She received her PhD from University of Missouri Columbia in 1991 She worked as Assistant Professor in Biology department Illinois College from 1990 to 1997 then she worked as Associate Professor Biology Illinois College from 1997 to present She is currently working as Professor in Environmental Biology and Ecological Studies from 2004She also worked as Coordinator in Environmental Studies Program Illinois College 2000present and as Visiting Professor in Environmental Council University of Illinois form 2000 to 2002

Environmental Biology and Ecological Studies

He received BS 1969 in Biology Minor: Chemistry MS 1974 in Biology Minor: Geology from Texas AI University and PhD 1982 in Zoology Physiology Minor: Mar Sciences from Louisiana State University He has authored about more than 100 Publications that include research articles and book chapters He reeived Cooperative Conservation Award from Dept of Interior 2006

Thomas C. Shirley is a marine biologist and has published on the ecology and physiology of marine mammals, sea birds, fish, invertebrates, and also on pollution biology and conservation issues. He has described new species of invertebrates from around the world, including the Antarctic, the Arctic, Philippines, Mediterranean, Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico. His recent research has addressed the ecology of commercially important crabs, distribution of invertebrates on WWII shipwrecks, seamount ecology, organisms associated with deep-sea corals, ecology and systematics of priapulid worms, and ecology of meiofauna.

Thomas M. Iliffe is a Professor of Marine Biology at Texas AM University at Galveston TAMUG where he teaches courses in Biospeleology Scientific Diving and Tropical Marine Ecology Prior to coming to TAMUG in 1989 Tom worked for 11 years as a Research Scientist at the Bermuda Biological Station It was in Bermuda that he became interested in marine cave biology On this relatively small low lying island numerous limestone caves are found close to the sea By diving in the tidal saltwater pools of these caves Tom discovered an unprecedented variety of crustaceans and other marine animals that are specially adapted to the cave environment Tom has led expeditions worldwide to study and collect animals from underwater caves in the Atlantic Mediterranean and IndoPacific Diving explorations of such caves has resulted in the discovery of 168 new species 55 new genera 7 new families and 3 new orders Currently Tom and his graduate students are conducting studies of marine caves in the Bahamas Bermuda and Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico

Marine Cave Biology; Diving Research; Ecology; Systematics; Coastal Development; Ecotourism; Endangered Species; Habitat Loss; Hypoxia; Pollution; Geographic Information Science (GIS).

Jackson is Professor of Biology at Florida Gulf Coast University He has received honors from the American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Ornithologistrsquo;s Union and the Explorerrsquo;s Club Jackson cohosted a weekly natureoriented television segment called Southern Outdoors on CBS and currently produces a daily segment called With the Wild Things on public radio He received BS 1965 in Zoology from Iowa State Universityand PhD 1970 in Zoology from University of Kansas He has authored about many Publications that include research articles

Avian and reptilian behavioral ecology; biogeography of invasive and endangered species; barrier island ecosystem ecology; forest ecology; conservation biology; history of ornithology.

He received BS in Zoology 1942 from Louisiana State University MS in Biology 1952 from Rice University and PhD in Biology 1954 from Rice University He us a Fellow of American Society of Fishery Research Bi IJilogists He has authored about many Publications that include research articles He has more than 60 years of teaching experience Over the past fifty years he have delivered many papers at professional meetings on different biological studies of oysters dis Jases such as the susceptibility to and the effect of different parasites and bacteria; and phytoplankton studies dealing with red rsquo;[ides marine toxins and the effects of petroleUII!l products on marine organisms especially Iysters Between 1948 and 2001 he have served ~ lEi sole author or coauthor of 69 papers publ shed in various scientific journals

Marine Biology, Oyster Biology, Oyster Aquaculture and Hatcheries Invertebrate Pathology, Environmental Impact Assessment and Coastal Zone Management.

Eric R. Pianka is the Denton A. Cooley Centennial Professor of Zoology at the University of Texas at Austin. His research covers a broad range of topics in ecology and evolution. During his career, Pianka published two hundred scientific papers, four of which became Citation Classics. His intercontinental comparisons of desert lizard ecology are a standard textbook example. He has published over a dozen books, including his textbook “Evolutionary  Ecology”.  Currently in its 6th edition, this book has been translated into Greek, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Pianka published a synthesis of his lifes research entitled “Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards” as well as an autobiography of his adventures in Australia, “The Lizard Man Speaks”. With Laurie Vitt, he published “Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity”. “Varanoid Lizards of the World” was co-edited. Currently, Pianka is preserving his massive data set for future generations of evolutionary ecologists.

