Current Team Members
Faculty
Dr. Timothy Hawthorne
Dr. Lain Graham
Dr. Angela Vergara
Dr. Bo Yang
Dr. Olga Jarrett
Dr. Hannah Torres
Dr. Christy Visaggi
Dr. Fernando Rivera
Graduate Team Members
Elise Lorenzo
N. Franklin (Nina/Nino)
Ally McClarty
Lisa Rodriguez
Jonzelle Bell
Lauren Aitken
Dustin Braden
Undergraduate Team Members
Abby Palmer
Open Reef
Antonio Cano
Dr. Lain Graham
Christine Munisteri
Robert Hernandez
NSF REU & RET Alumni
Listed in order by most recent and funded by NSF grants.
*Denotes international students funded outside of NSF grant.
2022
Dr. Timothy Hawthorne
Dr. Lain Graham
Dr. Olga Jarrett
Cecy Castillo
Dr. Angela Vergara
Elise Lorenzo
Halley Spencer
Isani Palacio
Cam Zhen
Jamie Cota
Teri O'Connor Mincey
Shaun Baughman
Yasmin Aden
Laurel Sparks
Alexis Davis
Emily Huston
Simone Schneider
Micah Ortiz
Eve Selbie
Valerie Melendez
Aledra Sacasa*
Hector Cucul*
2021
Dr. Timothy Hawthorne
Dr. Hannah Torres
Cecy Castillo
Dr. Olga Jarrett
Elise Lorenzo
River Johnson
Hannah Scott
Cali Carter
Katherine Rocchio
Valeria Hansen
Zachary Silberman
Anya St. Martin
Angel Sebastian Estruche Santos
Alicia Pressel
Julie Gardner
Shale Shore
2020
Kirsten Bouck, University of Central Florida
Dustin Braden, Ohio Wesleyan University
2019
Kayla McClendon, Arizona State University
Arianna Ortiz, University of Massachusetts Boston
Tyler Love, Clemson University
Jana-Elisse Clevenger, Vassar College
Zayna Flowers*, University of Belize
2018
Lucas Farmer, Ohio Wesleyan University
Amber Rutstein, University of Central Florida
Darby Relyea, University of Vermont
Robert Darlington, University of Wisconsin
Jeremiah Anthony Righteous-Rogers, LSU
Joshua Haralson, Wright State University
Karla Sofia Santiago Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
Rebecca Green, Northeastern University
Sara Peluso, University of Central Florida
Sharon Huerta, Beloit College
Giselle Mahung*, University of Belize
Michael Campos*, University of Belize
Elli Furukawa, Barnard College
2017
Michelle Chang, East Los Angeles College
Rachel Layko, College of William & Mary
Brenner Burkholder, Goshen College
Erin Butler, Kalamazoo College
Julia Jeanty, University of Florida
Kate Brandt, Rutgers University
Rigo Saqui*, University of Belize
Andrew Castillo*, University of Belize
2016
Saraneh Fitzgerald, Clark University
Sarah Kuo, University of the Pacific
Hannah Bonestroo, Macalester College
Ashley Little, Georgia State University
Monica Lemus, UC-Santa Barbara
Chinonso Uzowihe, Florida A&M University
Jasmine Perez, University of Miami
Jake Wade, SUNY Geneseo
Amanda Ashby, University of Central Florida
Former UCF Team Members
Kayla Toohy
Tyler Copeland
Sam Majumder
Michael Feinman
Morgan McDonald
Ilan Gritzman
Jessica Scales
Caralyn Tenney
Madison Sears
Hunter Putman
Larissa Gehringer
Hanifah Griffith
Malakika Jean-Baptiste
Hunter Searson
Patricia Bencivenga
Carolynn Turneur
Hellen Tran
Tori-Gaye Atterbury
Danielle Stewart
Merry Johnson
Amber Rutstein
Gabby McClinton
Rhiley Hodges
Alexandra Stovall
Sara Peluso
Christina Huerta
Kirsten Bouck
Jenna Falco
Autumn Taylor
Aaria Harania
Christopher Conlin
Zachary Miller
Cam Zhen
Michaela Gordon
Samuel Baker
Ethan Fuller
Halley Spencer
Rachid Ben Khallouq
Casey Berkery
Abigail Conover