Coastal Hazards @ Virginia Tech
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COASTAL HAZARDS @ VIRGINIA TECH

Ph.D. Students

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Anmol Haque
​Civil & Environmental Engineering

email: anmol91@vt.edu
About Anmol
I joined the group in 2017. I completed my B.S. from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. My interests are in coastal disasters and mitigation, with an emphasis on methods to evaluate the risks of tropical cyclones and storm surge.
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Jun-Whan Lee
​Civil & Environmental Engineering

email:  jwlee89@vt.edu
About Jun-Whan
I joined this group in 2017. I received my B.S. and M.S. from Hanyang University in Korea. I am currently studying statistical methods and numerical modeling to advance surge and tsunami risk assessment.
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Catherine Jeffries
Geosciences


email: catherinej@vt.edu
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About Catherine
 I joined the group in 2018. I completed my B.S. in mathematics from Linfield College, and my M.S. in geology from Central Washington University. My interests are in tsunami modeling and tsunami hazard mitigation. 
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Laura Szczyrba
Geosciences

email: lszczyrba@vt.edu
About Laura
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I joined this group in 2018. I earned a B.S. in Environmental Sciences and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Virginia, where I performed research on coastal hydrodynamics. My current research interests include coastal storm-induced flooding and flood hazard mitigation.
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Steven Hoagland
Civil & Environmental Engineering


email: ​shoagland@vt.edu
​About Steven
I joined the Coastal Hazards group in 2019 as a Ph.D. student. I earned a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky. My research interests include numerical modeling of coastal processes and socioeconomic response to coastal hazards.
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Jessica DePaolis
Geosciences


email: jessicad@vt.edu
About Jessica
I joined the Coastal Hazards group in the Fall of 2018. In 2015 I received my B.S. in Environmental Geology from the University of Pittsburgh and received my M.S. at Virginia Tech in 2019 studying paleoseismology and tsunami deposits on the north-central coast of Chile. My Ph.D. work includes studying paleoseismology and land-level change using microfossils within coastal marsh environments.
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M.S. Students

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Kristine Mosuela
​Civil & Environmental Engineering

email: kmosuela@vt.edu
About Kristine
I am an MS student researching wave attenuation by living shorelines. I hold a BS in Civil Engineering from George Mason University and a BA in International Relations from William & Mary. I work as a water resources engineer at Wood.
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Codi Wiersma
​Geosciences

email:  caw2715@vt.edu
About Codi
I am an MS student researching modeling of earthquake-induced tsunamis for forecasting.  I have a BS is Geoscience (Geophysics focus) from Virginia Tech. and an AS in Engineering from Piedmont Virginia Community College.
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Emma Helfrich
Civil & Environmental Engineering


email: ehelfric@vt.edu
I graduated with my B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech in May 2019 and will complete my Master's in May 2020. I have been part of the Coastal Hazards group since 2017. I am currently studying storm surge generated by bypassing hurricanes along the East Coast.
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Undergraduate Scholars

Megan  Beever
​Ben Roston
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
meganb3@vt.edu
bhroston@vt.edu
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