The BLE LTER Team

Project Leads

Name Affiliation Role Phone Email
Ken Dunton
 The University of Texas at Austin Project Director 361-749-6744 ken.dunton@utexas.edu
James McClelland
 The University of Texas at Austin Co-Project Director 361-749-6756 jimm@utexas.edu

Investigators

Name Affiliation Areas of Expertise Phone Email
Byron C. Crump
 Oregon State University Microbial ecology and metagenomics in estuarine and freshwater ecosystems 541-737-4369 bcrump@coas.oregonstate.edu
Ken Dunton
 The University of Texas at Austin Drivers of changes in community structure, resilience, and trophic linkages 361-749-6744 ken.dunton@utexas.edu
Amber K. Hardison
 Viriginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary Effect of organic and nutrient terrestrial inputs on lagoon biogeochemical processes 361-749-6705 akhardison@vims.edu
Katrin Iken
 University of Alaska Fairbanks Drivers of changes in community structure, resilience, and trophic linkages 907-474-5192 kbiken@alaska.edu
Jeremy L. Kasper
 University of Alaska Fairbanks Circulation dynamics between lagoons and sea 907-888-2534 jlkasper@alaska.edu
Vanessa L. Lougheed
 The University of Texas at El Paso Ecosystem metabolism, biogeochemical cycling, Diversity & Inclusion representative 915-747-6887 vlougheed@utep.edu
James McClelland
 The University of Texas at Austin Land to sea fluxes; biogeochemical cycling; estuarine ecosystem dynamics 361-749-6756 jimm@utexas.edu
Bailey C. McMeans
 University of Toronto Mississauga Drivers of changes in community structure, resilience, and trophic linkages 905-569-4959 bailey.mcmeans@utoronto.ca
Andrew R. Mahoney
 University of Alaska Fairbanks Circulation dynamics between lagoons and sea 907-474-5382 armahoney@alaska.edu
Michael A. Rawlins
 University of Massachusetts Amherst Nutrient and water transport into lagoon systems; hydrological and biogeochemical modeling 413-545-0659 rawlins@geo.umass.edu
Yvette H. Spitz
 Oregon State University Circulation/Biogeochemical modeling 541-737-3227 yspitz@coas.oregonstate.edu
Craig E. Tweedie
 The University of Texas at El Paso Coastal erosion, biogeochemical cycling, cyberinfrastructure 915-747-8448 ctweedie@utep.edu

Project Managers

Name Affiliation Phone Email
Christina Bonsell
 The University of Texas at Austin cbonsell@utexas.edu
Nathan McTigue
 The University of Texas at Austin mctigue@utexas.edu

Information Management

Name Affiliation Areas of Expertise Phone Email
Tim Whiteaker
 The University of Texas at Austin Data management, website 512-471-0570 whiteaker@utexas.edu
An T. Nguyen The University of Texas at Austin Ecological data analysis, R 512-471-0570 enthusiast@utexas.edu

Graduate Students

Name Affiliation Advisor Email
Kristina Baker Oregon State University Byron Crump bakerkri@oregonstate.edu
Emily M. Bristol The University of Texas at Austin James McClelland bristol@utexas.edu
Daniel Fraser The University of Texas at Austin Ken Dunton danielfraser@utexas.edu
Natasha Griffin Oregon State University Byron Crump grifnata@oregonstate.edu
Brian S. Kim Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary Amber Hardison bskim@vims.edu
Jacob Pratt University of Alaska Fairbanks Andy Mahoney jwpratt2@alaska.edu
Sasha Peterson The University of Texas at El Paso Craig Tweedie speterson.ak@gmail.com
Aquanette Sanders The University of Texas at Austin James McClelland aqua.sanders@utexas.edu
Alina Spera The University of Texas at El Paso Craig Tweedie aspera@miners.utep.edu

Postdocs

Name Affiliation Advisor Email
Shahab Afshari University of Massachusetts Amherst Michael Rawlins safshar00@umass.edu

Other Project Personnel

Name Affiliation Role Email
Eloise Brown University of Alaska Fairbanks Research Technician ejbrown@alaska.edu
Ryan Cody The University of Texas at El Paso Research Technician: GIS, field instruments ejbrown@alaska.edu
Brandy Cervantes Oregon State University Research Associate: biogeochemical modeling brandy.cervantes@oregonstate.edu
Paul Duvoy University of Alaska Fairbanks Research Technician pxduvoy@alaska.edu
Stephanie Jump University of Alaska Fairbanks Research Technician sjump@alaska.edu
Taylor Poirrier University of Alaska Fairbanks Research Technician tmpoirrier@alaska.edu
Gesuri Ramirez The University of Texas at El Paso Research Technician: hardware, time lapse cameras gramirez12@utep.edu
Susan Schonberg The University of Texas at Austin Research Associate susan.schonberg@utexas.edu