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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/span>
\n<\/span>Katie Mosher,\u00a0<\/span>kmosher@ncsu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

North Carolina Sea Grant<\/span><\/a> and\u00a0<\/span>North Carolina Space Grant<\/span><\/a>\u00a0are pleased to announce two new recipients of joint graduate research fellowships: Allie Best of the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Nicholas Corak of Wake Forest University.<\/span><\/p>\n

This fellowship provides support for graduate students researching high-priority needs within North Carolina watersheds, coastal areas, and nearshore environments. Their research projects will utilize data from NOAA and NASA\u2019s vast archives, as well as the agencies\u2019 remote-sensing data from airplanes, unmanned aerial vehicles, unpiloted submersibles, or other technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to continue offering this joint opportunity to support interdisciplinary research,\u201d says Susan White, executive director of North Carolina Sea Grant and North Carolina Space Grant. \u201cTechnological innovations have expanded how our state\u2019s coastal region can be studied \u2014 and this partnership has expanded the scope of research topics and techniques for students with interests in coastal issues, aerospace, or both.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Allie
Allie Best<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Allie Best<\/b> will study the habitat quality and availability of the wintering swamp sparrow, a species almost exclusively restricted to brackish marshes along the Atlantic coast, which are experiencing sea level rise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith this fellowship, we will be able to model specific habitat needs of the coastal plain swamp sparrow, a threatened marsh bird, and generate sea level rise models to determine the future availability of these habitats,\u201d Best says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Predicting the effects of sea level rise on the winter habitat will help inform conservation goals and management strategies for the species, including the efficient allocation of funding and resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best\u2019s advisor is Raymond Danner of the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Nick
Nick Corak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Through partnerships with coastal agencies, including The Nature Conservancy and the Audubon Society, <\/span>Nick Corak<\/b> will identify coastal study sites where prescribed burns occur regularly. <\/span>Using satellite remote sensing from NASA and<\/span> on-site measurements<\/span>, he will record the growth stages and recovery of vegetation before and after prescribed fires <\/span>in coastal North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll investigate changes in \u2018leaf area index,\u2019\u201d a measure of the leaf canopy\u2019s size, orientation, and density, \u201cin order to draw conclusions about the benefits of fire,\u201d Corak explains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Corak also plans to work with local partners to inform community members about the environmental benefits of prescribed fires. His advisor is Lauren Lowman of the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to the advancements this year\u2019s fellows will bring to their field,\u201d says White. \u201cAnd we anticipate tangible benefits to the state\u2019s ecology and economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Read more about joint fellowships with North Carolina Sea Grant and North Carolina Space Grant.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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