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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Jim Heffernan
Obsessed with ecosystem change at all temporal scales
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Martin Doyle
Likes reading (and writing) the history of riverscapes
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Ryan Emanuel
Studies water and its relationships to ecosystems and people

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 plant diversity



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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

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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.