People
Past Graduates
Edgar Guerron-Orejuela (PhD Geology, 2024) Development of decision-support tools for
water resources management in Coupled Human-Natural Systems
Taylor Hancock (PhD Environmental Science and Policy, 2024) Degree program conducted
through the Southwest Florida Wetland Initiative, an academic agreement between the
最新天美传媒 and Florida Gulf Coast University. Metatranscriptomic
insights into the interaction between Microcystis blooms and hydrogen peroxide
Leanne Stepchinski (PhD Geology, 2023) Flow Generation and Propagation from Headwater
Wetlands to Downstream Waters
Savannah Fransbergen (MS Environmental Science and Policy, 2021) Expansion-Contraction:
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Connectivity in a Stream- Wetland Flow Network
Chelsea Mackin (M.S. Environmental Science & Policy, 2021) Iterative Equity: Recommendations
for Improved Implementation of the Latest New York State Climate Legislation.
Lauren Griffiths PhD Geology, 2020 (through the Southwest Florida Wetland Initiative,
an academic agreement between the 最新天美传媒 and Florida Gulf Coast
University) Biogeochemical Cycling of Nutrients and carbon in Subtropical Wetlands
Bing Bing Jiang PhD Geography, Environmental Science, and Policy, 2020 (through the
Southwest Florida Wetland Initiative, an academic agreement between the University
of South Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University) Exploring the Potential of Nutrient
Retention and Recycling with Wetlaculture Systems in Ohio with Physical and Landscape
Models
Brian Montgomery M.S. Geology, 2020 Where the Springs Flow: The Use of Geospatial
Data to Predict Springs Locations in West-Central Florida (Internship Project).
ReNae Nowicki (PhD Geology, 2019) The Peculiar Nature of Florida's Sandhill Wetlands,
Ponds, and Lakes: Their Ecology, Relationship with the Regional Aquifer and Importance
within the Landscape
Yasemin Tasci (M.S. Geology, 2019) Affinity Constants for Phosphorus Adsorption and
Desorption due to Saltwater Intrusion
Stephanie Lawlor (M.S. Environmental Science & Policy, 2019) Wetlands, More Connectivity:
Implications of Land Use and Land Cover Change in an Agricultural Landscape
Kurt Schmidt (M.S. Geology, 2019) Wetland Loss and Artificial Water Feature Creation,
Tampa Bay Watershed - 1950s to 2007
Hunter Clasen (PhD Geology, 2018) Flow and Transport in Low-Gradient Rivers and Estuaries
Laura Lotero (M.S. Environmental Science & Policy, 2017) The Role of High-Elevation
Headwater Runoff in Streamflow Generation and Water Supply in the Northern Andes,
Colombia
Hilary Flower (PhD Geology, 2015) Phosphorus Sorption Dynamics in Shallow Groundwater,
Coastal Everglades, Florida, USA
Gregg Jones (PhD Geology, 2015) Investigation of the Mechanisms for Mobilization of
Arsenic in Two ASR Systems in Southwest Central Florida
Mike Callahan (PhD Geology, 2014) Groundwater Controls on Physical and Chemical Processes
in Streamside Wetlands and Headwater Streams in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Amie West (co-advised with Dr. Len Vacher, M.S. Geology, 2012) Something is Askew
in Florida's Water: Arguing for a Better Descriptive Statistic for Positively Skewed
Water-Quality Data
Vickie Spence (M.S. Geology, 2011) Estimating groundwater discharge in the oligohaline
ecotone of the Everglades using temperature as a tracer and variable-density groundwater
models
Christina Stringer (PhD Geology, 2010) Hydrologic Controls on Salinity in Mangroves
and Lagoons
Jason Bellino (M.S. Geology, 2009) Effects of geomorphic setting on shallow-groundwater
exchange and water temperature of salmon-bearing headwater streams of the Lower Kenai
Peninsula, Alaska
Natalie Pachenik (M.S. Geology, 2009) Lateral macropore dominated flow on a clay settling
area in the phosphate mining district, peninsular Florida
Mike Kittridge (M.S. Geology, 2007) Cost/Effectiveness Analysis of Obtaining Operational
Estimates of Reference Evapotranspiration, Peninsular Florida, USA
Kathryn Murphy (M.S. Geology, 2007) Hydrological connectivity between clay settling
areas and surrounding hydrological landscapes in the phosphate mining district, Peninsular
Florida, USA