Cluster Lead:
Director & Professor of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering
ivandavid.haigh@ucf.edu
UCF Coastal focuses on integrating science and societal needs to address coastal issues and teach students conservation and resource management.
This Center, which has grown from it’s original cluster origination, works to understand complex local, national and global problems related to natural changes in coastal systems and those caused by humans.
The threats and challenges Florida faces are the same that coastal communities around the world face.
The solutions, methods and technologies developed at UCF will have immediate application to other geographic locations, with the potential to be statewide and national models for how coastal states should address future environmental and economic challenges as well as growth opportunities.
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In The News
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UCF Grad Turns to Anthropology for Flood Mitigation Efforts
Nilver Tovar-Ospina ’26PhD drew on his environmental engineering background in Colombia to become the first graduate of UCF’s integrative anthropological sciences doctoral program, with a…
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Coastal Flooding Happens at Predictable Times, UCF-led Study Finds
Professor Ivan Haigh and a team of researchers from around the world found that knowing when coastal floods are most likely to occur could improve…
Colleges & Campus
UCF Coastal Expert: Extreme Coastal Water Level Events Are Now 12 Times More Likely to Occur
A new study involving UCF researcher and Associate Professor Thomas Wahl has found that historical one-in-100-year extreme coastal water level events are now occurring about…
UCF Coastal: Center for Integrated Coastal Research Faculty
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Ivan Haigh, Ph.D.
Professor of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering -
Jeanette Johnston
UCF Coastal Administrative Assistant III -
Suman Acharya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Politics, Security, and International Affairs -
Sanam Aksha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Administration -
Sergio Alvarez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Tourism, Events and Attractions -
Sarah “Stacy” Barber, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology -
Melanie Beazley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry -
Lisa Chambers, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology -
Geoffrey Cook, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology -
Melinda Donnelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist of Biology -
Neil Duncan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology -
Stergios Emmanouil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering -
Christopher Emrich, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science and Public Administration -
Alessandro Fascetti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering -
Xiaoxiao Fu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Tourism, Events, and Attractions -
Michelle Gaither, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology -
Shannon Howley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Nicholson School of Communication and Media -
Jing Hu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering -
Nick Joiner
Instructor of Film and Media Production and Management -
Kelly Kibler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering -
Erika Kight, Ph.D.
Associate Lecturer and Assistant Director, Mass Media, Nicholson School of Communication and Media -
Claire Knox, Ph.D.
Professor of Public Administration -
Xishun Liao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering -
Kate Mansfield, Ph.D.
Professor, Davis-Shine Endowed Professor of Conservation Biology -
Jeong-Yeol Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Hospitality Management -
Stephen Pratt, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair of Tourism, Events and Attractions -
Jorge Ridderstaat, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Hospitality Management -
Jennifer Sandoval, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication -
Anna Savage, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology -
Alexandra Schueller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering -
Erin Seney, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist of Biology -
Sonia Stephens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English and Texts and Technology -
Patrick Peng Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering and Smart Cities -
Michelle Taub, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Research -
Thomas Wahl, Ph.D.
Professor of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering -
Linda Walters, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology -
Weiwei Zhan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
UCF Coastal: Center for Integrated Coastal Research Post Doctoral Researchers and Students
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Ghan Prakash Badu
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Cadie Barnes
MSc Student -
Laura E. Andrade Barron
MSc of Civil Engineering -
Tristan Carasella
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Tiffany Dawson
Postdoc -
Axel Eriksson
Postdoc -
Chrysanthos Farmakis
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Nana Afua Gyau Frimpong
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Bella Harandi
Postdoc
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Syed Zohaib Hassan
Postdoc -
Angelina Kossoff
PhD Student of Biology -
Vicente Sosa Landivar
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Pravin Maduwantha
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Ariadna Martin
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Anthony Mirabito
Postdoc -
Merope Moonstone
MSc of Biology -
Meghana Nagaraj
Postdoc -
Bassam Nasir
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Nilver Tovar Ospina
Ph.D. Student of Anthropology -
Sarah Grace Parker
PhD Student of Chemistry -
Mercedes Pinzon
PhD Student of Biological Sciences -
Gabrielle Quadrado
Postdoc -
Siddiqur Rahman
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Namritha Ramakrishnan
MSc of Civil Engineering -
Alison Reed
PhD Student of Chemistry -
April Robinson-Ring
PhD Student of Hospitality Management -
Krishna Pratap Sah
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Sara Santamaria-Aguilar
Postdoc -
Sami Savateri
PhD Student of Anthropology -
Mohsen Taherkhani
Postdoc -
Erin Tilly
MSc Student -
Emily Tyler
PhD Student of Anthropology -
Peter Vien
MA, MSe, PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Iacopo Vona
Postdoc
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Muhammad Naufil Zahid
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Justin W. L. Zuniga
