FACULTY/STAFF

William J. Mitsch, Ph.D. 
Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park
Eminent Scholar, and  Juliet C. Sproul Chair for
Southwest Florida Habitat Restoration and Management
College of Arts and Sciences
FGCU   

Li Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park
College of Arts and Sciences,
FGCU

Hilary A. Thompson
Lab Technician

Diana Lombana 
Assistant  to Director

Chung T Nguyen, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher

office: South Florida Water Management District
West Palm Beach, FL

Blanca Bernal, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher

Darryl Marois
Summer Intern
Visiting Ph.D. Student
School of Environment and Natural Resources
The Ohio State University

Jorge Villa-Betancur
visiting Ph.D. Student
Environmental Science Graduate Program
The Ohio State University

Daniel Marchio
Masters Student
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
FGCU

Ruthmarie H. Mitsch, Ph.D.
Managing Editor
Ecological Engineering

Anne Mischo
Illustrator and Designer
FGCU

VISITING SCHOLARS 2012

Yuzhi Song, Ph.D.
visiting scholar to FGCU
School of Environmental Science and Engineering
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Nanjing, China  
November 1,2012 - April 30, 2013

Mingzhi Lu.
visiting Ph.D student 
School of Environmental Science
Northeast Normal University
Changchun, China  
Oct  22,2012 - Nov 15, 2012

Maria Hernandez, Ph.D.
Environmental Biotechnology Unit
Institute of Ecology
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico  
Sept. 26 - Oct. 26, 2012
 

Coming Visiting Scholars 2012-13

Louis J. Guillette Jr., Ph.D.
Endowed Chair for Marine Genomics
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Hollings Marine Laboratory
Charleston, South Carolina  
EFFECTIVE MID-NOVEMBER 2012

Sven Erik Jørgensen, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Copenhagen University
Copenhagen, Denmark  
EFFECTIVE MID-JANUARY TO MID-FEBRUARY 2013

Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, M.A.
President, Lewis Environmental Services, Inc.
President, Coastal Resources Group, Inc.
Salt Springs, Florida 
EFFECTIVE MID-NOVEMBER AND MID/LATE FEBRUARY 2012

John W. Day, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Coast and Environment
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 
EFFECTIVE EARLY MARCH 2013

Donald L. Hey, Ph.D.
Founder, The Wetlands Initiative
Des Plaines River Wetland Demonstration Project
Chicago and Lake County, Illinois  
EFFECTIVE LATE MARCH 2013

Active Affiliates

Chad Washburn, M.S.
Director of Conservation & Education
Naples Botanical Garden 

Volunteers

Hannah Feng
Gulf Coast High School
July  1, 2012 - Aug 15, 2012

October 15, 2012

William J. Mitsch

Li Zhang

Hilary Thompson

Diana Lombana 

Chung T. Nguyen

Blanca Bernal

Darryl Marois

Jorge Villa-Betancur

Daniel Marchio

Ruthmarie H. Mitsch