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University of Florida
Environmental Engineering Sciences

Mark  T.  Brown ,  Ph.D.

Professor

Research Area(s): Ecological Systems, Bioenvironmental Systems

Office Phone: (352) 392-2309
Email address: mtb@ufl.edu
Personal Page: http://www.ees.ufl.edu/homepp/brown/
Office Location:   Phelps Lab
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 116350, Gainesville, FL   32611-6350

Synopsis of Research Interests

Ecological engineering, energy analysis, environmental planning, environmental impact assessment, environmental and public policy, modeling of systems of humanity and nature. See my Systems Ecology/Ecological Engineering Website for more information.
Currently I am the principle investigator of an NSF IGERT Program titled Adaptive Management: wise use of water, wetlands and watersheds.

Additional material available in this instructor's personal pages.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Florida, 1980

Current Courses taught by Dr. Brown

Courses:
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Undergrad Course Offerings
Graduate Course Offerings

EES 3008 Energy & Environment 
EES 4027 Spatial Analysis Using GIS 
EES 4050 Environmental Planning & Design 
EES 5305C Ecological & General Systems 
EES 5306 Energy Analysis 
EES 5307 Ecological Engineering 
EES 6007 Energy & Environment 
EES 6009 Ecological Economics 
EES 6028 Spatial Mod GIS 
EES 6051 Adv. Env. Plan/Design 
ENV 4932 Ecological Engineering 
ENV 4932 Water Env & Society 
ENV 6932 Adaptive Management - Watersheds 
ENV 6932 AM Field+Res Methods 1 
ENV 6932 AM Field+Res Methods 2 
ENV 6932 Emergy Analysis 
ENV 6935 Adaptive Management Seminar 
ENV 6935 AMW3 RESEARCH SEMINAR 
ENV 6935 Systems Ecology Seminar 
ENV 6935 Wetlands Seminar 
ENV 6935 Wtr/Wtlnd/Wtrshd Seminar 

It is possible that changes in listings are pending; contact the Department Academic Programs Office (StudentServices@ees.ufl.edu), 352-392-0842 for the most up-to-date information.

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Dr. Brown's Current Grad Students

Name Degree
Program
Email, If
Allowed
Bernier, Meaghan    
Brown, Erin    
Campbell, Elliott MS  
Carton, Charles PhD  
Carwell, Elizabeth    
Devincenzo-King, Danielle PhD  
Dupree, Gabriel    
Elion, Michael    
Evans, Michael    
Gillham, Michael    
Gunter, Melissa    
Hanna, Cilien    
Hogan, Wesley MS  
Hopper, Robert ME  
Ingwersen, Wesley PhD  
Kaufman, Esther    
Kelly, Paula    
King, Sean PhD  
Lee, Seungjun PhD  
Lopushinsky, Michael    
Marshall, Kimberly ME  
Michael, Elizabeth    
Miles, Timothy    
Overton, Marleina    
Pfahler, David PhD  
Rockhill, Paul    
Rothrock, Heather    
Sindelar, Hugo    
Smith, Joseph    
Van Alstyne, Lewis    
Vaughan, Maurice ME  
Will, Sandra    

Recent Publications

Brown, Mark T., M. J. Cohen, E. Bardi, and W. W. Ingwersen, "Species diversity in the Florida Everglades, USA: A systems approach to calculating biodiversity.," Aquatic Sciences, vol. 68, pp. 254-277, 2006.

Junk, W. J., M. T. Brown, I. Campbell, M. Finlayson, B. Gopal, L. Ramberg, and B. G. Warner, "The comparative biodiversity of seven globally important wetlands: a synthesis.," Aquatic Sciences, vol. 68, pp. 400-414, 2006.

Tilley, D. R., and M. T. Brown, "Dynamic emergy accounting for assessing the environmental benefits of subtropical wetland stormwater management systems," Ecological Modeling, vol. 192, pp. 327-361, 2006.

Tonon, S., M. T. Brown, F. Luchic, A. Mirandola, A. Stoppato, and S. Ulgiati, "An integrated assessment of energy conversion processes by means of thermodynamic, economic and environmental parameters.," Energy, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 149-163, 2006.

Cohen, M. J., C. R. Lane, K. C. Reiss, J. A. Surdick, E. Bardi, and M. T. Brown, "Vegetation based Classification Trees for Rapid Inference of Isolated Wetland Condition.," Ecological Indicators, vol. 5:3, pp. 189-206, 2005.

Additional material available in this instructor's personal pages.