Dr. Brian W. Benscoter
Assistant Professor
Department
of Biological Sciences & Environmental Sciences Program
B.Sc., Villanova University, 2000
M.Sc., Villanova University, 2002
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 2007
Brian.Benscoter@FAU.edu | Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests: Plant Community & Ecosystem Ecology, Disturbance Ecology, Wetland (Peatland) Ecology
Staff
Graduate Students
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Jessica Dell
Integrative Biology Ph.D. Program, Presidential Fellow
Research Interests: Ecosystem Resilience
James Lange
Environmental Sciences Master's Program, Provost Fellow
Research Interests: Impacts of invasive plant management on vegetation recovery
Currently at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Michelle Budny
Environmental Science Master's Program, Provost Fellow
Research Interests: Comparison of leaf gas exchange by sawgrass and invasive willow
Lisa Reger
Environmental Science Master's Program, FAU-NPS Everglades Fellow
Research Interests: Post-fire succession trajectory of sawgrass communities
Jacob Dombrowski
Environmental Science Master's Program
Research Interests: Effects of fire on ridge-slough patterning
Tristan Froud
Environmental Science Master's Program
Research Interests: Methane transport and release in the Everglades
Daniel Hagood
Environmental Science Master's Program
Research Interests: Mixed management practices for invasive plant control in the Everglades
James Johnson
M.Sc., Environmental Science 2012
Thesis: Estimating the vulnerability of Everglades peat to combustion
Currently in a doctoral program at the University of Georgia
Alex Chapman
M.Sc., Biology 2014 (co-supervised by Nate Dorn)
Thesis: The cascading impacts of vegetation on peat soil properties and crayfish survival in the Florida Everglades
Currently a Research Assistant at the USDA Invasive Plant Research Laboratory
Undergraduate Students
There are currently openings for undergraduate Directed Independent Study (DIS) students in the Plant Ecology Lab. For more information, visit the Prospective Student page.
| Marina Lauck | Manon Transleau | |
| Nestor Yeyati | Siham Abou El Haoul | |
| Victor Benavides | Nadia Abouhana | |
| Jackie Roberto | Matt McGovern (Univ. of Guelph) | |
| Amira Bahhur | Dan Greenacre (Univ. of Guelph) | |
| Joanne Pauyo | Emily Persico (Univ. of Florida) | |
| Stephen Staudt | ||
Contact Information
Dr. Brian BenscoterFlorida Atlantic University
Department of Biological Sciences
3200 College Avenue
Davie, Florida 33314 USA
Phone: 1(954) 236 1141
Fax: 1(954) 236 1503
Useful Resources
Recent News
Congratulations to Marina on the publication of her undergraduate project in Wetlands! (link to pubs)Congratulations to Lisa on award of FAU-Everglades National Park Graduate Fellowship!
Join us for our sessions at the 2015 SWS Conference in Providence, RI. Click here for more information.
Dr. Benscoter appointed Local Host Chair for the 2016 ESA Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Stay tuned for more information on field trip and workshop proposals. Click here for more information.
Dr. Benscoter elected Chair-Elect of SWS Peatland Section and serves as past chair of the Biogeochemistry Section. For more information on these and other SWS Sections, click here.