Who We Are

The SRC team is made up of University of Miami faculty, staff, and students from a variety of disciplines, including biology, ecology, environmental policy, communications, law, and education. SRC’s field research supports the data collection of faculty as well as of our graduate and undergraduate researchers. Our student interns are the backbone of the SRC program, playing a major role in successfully carrying out our research and outreach activities.

Faculty and Staff

Our Director: Catherine Macdonald, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor

Lydia Baker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, California State University Monterey Bay

Liza Merly, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer

Julia Wester, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Practice

Christian Pankow, Assistant Director

Jacob Jerome, Intern Coordinator & Lecturer

Nola Schoder, Media Manager, Photographer

Christopher Will, Research Assistant

Emma DeLillo, Field Technician

Ph.D. Students

John Hlavin, Ph.D. Student,  Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy

Christine Martin, Ph.D. Student, Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy

Candy Real, Ph.D. Student, Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy

Delaney Reynolds, Joint Ph.D./J.D. Student, Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy

Emily Yeager, Ph.D. Student, Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, Assistant Intern Coordinator

Affiliated Ph.D. Students

Hannah Aycock, Ph.D Student., Babcock Lab, Department of Marine Biology and Ecology

Amani Webber-Schultz,  Ph.D Candidate, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Masters Students

Karizma Acosta, M.S.

Haley Aker, M.P.S.

Ina Franke, M.P.S.

Gavin Gusler, M.P.S.

Maeve Hunt, M.P.S.

Dale Kline, M.S.

Veronica Lopez, M.S.

Anabella Madrid, M.P.S.

Kathyrn Miller, M.S. SRC Logistics Coordinator 

Sara Morales, M.P.S.

Jenny Nocross, M.S.

Kylie Powers, M.S.

James Secor, M.P.S.

Noah Sonnenberg, M.S.

Affliated Masters Students

Hunter Hogan, M.S., Acadia University

Undergraduate Interns

Regina Aragon

Jolena Cordasco

Francesca DiMisa

Gavin Doak

Sarah Faestel

Max Graivier

Brian Jamison

Miles Lubas

Ryan McMullen

Khrista Nicholas

Kathryn “KT” Palmer

Katie Pavlik

Isabella Pitarresi

Morgan Scola

Katherine Wilson