Mark Brown, professor emeritus in ESSIE’s Environmental Engineering Sciences Department, was recognized as a Fellow of the American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) at their annual meeting in Tampa, Florida in June. AEES bestows Fellow recognition to members with exemplary qualifications… Read More
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CFW Celebrates 50 Years of Wetland Wisdom
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… Read More
Researchers awarded $2.5 million to expand harmful algal bloom research along Florida coasts
A team of 11 professional researchers and scientists from the University of South Florida (USF), University of Florida (UF), and South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) were awarded a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to… Read More
Student Calvin Kang Awarded Best Poster Presentation
Congrats to our student Yiyang Kang for receiving the best poster presentation award at the 2023 SNRE Research Symposium! Kang explored the connection between mangrove vegetation structure and soil organic carbon across a tropical-temperate transition zone. His research found that as the winter temperatures… Read More
Student Nick Chin Earns Spring 2023 Water Institute Travel Award
Congratulations to our student Nick Chin for receiving the Spring 2023 Water Institute Travel Award from UF Water Institute! The travel award will support Nick in presenting his research in connecting red tide bloom timing and severity to environmental conditions… Read More
Sharmin Siddiqui Successfully Defends PhD
Congratulations to Sharmin Siddiqui, who successfully defended her doctoral thesis in March! Dr. Siddiqui’s work focuses on how human activities and infrastructure impact riverine ecosystems, specifically quantifying the effects of landscape disturbance on ecosystem response and resilience in the Amazon… Read More
CFW team surveyed 50 Florida wetlands in 2021 for the National Wetland Condition Assessment
To assess the ecological condition of each wetland, vegetation, soil, and water chemistry samples and hydrology, weather, buffer, and general field observations are collected. These factors are evaluated to reflect key stress indicators and ecological health of the wetlands.
Four Postdoctoral Researcher Positions in Coastal Watershed Hydrology, Hydrodynamics, and Water Quality
Our multi-institutional team is seeking up to four postdoctoral researchers for an interdisciplinary project titled: Coupling lake, watershed, and estuarine models to better understand the role of engineered freshwater discharges in driving the severity, location, and timing of harmful algal… Read More
Find out what CFW alum Dr. Elliott White is up to in this fantastic ESSIE alumni update
PhD student Alexis “AJ” Jackson featured in latest issue of Heartland LIVING Magazine
PhD student Alexis “AJ” Jackson is featured in the latest issue of Heartland LIVING Magazine. The portrait was taken when she was the Vaughn-Jordan Research Intern in Archbold’s Plant Ecology Research Program, and is part of a series of 100… Read More