So proud of this team!

I defended my masters today and I can OFFICIALLY say I am the first African American to be accepted and complete a graduate degree in marine science from UNC-Chapel Hill #BlackHistory #BlackinSTEM

From the Blog: Natural Spaces in Urban Places and Their Contribution to Coastal Resilience by @UNCIMS grad student Anne Smiley. Read more. environmentblog.web.unc.edu/2022/04/natura…

Congrats to Dr Carly Moreno who has been awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation C-CoMP Postdoctoral Fellowship to study algal cells and their microbiome in the Arabian Gulf and beyond. Research will be carried out in the Shady Amin lab at NYUAD. #WorldEnvironmentDay  #NYUADScience (1/2)

The seasonal loss of oysters during the summer months, or summer mortality, is not new, but this year’s die-offs seem to be particularly severe and widespread. coastalreview.org/2022/06/brutal…

Thank you, Tal Ben-Horin, for letting me follow your team around for a day 🦪 Learn more about how NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology and UNC IMS have partnered with Carolina shellfish growers to understand these mortality events. wunc.org/environment/20…

Thanks to the @UNCResearch team and renata schmidt for braving the muck and capturing a vignette of my research! Also to the sponsors who make this research come to life: Albemarle-Pamlico NEP NC Sea Grant

Shellfish relaying allows oyster and clam harvest from closed areas under close supervision. It’s a contentious practice for environmental, ecological, and financial reasons—will it continue? Read about relay in NC Sea Grant ‘s Coastwatch! ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/cur…

The 2022 UNC Dept of Earth, Marine & Environmental Sciences grad student retreat was amazing! Loved spending time outdoors with fellow students and learning about some cool science. And HUGE thank you to Janet Nye and Antonio B Rodriguez for spending some time with us ☀️

New paper from my Virginia Institute of Marine Science William & Mary News and NC State University colleagues: Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Oysters under Low Tidal Range Conditions: Is Seawater Analysis Useful for Risk Assessment? mdpi.com/2010496 #mdpifoods via Foods MDPI

Check out the latest from Vega Thurber Lab (Denise Silva, Hannah Epstein & Dr. Rebecca Vega Thurber) describing how to look at 16S in corals! 🦠🪸 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

It's surreal listening to my regular podcasts, like The New York Times The Daily or Crooked Media What a Day, report on the #BBNJ treaty after being part of it. I've been thinking about this treaty for my whole adult life & PhD. To hear the success spoken back to me is humbling.

Had a chance to install OpenOBS sensors (thanks to @TedLanghorst) in the macro-tidal marshes of the Gulf of Morbihan, France with the help of UBS_universite scientists. Been a flash of a few days getting to know fellow coastal scientists #NSFASI and reading new environments

A great experience sharing my work on nitrogen removal by urban floodplain habitats at #ASLO2023!

#foodsmdpi #FeaturePapers📃 🥳Welcome to our Feature Papers in #Section "#Foods of #Marine Origin" ➡️For more details: mdpi.com/about/announce… @MusselsAreCool CalibrationModel gjn @Cyanotrans Rachel Diner Mark Ciesielski Ryan Carnegie #Seaweed #Fish #SeaBream #Starfish

So many tar heels in Portland, OR for the CERF conference 😍 #cerf23 UNC-Chapel Hill Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF)

Such an awesome experience. Thanks to Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) and session conveners! #cerf23 #PiehlerPosse

If you are interested in coastal biogeochemistry, urban water quality, and/or habitat contributions to resilience, consider tuning in to my dissertation defense this Friday at 10am EST! unc.zoom.us/j/91221636966 #PiehlerPosse

Research in North Carolina, for North Carolina. That's what many of our researchers do, including Dr. Mark Ciesielski. In recognition of his work on the causes of oyster mortality, he earned a 2024 UNC Graduate School Impact Award! Congratulations Mark!! gradschool.unc.edu/academics/awar…

For over a year, friends and I have baked in an earthen-built oven to make some county-class pizzas. Read all about it - from a sedimentary geology angle! joshimmel.com/post/clay_oven/