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A native of Miami, Melissa completed her undergraduate study in the Dept. of Environmental Studies at FIU.  Her interests are primarily in community-based and regional conservation initiatives in South Florida, the Caribbean, & Southeast Asia.  She is currently working on building and implementing an Ecosystem Management Plan for FIU’s Ecosystem Preserve.  Prior to this, she worked for the Institute for Regional Conservation as program coordinator and field biologist.  Ms. Abdo also co-authored Natives For Your Neighborhood, an innovative conservation resource for S. Florida.  She has done extensive fieldwork in numerous south Florida conservation areas, including the Big Cypress National Preserve and the Everglades.  In Southeast Asia she has worked in national parks and buffer areas in Indonesia and Thailand.  Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia, Ms. Abdo is also actively working with Indonesian communities and NGOs to support sustainable development and conservation in the region.  Melissa is working with Dr. Joel Heinen.


Joaquin Alonso
Joaquin Alonso graduated in 1995 from the University of Puerto Rico with a B.S. in Biology. While attending the university he worked for the Caribbean Stranding Network, rescuing, rehabbing and researching marine wildlife such as manatees, sea turtles, cetaceans, and marine birds. Joaquin did an internship in the Amazon River Basin (Colombia, Peru) studying the two species of Amazon River dolphin. Currently he is working as a scuba divemaster and naturalist for Miami-Dade county. Since moving to South Florida his interests have intensified and he comes to FIU to broaden his opportunities in working towards more efficient ways of managing our natural resources.


Sandee Apang
Sandee graduated from Barry University with a major in Chemistry and minored in Biology. Currently enrolled in the Environmental Studies Non-Thesis Program and working on National Board Certification for science education.  Sandee is a science teacher for the Miami-Dade County schools presently teaching Advanced Placement Environmental Science and Chemistry.  She will be working with Dr. Mahadev Bhat.


George Atisa
George has an MA degree in economics from the University of Nairobi and a BA in Economics and Business studies from Kenyatta University in Kenya. His aim in attending Environemtnal Studies at FIU is to supplement his interest in Environmental Economics. He was working for the World Wildlife Fund in East Africa before coming to FIU. He will be working on the evaluation of Freshwater Resources in the Mara River Basin with Dr. Mahadev Bhat and Dr. Michael McClain.

Marisa Benigno

Marissa Benigno, originally from Brooklyn, NY, earned her Bachelor's degree in Marine Science at Southampton College, Long Island University in Southampton, NY. As a member of the United States Coast Guard Reserve, she works in an environmental capacity investigating pollution calls and conducting safety inspections. Marissa also maintains full-time employment with Miami-Dade County as an Environmental Specialist/Hydrogeologist; monitoring groundwater and soil quality throughout Miami-Dade County. For her Master's final project, Marissa plans to work collectively with Dr. Michael Ross and some of the project managers for Biscayne Bay to complete an environmental mapping plan. Marissa's goal is to protect some of the environmentally sensitive areas as changes take place on the Bay.
 
Kurt attended Boston University where he received his Bachelor's degree in Biology with a specialization in Ecology and Conservation Biology. As an undergraduate, he participated in the Tropical Ecology Program (BUTEP) in Ecuador which instilled in him a desire to continue work in the tropics. After working as an ecotour guide for several years in Hawai'i, Kurt has returned to academia to pursue his Master's in tropical forest management. He is participating in the Master's International program, in conjunction with the U.S. Peace Corps. Kurt will be working with Dr. Anne Hartley.
 
Himadri is from India, has a MSc in Geology from the University of Calcutta, works with Assefa Melesse.


Eric Brumfield
Eric Brumfield attended LSU where he enjoyed candlelit dinners and long walks on the beach. While at FIU, he hopes to continue that tradition while also double majoring in ballroom dancing and basket-weaving.

