People

The Duke University Wetland and Coasts Center core membership is made up of Nicholas School faculty, staff, and students in Durham and Beaufort. The Center’s extended research faculty—coming from NSOE, department’s across Duke, and other institutions—are regular collaborators in the Center’s research and education goals.

Brian Silliman

Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Conservation Biology

Director, DWCC

Curtis J. Richardson

Research Professor of Resource Ecology

Founder, DWCC

Neal Flanagan

Research Scientist, Sr.

Assistant Director, DWCC

Jason Donaldson

Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Natural Sciences

Tong Qiu

Assistant Professor of Ecology

Dan Richter

Theodore S. Coile Distinguished Professor of Soils and Forest Ecology


Will Cook

Associate in Research

Richardson Lab

Christy Cutshaw

Research Technician III

Silliman Lab

Jennifer Hurtgen

Program Manager

Research Initiatives



Richardson Lab Master’s Students

Kayla Emerson

Nicole Gutkowski

Aidan Power