iCoast
Congratulations to iCoast team members Dr. Christine Angelini for recently receiving the 2019 Water Institute Faculty Fellows Early Career Award and Dr. Maitane Olabarrieta for being only one of four UF faculty members to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Dr. Angelini's award recognizes her contributions to interdisciplinary water research, Extension, and education programs, and for providing substantial support to programs of the UF Water Institute. Dr. Angelini will be recognized at a Faculty Fellow Awards Celebration – held jointly with the Florida Climate Institute – on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 4:30 in the Keene Faculty Center in Dauer Hall.
Dr. Olabarrieta's PECASE award, is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding early-career scientists and engineers. She was nominated by NSF for her work on improving numerical models used to predict coastal change, erosion and flooding.