Alex Chidakel
Alex recieved his Bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Colorado and has a background in wildlife science. His previous research experience has been with mammals, working at the Smithsonian's Conservation and Research Center, and in Belize on a study of ocelots. Now interested in the broader area of conservation of tropical forests, he is enrolled in the Master's International program at FIU and intends to study aspects of community based forestry and conservation while serving in the Peace Corps. Alex will be working with Dr. Joel Heinen.
 
y Cristina Clark-Cuadrado
 Cristina graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Studies in 2005 from Florida International University. She is currently doing research on the fate and transport of pesticides leaving agricultural fields as well as on the effects of pesticides on soil microbiology. She has worked with the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in York County, PA creating and evaluating soil conservation plans for area farmers. Cristina is working with Dr. Krish Jayachandran.
 
w Bob Farrell
Bob is working on an M.S. in environmental studies after already having recieved degrees from Stanford University (B.A. in International Relations '64) and Columbia University (M.A. '69 and Ph.D. in Education and Latin American Studies '74). He is currently interested in education for sustainability, sustainable development education, and the inclusion of environmental studies into teacher education. His research compares the different approaches to environmental advocacy of three different environmental organizations (Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and Nature Conservancy). Bob is working with Dr. Joel Heinen.

Joe Figel

Joe graduated from the University of Washington in 2005 with a B.S. in wildlife conservation.  In late 2005/early 2006 he participated in a Conservation International project to assess the status of Sumatran tiger in Batang Gadis National Park, Indonesia.  Joe also has field experience along the US/Mexico border and in Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, and Kenya, working on species such as the jaguar, ocelot, and Sumatran rhinoceros.  His thesis will be based on the ecology and conservation of jaguar in community protected areas in the Chinantla region of Oaxaca, Mexico.  Joe will be working with Dr. David Bray.
 

Elaine Fontes

 Elaine obtained a double major in Biology and Environmental Studies at FIU. She joined the Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology Program, where she became more concerned to ecology issues.. After graduation, she has worked for 2 years in the Periphyton Lab as a research assistant and joined the Master Program in the fall of 2005. She is currently doing research work in a lake in Central Florida where she expects to learn about its current and past zoological communities and make associations with some limnological changes that have taken place therein over the years. Her major advisor is Dr. Anne Hartley.

Amida Frey

Amida did his undergraduate Bachelor’s work at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, graduating with a double major in Environmental Studies and Philosophy, with academic minors in Literature, Biology, and East Asian Studies. The last semester of his degree was spent studying abroad in Japan, a place he returned to after graduating to teach English in the Japanese public school system for more than a year. Amida is a joint-degree seeking student enrolled in both the Environmental Studies Master’s of Science Program and FIU’s burgeoning Law School. His thesis will focus on sustainable development in South Florida (including the urban development boundary and land-use zoning) as well as Everglades related environmental policy. Amida’s research advisor is Dr. Raymond Scattone.
 
Evan Flugman
Originally from New York, Evan attended Vassar College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Astronomy that included the study of planetary science and astrophysics. As an undergraduate, he also worked for the Poughkeepsie Farm Project, an organic cooperative in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley. Today, Evan is highly interested in the science and widespread consequences of global climate change, including how we can help provide information and tools useful for enhancing capacity to adapt and minimize negative impacts of natural hazards in Florida and vulnerable locations worldwide . His focus is on climate change and coastal vulnerability issues facing the low-lying, island communities of the Florida Keys . He is also a member of the Miami-Dade County Climate Change Advisory Task Force, serving on the Economic, Social, and Health Adaptation Committee. Evan is working with Dr. Pallab Mozumder at the International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC).  
 
, Karla Garcia
Karla graduated from Florida International University with a major in French and Spanish and minored in Italian. She is a certified translator, she obtained her Certificate of Translation from FIU as well. Currently enrolled in the Environmental Studies Non-Thesis Program. She has worked in different fields of Law Enforcement and is presently working at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. Having been exposed to the law, her field of interest is policies, laws and regulations. Her graduate research interest will attempt to answer the questions of why certain laws and regulations are not working for endangered and threatened species, and how to develop tougher and better solutions and regulations for the protection of wildlife. She is working with Dr. Joel Heinen.
 

