Environmental Science, Policy & Geography

Environmental Science Policy &
Geography
USF St Petersburg Dav 100
St Petersburg, FL 33701
Ph: 727-873-4156

Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore
Chair, ESPG
USF St .Petersburg, FL  33701
Office tel: (727) 553-4971

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Faculty and Staff

 
The area code for each number listed is (727). To reach one of our faculty by mail, use the format:
  [Name], DAV 258, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, 140 7th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Name and Position Discipline Telephone Email Office

Henry Alegria

Henry Alegria
Assistant Professor

Chemistry 873-4777 halegria@stpt.usf.edu DAV 212
My area of research is in the general field of fate and transport of pollutants. Read more

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Erica Asano
Assistant Professor

Mathematics 873-4066 easano@stpt.usf.edu DAV 210
I am interested in Mathematical modeling of invasive species, infectious diseases and population. Read more

Carvalho-Knighton

Kathy Carvalho-Knighton
Assistant Professor

Chemistry 873-4063(O),
873-4833(Lab)
carvalho@stpt.usf.edu DAV 213
My research interests include water quality, phytoremediation of heavy metals by aquatic species, remediation of organic and chlorinated compounds, and chemical education. Read more

Deby Cassill

Deby Cassill
Associate Professor

Biology 873-4064(O),
873-4832(Lab)
cassill@stpt.usf.edu DAV 221
I am a biologist interested in self-organizing systems. Read more


Barnali Dixon

Barnali Dixon
Associate Professor

Geography 873-4025 bdixon@stpt.usf.edu PMN 105
I have extensive experience in the application and teaching of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, Global positioning Systems (GPS), geostatistics, fuzzy logic and neural networks for environmental modeling. Read more

Joseph Dorsey

Joseph Dorsey
Assistant Professor

Policy 873-4967 dorseyjw@stpt.usf.edu DAV 226
My teaching focuses on environmental policy and its implications at local, regional, national and global levels. Read more


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Armando Hoare
Assistant Professor

Mathematics 873-4737 ahoare2@stpt.usf.edu DAV 208
I am interested in statistical modeling.

Rebecca Johns

Rebecca Johns
Associate Professor

Geography 873-4556 rjohns@stpt.usf.edu DAV 208
My work encompasses community organizing around economic or environmental issues, problems of cross-border labor organizing, globalization and the labor movement, gender and globalization, Native American cultural conflict. Read more

Chris Meindl

Chris Meindl
Associate Professor,

Graduate Coordinator

Geography 873-4961 cmeindl@stpt.usf.edu DAV 262
I am a geographer interested in human-environment interaction, particularly in people’s perceptions of environmental issues, especially wetlands, natural hazards, and sustainability. Read more

James Krest

James Krest
Assistant Professor

Geology 873-4970(O),
873-4836(Lab)
krest@stpt.usf.edu DAV 220
I have extensive experience measuring nutrients, trace elements, and radioactive isotopes in the environment. Most of my research couples these measurements with one- and two-dimensional models to study chemical fluxes and biogeochemical cycling. Read more

Melanie Whitmore

Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore
Associate Professor
Interim Chair  

Biology 873-4971(O),
873-4834(Lab)
mariedin@stpt.usf.edu DAV 222
My areas of specialization include: Aquatic ecology, wetland ecology, and paleolimnology of lakes in Florida, The Galapagos Islands, and mainland Ecuador. Read more

Smoak

Donny Smoak
Associate Professor

Geology 873-4078(O),
873-4835(Lab)
smoak@stpt.usf.edu DAV 212
My research interests involve the use of naturally occurring radionuclides as tracers of water and sediments. Read more

Eric Steimle

Eric Steimle
Visiting Research Asst. Professor

Chemistry 873-4871 esteimle@stpt.usf.edu DAV 124
Areas of specialization include aquatic ecology/Hydrology/Conservation, hydrodynamic and hydraulic change as an influence on the distribution of aquatic biota, habitat modeling and instream flow.

Bob Wang

Bob Wang
Scientific Researcher / Lab Manager

Environmental
Science  
873-4869 or 873-4075 wangx@stpt.usf.edu

DAV 209 or URL108

My research interests focus on biosphere-atmosphere interactions by using stable isotopes to quantify the amount of CO2 and H2O exchanged during photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration. Read more

Thomas Whitmore Thomas Whitmore  
Research Assistant Professor
Biology 873-4971(O),
873-4834(Lab)  
whitmore@ufl.edu DAV 222

My areas of specialization cover paleolimnology of lakes in Florida, southern China, and Central and South America. Read more

 


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