Lab Members 2018 (from left to right): Alyssa Atwood, Aaron Jones, Hudson Moss, Hussein Sayani, Kim Cobb, Annika Jersild, Shellby Miller, Shelby Ellis, Isma Abdelkader-Di Carlo

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Research Staff | Students | Alumni

Dr. Kim Cobb

Professor

Georgia Power Chair & Professor
Director, Global Change Program
ADVANCE Professor, College of Sciences

Education:
2002 Ph.D. Oceanography, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
1996 B.A. Honors in Geology and Biology, Yale University

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Contact Info:
Office: Ford ES&T 3240 (map)
Phone: (404) 894-3895
Email: kcobb@eas.gatech.edu
Twitter: @coralsncaves

Bio:
Kim Cobb is the Georgia Power Chair and Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech. She is the Director of the Global Change Program at Georgia Tech, and serves as the ADVANCE Professor for diversity, equity, and inclusion for the College of Sciences. In her climate research, she uses observations of past and present climate to advance our understanding of future climate change impacts, with a focus on climate extremes and coastal flood hazards. She received her B.A. from Yale University in 1996, and her Ph.D. in Oceanography from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in 2002. In her research, Kim has sailed on oceanographic cruises and led caving expeditions in the Borneo rainforests. She received a NSF CAREER Award, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and the Hans Oeschger Medal from the European Geosciences Union in 2019. She is a Lead Author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, due out in 2021. As a mother to four, Kim is a strong advocate for women in science, and champions diversity and inclusion in all that she does. She is also devoted to the communication of climate change to the public through media appearances, public speaking, and social media channels, and enjoys frequent exchanges with policymakers about climate impacts and solutions.

Relevant Links:
Global Change Program
Sea Level Sensors in Coastal Georgia
 

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Daniela Estrada

Program Support Coordinator

Education
2010 B.A. Theatre, Berry College

Contact:
Office: Kendeda 195
Email: destrada7@gatech.edu
Phone: 404-894-1106
Bio:
Daniela is the glue that holds the lab together. She handles day-to-day scheduling, purchasing, and other logistics for the Cobb Lab and Global Change Program.
 

Dr. Hussein Sayani

Research Scientist II

Education
2017 Ph.D. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
2009 B.S. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Contact:
Office: ES&T 1158
Email: hsayani@gatech.edu
Webpage: hsayani.com
Twitter: @hsayani

Bio:
Hussein Sayani’s research focuses on developing records of past ocean temperature, salinity, and wind variability in the tropical Pacific that help inform our understanding of how and why climate has changed in the past and how it might change in the future.
 

Rachel Walter

Research Associate

Education
2020 B.S. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech

Contact:
Email: rwalter9@gatech.edu

Bio:
Rachel is recent graduate from the School of Earth and Atmospheric Science. She is working with PAGES CoralHydro2k to develop the CoralHydro2k database, a global collection of published coral oxygen isotope and trace element records. She is also involved in efforts to investigate the impacts of calibration methodology on coral-based temperature reconstructions.
 

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Thiago Esslinger

Undergraduate Student

Education
Majors: Biochemistry, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Contact:
Email: tesslinger3@gatech.edu

Bio:
Thiago Esslinger is a 3rd year undergraduate student in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Thiago's project focuses on investigating the relationship between coral genomics and coral-based paleoclimate record intercolony variability.
 

Madeleine Hardt

Undergraduate Student

Education
Majors: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Contact:
Email: mhardt3@gatech.edu

Bio:
Madeleine Hardt is a 4th year undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences with a minor in French. Her project in the Cobb Lab focuses on understanding thermal stress in corals and its affect on coral temperature and hydrology reconstruction.
 

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  • Alyssa Atwood (Postdoc, currently an Assitant Professor at Florida State University)
  • Shelby Ellis (Masters, currently an instructor at Georgia Tech)
  • Shellby Miller (undergrad, Administrative Professional)
  • Sommer Vanden Heuvel (undergrad)
  • Hudson Moss (undergrad)
  • Isma Abdelkader Di Carlo (visiting researcher)
  • Pamela Grothe (PhD student), currently Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington
  • Christopher Bosma (Undergraduate Researcher, Graduate Student at University of Wisconsin - Madison)
  • Gemma O'Connor (Undergraduate Researcher, now a Graduate Student at University of Washington)
  • Nick Hitt (Undergraduate Researcher, now a Graduate Student at Victoria University of Wellington)
  • Kayla Townsend (Undergraduate Researcher)
  • Colin Stone (Undergraduate Researcher)
  • Melat Hagos (Undergraduate Researcher)
  • Corey Drodowski (Undergraduate Researcher)
  • Lucas Everitt (Undergraduate Exchange Student)
  • Jessica Moerman (PhD student)
  • Bronwen Konecky (Postdoc, CIRES, University of Colorado & Oregon State University)
  • Jess Conroy (Postdoc, currently Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Stacy Carolin (PhD student, currently Postdoc at University of Oxford, UK)
  • Eleanor Middlemas (undergrad, currently Graduate Research Assistant at Rosenstiel
    School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami)
  • Liz Wiggins (undergrad, currently Graduent Research Fellow at University of California, Irvine)
  • Danja Mewes (undergrad, currently applying for M.Sc. programs in Sustainable Technology)
  • Intan Suci Nurhati (PhD student, currently postdoc at MIT-Singapore)
  • Julien Emile-Geay (postdoc, currently Asst. Prof. at USC)
  • Jud Partin (PhD student, currently postdoc at UT Austin)
  • Laura Zaunbrecher (Master's student, currently PhD student at GSU)
  • Nitya Sharma (technician, currently bioengineering MS student, GT)
  • Kim Brady (undergrad, currently PhD student at GT)
  • Kathleen Salome (undergrad, currently NSF Graduate Research Fellow at GT)
  • Alison Graab (undergrad)
  • Anna Williams (undergrad)
  • Jenni Williams (undergrad)
  • Sara Harrold (REU student, currently PhD student at UW)
  • Andrea Page (grad student)
  • Mindy Drinkuth (undergrad)
  • Matt Johnson (technician)