Erin Hanan
Erin just finished her Bachelors degree in Environmental Studies with a minor in Architecture from the University of Southern California. Her undergraduate research experience has been in the areas of Terrestrial Ecology and Isotope Geochemistry. She Worked as an NSF funded intern at the Baylor Brooks Institute for Isotope Geochemistry at San Diego State University, where she preformed lead isotope separations from basaltic rocks from Iceland for isotope analyses that were used in modeling the evolution of the Earth’s mantle. She also did a directed research project on sampling methods for biodiversity studies in Joshua Tree National Park in the Mojave desert. Her areas of interest for graduate work include terrestrial and wetland Ecology as well as Geomorphology. Erin will be working with Dr. Mike Ross.
 
William Bob Harris

Bob is currently employed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission where he serves as a biologist at the JW Corbett WMA in northwestern Palm Beach County. He was an active member of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) from 2000 to 2003. He returned to school in 2003, graduating summa cum laude from FIU’s Environmental Studies program in 2006. Past research participation includes the development of primate and ungulate ethograms, Southern White Rhino reproductive/endocrine studies, flora and fauna surveys in Costa Rica, and the analysis of the impacts of environmental policy drivers in Costa Rican Conservation, amongst other projects. His thesis research will seek to determine the applicability of a GIS model constructed from multiple ET regression models developed for Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, in Western South Florida, to a larger yet similarly composed system in Central South Florida.

 
Koji Hashimoto has a Bachelor's degree from the Department of Ecoregion Science at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan. Hashimoto is interested in applying economic principles and tools to analyzing environmental issues, particularly in developing countries. For his thesis research, he is investigating the economic feasibility of implementing payment for environmental service schemes in the Mara River Basin in East Africa. Specifically, his research looks into if different stakeholders--service users and service providers--are willing to participate in such schemes. A contingent valuation methodology is being applied to estimating household's willingness to pay for cleaner and more reliable drinking water. Also being analyzed is upstream small farmers' willingness to undertake water and soil conservation measures to improve fresh water flow in the river. His major advisor is Dr. Mahadev Bhat.

Jo-Ann Jennier

Jo-Ann Jennier is employed by the Zoological Society of Florida as Manager of the Children’s Zoo.  In that capacity she is able to combine her interests in conservation of biological resources, conservation education, and observation of animal intelligence and behavior.  She holds undergraduate degrees in biology and psychology, and a M. A. in Secondary Science Education.  Jo-Ann is interested in biological resource management.  Her advisor is Dr. Joel Heinen.


Emily Loffredo
Emily graduated with a BS in Zoology from the University of New Hampshire in 1999 and has since enjoyed several jobs in the wild outdoors.  She was a member of the Ecosystem Ecology Group at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Maryland where she participated in submerged aquatic vegetation and sediment studies, was a member of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Harbor Survey team, and most recently worked as a field ecologist at Tavernier Science Center in the Florida Keys.  She is working with Dr. Mahadev Bhat.


Liya Mango
Liya has a BSc degree in Environmental Studies from Kenyatta University, joined FIU in the fall of 2007 and he will be working with Dr Assefa Melesse on water and related land use issues in the Mara River Basin in Kenya.


Maria Marasigan
Maria was born in the Philippines and raised in NY. She received her undergraduate degree from NYU in elementary education with a minor in biology. She is currently enrolled in the Master's International Program and recently returned from 3.5 years of service with the Peace Corps in El Salvador. She worked as an agroforestry/environmental education volunteer but also promoted the very important aspects of development such as gender equality, small business, empowerment, Thanksgiving and breakdancing :). Her thesis study will focus on social capital and the adoption of organic vegetable farming in the rural community of Los Planes, La Palma, Chalatenango. Her study received some funding from Agroecology Program at FIU under the USDA. Her major advisor is Dr. David Bray.

