Lab Director
Dr. Phillip P. Schmutz
Assistant Professor Department of Earth & Env. Sciences Email: pschmutz[at]uwf.edu Ph.D.: Louisiana State University, 2014 M.S.: Louisiana State University, 2007 B.S.: Baylor University, 2004 Research Interests:
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Current Graduate Students
Halie Weathering
B.S.: University of West Florida, 2024 Email: hew14[at]students.uwf.edu Research: Halie's research will examine the influence of differing psuedo-absense ratios from sea turtle nest sites on Santa Rosa Island and Perdido Key, FL |
Jordan Lewis
B.S.: Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 2019 Email: jil104[at]students.uwf.edu Research:Jordan's research will focus on the utilization of a thermal imagery UAV to map spatial and temporal flows of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD). |
Current Undergraduate Students
Joe Agin
- Research: Beach Wrack
Morgan Lab Alumni
Graduate Students:
Divina Cox
Madison Williams
Marley Allen
Chloe Jackson
Meagan Russell
- B.S.: University of the Ozark's, 2020
- M.S.: University of West Florida, 2024
- Thesis: Examine the Influnece of Beach Morphology on Sea Turtle Nesting Behavior in the Years 2010, 2016, and 2020 on Santa Rosa Island and Perdido Key, FL
- Now: Ph.D. Student @ University of California Santa Barbara
Madison Williams
- B.S.: University of West Florida, 2020
- M.S.: University of West Florida, 2022
- Thesis: The Spatial Variability of Sea Turtle Nest Sites Related to Beach Geomorphology Characteristics on Pensacola Beach and Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL
- Now: Restoration Coordinator for thePanhandle Dune Ecosystem Project - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Marley Allen
- B.S.: University of Kentucky, 2016
- M.S.: University of West Florida, 2019
- Thesis: Influence of Sand Fence Configuration on Sand Accumulation and Wind Flow
- Now: Ph.D. student @ the University of New Orleans
Chloe Jackson
- B.S.: Florida State University, 2017
- M.S.: University of West Florida, 2019
- Thesis: Exposure of the Property Protection Service to Environmental Stressors in the Gulf of Mexico
- Now: Ph.D. student @ Boston University
Meagan Russell
- B.S.: University of West Florida, 2012
- M.S.: University of West Florida, 2019
- Thesis: Application of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Assess Dune Vulnerability
- Now: Program Coordinator for Mark Scholars at UWF
Undergraduate Students (Thesis):
Liliana Blouin
Kyle Allen
Lexi Nelson
Tynon (Ty) Briggs
- B.S.: 2024
- Thesis: The Spatial Variability of Sea Turtle Nest Sites Related to Beach Geomorphology Characteristics on Pensacola Beach and Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL
Kyle Allen
- B.S.: 2023
- Thesis: Quantifying Seasonal Change in a Coastal Dune System using a UAV on Pensacola Beach, Florida
Lexi Nelson
- B.S.: 2019
- Thesis: The Utility of Using a Near-Infrared (NIR) Camera to Measure Beach Surface Moisture.
- Awards: Received the Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference 2018 (YCSEC) Best Student Paper Award
- Now: M.S. student @ Louisiana State University
Tynon (Ty) Briggs
- B.S.: 2018
- Thesis: Calculating Aeolian Sediment Transport Relative to The Presence of Gravel Lag.
- Awards: Received the Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference 2017 (YCSEC) Best Student Paper Award
- Now: Ph.D. student @ Florida Atlantic University
Undergraduate Students (Non-Thesis):
April Mendez
- B.S.: 2022
- B.S.: 2022
- B.S.: 2022
- B.S.: 2020
- B.S.: 2020
- Now: M.S. Florida State University
- B.S.: 2019
- M.S.: 2022 @ Colorado State University
- B.S.: 2019
- B.S.: 2017
- M.S.: 2019 @ UWF [non-thesis]