Kelly van Woesik

2025-26 Global One Health Fellow

About Kelly

Kelly van Woesik is a first year Ph.D. student in the Geospatial Analytics program and a 2024 Goodnight Doctoral Fellow, advised by Dr. Natalie Nelson. Prior to attending NCSU, Kelly received her B.Sc. honors degree in Biomathematics, summa cum laude, from the Florida Institute of Technology, together with a Cultural Competency Certificate, and earned her PADI Divemaster and AAUS scientific diver certifications. After working for a year as an Environmental Specialist analyzing water-quality data, Kelly went on to earn her M.S. in Biology With Distinction through the Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science at Arizona State University, based on Hawaiʻi Island. Her M.S. thesis integrated field data and remote sensing to scale-up estimates of coral reef carbonate production in Hawaiʻi to determine the capacity of reefs to keep up with sea-level rise. Broadly, Kelly’s research interests include linking spatial analyses, machine learning, remote sensing, and ecology to better understand and preserve land-sea systems in a changing climate. Her dissertation research is at the intersection of environmental and public health, studying coastal water-quality impacts from sea-level rise, and she is excited to join the 2025-2026 cohort of Global One Health Fellows.

Contact Information

Email: kjvanwoe@ncsu.edu

Faculty Advisor

Natalie Nelson | Biological and Agricultural Engineering