Laboratory Director
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

  • Director, Coastal Conservation & Restoration Laboratory at FIU

 
 
 
 

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

 

Casey Butler

Ph D. Candidate

Joseph Kerigan

M.S. Student

 

Leah Cifers

Ph.D. Student

Brandon Sosa

Ph.D. Student

 

Nick Evans

M.S Student

Evan Worden

Ph.D. Student

 

Morgan Jarrett

Ph.D. Student

Sara Pezeshk

Post-Doctoral Researcher