Elvira Martinez
After graduating from FIU in 2004 with a B.S. in Environmental Studies, Elvira headed to Washington D.C. for a two year Fellowship at EPA’s Oceans and Coastal Protection Division. While at EPA, she participated in the development of standards for discharges from large cruise vessels. Currently, Elvira is working with Dr. Krish Jayachandran and Dr. Mahadev Bhat in the evaluation of FIU's Agroecology Program - part of her non-thesis work.  


Mike Matthews
Michael received his Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies from Florida International University , where he also minored in Religious Studies and earned a Certificate in Environmental Studies. Upon completing his bachelors degree, Michael took advantage of his Environmental Studies education by working for both the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center as a naturalist/educator, and also doing much work for the Sierra Club, both as a volunteer for the regional field office and with the Sierra Club Miami Group where he served on the Executive Committee, co-edited the monthly newsletter, organized events, and more. Michael is currently studying for his Masters of Environmental Science with an emphasis on Environmental Education and Environmental Ethics. He also works for the Environmental Studies Department as a TA, assisting Dr. Jim Riach and teaching two sections of the Ecology of South Florida lab.

Beth McCartney

Beth started the graduate program in Spring 2007.  She has a BS in Environmental Geoscience from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and has extensive professional experience in GIS.  She will be studying water issues in the African Mara River Basin with Dr. Michael McClain.
 
Shanna McClain
Shanna graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and Spanish. She worked with the Nature Conservancy during the 2001 legislative session to educate politicians on the positive effects of prescribed fire burning as well as the need for continued support for the Florida Forever Program which aids in the protection and restoration of Florida land through annual land acquisition. Shanna is working with Dr. Raymond Scattone and her primary interests lie within environmental policy as well as with the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems. 


Ximena Mesa
Ximena graduated from FIU with a Bachelor’s of Science degree, double majoring in Environmental Studies and Biology, and attaining a minor in Chemistry. Her undergraduate research focused on testing Silver Formulations as wood biocides and in the biological control of Brazilian Pepper. She also worked under the Environmental Studies Research Internship Program (ESRIP) carrying out a survey of Arbuscular-Mycorrhizal Fungal Spores and colonization in Ziziphus celata (Rhamnaceae), an endangered plant of the Lake Wales Ridge. Her graduate thesis project deals with the ecological resilience of the Pastaza River in Ecuador. She will be working under the guidance of Dr.Michael McClain.

Danielle Ogurcack
Danielle graduated in 1999 with a Bachelors of Science in natural resources from the Cornell University School of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Most recently she has been employed by the University of Florida as a biologist, doing research in support of Everglades Restoration. Specifically, she has been mapping alligator holes in Everglades National Park and sampling the surrounding vegetation and ground morphology. She is working with Dr. Mike Ross and is planning to study the effects of increased salinity resulting from storm surges and sea level rise on endemic plants in pine rocklands in the Florida Keys.
 
t Gabriela Orihuela-Lopez
Gaby is a Peruvian biologist who graduated from Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru. She lived for a few years in the southeastern part of the country, where she got first hand knowledge from native people and local scientists on tropical rainforest resources. During those years she worked for Rainforest Expeditions, an ecotourism company, trained with Conservation International’s RAP team, and later on was part of CI’s EISA project, where she was in charged of assessing the mammalian fauna. Soon after, she participated for five years in forest fragment research in Lake Guri, Venezuela, where she studied the feeding habits of red howler monkeys.  She has been a Miami resident and has been working full time for Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the last four years. As a part time student in our program, Gaby is developing her thesis project evaluating habitat changes in the southeastern tropical savannahs of Peru using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques. Her advisor is Dr. Assefa Melesse.


Karen Pannocchia
Karen Pannocchia graduated with a degree in Economics from the Dominican Republic. Karen worked for several years on a USAID funded project in the Dominican Republic that involved working with improving policies for environmental protection and working with an Environmental Protection Investment Fund which carried out 32 grassroot projects. Pannocchia entered the graduate program in Environmental Studies the Fall of 2007 and is currently working on the economics of globalization, macroeconomic changes and environmental impacts in the Caribbean countries under the guidance of Dr. Mahadev Bhat.


