CWSS Staff
Director
Dorina Murgulet, Ph.D.
Professor of Hydrogeology
Office: NRC 3103
Lab: NRC 3106
Telephone: (361) 825-2309
Fax: (361) 825-3345
dorina.murgulet@tamucc.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Research Faculty
Hussain Abdulla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Office: CS 211
Lab: CS 237
Telephone: (361) 825-6050
hussain.abdulla@tamucc.edu
Website: Abdulla Organic Biogeochemistry Lab
Mohamed Ahmed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology - Geophysics
Office: NRC 3102
Lab: NRC 3108
Telephone: (361) 825-3278
Fax: (361) 825-3355
mohamed.ahmed@tamucc.edu
Website: Ahmed Geophysics Lab
Joseph David Felix, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Office: NRC 3202
Lab: SL2
Telephone: (361) 825-4180
joseph.felix@tamucc.edu
Website: Felix Research Group
Valeriu Murgulet, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant Professor of Geology - Geochemistry
Office: CS 205
Telephone: (361) 825-6050
Fax: (361) 825-3345
valeriu.murgulet@tamucc.edu
Research Staff
Cody Lopez, M.S. Environmental Sciences
Laboratory Manager & Geology Adjunct - Murgulet Hydro Lab
CMSS PhD student
Started: Fall 2023
Office: NRC 3100.1
cody.lopez@tamucc.edu
Audrey R. Douglas, Ph.D. Coastal and Marine System Science
NRT STAGES Program Manager
Adjunct Faculty
Graduated: Fall 2020
Office: NRC 3102
audrey.douglas@tamucc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate - C-HaWQ Lab
Office:
oluniyi.fadare@tamucc.edu
Research Associate - C-HaWQ Lab
Office:
Quynh.hoang@tamucc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Murgulet Hydro Lab
Office: NRC 3104
roya.narimani@tamucc.edu
Graduate Students
Ramadan Abdelrehim, PhD student
Graduate Research Assistant - Ahmed Geophysics Lab
Start date: Fall 2021
Research interests: Integrated remote sensing, GIS, and geophysical approaches to improve water harvesting in coastal watersheds of southern Marsa Alam, Egypt
rabdelrehim@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydro Lab
Start date: Fall 2023
Research interests:
ianyanwu1@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydrogeology Lab
Start date: Summer 2023
Research interests: water quality and access in colonias communities
lbutton1@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Ahmed Geophysics Lab
Start date: Fall 2022
Research interests: utilizing Landsat 8 and ECOSTRESS remote sensing data to generate hydrologic data (salinity, temperature, turbidity, chlorophyll-a) for Matagorda Bay, Texas
mbygate@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydrogeology Lab
Start date: Spring 2023
Research interests:
aeid@islander.tamucc.edu
Muhamed Elshalkany, MS student
Graduate Research Assistant - Ahmed Geophysics Lab
Start date:
Research interests:
melshalkany@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Felix Lab
Start date:
Research Interests: Spatial and temporal NOx trends in an urban coastal air shed and NO2 deposition to and urban coastal watershed
agarcialunar@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Felix Lab
Start date: Fall 2023
Research Interests: Orbitrap stable isotope method development
allyson.girard@tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Felix Lab
Start date:
Research Interests: Criteria air pollutant monitoring for the City of Corpus. Fence line NOx monitoring. Particulate matter nitrate source apportionment in an urban coastal airshed.
cguidry@islander.tamucc.edu
Nigel Lascelles, PhD student
Graduate Research Assistant - Abdulla Biogeochem Lab
Honors, Awards, & Affiliations: CCME scholar, NRT STAGES trainee
Start date:
Research interest: Environmental Chemistry and microplastics
nlascelles@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydrogeology Lab
Start date: Fall 2022
Research interests:
smajors1@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydrogeology Lab
Honors, Awards, & Affiliations: NRT STAGES trainee, SAGE scholarship
Start date: Summer 2022
Research interests:
smeehan@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Ahmed Geophysics Lab
Start date: Fall 2022
Research interests: geophysics
mmousa@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - C-HAWQ Lab
Start date:
Research interests:
jmyers5@islander.tamucc.edu
Ahmed Omar, PhD student
Graduate Research Assistant - Ahmed Geophysics Lab
Start date: Fall 2022
Research interests: using GIS techniques and ECOSTRESS thermal data to map growth fault systems in Corpus Christi Bay
aomar1@islander.tamucc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant - Felix Lab
Start date:
Research interests: Criteria air pollutant monitoring for the City of Corpus. Determining NOx emission source inventory and photochemical dynamics in Corpus Christi.
kshealy@islander.tamucc.edu
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydrogeology Lab
Start date: Spring 2023
Research interests: marine sciences and hydrogeology
Undergraduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydrogeology Lab
Start date: Spring 2023
Research interests: Hydrogeology
Undergraduate Research Assistant - Felix Lab
Start date:
Projects: Criteria air pollutant monitoring for the City of Corpus. NOx emission flux from natural sources.
Undergraduate Research Assistant - Felix Lab
Start date:
Projects: NOx emission flux from natural sources
Undergraduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydrogeology Lab
Start date:
Undergraduate Research Assistant - Murgulet Hydrogeology Lab
Start date: Summer 2023
Research interests: sustainable energy, petrochemistry, and geochemical applications in agriculture and geology