People
Members of the BGEM2 Lab

Dr. Jiaze Wang
Room 121, Bryand Global Sciences Center
Orono, ME 04473
Jiaze is a geological oceanographer who studies the dynamics of the complex coastal system. She uses both process-based numerical modeling and in-situ instrument monitoring to study the benthic processes including coastal erosion, sediment transport, early diagenesis, and methane outgassing in coastal system.

Anna Johnston
Room 106, Bryand Global Science Center
University of Maine, Orono, ME
Anna is a remote sensing analyst studying geomorphological change in coastal wetlands. She is currently researching ponding and erosion in southern Maine’s tidal wetlands. Her project focuses on the creation of a machine learning algorithm to identify these features in spectral imaging.
Molly Howkins-Griffiths
Room 116, Bryand Global Science Center
University of Maine, Orono, ME

Grace Wang
Room 121, Bryand Global Science Center
University of Maine, Orono, ME
Past Participants
Rachael Smith, M.S., 2025
Maddie Brown, UGS, 2024