Eric R. Pianka’s research interests include population and community ecology, evolutionary ecology, natural history, resource partitioning, reproductive tactics, foraging theory, allocation, design constraints, thermoregulation, rarity, metapopulations, historical accident and biogeography, species diversity, macrodescriptors, pseudocommunities, phylogenetic systematics, computer simulation of model systems, emergent properties of ecological systems, indirect interactions among populations, metapopulations, fire ecology, disturbance, succession, landscape ecology, and using phylogenies to reconstruct probable ancestral states and to deduce the course of evolution.

Dr. Alex Chow has done his Ph.D. Hydrologic Science in The University of California, Davis – 2000. M.S. Hydrologic Science – University of California, Davis – 1998 B.S. Chemistry with minor in Chemical Engineering – University of California, Berkeley – 1994

Halocarbon Biogeochemistry - Evaluating the influences of sea level rise on halocarbon formation, greenhouse gas emissions, and other biogeochemical processes in coastal wetlands and blackwater rivers
• Ecosystem Health - Studying the impacts of climate change and management practices on the characteristics of dissolved organic matter and accumulations of pollutants in ecosystems
• Engineering Application of Humic Substance - Examining photocatalytic and redox properties of natural organic matter and their potential applications in advanced oxidation process and microbial fuel cell
 

Ecology of sustainable resource management, an e-course that is part of Oregon State University’sNatural Resources MastersProgram (web-based). Silviculture, forest ecology, principles ofecosystem-based management, ecology of mycorrhizal fungi, introduction to complex systems, introduction to landscape ecology (Oregon State Univ). Tropical Ecosystem Management, Restoration, and Conservation, U. Hawaii at Hilo. (on loan from Oregon State U.) Designed and presented 10 workshops on ecosystem management in eastern Canada, NE US, and Chile. Lecturer, Interagency Biodiversity Workshops. 1990-1994

Structure and function of ecosystems and landscapes, the role of diversity in ecosystem processes, interactions among ecological scales, sustainable resource management, restoration ecology

Wiens main research interest is in addressing general questions in ecology and evolution from an integrative phylogenetic perspective, typically using reptiles and amphibians as model systems. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas in 1991 and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995. From 1995—2002 he was a curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. He has been a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University since 2003. He has authored >110 scientific papers on evolution, ecology, and the biology of reptiles and amphibians and has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including American Naturalist, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Ecology Letters, Evolution, Systematic Biology, and the Quarterly Review of Biology.

Species richness
Biogeography
Community ecology
Phylogeny
Speciation
Reptile’s
Amphibians
 

Hiroshi Ueda is a Director of Toya Lake StationField Science Center for Northern Biosphere Hokkaido UniversityProfessor of Laboratory of Aquatic Bioresources and EcosystemField Science Center for Northern Biosphere Hokkaido UniversityProfessor of Course in Aquatic Biology Division of Biosphere ScienceGraduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido UniversityHe has received a PhD in Fisheries Science from Hokkaido University Hakodate Japan 1981He has received a PhD in Medical Science from the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Kitakyushu Japan 1989He received Scientific Achievement Award in Fisheries Science form the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 2005 and the Akiyama Life Science Award from the Akiyama Life Science Foundation 2010He is serving as an editorial board member of 2 journals and reviewer of 17 journalsNumber of publication is 130 and number of book is 22

Fish Physiology, Reproductive Endocrinology, Neurobiology, Behavioral Physiology, Environmental Biology.

Dr. Makoto Emoto is the Professor of International University of Health and Welfare, Japan. He received his Ph.D Degree in 1992 from Fukuoka University Medical School. He has authored more than 40 publications in leading journals.

Cancer Imaging, Angiogenesis, Ultrasound Therapy, Drug Delivey System

Dr Danielle Marceau has been professor inGIScience at the University of Montreal from 1993 to 2005 before joiningthe Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where she is pursuing a research program on Complex System Modelling. She is the author and co-author of more than 100 refereed publications and 200 conferences and invited lectures. She has published a book on Advanced Geosimulation Models in 2011.She has been awarded a Schulich Research Chair in Geospatial Information Systems and Environmental Modelling in 2010.

Dr Marceau’sresearch program is focused on Complex System Modelling. It involves the design and implementation of individual-based models, namely cellular automata (CA) and agent-based models (ABM) to study the interaction and evolution of coupled natural/human systems. These models are used as spatial tools to guide decision making in environmental resource management more specifically in the area of water and energy, land use and spatial planning, and wildlife-human interactions.

Yu-Pin Lin, is a professor in the department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering at National Taiwan University in Taiwan. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in USA. Prof. Lin has interested in ecosystem services, quantitative methods of landscape ecology, eco-hydrological and hydrogeological modeling, water quality modeling, geostatistical spatiotemporal methods, multi-scale analysis, and optimal sampling design. He is also an associate editor of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment journal, and the chief managing editor of Paddy and Water Environment journal published by Springer. Moreover, Dr. Lin has been as editorial board members for more than other 5 international journals, and as reviewers for more than 30 international journals. Additionally, Prof. Lin has been awarded a national outstanding research award by National Science Council of Taiwan government in 2011.

