Paul Lane - Engineering technician, email: plane@ifas.ufl.edu ; Tel.: 352-1864 ext. 108, SC 622-1864 x108

Paul is our engineering technician. His duties include installation and maintenance of field and laboratory equipment, projects data maintenance, and support for extension activities.

Stuart J. Muller - Ph.D. Graduate Student, e-mail: mullers@ufl.edu

Tel.: (352) 392-1864 ext 290, SC 622-1864 x290


Stuart is currently working on his dissertation from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering with the University of Florida. Drs. Rafael Muņoz-Carpena supervise his dissertation dealing with the application of advanced global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses techniques to hydrological and water quality models of interest in the South Florida Region. Expected graduation date is Fall 2008.

Yi-Ming Kuo - Ph.D. Graduate Student, e-mail: ymkuoair@ufl.edu;

Tel.: (352) 392-1864 ext 266, SC 622-1864 x266

Yi-Ming is currently working on his Doctoral program from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering with the University of Florida. Dr Rafael Muņoz-Carpena supervises his dissertation, as yet untitled but dealing with runoff phosphorous filtering by vegetative filter strips in reclaimed lands from mining areas in South Florida. Expected graduation date is Spring 2007.

Leslie Gowdish- Ph.D. Graduate Student, e-mail: leslie@gowdish.com;

Tel.:

Leslie is currently working on her dissertation from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering with the University of Florida, co-chaired by Drs. Ray Bucklin and Rafael Muņoz-Carpena. Her topic deals with developing a hydrologic simulation model for analyzing the impact of overbank flooding in floodplain regions. Expected graduation date is Spring 2007.

Amanda Mortl- M.Sc. Graduate Student, e-mail: AEMortl@ifas.ufl.edu;

Tel.: (352) 392-1864 ext 164, SC 622-1864 x164


Amanda is currently working on her M.Sc. program from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, with Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena. Her research deal with survival of the bold-cypress as affected by soil salinity and hydroperiod analysis in the floodplains of the Loxahatchee river watershed. Expected graduation graduation date is Summer 2006.

Zuzanna Zajac - Ph.D. Graduate Student, e-mail: zuzannaz@ufl.edu;

Tel.: (352) 392-1864 ext 260, SC 622-1864 x260

Zuzanna has graduated from Department of Applied Ecology, University of Lodz, Poland. She is currently working on her Ph.D. program from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, with Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena. Her research deal with hydrologic processes and Phosphorus dynamics in post-phosphate mining areas in South Florida. Expected graduation Date is Fall 2008.

David Kaplan - Ph.D. Graduate Student, e-mail: dkaplan@ufl.edu;

Tel.: (352) 392-1864 ext 260, SC 622-1864 x260

David is currently working on his PhD from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, with Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena. His research will focus on the hydrological and ecological impacts of saltwater intrusion in the Loxahatchee River, with an emphasis on modeling saltwater/freshwater dynamics within the floodplain. Expected graduation date is Fall 2009.

Oscar Perez-Ovilla - Ph.D. Graduate Student, e-mail: opovilla@ufl.edu

Tel.: (352) 392-1864 ext 290, SC 622-1864 x290

Oscar is currently working on his Ph.D. from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering with the University of Florida. Drs. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena and Michael Annable supervise his dissertation on the development of a generic contaminant transport modeling component for VFSMOD-W program. Expected graduation date is Fall 2008.

Anna Cathey - Ph.D. Graduate Student, e-mail: acathey@ufl.edu

Tel.: (352) 392-1864 ext 266, SC 622-1864 x266

Anna is working on her Ph.D. from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering with Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena and Dr. Greg Kiker. Her research will focus on hydrologic modeling in Southern Africa.  Expected graduation date is Spring 2011.

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