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 coastal dunes in The Bahamas.

email: Kathleen.Wilson@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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Eddie is a research assistant in the COMPASS Lab. His research interests include large woody material and the aerodynamics of tennis balls.

Maddie Cook joined the COMPASS Lab in July 2024 as an undergraduate research assistant. Her thesis used a time series of lidar data to investigate the recovery and infiling of washout channels on an anthropogenically modified barrier island. Maddie graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Geoscience in 2025.