Dr. Jack Parker
Professor
Department of Environmental Studies
& Department of Chemistry
ECS 331, Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: (305)348-3083
Fax: (305)348-6137
Email: parker@fiu.edu

Research Interests

Ecological and Energy Efficient Landscaping, Environmental and Energy Efficient Housing, Integrating Landscaping into Low-income Housing, Resource Conservation, Environmental Education in Low-income Housing, Web-based Environmental Service Learning, Environmental Operations in Ecotourist Facilities, Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas, Environmental Education through Ecological Restoration Projects.

Courses Taught

EVR 1001: Intro to Environmental Science;
EVR 3011: Environmental Pollution and Resources;
EVR 3010: Energy Flows in Man and Nature;
EVR 4312: Energy Resources;
LIS 4920: Global Environmental Issues;
EVR 5300: Urban Ecology;
EVR 5313: Renewable Energy Sources;
CHM 1032: Chemistry and Society.

Recent Publications

"Integrating Energy Conservation into Low-income Housing Projects", Proc. Seventh Nat. Urban Forestry Conf., NY, NY (1995).
"Sustainable Neighborhoods", Proc. Nat. Pollution Prevention Roundtable, Miami Beach, FL 1995.
"Urban Trees and Global Warming", Proc. Saitama Summit-Third Local Government Leaders' Summit on Climate Change, Tokyo, Japan, October, 1995.
"Our Forest, Their Forest-A Project Which Stimulates Long-term Learning and Community Action". Social Issues and Service at the Middle Level, Allyn and Bacon, 1997.
"Eco-landscaping", Proc. First South Florida Sustainable Building Conf., Miami, FL, April, 1997.
"Energy Conservation Landscaping and Sustainable Neighborhoods", Proc. Eighth Nat. Urban Forestry Conf., Atlanta, GA, September, 1997.
"Climate Change, Water Resources and South Florida", Climate Change and Extreme Events Workshop, July, 1998.

Outreach Activities

Teach at Conservation Summits for the National Wildlife Federation; work with American Forests and the U.S. Department of Energy on their Cool Communities Program to implement energy conservation landscaping and white roofs in urban areas; Board Member of the following South Florida organizations:(1) Citizens for a Better South Florida (focuses on environmental education for new immigrants and minorities), (2) Treemendous Dade (plants appropriate trees along highways and in low-income neighborhoods), and (3) Biscayne Nature Center (environmental education) . Work in the local community on environmental housing with Habitat for Humanity, the Christmas in April Foundation and local government agencies.

Biography

Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry; Coordinator of the Environmental Studies Certificate Program and the advisement program for the Environmental Studies Department. He received a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Emory University in Atlanta and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a founding member of Florida International University and its Chemistry and Environmental Studies Departments. He has received university awards in teaching, service and advisement. He also received the Gregory Wolfe Faculty Award from FIU's Student Government Association and a Distinguished Community Service Award from the Florida Board of Regents. He received the American Forests' National Research Medal for his pioneering studies of energy conservation landscaping.