Larry Perez

Larry is a lifelong resident of Miami where he lives with his wife and two children. A graduate of Florida International University with a degree in Parks and Recreation Management, he has parlayed his education into a lengthy career in South Florida's natural areas. For over twelve years, Larry has served as an interpreter and park ranger for both Miami-Dade County Parks and the National Park Service. During that time, he has garnered numerous awards for both his professional and personal pursuits.Larry's writings have appeared in several publications, including Tropical Trails Magazine, Miami Family Magazine , and South Florida History Magazine . He is the writer and producer of Everglades by Car: A Narrated Audio Tour of Everglades National Park, and the author of the Journal of Florida's Watchable Wildlife: Reptiles and Amphibians. Larry continues his studies today as a graduate student in the FIU Department of Environmental Studies, and has most recently authored Words on the Wilderness: A History of Place Names in South Florida's National Parks , following his independent research.



Terry Pitman
Terry is a full-time employee of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. He works in the area of Community Outreach and Education as a Web developer, school-site evaluator, investigator and university representative at professional conferences. He is a member of both the Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Science Center and the new Oceans and Human Health Center. Along with webmaster responsibilities, Terry coordinates teachers participating in university programs. He provides training, observes teachers in their classroom settings, and designs Environmental Health curricular materials for high school and middle school teachers. Terry obtained his B.A. in Environmental Studies from Florida International University. 


Anusha Ramani

Anusha Ramani has her Bachelor's degree in Microbiology and Master's degree in Environmental science from India . She graduated in 2006 and has been in Miami for the past one year. She joined the department for her graduate course in Fall 2007. She is working under Dr. Krish Jayachandran and intends to specialize in the field of Environmental Microbiology .Her research will center on biodegradation of algal toxins, focusing primarily on fresh water toxins like Microcystins. She has a passion for teaching and teaches the Introduction to Environmental Science lab in the department.



Valerie Silidker

Val graduated from FIU with a Bachelor's degree in English, academic minors in Religious Studies and Humanities, and a certificate in environmental studies. After graduating, she worked in Big Cypress National Preserve as an environmental educator, in New Mexico , reforesting on the Apache Reservation in Mescalero, and recently completed the Florida Master Naturalist Program through the University of Florida . She is Vice President of Rattle the Cage Productions, a non-profit organization that makes documentaries concerning animal and environmental issues, including the award-winning film, Lolita: Slave to Entertainment, which investigates the marine park industry and marine mammals in captivity. Val has also studied humane education with the International Institute for Humane Education and has been a guest lecturer on environmental ethics and cetacean captivity issues at national conferences, environmental groups and various universities over the past four years. Her thesis work will take an in-depth look into the counter-education of the multi-billion dollar marine park industry and the ethical argument against using animals in “entertainment”.


Katherine Sleasman
Katherine graduated from George Washington University in 2004 with a BA in Environmental Studies with a minor in Dance.  Her advisor is Dr. Raymond Scattone and her research will focus on wastewater management in the Florida Keys. 
 
 
Ric Soto

Ric received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University at the College of Letters, Middletown, CT. His areas of interest are urban agriculture, food security and crop diversity. He is looking at these issues and how they relate to the city of Miami as part of his thesis work. He is working with Dr. Mahadev Bhat.


Mike Tompkins

Mike graduated magna cum laude from Florida International University with a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a minor in chemistry in 2003.  His research experience and graduate interest is primarily in the field of aquatic toxicology and ecological risk assessment.  He has conducted ecotoxicity studies for South Florida Water Management District and Everglades National Park.  Mike has conducted field and laboratory studies with fish and invertebrates.  He has also assisted with the risk assessment of certain organic chemicals and metals found in water and sediment in various South Florida ecosystems.  He is currently a research assistant in the SERC Ecotoxicology lab at the Biscayne Bay Campus and was recently awarded the Miccosukee Environmental Education Fellowship.  Mike has been working with Dr. Gary Rand for the last two years.