Spatial Statistics and modeling in Environmental and Ecological Systems Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental and Ecological Systems Landscape Ecology Ecosystem Services Land-use Planning and Modeling System Dynamic Modeling in Environmental and ecological systems Freshwater Monitoring and Modeling Optimal Environmental Monitoring Network Design Ecohydrology Groundwater Modeling Soil Heavy Metal Pollution Assessment Multiscale analysis in Environmental and Ecological Systems Optimization Techniques

Dr John Wise is the Principal Investigator of the Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology He is a Professor of Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology in the Department of Applied Medical Sciences and Director of the Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health at the University of Southern MaineDr Wise received the Brown medal and Frank Preti award for excellence in academics and athletics and was inducted into the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Chapter of the National Honor Society He holds appointments at the Edgerton Research Laboratory in the New England Aquarium Ocean Alliance Mystic Aquarium and Sea Research Foundation the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory the University of New England and the graduate school of the University of Maine He serves on the Maine Governor’s Task Force for Safer Chemicals in Consumer Products the State of Maine Environmental Risk Advisory Committee the Maine State Science and Technology Advisory Board and on the Maine State Surface Water Ambient Toxics monitoring program

His research interests include toxicology of metals and particulates, marine toxicology, and molecular epidemiology.

Dr Krishnaswamy Jayachandran is Associate Professor of soil microbiology/soil science in the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International University Dr Jayachandran received his PhD in Plant Pathology with specialization in soil microbiology and soil science from Kansas State University in 1991 and a master’s degree in agricultural microbiology in 1983 from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore IndiaHe authored about 55 peer reviewed publications in Science Citation Index Journals

Dr. Jayachandran’s current research focuses on biological control of invasive plant species in South Florida, biodegradation processes and mitigation potential for freshwater and marine toxins, mycorrhizal fungal interactions with tropical plants for conservation/restoration, and agroecology/sustainable agriculture. Using microbiology as a central tool, he is specialized in nutrient cycling and soil quality in wetland and upland systems, microbial diversity and activity in soils, pesticide degradation, transport, and potential groundwater contamination, isolation and characterization of pesticide degrading microorganisms, biocontrol of invasive plant species, bioenergy and microbial hydrogen production, marine and freshwater toxins and microbial degradation, and soil-plant-microbial interactions.

Jamie Kneitel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University Sacramento He received a BA from University of California Santa Cruz a MSc from California State University Northridge and a PhD from Florida State University Jamie spent 2 years as the Tyson Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington University in St Louis and has been at CSU Sacramento since 2004 He has authored more than 20 articles/book chapters and 25 conference presentations He has been a reviewer for 23 journals and is a member of the Ecological Society of America American Society of Naturalists and the California Botanical Society

Community Ecology, Biodiversity, Food Webs, Metacommunity ecology, Disturbance ecology, Eutrophication, Species invasions, Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

Dr Enrique Reyes is the principal investigator for the Coastal Environmental Modeling research area of the RENCI at ECU Center for Coastal Systems Informatics and Modeling His academic experience lies in largescale approaches to ecosystem analysis His overarching interest is how coastal areas respond to both natural and manmade impacts using simulation modeling as a research tool He has led several multidisciplinary teams in the development of ecosystem models integrating landscape ecology to assess different approaches to coastal resource management Dr Reyes has been active in several modeling efforts ranging from plant productivity and fish migration to landscape simulation of processes in wetlands and tropical watersheds

Climate change; Ecosystem modeling; Landscape ecology; Sustainability studies; Systems ecology; Tropical ecology; Wetlands.

Barbara Hayford is Associate Professor of Life Sciences and Director of the A Jewell Schock Museum of Natural History at Wayne State College Nebraska She received a PhD in Entomology from the University of Kansas Lawrence KS in 1998 an MSc in Applied Natural Science from the University of Southern Colorado Pueblo in 1993 and a BSc in Biology and English from Metropolitan State College Denver CO in 1987 Hayford served as a postdoc and then the Assistant Director of the Central Plains Center for Bioassessment at the Kansas Biological Survey in Lawrence KS for 2 years from 19982000 served at Wayne State College from 20002004 and 2007 to the present She has authored 21 peerreviewed articles and technical reports and 27 conference presentations Hayford is a member of the North American Benthological Society American Society for Limnology and Oceanography Society for Conservation Biology and the Kansas Entomological Society

Stream ecology Limnology Bioassessment and monitoring Community ecology Systematics and biogeography of non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae).

