Assistant Professor

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I am a coastal geomorphologist and sedimentologist. I am interested in landscape dynamics associated with aeolian processes, sea level rise, and large storms in the modern, Holocene, and Late-Pleistocene. Past and ongoing research projects have investigated barrier island resilience after hurricanes in NY and TX, characterization of storm washover deposits, and evolution of Pleistocene-aged coastal dunes in The Bahamas.

email: Kathleen.Wilson@BC.edu

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Postdoctoral Researcher

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Megan is a coastal geomorphologist interested in how coupled terrestrial-marine surface processes drive landscape evolution in coastal environments. Her work has used numerical modeling, remote sensing, data science, and field/lab work to investigate sandy beaches and volcanic ocean islands. Her work in the COMPASS lab focuses on the conditions and mechanisms that form seaward-breaching outwash channels on across coastal barriers.

Email: gillenme@bc.edu

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PhD Student

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Manica is a sedimentologist interested in sediment transport post-high energy storm events, coastal hazards related to sea level rise, and the paleo-progression of the Quaternary climate.

email: nawazm@bc.edu

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PhD Student

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Tony is a geologist interested in sedimentology, geochronology, and geomorphology. For my doctoral studies and beyond, I’m interested in assessing environmental, climatic, and anthropogenic controls on fluvial and coastal systems and landforms – spanning headwaters to coastal margins and Pleistocene to present-day. I’m motivated to connect my interest in sedimentary systems with pressing societal problems of land use, coastal resilience, natural disasters, earth materials. I aspire to a career in higher education and/or research, incorporating mentorship and other efforts to broaden participation in STEM, particularly for the LGBTQIA+ community.

email: anthony.edgington@bc.edu

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Molly is an incoming MS student. She graduated from University of Wisconsin - Madison (2026) with a BS in Geology and Geophysics. Molly is interested in climatic controls on coastal geomorphology as well as constraining Quaternary sea-level change. 

Eddie is a research assistant in the COMPASS Lab. His research interests include large woody material and the aerodynamics of tennis balls and frisbees.

Maddie Cook joined the COMPASS Lab in July 2024 as an undergraduate research assistant. Maddie graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Geoscience in 2025.

Thesis: Follet’s Island: An Analysis Of Outwash Channel Dynamics Following Hurricane Ike (2008).

Next Destination: MS at Northeastern University

Brady was an undergraduate research assistant from 2025-2026. Brady graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Geoscience.

Next Destination: PhD program at the University of Maine