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The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

 

GCA scholars work around the globe in their efforts to pursue and share knowledge. Explore their areas of interest using the directory and by reading the GCA’s annual publication, GCA Scholars Report.

Scholar Directory

 
 
 
 

2026

Leah Van Dyke

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Microbial Communities Driving Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in California Estuarine WetlandsCoastal...

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2026

Alexandria Sangermano

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery of Impacted Mangrove Habitats Using the Restoration Performance...

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2026

Kaitlyn Pounders

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Effects of reactive nitrogen form on restored coastal marsh ecosystem service provisioning...

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2026

Elizabeth Oliver

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Impacts of Climate-Driven Migration on Coastal Wetlands in Gulf of MaineThe Atlantic marsh...

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2026

Maja Nielsen

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Blue crabs’ cascading impacts on salt marsh multifunctionalityThis project aims to examine how...

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2026

Aviva Lerman

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Cascading Effects of Shorebird Biodiversity Loss on Burrowing Ecosystem Engineers and Their...

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2026

Maddy Dietrich

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

“Ecology of a Moving Ecotone: the Role of Functional Traits and Community Composition in Black...

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2026

Andrew Balder

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Profiling Coastal Atlantic White Cedar Swamps Along the Northern Gulf CoastThis project will...

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2025

Elizabeth MacDougal

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Environmental Vs. Biological Influences on Baldcypress Microbial SymbiontsMicrobial symbionts are...

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2025

Emily Santos

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Integrating Above and Belowground Traits: Unraveling Plant Responses to Climate ChangeThe...

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2025

Chase Wunder

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Acoustic Telemetry and Autonomous Surface Vehicles (auvs): Mapping Habitat Use of Summer Flounder...

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2025

Talia Barry

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Predator Prey Dynamics on Oyster ReefsMy project analyzed how interactions between the Atlantic...

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2025

Vanessa Morales

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

“investigating the Importance of Genetic Diversity in a Salt Marsh Foundation Species in an Era...

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2024

Lily Olmo

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Investigating Fish Communities in Coastal Artificial Wetlands Olmo will explore abundance,...

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2024

Olivia Lemieux

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

A Plant Litter Decomposition Approach to Assessing the Impacts of Changing Salinity and...

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2024

Bethany Lee

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Developing Seed Addition Strategies to Enhance Resilience of Restored Salt Marshes Lee’s...

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