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Past Graduates

Md Omer Hossain (MS Environmental Science & Policy, 2026) Drier and Warmer? Potential Effects of Climate Change on Groundwater Availability and Temperature, South-Central Alaska.

Zamil Limon (MA Geography, 2026) Advancing Historical Wetland and Lake Mapping with GeoAI-Driven Analysis of Grayscale Aerial Imagery. [Honorary, Awarded Posthumously]

Edgar Guerron-Orejuela (PhD Geology, 2024) Development of decision-support tools for water resources management in Coupled Human-Natural Systems. 

Taylor Hancock (PhD Geography and Environmental Science & 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 & Policy, 2021) Expansion-Contraction: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Connectivity in a Stream- Wetland Flow Network. 

Chelsea Mackin (MS Environmental Science & Policy, 2021) Iterative Equity: Recommendations for Improved Implementation of the Latest New York State Climate Legislation. [Internship Track]

Andrew Wilson (PhD Geography and Environmental Science & Policy, 2021; Degree program conducted through the Southwest Florida Wetland Initiative, an academic agreement between the University of South Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University) Examining the Effects of Hydrology and Reclaimed Water Application on Nutrient Retention in Wetlaculture Mesocosms in Southwest Florida. 

Mary Gerlach (MS Geology, 2020) Using Geospatial Data to Predict the Locations of Groundwater Discharge to Salmon-Bearing Streams, Alaska. 

Lauren Griffiths (PhD Geology, 2020; Degree program conducted 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 and Environmental Science & Policy, 2020; Degree program conducted 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 (MS Geology, 2020) Where the Springs Flow: The Use of Geospatial Data to Predict Springs Locations in West-Central Florida. [Internship Track]

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 

Yasemin Tasci (MS Geology, 2019) Affinity Constants for Phosphorus Adsorption and Desorption due to Saltwater Intrusion 

Stephanie Lawlor (MS Environmental Science & Policy, 2019) Wetlands, More Connectivity: Implications of Land Use and Land Cover Change in an Agricultural Landscape 

Kurt Schmidt (MS Geology, 2019) Wetland Loss and Artificial Water Feature Creation, Tampa Bay Watershed - 1950s to 2007 [Internship Track]

Hunter Clasen (PhD Geology, 2018) Flow and Transport in Low-Gradient Rivers and Estuaries 

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 

Hilary Flower (PhD Geology, 2015) Phosphorus Sorption Dynamics in Shallow Groundwater, Coastal Everglades, Florida, USA 

Gregg Jones (PhD Geology, 2015) Investigation of the Mechanisms for Mobilization of Arsenic in Two ASR Systems in Southwest Central Florida 

Mike Callahan (PhD Geology, 2014) Groundwater Controls on Physical and Chemical Processes in Streamside Wetlands and Headwater Streams in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 

Amie West (MS Geology, 2012) Something is Askew in Florida's Water: Arguing for a Better Descriptive Statistic for Positively Skewed Water-Quality Data 

Vickie Spence (MS Geology, 2011) Estimating groundwater discharge in the oligohaline ecotone of the Everglades using temperature as a tracer and variable-density groundwater models

Christina Stringer (PhD Geology, 2010) Hydrologic Controls on Salinity in Mangroves and Lagoons 

Jason Bellino (MS Geology, 2009) Effects of geomorphic setting on shallow-groundwater exchange and water temperature of salmon-bearing headwater streams of the Lower Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 

Natalie Pachenik (MS Geology, 2009) Lateral macropore dominated flow on a clay settling area in the phosphate mining district, peninsular Florida 

Mike Kittridge (MS Geology, 2007) Cost/Effectiveness Analysis of Obtaining Operational Estimates of Reference Evapotranspiration, Peninsular Florida, USA  

Kathryn Murphy (MS Geology, 2007) Hydrological connectivity between clay settling areas and surrounding hydrological landscapes in the phosphate mining district, Peninsular Florida, USA