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Lihong Su
HRI Research Associate
Lihong Su is working with HRI's endowed chair Dr. James Gibeaut in the Coastal and Marine
Geospatial Lab. Lihong received a bachelor's in Mathematics from Xinjiang University,
a Master's degree in Geography Information System, and a PhD in remote sensing from Chinese
Academy of Sciences. Lihong is interested in spatial data handling, remote sensing applications
and computer simulation in GIS and remote sensing.
Seneca Holland
HRI Research Associate
Seneca Dale Holland is working with HRI's endowed chair Dr. James Gibeaut in the Coastal and
Marine Geospatial Lab. She serves as Team Coordinator for the Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA)
Ecosystems Integration and Assessment Priority Issue Team. Seneca received a Master's degree in
Geography from the University of Georgia in 2006. Her graduate work examined the commercialization
of groundwater resources in North Florida. She received her B.S. in Geography from Florida State
University in 2003. Seneca is interested in geographic information science, cartography, resource
economics (particularly freshwater resources), and sustainable management practices.
Alistair Lord
HRI Research Technician
Alistair Lord is working with HRI's Endowed Chair Dr. James Gibeaut in the Coastal and Marine
Geospatial Lab, where he serves as a Research Technician and as a field work coordinator.
Alistair received a Bachelor's degree in Ocean and Coastal Resources from Texas A&M University
at Galveston. Alistair is interested in geographic information science, coastal surveying, and coastal
processes.
Ali McKenzie
HRI Graduate Research Assistant
Ali M. McKenzie is working with HRI's Dr. Jim Gibeaut in the Coastal and Marine Geospatial Lab
and Dr. David Yoskowitz in the Socio-Economic Group. She works on the Gulf of Mexico Alliance
(GOMA) HRI cooperative agreement, focusing on Data Search and Compilation for Texas. Ali also
works on the Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystems Organization (CAMEO) project focusing
on freshwater inflow's impact on ecosystem services and GIS. Ali received a Master's of Science in
Geospatial Surveying Engineering (2009) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Geographic
Information Science-Systems 92007) from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Ali's thesis was
GIS Modeling of "Climate Change in Texas and the Socio-economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise", a
project under Environmental Defense, Texas Climate Initiative, and The Energy Foundation. Ali is
interested in coastal and marine surveying, geographic information science (GISc), cartography,
metadata, and geospatial database management.
Karen Meinstein
Research Assistant
Karen Meinstein is working with HRI's endowed chair Dr. James Gibeaut in the Coastal and Marine
Geospatial Lab. Her current focus is on developing GIS tools and applications to automate geospatial
tasks. Karen has a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin
and a post-baccalaureate certificate in Geographic Information Science from Texas A&M University-
Corpus Christi.
William Nichols
HRI Research Analyst
William Nichols is working with HRI's Endowed Chair Dr. Jim Gibeaut in the coastal and Marine
Geospatial Lab, where he serves as the GIS data manager, develops geospatial web and software
applications, and administers HRI geospatial databases and servers. William has a B.S. in Geographic Information Science from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. William is interested in geographic information science, web-based mapping and GIS services, and open-source GIS.
Eleonor Barraza
HRI Graduate Research Assistant
Eleonor Barraza is a PhD student and graduate research assistant working with Dr. Jim Gibeaut,
HRI's Endowed Chair of Geospatial Sciences at HRI. She received a Fulbright scholarship to attend
The University of Texas at Austin, where she completed a Master's degree in Community and
Regional Planning specializing in Natural Resources. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial
Engineering from Monterrey Tech, Campus Mazatlan. Before joining HRI, Eleonor worked as an intern
for the Texas General Land Office and private waterfront development firms in Mexico. Her primary
interests include urban development and risk management in coastal areas. Eleonor's dissertation
research focuses on modeling resilient coastal development scenarios following geomorphic and
ecosystem-based guidelines.
Anthony Reisinger
HRI Graduate Research Assistant
Anthony Reisinger is a PhD student and graduate research assistant working with HRI's endowed
chair Dr. James C. Gibeaut in the Coastal and Marine Geospatial Laboratory. His dissertation
research examines how coastal biogeomorphology responds both spatially and temporally to sea
level rise and episodic events, e.g. hurricanes. Reisinger also specializes in the creation of scientific
animations, and was recently awarded a national prize for his short film entitled the, The Dead Zone. Anthony has a B.S. in Environmental Sciences from University of Texas at Brownsville and an A.A.S.
in Digital Imaging from Texas State Technical College.
