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About Thomas Crisman

Positions

Present Jefferson Science Fellow and Professor, University of South Florida School of Geosciences
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Disciplines



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
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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
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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

Education

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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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