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RI-NEST Principal Investigators

Elin Torell

Director, Coastal Institute

University of Rhode Island

elintorell@uri.edu

Jill Pipher, Ph.D

RI STAC Co-Chair, Professor of Mathematics

Brown University

Jill_Pipher@brown.edu

Jim Lemire

SURF Coordinator

Roger Williams University

jlemire@rwu.edu

Anabela Maia

Assistant Professor, Biology

Rhode Island College

aresendedamaia@ric.edu

Jennifer Bissonnette

Director, Edna Lawrence Nature Lab

Rhode Island School of Design

jbissonn@risd.edu

RI NSF EPSCoR Staff 

Howard Dooley, Jr.

Project Administrator

RI NSF EPSCoR/RI-NEST

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Barbara “BJ” Carangia

Scientific Research Grant Assistant

RI NSF EPSCoR/RI-NEST

401.874.6234
bcarangia@uri.edu

Shaun Kirby

Communications & Outreach Coordinator

RI NSF EPSCoR/RI-NEST

401.874.6888
skirby@uri.edu

Jaclyn Witterschein

RI-NEST Career Development Program Specialist

URI Coastal Institute

jwitterschein@uri.edu

Damaris Borden

RI-NEST Pre-Undergraduate Coordinator

Rhode Island College

dborden@ric.edu

Scott Schnur

Partnership and Tribal Engagement Specialist

RI NSF EPSCoR/RI-NEST

scott.schnur@uri.edu

Statewide EPSCoR grants and affiliates

Lisa Carnevale

Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council

Daniel Roxbury

SIMCoast (Socio-Ecological Impact of Microplastics in Coastal Ecosystems

Jon Nelson

3CRS (Community-Driven Coastal Climate Research & Solutions)

Ying Zhang

EcoCARE (The Ecological-Economic Collaboratory for Advancing Coastal Wetland Restoration and Resilience)

Emi Uchida

RISCC (Risks, Impacts, & Strategies for Coastal Communities)

Soni Pradhanang

ENACTS (Equitable Nature-based Climate Solutions)

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