Hello and welcome to my academic website! My name is David Yannick, a PhD Candidate in the Biology department at the University of Alabama (co-advised by Drs. Gregory Starr and Christina Staudhammer). My research focuses on ecophysiology, biogeochemistry, and wetland ecology. Specifically how carbon and energy are exchanged between coastal wetland ecosystems and the atmosphere.

Prior to Alabama, I completed my BS in Environmental Studies at the University of Central Florida. I was mentored by Dr. Lisa Chambers and completed an honors thesis exploring the impact of soil organic matter and sulfate on sulfide production in wetland soils. Post-graduating from UCF, I stayed with Dr. Chambers as lab manager for the ABL until I left for graduate school at Alabama.

My MS thesis utilized a flux tower placed in a transitional ecosystem (freshwater marsh to mangrove scrub) to explore uncertainty in carbon and energy fluxes. I received my MS in Biology in 2023, and have continued my training as a scientist here at Alabama. I also received the NSF GRFP in 2023, continuing as a GRFP Fellow from 2023 to present.

My dissertation research is exploring how carbon and energy fluxes are impacted in Everglades freshwater marshes by restoration and climate variability. Much of this work centers around eddy covariance flux towers that have been in operation from 2008 to present, in Shark River and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park.