Investigators
- Dr. Bradley Tolar, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, UNCW (PI)
- Dr. Christian Briseño-Avena, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, UNCW (co-PI)
- Dr. Matt McLean, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, UNCW (co-PI)
- Dr. Winn Johnson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UNCW (co-PI)
- Dr. Ata Suanda, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, UNCW (co-PI)
- Dr. Rebecca Asch, Department of Biology, East Carolina University
- Dr. Harvey Seim, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill
- Dr. Janet Nye, Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill
- Dr. Ryan Paerl, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University
Post-doctoral Scholar
- Dr. Melanie Cohn, UNCW
- Dr. Sarah Kopczynski, UNCW
Graduate Students
- Matt Bues, UNCW
- Jess Shearer, UNCW
- Jared Oviatt, UNCW
- Tiana DeGrande, UNCW
- Samantha Sanders, UNCW
- Céilidh Christie, UNCW
- Madison Cox, UNCW (TS-1)
- Katy Boot, UNCW (TS-1)
- Ellissa DeFeyter, ECU
- Parker Lawrence, UNCW
- Rachel Wood, NCSU
- Jonah Parker, UNCW (TS-1)
- Lauren Allie Sells, UNCW
- Gena Leib, UNCW (TS-2)
Undergraduate Students
- Leila Ramirez, UNCW (TS-2)
Partners
- Cape Fear Community College Captain & Crew
- R/V Cape Hatteras
- Global Drifter Program
New Collaborators
- Dr. Scott Gifford, UNC Chapel Hill
- Dr. Elaine Luo, UNC Charlotte
- Dr. Alison Taylor, UNCW
- Dr. Britt Zepernick, UNC Chapel Hill (UNCW starting Jan ’26)
- Dr. Michael Muglia, ECU
- Dr. Caroline Lowcher, ECU
Former Students
- Harold Munoz, UNCW (Undergraduate)
- Riley Morse, UNCW (Undergraduate)
- Alex McKinnon, UNCW (Undergraduate)
- Mazzy Morrison, UNCW (Undergraduate)