Present | Associate Professor of Physical Oceanography, University of South Florida | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2019 | Understanding Risk at Wastewater Treatment Plants in Tampa Bay During Extreme High-Precipitation Events |
Tampa Bay Estuary Program/Tampa Bay Environmental Restoration Fund | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): S. Landry and S. Meyers | |
$42,849 | |
2016 - 2019 | SECOORA: Supporting Resilient Ecosystems, Communities and Economies - Operate and Maintain USF Costal Stations as Part of SECOORA-YR1 |
South Carolina Sea Grant/SECOORA | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): J. Scudder and C. Merz | |
$152,000 | |
2004 - 2019 | Tampa Bay PORTS Cooperative II |
Greater Tampa Bay Marine Advisory Council-PORTS | |
$423,913 | |
2011 - 2017 | The Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT): Partnership Activities at the University of South Florida (Phase III) |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Award Number CA10-24 | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$298,350 | |
2010 - 2011 | Knauss Marine Fellowship – Heather Havens |
Florida Sea Grant/NOAA | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$42,578 | |
2010 - 2011 | The Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT): Partnership Activities at the University of South Florida to Develop a National Waves Plan |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Award Number CA10-23 | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$80,000 | |
2007 - 2010 | Standardization of Local Data Network Nodes in the GCOOS-RA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): F. Muller-Karger, Chuanmin Hu, and V. Subramanian | |
$149,509 | |
2007 - 2009 | Hurricane Surge Height Measurement System |
Florida Hurricane Alliance | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$158,125 | |
2002 - 2008 | The Alliance For Coastal Technologies (ACT): Partnership Activities at the University of South Florida |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$1,458,924 | |
2002 - 2007 | South East Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (SEA-COOS |
University of North Carolina | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): R. Weisberg (PI) | |
$1,384,046 | |
2003 - 2006 | Flushing/Residence Times for Discharges from the Piney Point Phosphate Plant in the USF College of Marine Science Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Circulation Model |
Florida Department of Environmental Protection | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$30,000 | |
1997 - 2003 | Observations and Modeling of the West Florida Shelf Circulation |
Office of Naval Research | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): R. H. Weisberg (PI) | |
$2,971,084 | |
1996 - 2000 | Development of an Integrated End-to-End Marine Contaminant Management System |
Environmental Protection Agency | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): B. Galperin, E. VanVleet, N. Schmidt, M. Vincent, and C. Friel | |
$588,777 | |
1995 - 2000 | The Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Circulation Modeling Study |
Minerals Management Service | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Y. Hsueh (PI) and R. Weisberg, | |
$753,156 | |
1994 - 1995 | The design of a modeling strategy for Florida Bay |
U.S. Dept. of the Interior/Everglades National Park | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Boris Galperin (PI), M. A. Haines, and A. F. Blumberg | |
$41,070 | |
1992 - 1995 | Modelling Primary Production in the Arabian Sea |
National Science Foundation | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$259,569 | |
1993 - 1994 | Satellite Data Products for Florida Waters on CD-ROM |
Florida Department of Environmental Protection | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$30,700 | |
1992 - 1993 | Mixed Layer Parameterizations in Models of the Indian Ocean Circulation |
Office of Naval Research | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$121,623 | |
1991 - 1992 | Mixed Layer Parameterizations in Models of the Indian Ocean Circulation |
Institute for Naval Oceanography | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$64,773 | |
1991 - 1992 | Modelling of Tidal Propagation in Rivers Using Data Assimilation |
Florida Department of Natural Resources | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$10,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2014 - Present | Acting CEO, The Pier Aquarium, Inc. | 2010 - Present | Science Advisory Council, Chairman, International Seakeepers Society | 1995 - Present | Director of Operations, Tampa Bay Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (GTBMAC-PORTS, Inc.) | Present | Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science | Present | Member, American Geophysical Union | Present | Member, American Meteorological Society | Present | Member, Marine Technology Society | Present | Member, The Coastal Society | Present | Member, The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation | Present | Reviewer, The Journal of Geophysical Research | Present | Reviewer, The Journal of Marine Research | Present | Reviewer, The Journal of Physical Oceanography | Present | Reviewer, The Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan | Present | Member, The Oceanography Society | 2001 - 2017 | Founding Partner, Alliance for Coastal Technologies, | 2014 - 2016 | Local Organizing Committee, National Homeland Security Conference 2016 | 2004 - 2011 | Chairman, Florida Section, Marine Technology Society | 2007 - 2008 | Program Committee Co-Chair, International Oceans Institute-USA Coastal Cities Summit | 2006 - 2008 | Chairman, U.S. Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Steering Committee | 1996 - 2000 | Managing Editor, HydroWire, An On-Line Newsletter for the Aquatic Sciences |
Honors and Awards
- Control Data Corporation PACER (Program for Advanced Computing in Engineering and Research) Fellow, 1984-1986
- City of St. Petersburg City Beautiful Commission Elva Rouse Award for contributions to environmental protection, 2007
- USF Million Dollar Researcher Award, 2006
- EPA Gulf of Mexico Program Gulf Guardian Award for Partnerships, 2011
1982 | PhD, University of North Carolina | |
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1980 | MS, University of North Carolina | |
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1976 | AB, University of North Carolina | |
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Contact Information
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