Dr Yongsheng Chen has received his PhD in Nankai University during the period of 1992 to 1995 Currently he is working as Associate Professor in Georgia Institute of Technology He has authored 50 research articles/books He is a member of AWWA and ACS He has received the editors’ choice award for the most significant technology based paper that was published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology in 2006 He has honored Motorola Teaching Award in 1997

Dr. Yongsheng Chen joined School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009. His primary interest is in the areas of: 1) the potential environmental applications of nanotechnology, including synthesizing novel nanomaterials for removal of contaminants from different media and monitoring environmental pollutants; 2) environmental implications of nanotechnology addressing potentially adverse impacts of nanomaterials, especially the fate, transport, transformation, bioaccumulation, and toxicity of nanomaterials in the environment. In addition, Dr. Chen is also interested in urban sustainability, including water/energy use efficiency and sustainable biofuels, focusing on algae related biofuel downstream issues. Dr. Chen has served as principal and co-principal investigator on grants totaling about 6 million dollars.

He received BS 1980 in Chemistry from Addis Ababa University MS 1985 and PhD 1990 in Agronomy and Soils from Auburn University He received S475 Emil Truog Soil Science Award Committee member 20032006 SSSAHe is authored about many research publications

Potassium Chemistry of Blackbelt Soils. Potassium nutrition of cotton. Precision Ag (use of digital imagery to precision mange corn N fertility). Spatial varability of soil chemical species. Imapct of concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) on water quality. Developing and/or modifying soil testing methodologies.

Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez is an associate professor of environmental science and physical oceanography at the College of Science and Technology He comes from the NOAAAtlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami where he was affiliated with the University of MiamiCooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies He has also been an adjunct professor at Barry University His research interests include: remote sensing of the ocean airsea interaction atmospheric moisture transport and oceanic effects in climate Dr MestasNuñez is the author of numerous scientific publications

Physical oceanography, Oceanographic remote sensing, Air-sea fluxes, Atmospheric moisture transport, Role of the ocean in climate, Multivariate statistical analysis , Physical-biological interactions in the ocean.

AlvaradoBremer Jaime Associate Professor of Marine Sciences and Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences He received 1999 BS Universidad Autonoma Metropolitan 1983; MS University of Toronto 1988; PhD University of Toronto 1994 He has authored about many peerreviewed publications technical reports and nonrefereed publications presentations conference proceedings and posters

Conservation and population genetics of aquatic organisms with emphasis on large pelagic fishes primarily tunas and swordfish; molecular systematics and phylogenetics and biogeography of fishes; Adaptive significance of molecular and morphological traits; Studies of clinical genetic variation; implications of variance in reproductive success variance on the patterns of genetic variation of populations; genetics in mariculture.

Jim Silliman Is a Associate Professor of Chemistry at Texas AM University Corpus. He received PhD in marine geology and geochemistry from the University of Michigan in 1998. He has authored about many Publications that include research articles.

Organic geochemistry: Climate and environmental change and Differences in organic geochemical practices.

Dr. Debra W. Jackson received her B. S. in Microbiology from Louisiana State University in 1991 and her M.S. in Biology from Southern University in 1993. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences- Microbiology and Immunology in 2001 at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center at Fort Worth. She went on to Post-doctoral fellowships at both the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center and Tulane University Health Sciences Center. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Louisiana at Monroe where she is the Pre-medical Advisor and the Microbiology Laboratory Coordinator. She is a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for Microbiology.

My overall interest is in bacterial biofilms, and the research questions currently being addressed in my laboratory are: 1. Identification and characterization of biofilm forming bacteria in aquatic environments and their role in the aquatic ecosystem. 2. Identification novel antimicrobial and quorum sensing factors in native Louisiana plants. 3. Characterizing the effects of biomarkers on microbial biofilm formation in vitro and in vivo.

Professor Blonder earned her MS in Marine Biology from Florida Institute of Technology and her BA in Zoology from the University of New Hampshire Prior to joining Flagler College she worked for many years in land conservation and fisheries biology specializing in the areas of ecological management and research prescribed fire management and planning spiny lobster biology field educational activities and conservation and bilogical monitoring In addition to her teaching service to the College Professor Blonder works in curriculum design serves on the Faculty Senate and is integrating current research in science teaching into her courses Her areas of special interest include conservation ecology and resource management

conservation ecology and resource management

Dr. Ozbay’s is a Research Associate Professor in Delaware State University,did her Ph.D on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Concentration: WaterQuality & Aquaculture) Her research and outreach programs are established to help preserve natural resources and health of Delaware’s Bays and monitor predicted changes that could be helpful to the state agencies in decision making and management. Food Safety Laboratory she established by the funding provided by USDA-FSIS Program has enabled Dr. Ozbay to conduct collaborative projects with the USDA ARS Laboratories and other research institutions in catfish inspection from retail establishments and allow faculty and students to involve comprehensive seafood quality monitoring and hands-on training efforts, this program is expected to continue and enhance program capacity in the college. GIS Laboratory will be established along with the workshops and classes regarding integration of GIS & Remote Sensing for the gobal climate change issues