Heather Vollmer
 Heather graduated with a BS in environmental science and a certificate of GIS in May 2003 from Richard Stockton College of NJ. She worked with the Burlington County Department of Information technology as a GIS Specialist III. Her work included data creation for a geodatabase of Burlington counties stormwater system for better maintenance and pollution prevention. Heather is interested in the use of remote sensing to observe ecosystems and help solve environmental issues. She will be working with Dr. Keqi Zhang on interpretation of LIDAR images, and is deciding whether her focus will be on its use in coastal erosion or in identifying mangrove species.


Catherine Wilson

Catherine Wilson is a South Carolina native, but she has lived, worked and volunteered all around the world. She studied philosophy and nuclear engineering at the University of North Carolina and Naval Postgraduate School respectively. She spent five years in the US Navy working in navigation and engineering on USS Camden (AOE 2) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Catherine currently works as a research and policy analyst at FIU's Applied Research Center. She is interested in international energy policy, particularly in Latin America , and her advisor is Dr. Alfredo Ravinet.

 
M.Sc. Graduates Research Topic/Interests
Marcelo Ayabaca
Spring 2004 (McClain)
Rainfall variability in the Napo basin of Ecuador and its relevance to water resources
Roxanna Ayllon
Fall 2002 (McClain)		 Evaluation of the use and management of fish resources in the Pachitea River Basin, Peruvian Amazon

Andrea Blanco
Summer 2005 (McClain)

The Natural Attenuation of wastes discharged to river of the Peruvian Amazon
Marsha Bansee
(non-thesis) 		Carrying capacity study for the Dry Tortugas
Nabin Baral
Spring 2005 (Heinen)
Natural resources use by ethnic groups in Terai Arc Landscape, Nepal
Miguel Barandiaran
(non-thesis)
Captive breeding of Poison Dart Frogs and the effects of CITES.
Carrie Beeler
(non-thesis) 		Energy and climate change 
Giddy Bobeche
Fall 2006 		 
Michael Byrne
Fall 1999 (Meeder)		 Groundwater nutrient loading in Biscayne Bay National Park, Florida
Christine Cairns
Fall 2002 (Bray)		 Beekeeping and honey production in the Yucatan region of Mexico
John Carriger
Spring 2004 (Rand) 		An aquatic ecological risk assessment on pesticides in surface waters of the C-111 canal system and related estuarine discharge sites
Elizabeth Carrera
Fall 2001 (Hadjilambrinos)
The environmental dimension of transportation management 

Daniel Castillo
Spring 2001 (Clarke)

 Management of feral cat colonies in Metro-Dade County parks
Jorge Celi
Summer 2005 (McClain)
Measures of River Health in the Quijos River Basin of Ecuador

Tainya Clarke
Fall 2006

 An investigation of effective biocontrols for invasive Lygodium
Geoffrey Cook
Fall 2004
(non-thesis) 		A Cost/benefit analysis of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve, South Florida
Hillary C. Cooley
Spring 2004 (Ross)		 The effects of fire on three South Florida palms
Laura Coronel
(non-thesis)		 Pathways and the effects of PAH's in Florida's groundwater
Melissa Cornejo
Spring 2004 (Bray)
Ecotourism as a tool for conservation in
Quintana Roo Mexico
Rosa Cossío
Fall 2001 (McClain)		 Socioeconomic controls on the use and management of riparian zones in the Peruvian Amazon
Eva Doll
Fall 2005 		 
Adolfo Fernandez
Summer 2004 (Gardinali)		 Transport and fate of organic and inorganic pollutants in Everglades Nat. Park
Judith Futerfas
Fall 2003 (Heinen)		 Factors including attitude, behavior and Knowledge as they relate to boater compliance in a manatee speed zone
Daniel Gann
Spring 2003 (McClain)		 Causes and dynamics of land use change in the Pachitea Basin, Peruvian Amazon
Gaelle Glickfield
Summer 1998 (Rand) 		Ecological risk assessment of Ethion and Bromacil levels in St. Lucie County, Florida
David Goodin
Fall 2003 (Pliske)
 U.S. public policy formulation as impacted by the lack of consensus on environmental values; finding a shared value system within our cultural heritage as derived from Judeo-Christian doctrine
Pablo Gottfried
Spring 2006
Electric sector de-regulation and privatization in LDCs and introduction of alternative energy generation technologies in LDCs 

