Cluster Lead:
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.
UCF Colleges Involved with UCF Coastal: Center for Integrated Coastal Research Research:
In The News
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…
Colleges & Campus
UCF Professor Named Emergency Management Educator of the Year
Claire Connolly Knox will be awarded the prestigious honor, which recognizes her impact on UCF’s program and students, at the 2025 International Association of Emergency…
Research
Ocean Expert Joins UCF as Director of the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research
Ivan Haigh, the new director of UCF Coastal, plans to establish the center as a globally recognized hub for coastal science.
UCF Coastal: Center for Integrated Coastal Research Faculty
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Professor of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering -
Associate Professor of Tourism, Events and Attractions -
Assistant Professor of Public Administration -
Associate Professor of Politics, Security, and International Affairs -
Professor of Anthropology -
Assistant Professor of Chemistry -
Professor of Biology -
Associate Professor of Biology -
Assistant Research Scientist of Biology -
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering -
Professor of Environmental Science and Public Administration -
Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering -
Associate Professor of Biology -
Shannon Howley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Nicholson School of Communication and Media -
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering -
Instructor of Film and Media Production and Management -
Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering -
Associate Lecturer and Assistant Director, Mass Media, Nicholson School of Communication and Media -
Professor of Public Administration -
Professor, Davis-Shine Endowed Professor of Conservation Biology -
Associate Professor of Hospitality Management -
Stephen Pratt, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair of Tourism, Events and Attractions -
Associate Professor of Hospitality Management -
Associate Professor of Communication -
Professor of Biology -
Alexandra Schueller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering -
Associate Research Scientist of Biology -
Associate Professor of English and Texts and Technology -
Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering and Smart Cities -
Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Research -
Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering -
Professor of Biology -
Pegasus Professor of Biology, UCF Coastal Founding Director -
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 -
Chrysanthos Farmakis
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Nana Afua Gyau Frimpong
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Bella Harandi
Postdoc -
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 -
Muhammad Naufil Zahid
PhD Student of Civil Engineering -
Justin W. L. Zuniga