Present | Jefferson Science Fellow and Professor, University of South Florida ‐ School of Geosciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2011 - 2013 | An Integrated Approach to Health/Environment/Community in Costa Rica |
University of South Florida | |
$99,998 | |
2009 - 2012 | Urban Development, Power Relations, and Water Redistribution as Drivers of Wetland Change in the Tampa Bay Region Socioecosystem |
National Science Foundation ULTRA-EX | |
$289,352 | |
2009 - 2011 | Development of a Coordinated Watershed Approach for Linking Compensatory Mitigation and Tampa Bay Habitat Restoration Goals |
Tampa Bay Estuary Program | |
$94,561 | |
2006 - 2011 | Science partners in inquiry-based collaborative education II (SPICEII) |
National Science Foundation | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$1,993,026 | |
2009 - 2010 | St. Lucie County Wetland Inventory and Evaluation Study |
St. Lucie County, Florida | |
$84,655 | |
2004 - 2005 | Environmental coordination with University of Miami |
University of Miami | |
$71,069 | |
1999 - 2002 | Doctoral training funding for Ugandan students |
Lake Victoria Environmental Management Programme | |
Global Environmental Fund, World Bank | |
$138,000 | |
2000 - 2001 | Examination of the relationship between biota and hydrology in isolated wetlands in South Florida |
South Florida Water Management District | |
Role: Co_Principal Investigator | |
$149,500 | |
1998 - 1999 | Ecosystem monitoring for assessment of hydrologic restoration of Tate’s Hell Swamp |
Northwest Florida Water Management District | |
$139,652 | |
1996 - 1999 | Faunal attenuation: predicting spatial and temporal dynamics of refugia in the Lake Victoria basin |
National Science Foundation | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$120,000 | |
1988 - 1992 | Ecological studies of the littoral and pelagic systems of Lake Okeechobee |
South Florida Water Management District | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$2,387,294 | |
1980 - 1983 | Algal control through trophic-level interactions |
Florida Department of Natural Resources | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$116,398 | |
1977 - 1981 | Biotic response of a lake to the control of submersed macrophytes by the white amur |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | |
Role: Principal Invesigator | |
$318,926 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2016 - 2019 | Associate Editor, African Journal of Aquatic Sciences | 2001 - 2007 | Associate Editor, Journal of the American Water Resources Association | 1998 | Convenor of Symposia, Emerging Water Management Issues in Africa, 150th Annual Meeting of American Association for the Adv | 1992 - 1993 | President, Florida Academy of Sciences | 1992 - 1993 | Marshall, University of Florida Chapter, Sigma Xi | 1992 | Convenor of Symposia, Sustainability in Africa: Integrating Concepts, Center for African Studies, University of Florida | 1989 - 1990 | Chair, Technical Transfer Acid Rain Subcommittee, North American Lake Management Society | 1985 | Session Chairperson, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography | 1985 | Session Chairperson, Florida Academy of Sciences | 1985 | Session Chairperson, Fourth Annual Meeting of Florida Assoc. for Water Quality Control |
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Faculty Award. University of South Florida. 2019
- Olin Sewall Pettingill Lecturer, 2010
- Selected as 2005 Medalist by the Florida Academy of Sciences
- Named as Distinguished International Educator, University of Florida. 2004
- Appointed as a Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Governor Joseph E. Kernan, 2003
- Fulbright Scholar, Aegean Initiative. 2003-2004.
- Elected to Graduate Council UF. 2003-2006
- Advisory Board. Greek Wetland Center, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2001-2003
- Technical Advisory Panel. Eden Again Project. Iraq Foundation. 2002-2005
- Finalist, Distinguished Alumi Professor, University of Florida. April 2001
- United States Department of State appointment to the Board of Governors, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation. Member 1997-2017, Board Chair 2001-2002, 2013-2014
- Named one of the top 100 researchers at the University of Florida, 1990
- Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology 1983
- Carl Eigenmann Zoology Fellowship 1974-1975
1976 | PhD, Indiana University | |
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1972 | MA, Indiana University | |
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1970 | AB, Indiana University | |
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Contact Information
Office: NES 218A
Phone: 813-974-5134
Lab: SCA 114, SCA 141
Fax: 974-3263
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