Poster Presenters

SOC2023 poster presentations


Impact of 2022 Freeze on Belowground Biomass of Avicennia germinans  AgatheDesthomas
Lower Mississippi River Discharge Forecasting using Deep LearningAgnimitroChakrabarti
INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY OF USING RECYCLED GLASS SAND IN COASTAL PROTECTION AGAINST EROSIONAliAbdelrahim
CO2 Outgassing from the Atchafalaya RiverAnamikaDristi
Assessing the Success of CRUSH Tree Plantings across Coastal LouisianaAndrewFerris
Small areas, Big Events: Planning for Future Migration in Coastal LouisianaAnissaHyde
Investigating the role of flooding and phytotoxins in Phragmites australis diebackAustinLynn
Presence of mammalian predators in seabird colonies located on restored barrier  islands of LouiBonnieSlaton
Gauging the Water: Exploring Adaptive Capacity Needs for Young People in LouisianaBrettPickett
Exploring the potential use of BALOs as a probiotic control agent in marine environments.CalebCavness
Artificial Reef Units: 10 Years of Lessons LearnedCaseyConnor
A Location-Based Model for Restoration Experimentation: The Bay Denesse Living LabChrisEsposito
Impacts of Major Hurricanes on Barrier Island Geomorphology: A Case Study of Grand Isle, LACyrusBahman
Safeguarding Ecological Knowledge from the Effects of Climate Change: An Archival ApproachDaenaCarrillo
Airborne Imaging Spectrometer Products over Coastal Louisiana from NASA’s Delta-X CampaignDanielJensen
COMPARISON OF EFFICIENCY IN MARSH CREATION PROJECTS DanielGallegos
Gulf-COAWST: Using a Noval Coupled Hydrological-Ocean Model to Better Focecast Water Level VariaDaoyangBao
CRCL’s Oyster Shell Recycling Program: Innovative Methods to Optimizing Oyster Shell RecyclingDarrahBach
A multi-factor approach to understanding oyster success in Louisiana estuariesDevinComba
Evaluating the Oyster Shell Curing Process and Potential Pathogens from Restaurant to ReefDexterEllis
Advances in amphibious retrofit construction for flood risk reduction and climate adaptationElizabethEnglish
Assessing Two Materials for Novel Use in Coastal Wetland RestorationElizabethMacDougal
Comparison of littoral and pelagic aquatic faunal communities at a degraded estuarine ridgeElizabethMyers
Coastal Restoration Toolkit – An online resource to launch a restoration project in your communiElsaSchwartz
The Effects of Mississippi River Pollutants on the Growth of Microcystis aeruginosaEmersonMorris
Coast In Crisis – Oral History FindingsEmmaWillis
Real-Time Estimation and Forecasting of Streamflow Response to Cyclical ProcessesEmmaHouse
How to address ecosystem services and equity into Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA)FahmidaAkhter
Understanding key characteristics influencing the ecological services of recycled oyster shellFionaLightbody
EVALUATION OF LOUISIANA ECOTYPES OF SALTGRASS FOR SELECTION AND USE IN SALT MARSHES OF THE COASTGarretThomassie
A Water Level Sensor Network and SWMM Model for the Design and Assessment of  Low Impact DevelopGiannaCothren
GIS-SWMM based LID Design EvaluationGiannaCothren
Barge-driven resuspension enables sediment bypassing in the Gulf Intracoastal WaterwayGiulioMariotti
A Systems Approach to Stormwater Management in Baton RougeGraysonLoudon
Time traveling to 2100:wetland response under accelerated sea-level rise along the US Gulf CoastGuandongLi
Machine Learning Based Organic Soils Classification Using CPTu DataH. OmarUlloa
Rice and Rights: Navigating the Complexities of Water Allocation in Southwest  LouisianaJacksonde Gruy
CDIP wave and current monitoring in LouisianaRossTimmerman
Geomorphological Response of Coastal Wetlands to Major Hurricanes in Rockefeller Wildlife RefugeJasmineBekkaye
Interpretive Services: Visualizing Information Through an Interdisciplinary ProcessJohnOliver
GRAND ISLE – HOT SPOT PROTECTION AND BEACH NOURISHMENT JoshCarter
A Water Level Sensor Network and SWMM Model for the Design and Assessment of  Low Impact DevelopJosh Carter
