Faculty and Staff

Dr. Dale Gawlik

Director of Environmental Sciences Program
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences
(561) 297-3333
dgawlik@fau.edu

Cynthia Berman-Gruen

Program Assistant
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and Department of Biological Sciences
(954) 236-1267
cberman2@fau.edu

Faculty

The success of the FAU’s Environmental Sciences Program depends on its diverse and talented faculty.  They are the mentors, advisors, and research colleagues that give the program its academic reputation and desirability for prospective students.   Collectively, faculty in the Environmental Sciences Program have appointments in all departments in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Sciences as well as departments in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, and the Barry Kaye College of Business. 

Committees

The Environmental Sciences Program operates under the guidance of an Admissions Committee, a Program Committee, and a Curriculum subcommittee.  The Admissions Committee is responsible for admitting students to the Program and assigning Teaching Assistantships.  The Program Committee oversees all aspects of the program except admissions, and the Curriculum Subcommittee reviews the curriculum and recommends any necessary changes to the Program Committee. 

Staff

The Director is responsible for day to day operation of the program including advising students on academic and career decisions, signing theses, creating material for the web site, building partnerships both inside and outside of FAU, and fostering a growing research initiative.  The Program Assistant is a well known figure because she handles most initial inquiries, maintains the Program records, and is the key point of contact between students and the faculty and administrators. 

 

Name Research Interest Department Email Phone Number

Dr. John Baldwin

 Conservation biology and population genetics Biological Sciences jbaldwin (954) 236-1151

Dr. Len Berry

 Effective information systems for natural resource management and environmental education. CES

berry

 (561) 799-8544

Dr. Lakhdar Boukerrou

 Project management, environmental protection, international development and education, global environmental governance CES lboukerrou (561)799-8573

Dr. Randy Brooks

 Behavioral/physiological ecology of marine organisms Biological Sciences wbrooks (561) 297-3888

Dr. Xavier Comas

 Peatland Geophysics: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Resistivity and Induced Polarization (IP) imaging, EM31
Geosciences xcomas (561)297-3256

Dr. Donna Devlin

 Plant-invertebrate their effect on community composition Biological Sciences ddevlin (772)873-3300

Dr. Nathan Dorn

 Freshwater ecology, community ecology Biological Sciences ndorn1 (954) 236-1315

Dr. Niwadiuto Esiobu

 Environmental microbiology, drug resistance, antimicrobiosis and contaminants Biological Sciences neseiobu (954)236-1128

Dr. Maria Fadiman

 Ethnobotany, Llatin America, world cultures and environments ,
environmental issues,
rain forestecosystems 		Geosciences mfadiman (561)297-3314
Dr. Robin Fiore Ethics, Bioethics, environmental ethics, feminist philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law. Philosophy   (561)297-3869

Dr. Maria Garcia-Quijano

 Hyperspectral remote sensing for biophysical monitoring Geosciences mgarci97 (561) 297-1114

Dr. Jerome Haky

 

 Structure-activity relationships in gas and liquid chromatography, alumina-based chromatographic stationary phases, aluminum phosphonate complexes in solution and in the solid state, organometallic polymers as selective adsorbents, new methods for analysis of proteins, peptides and other biological compounds Chemistry hakyj (561)297-3338

Dr. M.D. Hanisak

 Ecology and physiology of marine plants Harborbranch dhanisak@fau.du (772) 465-2400

Dr. Russ Ivy

 Transport network snalysis, rconomic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism, urban revitalization, regional development and planning
Geosciences ivy (561) 297-3295
Dr. Stephen Kajiura functional morphology & sensory biology of fishes Biological Sciences kajura (561) 297-2677

Dr. Marguerite Koch-Rose

 Marine botany and nutrient cycling in tropical systems Biological Sciences mkoch (561) 297-3325
Dr. Brian LaPointe Algal physiology and biochemistry, seagrass and coral reef ecology, eutrophication, marine
bioinvasions, marine conservation.		 Harbor Branch blapoin1 (772) 465-2400
Dr. Stephen LaPointe Insect-plant interactions, insect chemical ecology, integrated crop management, host plant resistance, biological control, plant-virus-vector interactions, international agricultural development. Biological Sciences lapointe (561) 297-0384

