| Name and Position |
Discipline |
Telephone |
Email |
Office |
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 Henry Alegria
Associate Professor
Chair (Aug. 2011 - Nov. 2012)
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Chemistry |
873-4777 |
halegria@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 212 |
| Area of research is in the general area of fate and transport of organic pollutants. Specific research interests and projects within this area include: Investigating the transport mechanisms of organic pollutants in soil, air and water and their exchange between these compartments; Using chiral chromatography to track the movement of organic pollutants in the environment; Correlating land-use patterns with water quality in rivers in Central America; Determining the potential impact of pollutants on sensitive coastal ecosystems (e.g. coral reefs); Investigating the potential impact of pollutants on the health of exposed populations (e.g. pesticides and farm workers, PCBs and office workers). Read more |
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Erica Asano
Assistant Professor |
Mathematics |
873-4066 |
easano@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 210 |
| I am interested in the mathematical modeling of invasive species, infectious diseases, populations and other biological and ecological models. One of my current projects is mathematical modeling of social insects, in particular - Solenopsis invicta. Another ongoing project is to develop a mathematical model for the spread of Eurasian collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto), an exotic dove species, using an integrodifference model (discrete in time and continuous in space). Read more |
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Kathy Carvalho-Knighton
Associate Professor |
Chemistry |
873-4063 (O),
873-4833 (Lab) |
carvalho@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 213 |
| My research interests include water quality, phytoremediation of heavy metals by aquatic species, remediation of organic and chlorinated compounds, and chemical education. Read more |
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Barnali Dixon
Associate Professor
Associate Chair
(on sabbatical
starting 12/15/2012)
Graduate Program Coordinator |
Geography |
873-4025 (O),
873-4863 (Lab)
|
bdixon@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 209 |
| I have extensive experience in the application and teaching of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, Global positioning Systems (GPS), geostatistics, fuzzy logic and neural networks for environmental modeling. Specific research interests and projects are: Risk assessment and environmental modeling for soil, water and landuse interaction and surface and ground water quality and quantity. Read more |
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Joseph Dorsey
Assistant Professor
|
Policy |
873-4967 |
dorseyjw@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 226 |
| My teaching focuses are on environmental policy and its implications at local, regional, national and global levels. Specific research interests and projects are: Environmental policy and its implications at local, regional, national and global levels. Read more |
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Leon Hardy
Visiting
Lecturer |
Mathematics |
873-4871 |
leonhardy@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 218 |
| I am interested in highly interdisciplinary problems of physics, mathematics, cognitive science and computational biology. Read more |
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Armando Hoare
Assistant Professor |
Mathematics |
873-4737 |
ahoare2@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 208 |
| Mathematics and statistics are fundamental components in all facets of our daily lives, especially in the various branches of science and technology. Specific research interests and projects are: spatial and temporal statistical analysis of environmental data, including regression models for coral cover, the creation of system and probability models for nutrient data from Florida Lakes and wells, as well as a mathematical model for coral symbiosis.
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Michael Martínez-Colón
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Geology |
466-7323
|
mmartin8@mail.usf.edu |
URL 109 |
| My research interests are in foraminiferal micropaleontology, paleoecology, paleoceanography, environmental micropaleontology (bioindicators), heavy metal pollution, recent foraminiferal distribution and assemblages along Caribbean islands, and regional Caribbean geology/stratigraphy/sedimentation. Read more |
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Richard Mbatu
Assistant Professor |
Environmental Policy |
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mbatur@philau.edu |
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| My research focus is in two interconnected areas: 1) forest resource management and policy aspects of sustainable development and climate change, and 2) the structure and function of plans, programs, bilateral and multilateral agreements and conventions dealing with forest resource management, agriculture, land use planning, and climate change. I look into human-environment interactions through the lenses of political ecology, political economy of natural resources, environmental politics, and sustainable development. Read more |
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Chris Meindl
Associate Professor
|
Geography |
873-4961 |
cmeindl@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 262 |
| I am interested in human-environment interaction, particularly in environmental policy and management related to wetlands and water resources. My regional focus is on Florida, my methods are usually qualitative and archival, and my approach is as often as not historical. Specific research interests and projects are: Human-environment interaction, particularly in environmental policy and management related to wetlands and water resources.
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Atish Mitra
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Mathematics |
873-4964 |
atish@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 221 |
| I study geometric topology and its relations with algebra(group theory) and analysis. I have worked on cohomomological dimension of metric spaces, large scale dimensions and their applications to geometric group theory and covering space theory of uniform spaces. Read more |
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Madhu Pandey
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Chemistry |
873-4600 |
mandhu@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 211 |
| My expertise is in chemical sciences with several years of teaching and research. I have developed a genuine teaching and research interest in analytical, organic, and general chemistry with a special emphasis on pharmaceuticals, quality control and method validation. Read more |
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Donny Smoak
Associate Professor |
Geology |
873-4078 (O),
873-4835 (Lab) |
smoak@mail.usf.edu |
USGS 503A |
| My research focuses on wetland carbon sequestration and the role wetlands play in climate change. Dr. Smoak examines freshwater wetlands and mangrove systems (coastal wetlands) to assess the wetlands current contribution to the global carbon budget, and how the contribution may change as the climate warms. These investigations are being conducted at several sites in Brazil and in the Florida Everglades. Specific research interests and projects are: Uranium and thorium series radionuclides as tracers of geological processes; organic carbon burial in wetlands; mangrove ecosystem response to sea-level change.
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Bob Wang
Scientific Researcher |
Environmental
Science |
873-4869 (O),
873-4075 (Lab)
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wangx@mail.usf.edu |
STG 211
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| My research interests focus on biosphere-atmosphere interactions by using stable isotopes to quantify the amount of CO2 and H2O exchanged during photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration. Read more |
Affiliate Faculty
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Deby Cassill
Associate Professor
Biology |
Biology |
873-4064 (O) |
cassill@mail.usf.edu |
URL 106 |
My research is bifurcated between ant behavior and the evolution of family. For the last three years, I have been developing a quantitative model for the evolution of family to explain why some parents abandon their offspring at ‘birth’ (fish and sea turtles), whereas other parents feed and protect offspring until they fledge (birds) or protect and teach offspring throughout their lifetime (elephants). However, my real love will always be fire ant behavior with over 40 publications including two in the journal, Naturwissenschafften, Germany’s premier science journal. Recent research has characterized behaviors including raft formation, soil excavation, territorial battles (fights are deliciously gory—in a recent local newspaper article, I was referred to as the Michael Vick of fire ants), sleeping, playing possum, child labor (worker larvae dissolve solid food for adults to ingest) and much more. Read more
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Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore
Associate Professor
Biology
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Biology |
873-4971 (O),
873-4834 (Lab) |
mariedin@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 222 |
| My areas of specialization include: Aquatic ecology, wetland ecology, and paleolimnology of lakes in Florida, The Galapagos Islands, and mainland Ecuador. Read more |
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Rebecca Johns
Associate Professor
ISS |
Geography |
873-4556
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rjohns@mail.usf.edu |
DAV 208 |
| My work encompasses community organizing around economic or environmental issues, problems of cross-border labor organizing, globalization and the labor movement, gender and globalization, Native American cultural conflict. Read more
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