Dr. Ozbay’s research and outreach education programs focus on the habitat restoration, she also has research programs to identify environmental stresses and relationships between water quality and naturally occurring bacteria that could be potentially harmful to either aquatic species or humans once consumed via investigation of shellfish tissues using both microbiological and genetic methods. In addition, she is looking at cellular response and population structures of several harmful algal species in Delaware waters as results of changes in temperature, CO2, nutrients, and other changes associated with climate change phenomena.  Her research and outreach programs are established to help preserve natural resources and health of Delaware’s Bays and monitor predicted changes that could be helpful to the state agencies in decision making and management. Along with ecological services (i.e. water filtration, feeding and hiding ground for juveniles fishes, forage habitat) shellfish stabilize our coasts and increase bio-diversity. As her outreach goals, she plans to offer drinking water quality clinic and public seminar to discuss potential issues with having private wells and what treatment to use and expand community outreach oyster gardening program for habitat restoration.

Prof/Dr HIROTA has received his PhD in Tsukuba University Japan Currently he is working as an associate Professor in Tsukuba University

carbon dynamics, ecosystem ecology, plant ecology in terrestrial ecosystem.

B.Sc. (Chemistry): West University of Timisoara; M.A. (chemical engineering in the environmental field): Masters in "Unpolluted processing technologies"/Politehnica University of Timisoara; Ph.D. (Agrochemistry): Research about heavy metals content from Banat soils and the consequences on the environment/ Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Timisoara; Postdoctoral Studies: Formulation and evaluation of dermato-cosmetic products "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, Pharmacy Faculty /and Pollution, environmental protection and management "Transylvania" University, Brasov, Materials Science and Engineering Faculty.

Chemistry and Analytical Biochemistry; Research on natural compounds or active principles of plants; Heavy metals accumulation mechanisms in plant and the absorption and translocation of different growth compounds by plants; Analytical research for quantification of chemical and biological parameters using biomarkers.

He received BS 1983 and MS 1985 in Agronomy and Soils from Auburn University PhD 1989 in Agronomy and Soils from University of Illinois He serving as a ARS Soil ScientistHe authored about many research publications Allen Torbert is a GS14 Lead Scientist USDAARS Auburn ALHe received Research Product Development Team Award US Army Corps of Engineers 2001 Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Develop animal waste management strategies that are environmentally acceptable. * Develop improved soil, water, and crop management practices for controlling runoff and erosion, protecting water quality, minimizing soil compaction, and restoring or maintaining the productivity of crop and rangelands. * Determine the impact of farming system management alternatives on fertilizer use efficiency, nutrient cycling, organic matter buildup, and atmospheric CO 2 capture. * Develop models for optimizing the use of fertilizers, water, tillage, pesticides, and other inputs for crop production. I am a member of an interdisciplinary team of ARS scientists and engineers that is studying the complex interactions of crop and soil management systems and waste management. I provide leadership for the soil chemistry aspects of the interdisciplinary research, with emphasis on soil fertility and fertilizer practices, crop residues, and tillage requirements and animal waste treatment.

Dr Xuhui Zhou has received his PhD in University of Oklahoma during the period of 19931997 Currently he is working as research assistant professor in University of Oklahoma He is serving as a reviewer for several reputed journals like Global Change Biology Ecological Applications Oecologia Ecosystems Tree Physiology and Soil Biology Biochemistry He has authored 32 research articles/books He is a member of Sigma Xi ESA and AGU

Global change ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemical cycle, ecological modeling, data assimilation.

Dr. James Albert is Associate Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, with more than 20 years experience collecting fishes in remote areas of the tropics.  To date with colleagues Dr. Albert has 76 peer-reviewed publications with descriptions of over 50 species, five genera, and six subfamilies.  Dr. Albert is co-editor with Dr. Roberto Reis of Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes (UC Press, 2011), which explores the evolutionary forces underlying the formation of the Amazon fish fauna.

• Systematic Ichthyology
• Comparative Vertebrate Morphology
• Phenotypic Evolution
• Tropical Aquatic Biodiversity and Biogeography

He received BS Sep 1992 July 1996 in Food Science and MS Sep 2000 July 2003 in Biophysics from Zhejiang University PhD Aug 2003 July 2007 in Entomology Cell and Molecular Biology from Auburn University He serving as a Visiting Scientist US Department of AgricultureAgriculture Research Service KniplingBushland US Livestock Insects Research Laboratory Conducting research on transgenic horn fliesHe is authored about many research publications He received The Graduate Research Award Graduate School Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Program Auburn University

Entomology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biotechnology.

