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of modern as well as ancient reefs, and on how human activities are altering warmwater coastal ecosystems worldwide.
College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Andrea D. Hawkes After completing B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at Dalhousie
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Andrea Hawkes moved to the USA in
2004 to pursue a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Following a 3.5 year postdoctoral appointment at
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Hawkes moved to University of North
Carolina Wilmington where she continues her 16 years of research on reconstructing coastal change, with a focus on coastal hazards in the USA and abroad.
Earth and Ocean Sciences Department and Centre for Marine Science, University of
North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA
Benjamin P. Horton Ben Horton is the Chair of the Asian School of the
Environment at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He was previously a Professor at Rutgers University and an Associate Professor at the
University of Pennsylvania. Horton obtained his B.A. from the University of
Liverpool, UK, and Ph.D. from the University of Durham, UK. His research concerns sea-level change. He aims to understand and integrate the external and internal mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, and which will
shape such changes in the future.
Asian School of the Environment, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Andrew C. Kemp Andy Kemp completed his undergraduate education at the
University of Durham (UK) before moving to the University of Pennsylvania where
he completed a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Science. This was followed by a
3 year postdoctoral appointment at Yale University, after which he joined the faculty
at Tufts University. His research focuses on reconstructing relative sea level changes
that occurred during the past ~5000 years with the goal of understanding the physical processes that cause sea level to vary across space and through time. This field
and laboratory-based work has spanned North America, Asia, Europe, the Middle
East, and Oceania.
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
David Lagomasino Growing up in South Florida, David Lagomasino had a fascination with the beach, coastal wetlands, and mangrove forests. David earned three
degrees in Geological Sciences, a B.S. from Florida International University, an
M.S. from East Carolina University, and a Ph.D. from Florida International
University. After completing his Ph.D., David continued his research at NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, near Washington, DC. Now David is an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University and
continues to study coastlines around the world.
Coastal Studies Institute, East Carolina University, Wanchese, NC, USA
Contributors
of modern as well as ancient reefs, and on how human activities are altering warmwater coastal ecosystems worldwide.
College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Andrea D. Hawkes After completing B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at Dalhousie
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Andrea Hawkes moved to the USA in
2004 to pursue a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Following a 3.5 year postdoctoral appointment at
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Hawkes moved to University of North
Carolina Wilmington where she continues her 16 years of research on reconstructing coastal change, with a focus on coastal hazards in the USA and abroad.
Earth and Ocean Sciences Department and Centre for Marine Science, University of
North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA
Benjamin P. Horton Ben Horton is the Chair of the Asian School of the
Environment at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He was previously a Professor at Rutgers University and an Associate Professor at the
University of Pennsylvania. Horton obtained his B.A. from the University of
Liverpool, UK, and Ph.D. from the University of Durham, UK. His research concerns sea-level change. He aims to understand and integrate the external and internal mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, and which will
shape such changes in the future.
Asian School of the Environment, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Andrew C. Kemp Andy Kemp completed his undergraduate education at the
University of Durham (UK) before moving to the University of Pennsylvania where
he completed a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Science. This was followed by a
3 year postdoctoral appointment at Yale University, after which he joined the faculty
at Tufts University. His research focuses on reconstructing relative sea level changes
that occurred during the past ~5000 years with the goal of understanding the physical processes that cause sea level to vary across space and through time. This field
and laboratory-based work has spanned North America, Asia, Europe, the Middle
East, and Oceania.
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
David Lagomasino Growing up in South Florida, David Lagomasino had a fascination with the beach, coastal wetlands, and mangrove forests. David earned three
degrees in Geological Sciences, a B.S. from Florida International University, an
M.S. from East Carolina University, and a Ph.D. from Florida International
University. After completing his Ph.D., David continued his research at NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, near Washington, DC. Now David is an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University and
continues to study coastlines around the world.
Coastal Studies Institute, East Carolina University, Wanchese, NC, USA
Contributors