Robin Gray
Spring 2006

The effects and/or problems of performing precribed burns in urban areas
Bryna Griffin
Summer 2004 (Bhat) 		Community wildlife management and conservation in Thailand
Christina Hoffman
Summer 2007 (Melesse) 		Geospatial mapping and analysis of water availability-demand-use within the Mara River Basin
William Hopper
(non-thesis)
Urban ecology with emphasis on Brownfield's in South Florida

Pat Houle
Summer 2006 (Zhang)

 
Nicole Katin
Fall 2006 (Zarger)		 Maya Women’s Environmental Knowledge
Susan Kemp
Summer 2004 (Jayachandran) 		The effects of phosphorus and mycorrhizae on the
productivity of Cladium jamaisense in Everglades marl and HID soils
Jill King
Spring 2003 (Heinen)		 Effects of human disturbance on manatee behavior in Crystal River, FL
Robert Kirby
Summer 2000 (Lee)
The contraints on adoption of Griricidia sepium in fence lines of the Dominican Republic
Kenichiro Konomi
Fall 2001 (Jayachandran)
Pesticides - leaching in So. Florida soils with different adsorption characteristics.
Susan Lauman
Spring 2003 (Clarke)		 Ecosystem management / sustainable development viability in developing countries
Angelique Lawrence
(non-thesis)
Bioremediation using vascular marsh plants with mycorrhizal association
Jennifer Loder
Spring 2005 (Parker) 		Environmental Education
Marnie Lounsbury-Billie
Summer 2005
(non-thesis) 		Ecotoxicology - bioaccumulation of xenobiotics in a top predator
Rita Magisha
Summer 2006 		 
Shivanna Mahabir
Summer 2002 (Rand)
The effects of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) on soil organisms
Elizabeth Mayo
Spring 2000 (Clarke) 		Reforestation of Pinus elliottii var. densa on the Miami Rock Ridge: Field experiment and economic analysis of two alternative methods
Edith McClintock
Fall 2000 (Heinen)		 Conservation and ecotourism in southern Belize: An assessment of the Toledo Ecotourism Association
Simone McCulloch
(non-thesis)		 Yam production in Jamaica
Robert McMullen
Spring 2003 (Jayachandran)		 Brazilian Pepper suppression on soil disposal mounds in the "Hole-in-the-Donut" restoration program, Everglades National Park
Carlos Mena
Fall 2001 (McClain)		 Analysis of deforestation in the Napo Basin: Socioeconomic factors, spatial patterns, and metrics
Lourdes Mentzer
(non-thesis)
Environmental cost-benefit analysis of expanding phosphate mining in Miami-Dade County
Rafaela Monchek
(non-thesis)
Energy policy and security in Israel
Skya Murphy
Spring 2005
(Bray)
Interactions between social and natural capital in the commercialization of non-timber forest products for conservation and development: the case of pita (Aechmea magdalenae) in Southern Mexico
Cristina (Kiki) Mutis
(non-thesis) 		Members of the Solanaceae in house gardens in Bolivia 
Jason Osborne
Spring 2007
(non-thesis)
Fisheries management
Lisette Pallais
Summer 2005
(non-thesis)
Impacts of ecoturism on protected areas in Nicaragua
John Paniccia
Summer 2002 (Bhat)
 Tradable pollution permit system for industrial wastewater users/producers 
Prabhakar Pant
Fall 2003 (Jayachandran)		 Natural attenuation of Trichloroethylene at the Savanna River site: In-stream fate and transport
Jeri Pollock
Fall 1999 (Heinen)		 Tears for the Earth: The teaching of personal responsibility in environmental education
Alex Racelis
Summer 2003 (Bray)		 Agroforestry in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Jeremy Radachowsky
Spring 2002 (Clarke)		 Measuring biodiversity in managed tropical areas 
David Reed