Dr Dirrigl is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at the University of TexasPan American He received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Connecticut His studies were interdisciplinary drawing on both the natural and social sciences as they can be applied to evaluate and interpret relationships between people the environment and natural resources in the past present and future His current research focus involves environmental and ecological evaluations of how indicator species and species guilds respond to landuse development Dr Dirrigl is interested particularly in biomonitoring pre and post construction activities to access the potential impacts from environmental engineering structural designs and best management practices BMPs on wildlife He also is a practicing professional environmental scientist with over 20 years consulting experience and has written or coauthored over 90 technical reports

Environmental Assessment and Biomonitoring, Environmental Science and Applied Ecology, Urban Ecology, Rare Species Biology and Conservation, Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy.

He received BS 1986 in Forestry from Zhe Jiang A F University Formerly Zhe Jiang Forestry College China MS 1989 in Forestry from Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences CASand PhD 1999 in Forest Ecology from Department of Forest Science Oregon State University OSU He has authored about 36 research articles He Invited many presentations

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forest ecosystems and restored wetlands; Effects of land-use change, climate change, and disturbance on terrestrial carbon and nitrogen dynamics across various spatial scales using a combination of field experiments, simulation modeling, and GIS; Ecosystem Ecology, Global Change Ecology, and Restoration Ecology.

Dr Haiwei Luo has completed his MS in the University of South Carolina during the period of 2006 2008 with a focus on marine microbial ecology and completed his PhD in the University of South Carolina during the period of 2008 2010 with a focus on molecular evolution Currently he is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the University of Georgia

Dr. Haiwei Luo’s main research interests include microbial ecology of the aquatic ecosystem, aquatic biogeochemistry, microbial population genetics and genome evolution.

Sudhanshu Panda is a Assistant Professor at Gainesville State College Previously he worked as a Lecturer at Idaho State University Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Arkansas Water Resources Engineer/GIS RS Expert at STS Engineering and Consultants Co Ltd Soil Conservation Engineer at Department of Soil Conservation He received BTech from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology MS in Environmental Remote Sensing for Geoinformation Development from Asian Institute of Technology and PhD from North Dakota State University He has authored about many Publications that include research articles He has over 20 years of research experience

Geospatial Technology (Geographic Information System; Remote Sensing; and Global Positioning System).

She completed her Education from University of California San Diego/San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program in Molecular Biology 09/9207/97 She has a Professional Experience from San Diego State University as a Professor 2009 Adjunct Assistant Professor 20012003 Scripps Institution of Oceanography Postdoctoral researcher with Dr Farooq Azam 19972001

Cystic Fibrosis virusesthe dynamics of bacteria, phage, and eukaryotic viruses in the respiratory tracts of individuals with and without Cystic Fibrosis. Characterization of viral communities coupled with microbial transcriptomics and viral metagenomics will allow a better understanding of how the unique environment of the CF airway drives microbial and viral specialization and vice versa.

Dr. Patrick Danley has received his Ph.D., Zoology, University of New Hampshire , B.S., Biology, The Pennsylvania State University. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor of Biology A.124 Baylor Sciences Building (254) 710-2081.

Speciation genetics
Genetic basis of complex phenotypes
Evolution in rapidly radiating.
Rapidly diverging, species rich systems provide evolutionary biologists with powerful platforms in which fundamental biological questions can be investigated.  I have benefited from working on the two rapidly diverging extant lineages, East African cichlid fish and Hawaiian crickets.  Within each system I address core biological issues concerning the development and maintenance of biological diversity.  My primary research interest is in identifying the factors that contribute to the reproductive isolation of species at the behavioral, ecological and genetic levels.

Ted Eckmann received his PhD in Geography from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2009, and he has been an instructor and researcher at Bowling Green State University since that time. Ted has also received a Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT) and a masters degree in Geography, both from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and a bachelors degree in Economics with a minor in Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts, from the University of California at San Diego. Ted has received several teaching and research awards, and contributed to many university and community service projects. Teds sources of research support have included the United States National Science Foundation, a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, a Brython Davis Fellowship, Jack and Laura Dangermond Scholarships, NASA California Space Grants, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Atmospheric Sciences, Ecology, Conservation, Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Natural Hazards, and Environmental Economics

Xinyue Ye is an assistant professor who holds a dual appointment between the Center for Regional Development (Department of Commerce EDA University center) and the School of Earth, Environment, and Society at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. His research interests focus on space-time analysis, regional science, land use modeling, and economic development. His publications have appeared in the International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic and Social Geography), Annals of Regional Science, Applied Geography, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, among others. He is also on the editorial board of Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, and Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, and China Natural Science Foundation.

His research interests focus on space-time analysis, regional science, land use modeling, and economic development.

