Lab members
We are looking for new graduate students to join the lab at Virginia Institute of Marine Science | William & Mary (see opportunities) !
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:
Dr. Piero Mazzini
Assistant Professor
pmazzini@vims.edu ;
+1 (804) 684-7882
Office: Andrews Hall 236
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
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Dr. Mazzini is an Assistant Professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science | William & Mary. He is a coastal physical oceanographer, and his research focuses on understanding how the coastal ocean responds to winds, waves, tides, freshwater input from rivers, and the exchange processes among estuaries, continental shelf, and the deep ocean.
Additional information on Dr. Mazzini:
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For my full CV, please email me at pmazzini@vims.edu
Hobbies: surfing, camping, hiking, rock climbing, brewing, traveling, cooking.
LAB ASSOCIATE:
Dr. Cassia Pianca
Research Associate
cpianca@vims.edu ;
Office: NERRS Water Quality Facility
Department: Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR-VA)
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.
Additional information on Dr. Pianca:
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
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
Ricardo Utzig Nardi
M.S. Student - VIMS
Office: Andrews Hall 201
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
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.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
LAB ASSISTANT:
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.
PAST MEMBERS:
Research Assistant
Rachel Jackson
(San Francisco State University)
Graduate Students
2023 - Nathan Shunk
(M.S. - Virginia Institute
of Marine Science)
2021 - Nicholas Carver
(M.S. - San Francisco State
University)
Undergraduate Students
2023 - Conor Padmanabhan
NSF REU Program
(Virginia Institute of Marine Science)
2023 - Victoria Florian
Capstone Project
(University of Maryland)
2019 - Behlie Langel
(San Francisco State University)
2019 - Rami Darraj
(San Francisco State University)
2018 - Alyssa Zimmer
(San Francisco State University)
2018 - Amanda Young
(San Francisco State University)