Dr. William Louda

 Spatial and temporal modeling and monitoring of phytoplankton / periphyton / microalgae in marine, estuarine and fresh water aquatic systems,howardLipophilic pigments --> chlorophylls, chlorophyll derivatives, carotenoids Chemistry blouda 561-297-3309

Dr. Scott Markwith

 Biogeography, biogeomorphology, population and conservation genetics
vegetation dynamics and disturbance, aquatic systems 		Geosciences smarkwit (561) 297-3250

Dr. G. Alex Marsh

 Marine invertebrate ecology Biological Sciences gmarsh (561) 297-3324

Dr. Jon Moore

 Ecology, evolution, and distribution of fishes, biology of deep-sea animals, conservation and biodiversity of scrub and flatwood habitats in Florida, and herpetology. Honors College jmoore (561) 799 -8025

Dr. Erik Noonburg

 Ecological modeling Biological Sciences enoonbur (954) 236-1303
Dr. Greg O’Corry-Crow Marine mammal population genetics, marine mammal movements, climate change Harbor branch GOCrowe (772) 465-2400 x628

Dr. Edward Orlando

 Reproductive physiology, endocrinology, and functional genomics Biological Sciences eorlando@fau.edu (772) 465-2400

Dr. Anton Oleinik

 

 Cenozoic stratigraphy, molluscan paleontology, paleobiogeography and paleoclimates of high-latitude regions Geosciences aoleinik (561) 297-3297

Dr. V. Diane Owen

 Invasive plant species (biodiversity changes, control techniques), environmental accounting and resource valuation, self-assembly of patterned landscapes, defining hydrologic regimes, wetland plant communities Environmental Sciences Program dowen (954) 236-1085

Dr. Edward Petuch

 

 The geology, biostratigraphy, and invertebrate paleontology of the Floridian Peninsula and the Atlantic Coastal Plain Geosciences epetuch (561) 297-2398

Dr. Edward Proffitt

 Ecology of marine & estuarine macrophytes & invertebrates Biological Sciences cproffit (772) 465-2400 X 569

Dr. Jorge Restrepo

 Hydrological modeling, modeling recharge, evapotransporation and runoff, groundwater modeling, wetland simulation modeling Geosciences restrepo (561) 297-2795

Dr. Charles Roberts

 Extracting thematic information from remotely sensed imagery, reconstruction of past environments using remotely sensed data Geosciences croberts (561) 297-3254

Dr. Tara Root

 Ground water chemistry,water-rock interaction, groundwater sustainability Geosciences troot (561) 297-3253

Dr. Michael Salmon

 Animal behavior, sea turtle biology Biological Sciences salmon (561) 297-2747

Dr. Hank Smith

 Invasive species ecology, effects of disturbance on wildlife populations, reptile biology Honors College hsmith30@fau.edu (561) 799-8041
Dr. Glenn Thomas Environmental education Henderson gthomas@fau.edu (561) 297-3977

Dr. Jaap Vos

 Environmental planning, environmental justice, and sustainable development

Urban Planning

 jvos@fau.edu (954) 762-5653

Dr. David Warburton

 Environmental geochemistry, especially in interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and the environment, and possible regulation of the environment by the biosphere Geosciences warburto@fau.edu (561) 799-8648

Dr. James Wetterer

 

 Biogeography, ecology, and environmental impact of ants,
biogeography and ecology of West Indian ants, distribution, impact, and control of exotic ants, impact of exotic ants on hatchling sea turtles in Florida		 Honors College Wetterer@fau.edu (561) 799-8648

Dr. Jeanette Wyneken

 Integrative biology, comparative & functional morphology, sea turtle biology Biological Sciences jwyneken (561) 297-0146

Dr. Zhuxuai Xie

 Geographic image retrieval, high resolution images
spatial temporal GIS analysis, environment health, invasive species. 		Geosciences xie (561) 297-2852

Dr. Xing-Hai Zhang

 Plant molecular biology and biotechnology Biological Sciences xhzhang@fau.edu (561) 297-1011