Our Team

We are an interdisciplinary team of scientists and researchers working to increase resilience in a changing world.

Kate Tully

Dr. Kate Tully is an Associate Professor of Agroecology at the University of Maryland. She is a biogeochemist by training, but has spent her career working with farmers and landowners across the world as they struggle to face a changing world.

Lead PI - University of Maryland

Holly Michael

Dr. Holly Michael is the Director of the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) and a Professor in the School of Earth, Ocean & Environment at the University of Delaware.

Co-Lead - University of Delaware

Amanda Archer is the Coastal Training & Engagement Coordinator at the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, run by Rutgers University.

Co Lead - Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Amanda Archer

Marccus Hendricks

Dr. Marccus Hendricks is an Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Environmental Planning and is the director of the Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab at the University of Maryland in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Co-PI - University of Maryland
Co-PI - University of Maryland

Becky Epanchin-Niell

Dr. Becky Epanchin-Niell an Associate Professor of natural resource economics in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at the University of Maryland.

Postdoc - University of Maryland

Emmie Woerner

Dr. Emmie Woerner is a Postdoctoral Associate in Dr. Kate Tully’s Agroecology Lab at the University of Maryland. Emmie received her PhD from the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland in December 2025.

Priscila Alves

Dr. Priscila Alves is an Assistant Research Professor of Urban Studies and Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and is the Lab Manager of the Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab at the University of Maryland.

Researcher - University of Maryland