Charles W Martin is a research scientist at Dauphin Island Sea Lab He received a PhD in Marine Science from the University of South Alabama in 2010 and a BS in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from the University of South Alabama in 2004

Food web ecology, particularly the direct and indirect interactions between predators and their preyInvasive species ecology, including factors affecting the biogeographic spread of exotic organisms and their impact on native species.

Dr Massolo took his Master of Science in Biological Sciences in 1995 at Pisa University Factors affecting Wolf distribution in the Northern Apennines Italy From 1997 to 2000 He took his PhD in Evolutionary Biology Animal Biology on the behavioural ecology of the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata University of Siena Italy From 2000 till 2004 he got a 4year grant for postdoctoral research to study new methodologies applied to radiotracking monitoring and habitat modelling in mammals In 2004 he was called as researcher at the Interuniversity Center of Wildlife Research and Environmental Improvement of Florence University Italy since 1995 he has been Lecturer in “Environmental modelling in wildlife management� postgraduate Masters on conservation and management of natural resources for Univ of Siena Univ of Florence Univ of Pavia In 2003 he was contract Professor of a undergraduate course in “Introduction to analysis of biological data� at Calabria University

Behavioural Ecology of medium-large mammals- Ethology of insects- Data analysis methodologies- Biomedical studies in allergology- Environmental Evaluation Modeling for medium large mammals and for Environmental Assessment (EIA - EnvironmentalImpact Assessment; SEA - Strategic Evaluation Assessment).

 I am currently a Research Fellow at NIH (comparable to the position of Research Assistant Professor in US Universities), and also a Visiting Professor in Tianjin University of Science & Technology, China. I have authored or co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications in leading biomedical journals such as PLoS Genetics, and these publications have been cited over 800 times.

 Environmental toxicology

Amins education went on in PhD (Bangor University), MSc, BSc (Hons.) (University of Zimbabwe), Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI), Member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Regional and Urban Planners (MZIRUP), Member of the European Network of Housing Researchers (ENHR), Member of the African Studies Association (ASA)

Amin Research Interests include Planning theory and practice, Development management and control practice, urban planning, policy and sustainability, urban governance and politics, Cities, space and power, Urban low-income housing, Comparative planning and policies

Dr Ignacy Kitowski has received his PhD in Biology at the MariaCurie University Lublin Poland in 1994 Currently he is working as assistant professor in Department of Zoology University of Life Sciences in Lublin Dr Kitowski has authored 23 research articles in journals with IF covered by SCI included : Journal of Environmental Radioactivity Transportation Research Journal of Ethology Folia Zoologica Mammalia Acta Ornithologica He prepared blind reviews for several prestigious international journals included: Ardea and Journal of Raptor Research Dr Kitowski is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals like: NE Journal of Zoology AmericanEurasian Journal of Agricultural Environmental Sciences International Journal of Zoological Research Journal of Threatened Taxa and others He is a member of International Society of Zoological Sciences

Animal Ecology and Conservation, Ornithology.

Dr Ana Brito has a first degree in Environmental Biology from the University of Lisbon Portugal received in 2005 She has then worked on her PhD project for 4 years which was focused on the understanding of the ecosystem functioning carried out in a shallow coastal lagoon She has completed her PhD at the Edinburgh Napier University UK in 2009 Currently she is working as a research fellow at the Center of Oceanography in the University of Lisbon Portugal being responsible for several projects She is serving as a reviewer for several international journals including the Marine Ecology Progress Series

Ecosystem Functioning Ecological Modelling Eutrophication and Undesirable Disturbance WFD and ecological quality assessments Shallow coastal lagoons Microphytobenthos Remote sensing..

She got her Diploma as Pharmacological Research Specialist Mario Negri Institute PhD like Dates 2004 2005She got Marie Curie PhD Fellowship in Chemometrical Treatment of Toxic Compounds Endocrine disruptersâ€� fromNational Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana SloveniaShe did during the years 2006 – 2010 as a PhD researcher in the field of Assessing the environmental risks associated with contaminated sites from Open University London.POST DOC RECETO (collaboration within NERI/FARMA (Denmark) and MARIO NEGRI (Milan) Institutions) title of the Project: “ERICA Modeling of E&H Risk Scenarios originating from the applying toltrazuril contaminated manure on agricultural lands”

QSAR & ADME practical application in pharmaceutical research, Endocrinology, Development of Environmental Modules for Evaluation of Toxicity of pesticide Residuesin Agriculture.

Dr Lorenzo Ferroni has received his PhD in Biology at the University of Ferrara Italy during the period of 20012004 Subsequently he got research contracts at the same Institution in the period 20042007 From September 2005 to January 2006 he was visiting scientist at the Dept of Plant Ecophysiology of the FriedrichAlexander University of ErlangenNuremberg Germany Currently he is working as Researcher in Botany at the Dept of Biology and Evolution University of Ferrara He has authored 13 research articles published in peerreviewed international journals and one contribution in a book He is a member of the Società Botanica Italiana the Società Italiana di Biologia Vegetale the Botanical Society of America the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology

Response of land plants and microalgae to environmental stress. Morphology, functionality and composition of the plastid system. Chlorophyll fluorescence. Biotechnological use of microalgae.

