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Research

The Coastal Engineer

For decades, Rick Luettich, the director of the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, has been building better systems to protect the coast from environmental hazards and extreme weather events.

The Latest

  • Anne Smiley, a PhD candidate at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, holds a soil sample taking from a nearby marsh

    Anne Smiley

    As a Ph.D. candidate within the Piehler Lab at IMS, Anna Smiley’s work centers on using geographic information systems to track the changes in land cover in coastal regions. By calculating the nitrogen removal by soils across coastal landscapes, Smiley can measure water quality regulation.

  • Jamshaid Shahir standing in a lab.

    Jamshaid Shahir

    Jamshaid Shahir’s area of research — a better understanding of the intricacies of how embryonic stem cells divide and the ramifications for what cells they turn into — is positioning him for a role in the sciences at the frontier of his discipline and for a career in computational biology.

  • Jack Sundberg sits behind a row of batteries

    Jack Sundberg

    Time and cost are huge considerations when chemists are looking for new materials to use in their experiments. Jack Sundberg has created a software to help chemists uncover the best materials for their experiments — a potential game-changer for minimizing time and costs.