Andrew Altieri earned his BA at UC Santa Cruz and PhD at Brown University followed by postdocs at Northeastern University and Brown University. Andrew was a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama before joining the faculty at UF. He is an Associate Director in UF’s Center for Coastal Solutions. He is generally interested in human impacts on coastal ecosystems, particularly the ecological interactions that underlie the response of biogenic habitats and their associated communities to those impacts.…
Christine Angelini is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS). Founded in 2020, CCS works across disciplines–ecology, engineering, health, computer sciences, policy and communications–to develop and deliver research and technology solutions that support coastal communities in addressing hazards and environmental degradation. A hallmark of the center’s innovation is the integration of large data sets, artificial intelligence and supercomputing to rapidly simulate coastal environmental scenarios and produce data driven solutions.…
Dr. Mark Brown is a Professor Emeritus of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Director of the Center for Environmental Policy. He is a systems ecologist, whose research focuses on systems ecology, wetlands ecology, ecological engineering and emergy analysis. While his early career research focused on wetland ecology and management and ecological engineering, recently his attention has focused on applied and theoretical approaches to understanding the energy, ecology, and economics nexus.…
James Cahill is a lecturer and independent PI in Environmental Engineering Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2016. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Rockefeller University from 2017-2020. He has expertise in Population Genomics, Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics. His research focuses on applying genomic techniques to immediate challenges in species conservation, environmental monitoring and human health.…
Katherine Deliz earned her BS and MS in Biology at the University of Puerto Rico and her PhD in Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida. She started her academic career at UF in fall 2017, after working four years in Environmental Consulting, as Project and QA Manager. Her research in environmental biotechnology focuses on fate, transport & remediation of pollutants and pathogens.…
Primary Research Area
Water Systems
Other Research Areas
Coastal & Oceanographic Engineering, New Infrastructure Planning and Management, Systems Ecology & Ecological Engineering
Research Interests
Hydrology, water resources, remote sensing, public health, water- and vector-borne diseases, hydrologicalmodeling
Education
B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering, 2001, Punjab Agricultural University, India
M.Sc. Water Resources, 2006, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Ph.D., Water Resources, 2011, Tufts University, MA
David Kaplan is an Associate Professor and Director of the H.T. Odum Center for Wetlands. Research in Dr. Kaplan’s Watershed Ecology Lab focuses on linkages among the hydrological cycle, ecosystem processes, and human activities, with the goal of advancing natural resources conservation and management. He has worked extensively with water and environmental management agencies to tie hydrological modeling to ecological outcomes, predict restoration effects, and guide water management.…
Primary Research Area
Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics (CESD)
Other Research Area
Systems Ecology & Ecological Engineering
Research Interests
Environmental Microbiology, Biogeochemistry, Water Quality, Chemical Biomarkers
Education
B.S., Environmental Biology and Management, University of California, Davis
Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida
I am a computational biogeochemist who uses mathematics and computers to understand how soil breathes. Soils are a major source of natural carbon dioxide (the greenhouse gas driving current climate change); soils are expected to emit more carbon dioxide as climate gets warmer, potentially creating a vicious feedback cycle. I use models combined with data from worldwide studies to improve our predictive understanding of soil-driven carbon dioxide fluxes.…