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The Diatomaceous Dreams exhibit of beautiful diatom-inspired art by Richard Cohen will be on display from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily from June 11 through Sept. 12 at the Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery

Click here to view her talk that provides an overview of research of the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER program.

Congratulations to Katie Stansbury, Paige Kleindl, and Tommy Shannon for receiving Cristina Menendez Memorial Fellowships! These awards will support exciting proposed research related to their theses/dissertations and honor the memory of Cristina Menendez.

David participated in FIU commencement and was honored with the Best Dissertation in the College of Arts, Sciences and Education and the Real Triumphs Award – the top award FIU gives to only a few graduates each year. Congratulations, David!!

Franco and Evelyn presented a talk on “Long-term studies of calcareous benthic assemblages, Florida Everglades” for the Diatom Web Academy. This recorded presentation provides a synopsis of our lab’s research on diatoms, highlighting long-term ecological, taxonomic, and restoration assessment studies. …
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We celebrate with Katie Stansbury upon her receipt of an award for her poster presentation “Drivers of extracellular polysaccharide production by a mat-forming diatom” at the 2021 Virtual FIU Biosymposium.

We are so excited that Katie Johnson has joined our lab in a Research Analyst position! She’ll be identifying and counting Everglades algae and helping us with our diatom database. Katie recently received her master’s degree from Georgia College in…
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Fusion’s program “Everglades Under Attack” features Evelyn Gaiser, Viviana Mazzei, Nick Schulte, and Ben Wilson.

The “In Deep with Diatoms” exhibit at FIU’s Frost Art Museum featured paintings of diatoms by the Tropical Botanic Artists and diatom sculptures by Xavier Cortada. The artists worked closely with our lab to develop these pieces.

Evelyn Gaiser met President Obama during his visit to Everglades National Park on Earth Day (April 22, 2015).  Melissa Block interviewed Dr. Evelyn Gaiser for NPR’s All Things Considered the day before President Obama’s visit to Everglades National Park.