katarina Hennessey, Research Assistant (2021)
Sydney Rodetsky, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021)
Kindle Hon, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021)