Water Scholars Awards

Published May 25, 2021 by
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Congratulations to the Spring 2021 cohort of Water Scholars!  The ECU Water Resources Center is proud to support these innovators as they explore and innovate topics related to water in their field of study.

The Water Scholars program is open to all ECU students, so please keep your eyes open for the next deadline!

Read more about our spring 2021 awardees on the WRC’s blogsite here.

Spring 2021 Awardees:

  • Ariana Donini Rivera (MS Geology), Quantifying lignin in suspended particulate matter in the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine systems during the 2018 hurricane season (Mentor: Mitra)
  • Julienne Beblo (MFA), An Exploration: Ceramics as a marine conservation tool (Mentor: Tisnado)
  • Kathleen Ferris (MS Chemistry), The quantification of low concentrations of dissolved lignin derived phenols in estuarine and coastal water samples (Mentor: Mitra)
  • Mallory Miles (MS, Biology), We Mean No Harm (publication of book) (Mentor: Feder)
  • John Sabin (PhD, ICS), Socio-ecological restoration at the boundary: Interdisciplinary planning & South Florida’s east coast buffer (Mentor: Grace-McCaskey)
  • Liv Sessoms (BEng, Environmental Engineering), Increasing public engagement with water quality testing and treatment technologies with regenerative stormwater conveyance systems (Mentor: Bell)
  • Alexander Teodorescu (BS, Biology), A local’s anecdote on the Forgotten Sounds (Mentor: Fraley)
  • Aied Garcia (MS Biology), Bringing awareness to the research and volunteer opportunities at the Water Resources Center (Mentor: Peralta)
  • Jason Kops (PhD, ICS), Creating a flood memorialization database for increasing awareness of repeated flood risk in Eastern North Carolina (Mentors: Rogers and Howard)