Dr. Ortiz is interested in coastal evolution during rising sea levels. Dr. Ortiz uses numerical modeling, remote sensing, lab-based physical modeling, and fieldwork to better understand how different coastal environments are changing over the next 100 years (and have already changed). Some of her previous work has involved the investigation of the processes driving large-scale land loss on the Mississippi Delta, understanding how atolls and reef islands form and evolve, and looking at the interactions and feedbacks between vegetation and coastal evolution (ecogeomorphology).

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