Who We Are
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Dr. Mark A. Harwell CV
Dr. Harwell is an ecosystems ecologist with expertise in ecological risk assessments and ecosystem management.
Areas of activity:
— ecological risk assessment; ecosystem management; conceptual modeling; environmental decision-making; environmental consequences of global climate change; human-environmental interactions; ecological modeling
Dr. John H. (Jack) Gentile CV
Dr. Gentile is an ecologist whose primary interest is the design and implementation of watershed and regional-scale integrated risk assessments and the use of this information in ecosystem management and policy decisions.
Areas of activity:
— ecological risk assessments, ecotoxicology; conceptual modeling; environmental decision-making; human-environmental interactions; facilitation of science in support of decision-making
Dr. Jerald S. (Jerry) Ault CV
— population dynamics; fisheries ecology; ecological modeling; coupling of physical and biological systems; statistical analyses; ecological risk assessments
Dr. Wendell P. Cropper. Jr. CV— mechanistic simulation modeling at multiple scales; analysis of ecosystem productivity and growth; applications of biologically inspired computing (genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks)
Dr. Kenneth W. (Ken) Cummins CV
— a stream and watershed ecology; aquatic ecosystem processes with emphasis on freshwaterinvertebrates.
Dr. Wenrui Huang CV
— 3D Coastal and estuarine environmental modeling (surface hydrodynamic, sediment, and water quality modeling); neural network applications in hydrological and environmental forecasting (river flow, water levels, salinity, etc.); computational fluid dynamics and model development.
Dr. David (Dave) Letson CV
— Dr. Letson’s research focuses on natural resource economics, with particular emphasis on the economics of extreme weather and climate variations
Dr. Diego Lirman CV
— coral reef ecology and biology; ecological modeling; seagrass and macroalgal ecosystems; ecological consequences of tropical storms and hurricanes; ecological risk assessments
Dr. Michael A. (Mike) Reiter CV
— conceptual models and integrated assessment strategies for natural resource management, stakeholder-based methodologies; development of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary courses and programs with a focus on environmental issues; design, syllabi, workshops.
Dr. John Schalles CV
— aquatic science, with an emphasis on biological production, biogeochemistry, and remote sensing of shallow systems (lakes, wetlands, estuaries, reefs, and near shore); hyperspectral imagery acquisition and geospatial analysis of coastal habitats (salt marshes, submerged aquatic vegetion, and open water); vegetation community structure, productivity, hydrology, and biogeochemistry of depressional wetlands; hydrologic optics and remote estimation of phytoplankton chlorophyll and accessory pigments
Dr. Michael Thomas CV
— resource and environmental economics; assessing the economic value of boating access in Florida and modeling the optimal placement of future boating access facilities; economic value of improved hurricane forecasting; economic impacts of the invasive pest, tropical soda apple, on the Florida cattle industry; assurance bonding as a tool to manage risks associated with intentionally releasing exotic species; economic loss modeling from environmental damage of the 1993 Tampa Bay Oil spill; modeling the economic impact and value lost to recreational boaters resulting from manatee speed zones in Florida.
Dr. Hongqing Wang CV
— hydrodynamic and water quality modeling; spatially-explicit process-based ecosystem & biogeochemical modeling; Land use/land cover mapping/modeling/change detection; and application of GIS, remote sensing and GPS in ecosystem studies.
Dr. Anthony D. (Tony) Wilbon CV— strategic management of science and technology; planning and management of science resources, with particular emphasis in areas of socioeconomic aspects of ecological and environmental science; teaching and consulting capabilities extend to technology and business related topics including management science, research methodology and design (qualitative and quantitative techniques), information systems application and technology, production and operations management, and business strategy in technology/science environments.
Dr. Dreamal Worthen CV— interdisciplinary agricultural and rural research focusing on environmental justice, the elderly, poverty and health issues in rural communities of color; research looking at how social decisions and responses impact the environment.
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