John Wood
GIS Research Associate
John S. Wood is a Ph.D. candidate in the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Coastal & Marine Systems Sciences program, bringing with him 15 years of geospatial experience. His Baccalaureate Degree from TAMUCC was in Geographic Information Sciences with an emphasis in GIS, and his Master's Degree from the University of Redlands was in Geographic Information Sciences with an emphasis in project management. His research interests include the use and management of spatial information in environmental applications and research, coastal and wetlands management, habitat conservation, site selection and planning, data collection and management, and GIS education. He has developed several valuable tools that aid in the management of large quantities of spatial metadata, and has taught GIS courses at TAMUCC, Del Mar College and for the National Spill Control School. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences, and authored and/or coauthored several articles and book reviews in international journals. His current research topic is aerial and hyperspectral mapping of benthic habitats, including seagrass beds. He recently finished a NOAA project which involved mapping nearly all the seagrass beds in Texas, perhaps the largest such project ever successfully completed.
Lori Busch
HRI MS Student
Working as a graduate research assistant with Dr. James Gibeaut in the Coastal and Marine
Geospatial Lab, Lori is studying coastal morphodynamics on Mustang and North Padre Islands.
Previous work with HRI Research Associate, Dr. Philippe Tissot, and the Division of Nearshore
Research provided Lori the opportunity to analyze tidal reach and boundary determination in the
Florida Keys. Lori received a B.A. from Ohio State University and her M.S. in mariculture from
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. Her research interests include mapping and modeling
coastal morphodynamics using geomatics and GIS, integrating tide and remote sensing data,
anthropogenic impacts on beach-dune morphology, and coastal management policy.
Diana Del Angel HRI Graduate Research Assistant
Diana Del Angel is currently a Coastal Geoscientist working with HRI's endowed chair
Dr. James Gibeaut in the Coastal and Marine Geospatial Lab. She received a Master’s
degree in Environmental Science in 2011 from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Her graduate research focused on beach and dune morpho-dynamics on South Padre
Island, Texas. Her research interests are coastal processes, beach and dune interactions,
mapping and modeling of coastal environments, remote sensing, and the interaction of
coastal environments with climate change, sea level rise and increased anthropogenic pressure.
Boris Radosavljević
HRI Graduate Research Assistant
Boris is pursuing a Master's degree in Environmental Science under the guidance of HRI's
endowed chair Dr. Jim Gibeaut. Boris' thesis focuses on determining vertical accretion rates
in estuarine wetlands along Mustang Island, TX. The findings of his study will be used to
model the changes of the coast in response to sea level rise.Boris is primarily interested in
coastal hazards and coastal morphodynamics - in particular the interactions of natural
environments and coastal communities with sea level rise and tropical storms and hurricanes.
Boris came to TAMUCC from Tampa, FL, where he graduated from the University of South
Florida in 2008 with a B.S. in Geology. There he assisted Dr. Wang in the Coastal Research Lab
on many projects ranging from hurricane impact studies to beach morphodynamics and
bathymetric studies ( http://crl.usf.edu). Boris has been a teaching assistant for the undergraduate program at TAMUCC, and has taught introductory geology labs.
Luz Lumb
HRI Graduate Research Assistant
Luz is a graduate student in the Environmental Science M.S. program. She earned her B.S. from
TAMUCC, majoring in Environmental Science with a focus on Earth Systems Science. As an
undergraduate, Luz participated in various research projects dealing with air-sea and land-sea
interactions. One such project was an examination of grain-size distribution of a North Padre
Island dune ridge as a proxy for climate signals. Other projects involved using remotely
sensed climate data to determine areas of near shore upwelling, and the processing of shipboard
laser measurements of the ocean surface to detect microscale breaking waves, which is an important
process for CO2 transfer between the ocean and the atmosphere. Luz’s primary interests include
using remote sensing and field observations to study the local impacts of coastal geohazards,
such as storms and sea-level rise. In her current research at the Coastal and Marine Geospatial
Lab, Luz uses lidar data to develop time series for dune and shoreline changes caused by
hurricanes along the Texas coast, and she is also involved in conducting beach surveys along the coast.
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