Meet the River Center
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Principal Investigators

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Emily Bernhardt

Enjoys tracking elements through ecosystems, the more degraded the better
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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

Faculty

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Kateri Salk

Visiting Assistant Professor of Water Resources

Technical Staff

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Brooke Hassett
River Center Lab Manager


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Alexander Miele
Research Associate/ Bernhardt Lab Manager


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Michael Vlah
Data Scientist

PhD Students

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John Mallard
all about the hydrology of watersheds recovering from human impacts
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​Jacqueline Gerson
is excited by trace metal movement through watersheds and their impact on people 
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Cathy Chamberlin
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Emily Ury (Bernhardt lab)
curious about nutrient cycling and the impacts of various land uses on ecological communities and biogeochemical processes. ​
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Nick Bruns

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Jonny Behrens
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Alice Carter
studying the metabolism of rivers.
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Katy Hansen

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Audrey Thellman

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Jasmine Parham

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Erika Smull

Undergraduate Researchers

Karen Jin​ (Bernhardt lab)
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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...

River Center Alumni

Phil Savoy- former postdoc, Heffernan & Bernhardt labs. Currently postdoc at USGS in Reston.
Anika Bratt- former postdoc, Heffernan lab. Currently visiting professor at Davidson College.
Laura Naslund- undergraduate researcher, Bernhardt lab. Currently PhD student at U. of Georgia.
Steven Anderson- former research associate, Bernhardt lab. Currently finishing MS at NC State.
Eric Moore- former research associate. Currently PhD student at UConn.
John Gardner- former PhD student, Doyle lab. Currently postdoc at UNC.
Xiaoli Dong- former postdoc, Heffernan lab. Currently faculty member at UC-Davis
Chelsea Clifford- former PhD student, Heffernan lab. Currently postdoc at Iowa State.
Jessica Brandt- former PhD student, Bernhardt & Di Giulio labs. Assistant Professor at UConn.
Joanna Blaszczak- former PhD student, Bernhardt & Urban labs. Assistant Professor at U. Nevada- Reno.
Richard Marinos- former PhD student, Bernhardt lab. Assistant Professor at U. at Buffalo.
Anna Braswell- former PhD student, Heffernan lab. Postdoctoral research scientist at Colorado.
Megan Fork- former PhD student, Heffernan lab. Postdoc at Umea.
Matt Ross - former PhD student, Bernhardt & Doyle labs. Assistant Professor at Colorado State.
Matt Fuller - former PhD student, Doyle lab. ORISE postdoc at EPA.
Erin Seybold - former PhD student, McGlynn lab. Postdoc at Vermont.
Kendra Kaiser - former PhD student, McGlynn lab. Postdoc at Boise State.
Maggie Zimmer - former PhD student, McGlynn lab. Assistant professor at UC Santa Cruz.
Alex Brooks - former MEM student. PhD student at Colorado State.
Michael Rinderer- former postdoc, McGlynn lab.
Fabian Nippgen- former PhD student, former postdoc, McGlynn lab. Currently faculty member at Wyoming
Tiffany Messer - former postdoc, Doyle lab. Currently faculty member at University of Nebraska
Joseph Delesantro - former River Center Research Associate. Currently PhD student at UNC-Chapel Hill
Raven Bier - former PhD student, Bernhardt lab. Currently postdoc at Stroud Water Research Center.
Kelly Shen - former undergraduate researcher, Bernhardt lab
Christa Kelleher - former postdoc, McGlynn lab. Currently faculty member at Syracuse University
Benjamin Colman - former postdoc, Bernhardt lab. Currently faculty member at University of Montana
Dr. Kris Voss - first official PhD recipient in the Duke River Center. Currently faculty member, Regis University
Meredith Steele - former postdoc, Heffernan lab. Currently faculty member at Virginia Tech
Alison Appling - former PhD student (Bernhardt lab), former postdoc (Heffernan lab). Data scientist at USGS.
Chuck Podolak - former postdoc, Doyle lab