SERL - Key Persons
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- Undergrad Research Assistant
Ana utilizes analytical chemistry techniques and scientific SCUBA diving to support programs investigating South Florida seagrass ecology, nutrient dynamics, and biogeochemical cycling. Since graduating with her Master's degree from the University of Miami in 2022, Ana is interested in modeling environmental data to better decipher trends relating to seagrass ecology and environmental chemistry.
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- Senior Engineering Technician
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- Doctoral Researcher, 2018 - 2019
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- Lab Technician, 2012 - 2022
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- Lab Technician, 2016 - 2018
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- Undergrad Research Assistant
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- Lab Technician / Male Model, 2005 - 2012
Dr. Fourqurean is a marine and estuarine ecologist with a special interest in benthic plant communities, food webs, and nutrient biogeochemistry. He developed a love of seagrass ecosystems while doing his dissertation research in Florida Bay. He has specialized in the application of elemental and stable isotopic composition of organisms as indicators of ecosystem processes. He is an expert in carbon storage and fluxes in coastal ecosystems, and the importance of these ecosystems to climate regulation and mitigation. He has current research interests the Florida Keys, the Gulf of Mexico, in Mexico, Panama and Bermuda, the western Mediterranean and Australia.
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- Lab Technician, 2016 - 2019
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- Lab Technician, 2019 - 2021
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- Lab Technician, 2014 - 2015
Hi, I'm Savanna! I grew up swimming, dancing, and playing piano, but my favorite activity has always been snorkeling. I came to FIU in 2017 and graduated in 2021 with a BA in Sustainability and the Environment, minor in Marine Biology, and a certificate in Coastal and Marine Affairs. After graduating, I studied rare orchids and epiphytes in the Everglades and Big Cypress and monitored sea turtle nests for the Miami-Dade Sea Turtle Conservation Program. Most recently, I worked with Vesta Project and FIU to research the impacts of olivine on seagrasses. Currently, I am a part- time naturalist at the Biscayne Nature Center and a full-time technician for SERL.
Dr. Frankovich is an expert on water quality and algal communities where freshwater is discharged into Florida's coastal estuaries. A marine ecologist and diatom taxonomist, Dr. Frankovich works in coastal marine communities relating water quality to seagrass, macroalgal, and diatom communities. His interests include investigations of seagrass die-off, underwater light availability and diatom taxonomy. He is currently monitoring water quality and algal communities where freshwater is discharged into Florida's coastal estuaries.
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- Undergrad Research Assistant