Lead Scientist
Dr. Daniel Gann
Assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and researcher in the FIU Institute of Environment.
PhD Biological Sciences & MS Environmental Sciences (FIU), MA Education (Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg, Germany).
Email: gannd@fiu.edu
Collaborators
Dr. Jennifer Richards
Emeritus professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Her interests are in wetland plant ecology, plant vegetative and reproductive morphology and development as affected by the environment, and vegetation mapping and analysis.
PhD Botany (University of California, Berkeley), AB Biology (Radcliffe College, Harvard University).
Email: richards@fiu.edu
Postdoctoral Associates
Current Graduate Students
Himadri Biswas
PhD in Earth Systems Science.
Email: hbiswas@fiu.edu
- MS Environmental Studies (FIU); MS Geology (University of Calcutta, India); BS Geology (Ranchi University, India).
- Co-advised by Dr. Michael Ross & Dr. Daniel Gann, he is developing remote sensing methods to map and study mangrove transgression and dynamics in the Southern Everglades.
- Research Assistant
Ximena Mesa
PhD in Biological Sciences.
Email: xmesa@fiu.edu
- MS Environmental Science (FIU); BS Biology and Environmental Studies (FIU)
- Co-advised by Dr. Daniel Gann & Dr. Jay Sah, her research focuses on vegetation dynamics of tree islands and the drivers of species composition dynamics along spatial and temporal shifts of hydrological gradients.
- Research Assistant:
Jessika Reyes
PhD in Biological Sciences
Email: jesreyes@fiu.edu
Jessika is interested in plant community ecology change and composition across environmental gradients in wetland ecosystems.
- BS Biology (FIU)
- Research Assistant
Research Technician
Steven Unger
MS Biological Sciences (FIU)
Research Internship Participants
Eber Mendez
Post-Baccalaureate - BS Biological Sciences (FIU)
Lesdiel Mesa
Post-Baccalaureate - BS Biological Sciences (FIU)Jader Santos
Post-Baccalaureate - BS Biological Sciences (FIU)