Degree program: M.M.A. Year accepted: 2022 Research: Marine Transportation System (MTS), Marine Spatial Planning, USCG Waterways Management Background: B.S. Business Administration, URI

I am very interested using geospatial technologies (Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems, and remote sensing) to enhance coastal scientific research initiatives, particularly habitat change analyses. My work as the Rhode Island Geospatial Extension Specialist at the University of Rhode Island’s Environmental Data Center has fostered my expertise in the use of enterprise-level […]

Research: Importance and Resiliency in the Port of Galilee, RI Background: B.S. Biological Sciences URI/M.S. Bio Oceanography URI GSO/Principal Fisheries Biologist RIDEM DMF

Research: Regulatory landscape of overlay zones and sustainability practices impacts physical outcomes in Designated Port Areas and Harbor Zones. Background: Rosemarie Fusco joined the Marine Affairs department in 2021. She is interested in how both incentivized standards and regulations impact development decisions, and in how the outcomes of these decision-making processes are equitable and successful. […]

Research: Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, Coastal Resilience, Coastal Hazard Impact Modeling, Disaster Risk Reduction Background: I completed my BS in Environmental Earth Sciences at Eastern Connecticut State University in 2018 and an MSc in Biological and Environmental Sciences at University of Rhode Island in 2021. I also have a graduate certificate in Geographic Information […]

Samuel W. Adams is a doctoral student in the Department of Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island. His research addresses the vulnerability of coastal communities as a function of critical infrastructure dependencies and the cascading consequences of storm hazards. He has a master’s degree in public administration from American Public University and a […]

Background: University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, 2009 European Joint program (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Catalunya, City, University of London) Master’s in Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management, 2016 While I joined the URI Marine Affairs department in the Fall of 2020, my background is formally in coastal […]

An officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a senior program manager with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, David Ostwind joined the Marine Affairs department as a PhD student in 2022 and is currently researching how evacuation by sea may save lives and alleviate suffering after a catastrophic […]