Lab members

Dr. Cassia Pianca

Research Associate

cpianca@vims.edu ;

Office: NERRS Water Quality Facility

Department: Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR-VA)

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Dr. Pianca is a coastal oceanographer and data scientist working on coastal and estuarine regions. She works at the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR -VA) at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science | William & Mary.

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Nathan Shunk

Ph.D. Student - VIMS

Office: Andrews Hall 201

Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

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Julia Abrao Teixeira

M.S. Student - VIMS

Office: Andrews Hall 201

Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

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Ricardo Utzig Nardi

M.S. Student - VIMS

Office: Andrews Hall 201

Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes

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Arian Dialectaquiz Santos

Ph.D. Student (co-advisor) - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (IO-USP)

Ph.D. Dissertation: Internal waves and their influence on the ocean thermodynamics in the Alcatrazes Archipelago. Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Dottori (IO-USP)

Alyssa Zimmer

M.S. Student - San Francisco State University

MS Thesis: Co-variability of Marine Heat Waves in San Francisco Bay and the Gulf of the Farallones.

Misty Mazzini

Lab and Field Work Assistant

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Misty is a natural born oceanographer, interested in wave dynamics and the swash zone, benthic marine fauna such as crabs and sea roaches, and marine birds, especially seagulls.

Hobbies: fetching, chasing everything that moves, sleeping, eating, peanut butter, cheese, peanut butter and again peanut butter.