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Julianna Kowal

Marine Scientist

Email: [[v|jkowal]]
Phone: (804) 684-7816
Office: Brown House 201
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Research Interests: sea level change and its effects on coastlines

Summary

Projects with the Shoreline Studies Program include collecting data to recommend various living shoreline designs, dredging projects, and coastline monitoring.

Education

B.S., Marine Science and Environmental Science, Coastal Carolina University
M.S., Environmental Science and Policy, Johns Hopkins University, 2025

Publications

Pietrafesa, L. J., Bao, S., Gayes, P. T., Carpenter, D. D., & Kowal, J. C. (2022). Variability and Trends of the Florida Current and Implications for the Future of the Gulf Stream. Journal of Coastal Research, 38(6), 1096–1103. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48697148