Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Anna R. Armitage, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head
Department of Marine Biology
armitage@tamu.edu
Phone: +1 (409) 740-4842
Fax: +1 (409) 740-5001
Graduate Students
Jocelyn Bravo
Ph.D. Student, MARB
My research interests lie in coastal wetlands and the marsh-mangrove ecotone, specifically in understanding how global change drivers and disturbances impact plant and community dynamics.
Haley Crawford
M.S. Student, MARB
I am interested in how anthropogenic activities and various restoration techniques impact carbon capture and storage in coastal and wetland systems.
Ansley Levine
Ph.D. Student, MARB
Research interests: coastal ecology; human-coastal interactions; sustainable ecosystem management and restoration.
Staff
Jamie Brinkley, M.S.
Research Assistant
Alumni
Brooke Torjman
Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2026
Dissertation title: Biotic and abiotic influences on infaunal abundance and community composition in salt marshes of Galveston Bay
Jamie Brinkley
M.S. in Marine Biology, 2026
Thesis title: Carbon stock assessment of restored wetlands in Galveston Bay
Alizia Barnes Rhodes
M.S. in Marine Biology, 2023
Dissertation title: Phragmites australis reproductive fitness, productivity, and morphology along a salinity gradient in the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
Marissa Palmer
M.S. in Marine Biology, 2023
Dissertation title: Patterns of reproduction at the black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) range edge after a freeze event
Jamie Thompson
Ph.D. in Marine Biology, 2022
Dissertation title: Abiotic and biotic influences on black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) growth and survival along their northern range limit in the Gulf of Mexico
Ashley McDonald
M.S. in Marine Biology, 2022
Thesis title: Responses of coastal wetland vegetation to a large-scale tidal restoration on the Texas Upper Coast
Janelle Goeke
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2021
Dissertation title: Bottom-up effects of mangrove encroachment on basal consumers in the Gulf of Mexico
Marissa Llosa
M.S. in Ecosystem Science and Management, 2021
Thesis title: Long-term vegetation changes in a Texas coastal prairie wetland complex with insights for managers
Rachael Glazner
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2020
Dissertation title: Effects of vegetation type on predation success: implications of mangrove expansion
Sarah Gossett Robinson
Master of Natural Resource Development, 2020
Thesis title: "An Analysis on the Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure Solutions for Reducing Contamination from Urban Stormwater Runoff"
Jake Sigren
Ph.D. in Marine Biology 2017
Dissertation title: Coastal Dunes and Dune Vegetation: Interdisciplinary Research on Storm Protection, Erosion, and Ecosystem Restoration
Carolyn Weaver
Ph.D. in Ecosystem Science and Management 2016
Dissertation title: Nutrient Enrichment Effects within the Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone: Implications for Mangrove Encroachment
Ashley Whitt
M.S. in Marine Biology 2016
Thesis title: Utilizing Citizen Science to Assess Bird Community Composition within a Changing Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone in Texas
Courtney Lee
M.S. in Marine Biology 2014
Thesis title: The Role of Population-based Diversity on Productivity: Considerations for Restored Spartina alterniflora Salt Marshes
Erin Kinney, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2011-2013
Current Position: Research Scientist, Houston Advanced Research Center
Eric Madrid, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2009-2011
Current Position: Advanced Placement/Dual Credit Teacher, Samuel V. Champion H.S.
Allison Parnell Nunnally
Masters of Marine Resource Managment 2011
Thesis title: Effects of Anthropogenic Nutrient Enrichment on Exotic and Restored, Native Aquatic Vegetation
Michael Bell
M.S. in Marine Biology 2011
Chuan-Kai Ho, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2008-2010
Current Position: Associate Professor at Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University
Lindsey Staszak
Masters of Marine Resource Management 2010
Thesis title: A Rapid Assessment Method Examining the Ecological Health of Tidal Marine Wetlands in Galveston Bay, Texas