Meet the Team

The research team brings together six universities, multiple departments and research centers, an external evaluator, two advisors, and a dozen collaborators.

Emad Habib

Principal Investigator, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, emad.habib@louisiana.edu

Mohamed ElSaadani

Senior Personnel, Assistant Professor, Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, mohamed.elsaadani@louisiana.edu 

Jiang Li

PhD Graduate Student, School of Geosciences, jiang.li1@louisiana.edu

Mostafa Nasser

PhD Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, mostafa.nasser1@louisiana.edu 

Ishita Pal

Post-Doctoral Researcher, School of Geosciences, ishita.pal1@louisiana.edu

Rikki Skelton

Project Administrative Staff, Institute for Coastal and Water Research, rikki.skelton@lousiana.edu

Selena Hinojos

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Coastal and Water Research, selena.hinojos@louisiana.edu 

Maria Lindquist

MS Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, maria.lindquist1@louisiana.edu 

Claire Orgeron

MS Graduate Student, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, claire.orgeron1@louisiana.edu

Brian Schubert

Senior Personnel, Professor, School of Geosciences, brian.schubert@louisiana.edu 

Heather Stone

Senior Personnel, Associate Professor, College of Education & Human Development, heather.stone@louisiana.edu 

Donggyu Lee

Senior Personnel, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Design, donggyu.lee@louisiana.edu

Bingqing Liu

Senior Personnel, Assistant Professor, School of Geosciences, bingqing.liu@louisiana.edu 

Anna Osland

Senior Personnel, Director of Research, Kathleen Blanco Public Policy Center, anna.osland@louisiana.edu 

Liz Skilton

Senior Personnel, Associate Professor of History, liz.skilton@louisiana.edu 

Emma Willis

Research Associate, Kathleen Blanco Public Policy Center, emma.willis@louisiana.edu 

Steven Burian

Co-Principal Investigator, Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, sburian@ua.edu 

Wanyun ( Abby) Shao

Senior Personnel, Associate Professor of Geography, wshao1@ua.edu 

Sifan Koriche

Hydrologic Scientist, Alabama Water Institute, sakoriche@ua.edu 

Annyca Tabbassum

PhD Graduate Student, Department of Geography and Environment, atabassum@crimson.ua.edu

Emma Lowe

MS Graduate Student, Department of Geography and Environment, eglowe1@crimson.ua.edu

Md Munjurul Haque

PhD Graduate Student, Department of Geography and Environment, mhaque8@crimson.ua.edu

Amrutha Suresh

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Alabama Water Institute, asuresh2@ua.edu

Nimisha Wasankar

PhD Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, nwasankar@crimson.ua.edu 

Simone Domingue

Co-Principal Investigator, Research Assistant Professor, Bywater Institute, sdomingue@tulane.edu 

Marina Ruiz

PhD Graduate Student, School of Liberal Arts, sruiz1@tulane.edu

Jae-Young Ko

Senior Personnel, Professor, Department of Policy and Administration, jae-young.ko@jsums.edu 

Jasmine Thomas

Graduate Student, Department of Public Policy and Administration, J00820311@students.jsums.edu

Berneece Herbert

Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, berneece.herbert@jsums.edu 

Md Mozammel Chowdhury

PhD Graduate Student, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, j01045823@students.jsums.edu

Tara Jackson

Graduate Student, Department of Public Policy and Administration, J00985141@students.jsums.edu

Gamal El Afandi

Co-Principal Investigator, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, gelafandi@tuskegee.edu 

Reda Algendy

PhD Graduate Student, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, ralgendy4656@tuskegee.edu

Thomas Douthat

Senior Personnel, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, tdouthat1@lsu.edu 

Mackendy Ceragene

PhD Graduate Student, Department of Environmental Sciences, mcerag1@lsu.edu

Vincent Brown

Senior Personnel, Assistant Professor, Research, Department of Geography and Anthropology, vbrow31@lsu.edu 

Brad Jennings

PhD Graduate Student, Department of Geography and Anthropology, brad.jennings@lsu.edu

Nazla Bushra

Senior Personnel, Assistant Professor, Research, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana Office of State Climatology, nbushr@lsu.edu 

  • Kelia Bingham, Acadiana Planning Commission, Lafayette, Louisiana
  • Rachel Goudeaux, Chief Administrative Officer, Lafayette Consolidated Government
  • Jessica Cornay, Engineering Supervisor, Lafayette Consolidated Government
  • Roslyn R. White, Mayor, City of Abbeville, Abbeville, Louisiana
  • Larry Richard, President, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
  • Garland Pennison, HDR
  • Nick Amberger, Executive Director of Engineering & Infrastructure, City of Mobile
  • Mike Evans, Director, Mobile County Emergency Management Agency , Mobile County
  • Eddie Kerr, County Administrator, Mobile County
  • Lance Slater, Director, Office of Resilience and Sustainability, City of Mobile
  • William Strickland, Director, Mobile Baykeeper
  • Roberta Swann, Director, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program