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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