About Us: Join the Gaiser Aquatic Ecology Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Institute of Environment at Florida International University where we study long-term dynamics of algae communities. Our research projects extend over multiple decades and include the Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research program. Projects generate benthic algal community data over unusually long time-frames aimed at unraveling the physicochemical and biological drivers of their dynamics over multiple temporal and spatial scales. We address questions of algal community resilience to and recovery from disturbance, the regimes of which are rapidly changing in subtropical Florida. Our research is highly collaborative with scientists from other universities as well as the agencies involved in restoring and sustaining the Florida Everglades. Students interested in an advanced degree (M.S. in Biology or Ph.D. in Biology) should contact Dr. Gaiser (gaisere@fiu.edu) at least three months prior to the application deadline, providing a CV and letter explaining experience and interests and how they align with the research in our lab.
Dr. Evelyn Gaiser
George M. Barley, Jr., Eminent Scholars Chair
Institute of Environment
11200 S.W. 8th Street, CASE 253
Miami, Florida 33199
305-348-6145
Email: gaisere@fiu.edu