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
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Himadri Biswas
PhD Earth System Sciences (FIU); MS Environmental Studies (FIU); MS Geology (University of Calcutta, India); BS Geology (Ranchi University, India).
Email: hbiswas@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.
PhD Botany (University of California, Berkeley), AB Biology (Radcliffe College, Harvard University).
Email: richards@fiu.edu
Current Graduate Students
Ximena Mesa
PhD in Biological Sciences
My research focuses on vegetation dynamics of woody vegetation and the drivers of species composition dynamics along spatial and temporal shifts of hydrological gradients.
- MS Environmental Science (FIU); BS Biology and Environmental Studies (FIU)
Research Assistant:- Tree Island Dynamics in Everglades National Park
- Landscape-Scale Plant-Community Succession in Wetlands under Changing Hydrology and Fire Regimes
Email: xmesa@fiu.edu
Jessika Reyes
PhD in Biological Sciences
My research interests are in plant community ecology change and composition across environmental gradients in coastal wetland ecosystems.
- BS Biology (FIU)
Research Assistant:
Email: jesreyes@fiu.edu
Md Sazzad Hossain
PhD in Biological Sciences
My research interests lie in remote sensing and spatial ecology. I am applying remote sensing, GIS, and statistical modeling to investigate tree-island ecology in the Water Conservation Areas of South Florida, as well as species distribution and habitat modeling for the St. Vincent Parrot. I am also interested in understanding scaling effects in ecological phenomena.
- MSc Sustainable Tropical Forestry (Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany & Bangor University, UK)
- BSc Forestry (Khulna University, Bangladesh)
Research Project:
Research Assistant:
Email: mdshossa@fiu.edu
Research Analysts & Technicians
Katherine Castrillon
Senior Research Analyst & Lead Technician
MS Environmental Studies (FIU)
Email: kcastril@fiu.edu
Lesdiel Mesa
Research Analyst & Technician
BS Biological Sciences (FIU)
Email: lesmesa@fiu.edu
Research Internship Participants
Sean McCormick
Bianca Cardona
BS Student Biological Sciences (FIU)Lindsay Villavicencio
BS Student Biological Sciences (FIU)