WPES members present research at international Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas conference

October 10, 2024 News

WPES faculty, staff, and graduate students convened with other coastal scientists to share research at the in Bordeaux, France in September. The conference, co-organized by WPES co-leader Dr. Lauren Ross, brought together an international group of researchers to discuss topics including wave, tide, and salt wedge dynamics, sediment transport, river-coast interactions, and how physical processes in estuaries and coastal waters are being affected by anthropogenic pressures and climate change. Conference abstracts included contributions from multiple graduate students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a postdoctoral researcher and undergraduate student from the School of Earth and Climate Sciences. The next PECS conference is planned to happen in Portland, º£½ÇÉçÇø in 2026!

Conference attendees from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø were Dr. Lauren Ross, Dr. Sean Smith, Dr. Kimberly Huguenard, Dr. Edwin Nagy, Dr. Bea Van Dam, and graduate students Taylor Bailey, Cristian Rojas, Elias Pinilla, Nalika Lakmali, and Nicolas Cyr.

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PhD candidate Taylor Bailey presents her research talk, “Residual flow in a deglaciated coastal bay with low freshwater input,” on the PECS stage.
PhD student Cristian Rojas (foreground, facing camera) discusses his poster, “Spatial-temporal variability of TEF, salt flux, and mixing in a well-mixed estuary.”
PhD student Elias Pinilla (left) describes his research results at his poster, “Exchange flow in a highly stratified fjord system.”
Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Bea Van Dam (right) speaks with colleagues at her poster, “Diagnostic tool development for assessments of coastal pollution vulnerability.”
PhD student Nicolas Cyr (right) presents his poster, “Storm driven subtidal flows at the confluence of two estuaries.”
PhD candidate Nalika Lakmali (left) explains her findings at her poster, “Dam remnant effects on tidal hydrodynamics in a mesotidal estuary.”
Dr. Lauren Ross addresses conference attendees from the PECS stage.
Dr. Kimberly Huguenard (right) on stage for the announcement that the 2026 PECS conference will be held in Portland, º£½ÇÉçÇø.
Photo credits: Dr. Edwin Nagy