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Meet the River Center


Principal Investigators

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Emily Bernhardt
Enjoys tracking elements through ecosystems, the more degraded the better

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Ryan Emanuel
Studies water and its relationships to ecosystems and people



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Martin Doyle
Likes reading (and writing) the history of riverscapes

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Jim Heffernan
Obsessed with ecosystem change at all temporal scales


Technical Staff

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Brooke Hassett
River Center Lab Manager



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Michael Vlah
Data Scientist




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Steve Anderson
Bernhardt lab Manager
Lover of wetlands, streams and forests 




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Wes Slaughter
Research Associate
​focusing on data science 



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Spencer Rhea
Research Associate
​focusing on data science 




Research Scientists & Post-Docs

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Amanda DelVecchia
hydrology & biogeochemistry of freshwaters & sediments affect greenhouse gas dynamics

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Kevan Minick


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Nick Marzolf
carbon in freshwater ecosystems, from greenhouse gas evasion to assimilation by food webs, and influences of disturbance on the variability in these fluxes


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Brittany Hunt



PhD Students

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Nick Bruns


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Erika Smull
Water utilities and municipal finance



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​Audrey Thellman

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Jocelyn Painter


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Jonny Behrens

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Allison Pearce



Undergraduate Researchers

This could be you... send an email to one or more PIs if you are interested in conducting undergraduate research with one or more of us...
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Tyler Edwards
Majoring in biology with a certificate from Science and Society;  Alice M. Baldwin Scholar and Huang Fellow, 

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Wyatt Jernigan
Duke rising senior majoring in Biology with an Ecology concentration, and minoring in Earth and Ocean Sciences. 

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Jessee Steele



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  • River Center in Action
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