 Effects of hydrologic variability along elevational gradients on native Florida wetland trees
Kimesha Reed
Summer 2006 		 
Amy Renshaw
Fall 2006

Origin and development of South East Everglades Tree Islands
Carolina Rivera
Fall 2002 (Bhat)		 Water pricing-conservation in South Florida Counties
Alejandro Rosselli
Fall 2002 (McClain)		 Aquatic habitat identification in the Ecuadorian Amazon using satellite imagery
Rama Ruttala
Spring 2004 (Jayachandran) 		Correlation between biogeochemical process and microbial diversity in the tree island soils of the Everglades
Donna Sakura-Lemessy
Summer 2001 (McClain)		 Riparian influences on water quality and quantity at the meso-scale in the Pachitea basin, Peruvian Amazon 
Thomas Saunders
Spring 2004 (McClain) 		Riparian zone nutrient dynamics of the Andean Amazon, Peru
Kristina Serbesoff
(non-thesis) 		An economic analysis of regulatory programs to control invasive species in Florida
Yosef Shapiro
Spring 2003 (Hadjilambrinos)		 Alternative fuels as a replacement for gasoline: special focus on methanol, ethanol, natural gas and hydrogen
Ranju Shrestha Acharya
Summer 2007 (Heinen)		 Non Timber Forest Products Sector in Nepal:issues in plant conservation and utilization policies
Rahul Shrivastava
Summer 2002 (Heinen)
 Natural resource use and park-people relations at Kaziranga National Park and World Heritage Site, India
Eileen Smith
Fall 2000 (Koptur) 		Restoration of Atala butterfly populations in south Florida

Kathryn Stanaway
Fall 2005 (Hartley/Boyer)

Benthic nutrient fluxes in Florida Bay.

John Stiefel
Summer 2007 (Melesse)

The effectiveness of rainwater harvesting for the artificial recharge of groundwater in the Wakal River Basin, India
Darcy Stockman
Spring 2001 (Jayachandran)
Effects of mycorrhiza on four legume species: wing bean, rice bean, Lablab, and sword bean
Alison Stone
Spring 2005 (non-thesis)
Eutrophication and the indicators at Tarland region in Scotland
Kathy Stone
Spring 2007 (Bhat)
Ecological, social and economic aspects of mangrove reforestation in Karnataka India
Elizabeth Struhar
Summer 2004 (Jayachandran) 		Relationship between soil moisture and nutrient availability in tree islands of Everglades National Park 
Lara Taylor
Spring 2003 (Bhat)		 Community involvement in restoration projects
Simon Teixeira
Summer 2002 (Bhat)		 The sustainability of aquaculture in Trinidad and Tobago: A case study of the County of St. Patrick
Diana Ter-Ghazaryan
Spring 2004 (Heinen) 		Comprehensive study of the history, management practices and environmental policy pertaining to the Issyk-Kul National Park in Kyrgyzstan
Pavel Terselich
Summer 2007 (Melesse)		 Soil quality characterization of the C-111 spreader Canal project
Nilesh Timilsina
Spring 2005 (Heinen)		 Patterns of habitat degradation and their impacts on animal movements and species diversity in southwestern Nepal
Lindsey Waggoner
Summer 2006
Land Use Controls on the Water Quality of Rivers in the Pachitea Basin of Peru
Valentine Walker
(non-thesis) 		A shift towards biocontrol away from harmful chemical pesticides in Florida's citrus indistry
Kathryne Wilson
(non-thesis)		 The multispecies recovery plan of South Florida, is it practical?
Ingrid Zamora
Spring 2006
Effects of Irgarol 1051 in phytoplankton communities in Key Largo Harbor, Florida
Matthew Zirkelbach
Spring 2005 (Bray) 		Conservation approaches among Mayan communities of Quintana Roo, Mexico

Mark Zucker
Spring 2003 (Rand)

 Tracing sources of freshwater to Florida Bay