Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
![Sahar Asrari](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2024/01/asrari-9a5c2fe3f3ff0619-150x150.jpeg)
Sahar Asrari
PhD/Coastal Program
Advisor: Jack A. Puleo
Email: saasrari@udel.edu
Research Interests: Coastal processes, sediment transport, scour, coastal erosion and impact of sea level rise to coasts
![Emily Chapman](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2022/10/chapman-150x150.jpeg)
Emily Chapman
MCE/Coastal Program
Advisor: Jack A. Puleo
Email: echapman@udel.edu
Research Interests: Coastal processes, nearshore hydrodynamics, coastal erosion, and sediment transport
![Gabriela Salgado Dominguez](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2022/10/Dominguez-150x150.jpeg)
Gabriela Salgado Dominguez
PhD/Coastal Program
Advisor: Jack A. Puleo
Email: gsd@udel.edu
Research Interests: Nearshore hydrodynamics, coastal processes, wave dynamics, infragravity waves, ship wakes, and harbour resonance
![Delaney Doran](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2024/01/doran-007a989b6fa68c08-150x150.jpeg)
Delaney Doran
PhD/Coastal Program
Advisor: Jack A. Puleo
Email: deldoran@udel.edu
Research Interests: Coastal processes, nearshore hydrodynamics, nature-based solutions, extreme events
![Danial Golbaz](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2023/01/golbaz-150x150.jpeg)
Danial Golbaz
Advisor: Yao Hu
Email: dgolbaz@udel.edu
Research Interests: Nearshore hydrodynamic, storm surge, compound flooding, optimization
![Shadrack Kwaku Hinson](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2024/01/hinson-0583aa11f51cd723-150x150.jpeg)
Shadrack Kwaku Hinson
PhD/Coastal Program
Advisor: Jack A. Puleo
Email: skhinson@udel.edu
Research Interests: Nearshore Hydrodynamics, Sediment transport, Nature-based Coastal Protection, Physical Modeling, and Coastal Processes
![Temitope E. Idowu](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2018/01/Temitope-E.-Idowu.jpeg)
Temitope E. Idowu
Ph.D.
Advisor: Jack A. Puleo
Email: teidowu@udel.edu
Research Interests: Objects’ migration and burial in swash and surf zones, Coastal processes, sustainability of coastal environments, GIS applications
![Jirat Laksanalamai](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2019/11/Laksanalamai.jpg)
Jirat Laksanalamai
Advisor: Nobu Kobayashi
Email: jiratlak@udel.edu
Research interests: Coastal Erosion, Sediment Transport, Nearshore Hydrodynamics.
![Narayan Kumar](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2018/01/ud-monogram-150x150.png)
Narayan Kumar
PhD/Coastal Program
Advisor: Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu
Email: narayank@udel.edu
Research Interests: CFD simulation of nearshore wave breaking and sediment transport processes
![Christopher Malone](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2022/10/malone-150x150.png)
Christopher Malone
MCE/Coastal Program
Advisor: Jim Kirby
Email: cmalone@udel.edu
Research Interests: Physical impacts of coastal hazards, impacts of sea-level rise and climate change to the coast, breaking waves, nearshore nonlinear wave dynamics, stormwater management and flood modeling, hydraulics and hydrology, and ocean wave propagation
![Onur Manat](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2024/02/manat-23034d1376b2f503-150x150.jpeg)
Onur Manat
PhD/Coastal Program
Advisor: Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu
Email: manat@udel.edu
Research Interests: Numerical Modeling, Sediment Transport, Surf-Zone Wave Transformations
![Mateo Mezic](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2018/01/ud-monogram-150x150.png)
![Mohammadsadegh Nouri (Sadegh)](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2022/10/Nouri-150x150.jpeg)
Mohammadsadegh Nouri (Sadegh)
PhD/Coastal Program
Advisor: Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu
Email: msnouri@udel.edu
Research Interests: Numerical modeling, sediment transport, scour, and landslide-generated tsunamis
![Jorge A. Penaloza-Giraldo](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2018/03/JorgePG-260d5be.jpg)
Jorge A. Penaloza-Giraldo
Advisor: Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu
Email: japg@udel.edu
Research Interests: Cohesive Sediments
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![Rafiu Oyelakin](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2022/10/Oyelakin-150x150.jpeg)
Rafiu Oyelakin
PhD/Coastal Program
Advisor: Jack A. Puleo
Email: rafiuoye@udel.edu
Research Interests: Swash zone hydro-morphodynamics, sediment transport, flow structure, obliquely incident waves, and coastal processes
![Dannielle Pratt](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2021/02/HollyMichael-150x150.jpg)
Dannielle Pratt
Ph.D./Civil and Environmental Engineering program
Advisor: Holly Michael
Email: depratt@udel.edu
Research Interests: Hydrogeology, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Marshes, Salinization, Coastal Critical Zone
![Ryan Schanta](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2024/01/schanta-2a0b8d3afd492f92-150x150.jpeg)
Ryan Schanta
MCE/Coastal program
Advisor: Tom Hsu
Email: rschanta@udel.edu
Research Interests: Numerical Modeling, Nearshore Hydrodynamics, Machine Learning, Coastal Hydrology & Hydraulics
![Daniel Sharar—Salgado](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2018/01/image9.png)
Daniel Sharar—Salgado
MCE/Coastal program
Advisor: Jim Kirby
Email: dsharars@udel.edu
Research Interests: Riverine-Coastal Compound Flooding, Numerical Modeling (Finite Volume & Spectral Element Methods), Scour, Water Waves and Machine Learning
![Jiaye Zhang](https://coastal.udel.edu/files/2018/01/Jiaye-Zhang.jpeg)
Jiaye Zhang
MCE/Coastal program
Advisor: Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu
Email: jiaye@udel.edu
Research Interests: Numerical modeling, sediment transport