Gabriella Caruso Born in 1966 Doctor in Biological Sciences at the University of Messina Dr Gabriella Caruso has been specialised in Applied Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology Faculty of Sciences University of Messina in 1993 Since 1994 she is working as Researcher at the Institute for Coastal Marine Environment IAMC of Messina She is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals like The Open Fish Science Journal ISSN: 1874401X and The Open Marine Biology JournalISSN: 18744508 edited by Bentham Publisher Guest Editor and Peer Reviewer of a Hot Topic Issue for The Open Marine Biology Journal entitled “New candidate species for intensive Mediterranean aquaculture: studies on reproduction digestion response to stress” Referee for the following International Journals: Journal of Applied Microbiology Letters of Applied Microbiology Microbial Ecology Marine Environmental Research Marine Pollution Bulletin Progress in Oceanography Research in Microbiology Annals of Microbiology Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Aquaculture International Environmental Monitoring and Assessment She is a member of the Executive Plankton Committee of the Italian Society for Marine Biology SIBM from 2010 to 2011; she was a member of the same Committee from 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003 ; from 2004 to 2006 she was a member of the Executive Aquaculture Committee of the same Society She has authored over 180 research articles and 4 Book Chapters 1La Ferla R Zaccone R Caruso G Azzaro M 2001 Enzymatic activities and carbon flux through the microbial compartment in the Adriatic Sea: In: Faranda FM Guglielmo L Spezie G Eds Structure and processes in the Mediterranean ecosystems Chapter 61 SpringerVerlag Italia pp 485493 2Zaccone R La Ferla R Azzaro M Caruso G 2002 Microbial parameters for advanced ecosystem models In: Flemming NC Vallerga SPinardi N Behrens HWA Manzella G Prandle D Stel JH Eds Operational Oceanography Implementation at the European and Regional Scales Elsevier Oceanography Series 66 July 2002 3Zappalà G Caruso G Crisafi E 2002 Design and use of advanced technology devices for sea water monitoring In: Flemming NC Vallerga S Pinardi N Behrens HWA Manzella G Prandle D Stel JH Eds Operational Oceanography Implementation at the European and Regional Scales Elsevier Oceanography Series 66 July 2002 4Caruso G Crisafi E Caruso R Zappalà G 2008 Advances in marine bacterial pollution monitoring In: Environmental Microbiology Research Trends G V Kurladze Editor Chapter 10 pp 273287 NOVA Publishers: Hauppauge NY USA From 2007 to date she is a member of the Teachers of PhD course in Hygiene applied to the Assessment and Management of the Microbiological Food and Environmental risk at the Dept of Hygiene and Public Health University of Messina

Marine microbiology, microbial enzymes, biogeochemical cycles, marine microbial pollution, quality status of aquatic ecosystems.

Dan van der Horst (PhD) is an environmental geographer and a lecturer in Environmental Policy and Management at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES), University of Birmingham, UK. His work bridges the natural science – social science divide, drawing both on ecological theory and on heterodox economic traditions (especially spatial economics, ecological economics). He has published widely on ‘NIMBY’ responses to new rural technologies, biomass energy and sustainability, spatial targeting of land management subsidies and the spatio-temporal modelling of human behaviour as a driver for land use change.

His main area of research is in natural resource management, focussing especially on the governance of multi-functional land use, the evaluation of policies to provide ecosystem services (especially voluntary policies which seek to entice private land owners to collaborate, e.g. by offering them financial incentives) and the conceptualisation of ecosystem services (and their enhanced delivery) in more cultural/anthropogenic landscapes.

Dr. Wei Huang is a Research Faculty of Environmental Sciences at University of Massachusetts Boston. She received her Ph.D. degree at University of Massachusetts Boston in 2010. Dr. Wei Huang is interested in carbon/nitrogen cycling and ecosystem health at land-ocean interface. Her research interests cross coastal watershed, estuaries, the coastal ocean and groundwater aquifer, focus on utilizing multiple tools to study energy flux along the food web and to predict carbon/nitrogen transport from land to ocean. Dr. Wei Huang has published high quality research papers in leading international journals with over 100 citations and serves as reviewer in high-impact journals.

In order to elucidate specific mechanisms in carbon and nitrogen transport and transformation I incorporate multidisciplinary technology and methodology in my research, including hypothesis testing, field observations and in situ manipulations, novel laboratory methods employing stable-and radio isotope analyses, high resolution sensors, and large datasets statistical analyses, watershed GIS and hydrologic modeling, nearshore biochemical modeling and remote sensing.