Dr. Mark Butler

Eminent Scholar, Walter & Rosalie Goldberg,
Chair of Tropical Ecology

• B.A. Wittenberg University

• M.S. Ohio State University

• Ph.D. Florida State University

• Over 35 years of research in the Florida Keys and Caribbean

• More than 150 published scientific articles and book chapters on tropical marine ecology

Co Laboratory Director
Dr. Alain Duran

Assistant Teaching Professor

• University of Havana

• M.S. Florida International University

• Ph.D. Florida International University

• Research Focus

  • Functioning, resilience, and restoration of coral reefs

  • Coral reef plant-herbivore interactions

  • Taxonomic and functional composition of coral reef macroalgae

  • Marine Protected Areas