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Mariko serves as the coastal processes specialist for NC Sea Grant and is positioned at UNCW Center for Marine Science. In her position, she serves as a resource for coastal processes and hazards.<\/p>\n

She has expertise in shoreline erosion, natural and nature-based management, coastal ecology, and flooding in North Carolina. Mariko works with managers, communities, and individuals to help generate solutions and best practices to develop communities and habitats that are adaptive, resistant, and resilient.<\/p>\n

Mariko<\/a>\u00a0holds a doctorate from UNC Wilmington in marine biology specializing in ecosystem and landscape ecology, focusing on how physical and biological components interact. There, her dissertation focused on analyzing the human and ecological implications of living shoreline techniques and nature-based management strategies in North\u00a0Carolina.<\/p>\n

She also holds a Master\u2019s from UNC Wilmington in environmental studies and a Bachelor\u2019s from California State University Bakersfield in environmental resource management.<\/p>\n

In her free time, Mariko enjoys\u00a0kayaking and block printing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":22390,"template":"","group":[1615],"person_tag":[],"class_list":["post-22358","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","group-nc-sea-grant-staff-wilmington"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMariko Polk - North Carolina Sea Grant<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/people\/mariko-polk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mariko Polk - North Carolina Sea Grant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mariko serves as the coastal processes specialist for NC Sea Grant and is positioned at UNCW Center for Marine Science. 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