This is a list of Ph.D. dissertations from students advised directly by Dr. Muñoz-Carpena (Chair or Co-Chair).
Howe, J. Adam. 2026. Effects of surface and near surface runoff interactions on the transport and mitigation of pesticides in vegetative filter strips. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz–Carpena)
Canatan, Mert. 2025. A comprehensive digital twin framework for retail refrigerated display cases. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: Z. Boz and R. Muñoz–Carpena). UF Digital Collections
Barberana, I. 2025. Evaluation and development of techniques for measuring and predicting soil erosion and sediment export for a more sustainable agriculture. Ph.D. dissertation: Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain [Pamplona, Spain]. (Chairs: J. Casalí, M.A. Bescós and R. Muñoz–Carpena).
Yicheng Yang. 2023. Applying Biochar to Remove Caffeine from Wastewater. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz–Carpena and Bin Gao). UF Digital Collections
Yue Zhang. 2023. Functionalization of biochar/hydrochar for the removal of contaminants from aqueous solution. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz–Carpena and Bin Gao). UF Digital Collections
Lory L. Willard. 2023.Quantifying the effects of sustainable intensification practices on streamflow and wildlife: A case study in Laikipia, Kenya. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz–Carpena) UF Digital Collections
Taisha Venort. 2023.Evaluating sustainable intensification practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: Approaches linking ecosystems services to livelihood capiutals and agricultural decision making.Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz–Carpena & C. Palm) UF Digital Collections
Alvaro Carmona-Cabrero. 2022.Coupling global sensitivity analysis with machine learning and agent-based models to disentangle complex system drivers: application to human refugee migration.Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz–Carpena & R. Muneepeerakul) UF Digital Collections
Enrique Orozco-López. 2020.Subsurface preferential flow and transport in riparian buffers. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz–Carpena & B. Gao) UF Digital Collections
Ian K. Hahus. 2018. The impact of spatial resolution on predicting hydrology and ecological responses in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, FL. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: K.W. Migliaccio & R. Muñoz–Carpena) UF Digital Collections
Geraldine Klarenberg. 2017.Hidden disturbance in regional vegetation dynamics from road paving in a coupled natural and human system: A case study from the Southwest Amazon. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz–Carpena & G.A. Kiker) UF Digital Collections
Natalie G. Nelson. 2017.Quantifying the spatiotemporal importance of fresh-brackish water quality drivers using data analytics and models.Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz–Carpena)
Alice Alonso. 2016.Novel quantification of long-term hydrological and landscape spatiotemporal dynamics of coupled natural human systems: the case study of the Tempisque-Palo Verde National Park coastal wetland, Costa Rica.Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz–Carpena) UF Digital Collections
Yogesh P. Khare. 2014.Hydrologic and Water Quality Model Reliability With Global Sensitivity Analysis: Improvements and Applications. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: C.J. Martinez and R. Muñoz–Carpena) UF Digital Collections
Isaya Kisekka. 2013.Modeling influences of canal stage raises on groundwater and soil water in the C-111 basin of south Florida. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: K.W. Migliaccio and R. Muñoz–Carpena) UF Digital Collections
Nathan Barasa Wangusi. 2013.Investigating the relationship of scale and resilience in integrated water resource management in the Crocodile River, South Africa. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: G.A. Kiker and R. Muñoz–Carpena) UF Digital Collections
Lei Wu. 2013.Filtration and transport of colloids and nanoparticles in dense emergent vegetation: theory, experiments and modeling. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz-Carpena and B. Gao). UF Digital Collections
Congrong Yu. 2011.Colloids transport in surface runoff through dense vegetation.Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz-Carpena and B. Gao). UF Digital Collections
Anna M. Cathey Linhoss. 2011.Hydrology and fish population dynamics in the Okavango basin: managing for uncertainty in a data poor environment.Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz-Carpena and G.A. Kiker). UF Digital Collections
Chung T. Nguyen. 2011.Effects of a prescribed fire on soil nutrient pools in the pine rockland forest ecosystem.Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: Y.Li and R. Muñoz-Carpena). UF Digital Collections
Gareth A. Lawerwall. 2011.ModelingTypha Domingensis in an Everglades Wetland. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: G.A. Kiker and R. Muñoz-Carpena). UF Digital Collections
Zuzanna B. Zajac. 2010.Global sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of hydrologic spatially distributed watershed models. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz-Carpena and W.D. Graham). UF Digital Collections
Oscar Pérez-Ovilla. 2010.A flexible numerical component to simulate biogeochemical transport processes through vegetative filter strips. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena). Download Full Dissertation (PDF)
Stuart J. Muller. 2010.Adaptive spatially-distributed water-quality modeling: an application to mechanistically simulate phosphorus conditions in the variable-density surface-waters of coastal Everglades wetlands. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena). UF Digital Collections
David D. Kaplan. 2010.Linking river, floodplain, and vadose zone hydrology in a coastal wetland impacted by saltwater intrusion : the Loxahatchee river (Florida, USA). Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena). UF Digital Collections
Leslie C. Gowdish. 2007.An improved Green-Ampt soil infiltration and redistribution method and its application to 1-dimensional and quasi 3-dimensional (point source) flow domains. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena). UF Digital Collections
Yi-Ming Kuo. 2007.Vegetative filter strips to control surface runoff phosphorus transport from mining sand tailings in the Upper Peace River basin of central Florida. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena). UF Digital Collections
Axel Ritter. 2002.Application of inverse optimization techniques to modeling flow and solute transport in volcanic soils as a tool to evaluate current management practices. Ph.D. dissertation. [Cordoba, Spain]: University of Córdoba. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena). Download Full Dissertation (PDF)
Masters Theses
This is a list of Masters theses from students advised directly by Dr. Muñoz-Carpena (Chair or Co-Chair).
Martin Morawietz. 2003. The Biscayne aquifer: a local groundwater study in the agricultural areas adjacent to the Everglades National Park, south Florida. M.Sc.thesis (Diplomarbeit) Institute of Hydrology, Freiburg: Universität Freiburg, Germany. (Advisor: R. Muñoz-Carpena).