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Staff Highlight: Dylan Winstead

Staff Highlight: Dylan Winstead

Aug 18, 2026 |

Cultivating Growth on the ECU Outer Banks Campus Late last summer, Dylan Winstead was finally able to call the Outer Banks home. Some might call it a full-circle moment- after all, his middle name is Banks, which was chosen by his parents to commemorate their first...

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The Coastal Studies Institute is one facet of ECU’s Outer Banks Campus, which brings together scientists and researchers across ECU and integrates the fields of engineering, health, natural, and social sciences. CSI and the ECU Outer Banks Campus are dedicated to transdisciplinary research, high-quality academic programs, and meaningful community engagement, using an interdisciplinary approach and scientific advances to provide effective solutions to complex problems while helping coastal communities, ecosystems, and economies thrive.

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Led by East Carolina University (ECU), The Coastal Studies Institute is a multi-institutional research and educational partnership of the UNC System including North Carolina State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Wilmington, and Elizabeth City State University.

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The ECU Outer Banks campus is home to the Coastal Studies Institute.
Located on Roanoke Island along the banks of the second largest estuary
in the United States, this coastal campus spans 213 acres of marshes, scrub wetlands, forested wetlands, and estuarine ecosystems.

ECU OUTER BANKS CAMPUS

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Based at the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI), the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program (NCROEP) advances inter-disciplinary marine energy solutions across UNC System partner colleges of engineering at NC State University, UNC Charlotte, and NC A&T University.  Click on the links below for more information.

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The faculty and staff at the Coastal Studies Institute come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, as well as departments and organizations including ECU Department of Biology, ECU Department of Coastal Studies, NC Sea Grant, the North Carolina Renewable Energy Program, and the UNC Institute for the Environment.

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