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 University of South Florida 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 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/9111/

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 University of South Florida 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 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/8064/

Yasemin Tasci (M.S. Geology, 2019) Affinity Constants for Phosphorus Adsorption and Desorption due to Saltwater Intrusion https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7966/

Stephanie Lawlor (M.S. Environmental Science & Policy, 2019) Wetlands, More Connectivity: Implications of Land Use and Land Cover Change in an Agricultural Landscape https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/8046/

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 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7134/

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 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7421/

Hilary Flower (PhD Geology, 2015) Phosphorus Sorption Dynamics in Shallow Groundwater, Coastal Everglades, Florida, USA https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5946/

Gregg Jones (PhD Geology, 2015) Investigation of the Mechanisms for Mobilization of Arsenic in Two ASR Systems in Southwest Central Florida https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5965/

Mike Callahan (PhD Geology, 2014) Groundwater Controls on Physical and Chemical Processes in Streamside Wetlands and Headwater Streams in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5347/

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 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4254/

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 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3361/

Christina Stringer (PhD Geology, 2010) Hydrologic Controls on Salinity in Mangroves and Lagoons https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3583/

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 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1850/

Natalie Pachenik (M.S. Geology, 2009) Lateral macropore dominated flow on a clay settling area in the phosphate mining district, peninsular Florida https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2134/

Mike Kittridge (M.S. Geology, 2007) Cost/Effectiveness Analysis of Obtaining Operational Estimates of Reference Evapotranspiration, Peninsular Florida, USA https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3787/

Kathryn Murphy (M.S. Geology, 2007) Hydrological connectivity between clay settling areas and surrounding hydrological landscapes in the phosphate mining district, Peninsular Florida, USA https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2296/