Biological Sciences: Marine Biology - PhD
Email address: Marjorie.Mednikova@unh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Gregg Moore; advisor's lab website
Marjorie Mednikova is a wetland ecologist studying salt marsh restoration throughout New England. Her research focuses on using sediment addition, also known as thin layer placement, as a strategy to enhance marsh resilience to sea level rise. Marjorie has established a pilot study in New Hampshire pairing sediment addition with ribbed mussel placement in an effort to facilitate growth of native marsh vegetation. She is also working with larger-scale sediment addition projects in Maine and Rhode Island to better understand the trajectory of salt marsh recovery following restoration. Marjorie is particularly interested in the response of soil microbial communities to sediment addition, as they provide valuable insight into nutrient cycling and other important ecosystem functions. The overarching goal of her research is to provide data for coastal regulators that can be used to evaluate different restoration strategies and their ability to offset the effects of climate change.
