Category: Alumni spotlight

Name: Todd Z. Osborne Time connected to the CFW: 1997-2005 Current position: Associate Professor, University of Florida, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences What is your favorite memory from the CFW? The excitement and reverence in the building when H.T. would roam the halls — he was more or less retired by then but was still […]

Name: Craig Diamond Time connected to the CFW: 1981-1985 How did the CFW shape your career path? The CFW provided much of the foundation for a career in environmental science, research, public policy and teaching. I’ve continued to rely on then-fellow students and faculty as advisors, collaborators and — more importantly — as friends. There […]

Name: Charles Lane Time connected to the CFW: ~1997-2003 Current position: Senior Research Scientist at the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development What is your favorite memory from the CFW? Spending days and weeks traveling central Florida sampling “isolated” marshes with colleagues and good friends, identifying plants, collecting water, diatom, and macroinvertebrate samples, and […]

B.J. Bukata earned his master’s degree in Wetlands Ecology from 1996 to 1999. He shares memories and takeaways from his time at the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands.    What is your current position and how did the CFW shape your career path?   I am a Senior Scientist. The Center for Wetlands was instrumental in […]

Name: Carolyn Fonyo Time connected to CFW: Until 1994 Current position: Director, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Oregon State University   How did the CFW shape your career path? Working under the tutelage of Dr. H.T. Odum shaped my holistic thinking and understanding of how all systems work at all scales. What is your favorite memory […]

Name: Sharlynn Sweeney  Time connected to the CFW: I was a PhD student and Research Assistant from 2000-2009, Program Coordinator from 2007-2019, and Communications Specialist from 2019 -2022. What initiatives and projects at the CFW stand out as being particularly impactful?   In addition to the multitude of research projects over the years, the Graduate Certificate […]

Name: Daniel McLaughlin   Time connected to CFW: 2004-2010  Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech   How did the CFW shape your career path? The CFW set me on my way both in the field and in my career. It helped shape me as a scientist and provided a collaborative […]

Name: Dave Tilley  Time connected to the CFW: 1994-1999 Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland How did the CFW shape your career path? The Center for Wetlands gave me the springboard to my academic career. I entered knowing practically knowing about the environment and zero about wetlands. I […]

There was a radical coevolution of science, policy and industry in 1973, the year the Center for Wetlands was founded by H.T. Odum. What began as a project to assess the use of wetlands in recycling wastewater has evolved into a spearhead for synthesizing wetland science, engineering and policy.  This fall, the Center for Wetlands […]