I am a coastal geomorphologist and sedimentologist with a research emphasis on identifying links between terrestrial and nearshore sedimentary processes and larger-scale climatic controls on coastal geomorphology. My research themes include聽(1) exploring morphodynamic feedbacks in surface processes across modern to Late-Pleistocene coastal systems, (2) coastal hazards from tropical and extra-tropical cyclones and sea level rise, and (3) coastal management and resilience through interdisciplinary decision-support strategies.
Selected recent publications:
Ruangsirikulchai A, Wilson K, and Mohrig D (2026) Reshaping of San Jose Island, TX, USA, by Unconfined Washover and Channelized Washout During Hurricane Harvey. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 131(5), e2025JF008876. .
Wilson K, Lott SG, and Anarde K (2026) Awards, Keynotes, and Gender Equity in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering: A Fifty-Year Perspective. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures. .
Wilson KE, Mohrig D. 2023. Signatures of Pleistocene Marine Transgression Preserved in Lithified Coastal Dune Morphology of The Bahamas. Geosciences, 13(12), 367;
Rendall B,聽Wilson KE, Kerans C, Helper M, Mohrig D. 2022.聽Coriolis effect entombed in Pleistocene (MIS5) Bahamian dune fields: Evidence from regional mapping using remote sensing (TanDEM-X) data.聽Geology聽50 (5): 567鈥�571.聽DOI: 10.1130/G49454.1
Wilson KE, Mohrig D. 2021. Anatomy of a Tempestite from a Non-Local Storm: Swell Generated Transport of Sand and Boulders on Eleuthera, The Bahamas. Sedimentology.听顿翱滨:听10.1111/蝉别诲.12842
Wilson KE, Lentz EE, Miselis JL, Safak I, Brenner OT. 2019. A Bayesian approach to predict sub-annual beach change聽and recovery.聽Estuaries and Coasts,聽DOI: 10.1007/s12237-018-0444-1
Brenner OT, Lentz EE, Hapke CJ, Henderson RE,聽Wilson KE, Nelson TR. 2017. Characterizing storm response and recovery using the beach change envelope.聽Geomorphology聽300, 189-202.聽
Wilson KE, Adams PN, Hapke CJ, Lentz EE, Brenner OT. 2015. Application of Bayesian Networks to Hindcast Barrier Island Morphodynamics.聽Coastal Engineering,听102.
Current Graduate Students:
Anthony Edgington (PhD; Co-supervised with Noah Snyder)
Molly Fox-Kincaid (M.S.)
Manica Nawaz (PhD)