Effects of cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa on eastern oyster feeding JuliaSweet
Fish communities at four Louisiana coastal ridges identified through environmental DNA metabarcoJustine Whitaker
Leading legislation: the value of the Coastal Wetlands, Planning, Protection, & Restoration ActKacieWright
Numerical Investigation of Marsh Terracing as a Coastal Restoration TechniqueKatelynKeller
Connecting the Dots: Spatial Analytics of Plastic Pellet RemediationKelseyCalvez
Planning for Future Sea Level RiseKristaJankowski
Lower Mississippi River Freshwater Allocation through Natural and Manmade DiversionsLauraManuel
CWPPRA’s WaterMarks360: Highlighting Coastal Restoration Using Virtual Fieldtrips & CurriculumLaurenLeonpacher
Gulf-COAWST: Quantify Carbon Transport and Cycling at the Land-Estuary-Ocean Continuum using a CLeZhang
Ecology of Crassostrea virginica Population Health in the Chesapeake Bay and Gulf of MexicoLeilaAvery
Eva Legard Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies: a university-public school partnershipLindaBui
LSU National Academies of Sciences Gulf Renaissance Scholars ProgramLindaBui
Seagrass Epibiota Biodiversity in the Northern Gulf of MexicoMargoBoucetta 
Living With Water – Creating a Water Literacy Program at Louisiana Children’s MuseumMariaComiskey
Assessing the Impact of Mangroves on Flood Risk Mitigation in Coastal Residential CommunitiesMd AdilurRahim
Analyzing wetland change along the Louisiana Coast during a period of rapid sea-level riseMelindaQuock
Impact of River Reconnection on Water Quality in Brackish Marsh in Coastal Louisiana, USAMercedesPinzon Delgado
Improving Vertical Referencing of Mississippi Delta Water Levels Using Delta-X Campaign DataMichaelDenbina
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Atchafalaya Basin ProgramMichelleFelterman
FRAGILITY CURVES OF LEVEE RELIEF WELLS DURING HIGH RIVER STAGEOmarAlawneh
Undrained shear strength comparison of mud-capped dredged pits in the Northern Gulf of MexicoOmarAlawneh
What’s Cookin’ on the Louisiana Coast: A Recipe for Adaptive Management of Sediment DiversionsRachelRhode
Created Wetlands for the Reduction of Organic Carbon Loading: a case study at Myrtle Grove, LARobertLane
Impact of river diversions on salinity and nutrient availability in brackish marsh soilsRobertFeder
An Environmental Justice Perspective on Louisiana’s aging Oil and Gas WellsScottEustis
Linking coastal flooding to an unusual hypoxic event using microbial ecologyShawnDoyle
Treasury RESTORE Act Direct Component Grant Program – Entities funding challenges and opportunitShelbyServais
Quantifying sediment retention and morphologic evolution in the Fort St. Phillip Crevasse SplaySherifAhmed
From English Lookout to Immigrant Labor: Salvage Archaeology on Pearl River Island, LouisianaShermanHorn III
Micropaleontological analysis of a Holocene sediment core from Myrtle Grove, LouisianaTrapPuckette
Spatial Trends of Human Population Dynamics with Louisiana Wetland Ecosystem ServicesVanessavan Heerden
St. Tammany Parish Adopt a Pond Program: Developing Lifelong Environmental Stewards through PublWhitneyWallace
LOUISIANA’S ALTERNATIVE OYSTER CULTURE GRANTS PROGRAM: DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND PRESENT WoodOglesby
Large-scale laboratory direct shear testing for wetland root strengthYoussefMousa
Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface sediment along the  Calcasieu RiverZhenweiWu
  • Posters will be displayed throughout the conference, with dedicated time for poster presenters to directly interact with participants during the poster reception the evening of Thursday, June 1.
  • Posters may be set up starting the morning of Wednesday, May 31 and must be in place no later than 12 PM, Thursday, June 1. Posters will need to be no more than 3.5 x 7 feet, landscape orientation.
  • Posters may be removed starting on the morning of Friday, June 2 before 10 AM. Posters still hanging after 10 AM, June 2 will be discarded.