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Peter R. Parham Peter Parham has Bachelor’s (Beloit College) and Master’s (East
Carolina University) degrees in Geology and a Ph.D. in Coastal Resources
Management (East Carolina University). His coastal research with Universiti
Malaysia Terengganu and Earth Observatory of Singapore covered many areas of
SE Asia. Parham conducted coastal surveys for NOAA in the Gulf of Mexico during
the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill response. Prior to completing his degrees, he conducted extensive geological fieldwork in the lake country of SW Ontario and managed ranches in Montana.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Conchas, NM, USA
Centre of Tropical Geoengineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Universiti,
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Stanley R. Riggs Stan Riggs is presently Distinguished Professor of the College of
Arts and Sciences and Distinguished Research Professor of East Carolina University.
He has degrees from Beloit College, Dartmouth University, and University of
Montana. As a coastal-marine geologist, Riggs has been doing research on ancient
and modern coastal systems since 1964. His recent research focuses on the interrelationship of environmental dynamics with development of human civilization.
Riggs is founder and president of a non-profit 501 (c) 3 titled “North Carolina Land
of Water” (NC LOW).
Department of Geological Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences,
Graham 101, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
J. P. Walsh Educated in geology at Colgate University (B.A.), marine science at
Stony Brook University (M.S.), and oceanography at the University of Washington
(Ph.D.), J.P. Walsh conducted 2 years of postdoctoral research at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and was on the faculty at East Carolina University for
14 years, where he taught and engaged in research on North Carolina, the Gulf of
Mexico, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, and France. In 2017, Walsh became a Fulbright
Research Scholar at the Université de Bordeaux. He moved to the University of
Rhode Island in 2018 to be Director of the Coastal Resources Center. His research
uses a variety of remote sensing and sampling approaches to study coastal and
marine sedimentary processes in the USA and around the world.
Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode
Island, Narragansett, RI, USA
G. Lynn Wingard Lynn Wingard received her Bachelor of Science degree from
the College of William and Mary and her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in geology
from George Washington University. She began working at the U.S. Geological
Survey as a student intern while at George Washington, and after completing her
degree she was hired as a Research Geologist. Her research focuses on reconstructing past conditions in coastal ecosystems over the last 5000 years, using mollusks
and the sedimentary record preserved in cores. Much of her recent work has been
in support of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration.
Frances Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA
Contributors
Peter R. Parham Peter Parham has Bachelor’s (Beloit College) and Master’s (East
Carolina University) degrees in Geology and a Ph.D. in Coastal Resources
Management (East Carolina University). His coastal research with Universiti
Malaysia Terengganu and Earth Observatory of Singapore covered many areas of
SE Asia. Parham conducted coastal surveys for NOAA in the Gulf of Mexico during
the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill response. Prior to completing his degrees, he conducted extensive geological fieldwork in the lake country of SW Ontario and managed ranches in Montana.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Conchas, NM, USA
Centre of Tropical Geoengineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Universiti,
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Stanley R. Riggs Stan Riggs is presently Distinguished Professor of the College of
Arts and Sciences and Distinguished Research Professor of East Carolina University.
He has degrees from Beloit College, Dartmouth University, and University of
Montana. As a coastal-marine geologist, Riggs has been doing research on ancient
and modern coastal systems since 1964. His recent research focuses on the interrelationship of environmental dynamics with development of human civilization.
Riggs is founder and president of a non-profit 501 (c) 3 titled “North Carolina Land
of Water” (NC LOW).
Department of Geological Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences,
Graham 101, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
J. P. Walsh Educated in geology at Colgate University (B.A.), marine science at
Stony Brook University (M.S.), and oceanography at the University of Washington
(Ph.D.), J.P. Walsh conducted 2 years of postdoctoral research at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and was on the faculty at East Carolina University for
14 years, where he taught and engaged in research on North Carolina, the Gulf of
Mexico, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, and France. In 2017, Walsh became a Fulbright
Research Scholar at the Université de Bordeaux. He moved to the University of
Rhode Island in 2018 to be Director of the Coastal Resources Center. His research
uses a variety of remote sensing and sampling approaches to study coastal and
marine sedimentary processes in the USA and around the world.
Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode
Island, Narragansett, RI, USA
G. Lynn Wingard Lynn Wingard received her Bachelor of Science degree from
the College of William and Mary and her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in geology
from George Washington University. She began working at the U.S. Geological
Survey as a student intern while at George Washington, and after completing her
degree she was hired as a Research Geologist. Her research focuses on reconstructing past conditions in coastal ecosystems over the last 5000 years, using mollusks
and the sedimentary record preserved in cores. Much of her recent work has been
in support of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration.
Frances Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA
Contributors