Area(s) of Expertise

Coastal hydrodynamics, dune erosion, hazard identification and mitigation in coastal environments during digital photogrammetry.

Publications

• Formation of a barrier island breach and its contributions to lagoonal circulation , Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (2021)
• Land cover changes on a barrier island: Yearly changes, storm effects, and recovery periods , Applied Geography (2021)
• Vulnerability Indicators for Coastal Roadways Based on Barrier Island Morphology and Shoreline ChangePredictions , Natural Hazards Review (2021)
• Storm-driven erosion and inundation of barrier islands from dune-to region-scales , Coastal Engineering (2020)
• Natural and anthropogenic-induced changes in a tidal inlet: Morphological evolution of Oregon Inlet , Geomorphology (2019)
• Observation and modeling of the evolution of an ephemeral storm-induced inlet: Pea Island Breach, North Carolina, USA , Continental Shelf Research (2018)
• Beach Management Practices and Occupation Dynamics: An Agent-Based Modeling Study for the Coastal Town of Nags Head, NC, USA , Coastal research library (2017)
• Spatial and temporal variability in dune field: Pea Island, North Carolina , Shore & Beach, Coastal Observations (2016)
• Guest Editorial: Coastal Dunes Essential to a Resilient Coast , Shore & Beach (2014)
• Least cost path extraction of topographic features for storm impact scale mapping , Journal of Coastal Research (2012)