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David Kaplan

Ph.D. Graduate Student

• Hometown: Columbia, Maryland
• Education: B.S., Cornell University
• Major(s): Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• Research interests: Wetland hydrology: impacts of altered hydrology on structure and function of wetlands, lakes, and rivers; saltwater intrusion impacts on coastal wetlands and aquifers; ecological restoration. Feedbacks between biological and hydrological systems: environmental and ecological thresholds to natural and
  anthropogenic drivers (climate change, watershed modification, etc.). Hydrological and ecological modeling in support of wetland conservation, management, and restoration efforts; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of natural systems modeling/
• Graduation date: Spring 2010.
• Current Position: Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida. Please visit: http://www.ees.ufl.edu/directory/faculty/template.asp?KeyName=Kaplan

Research

• Linking River, Floodplain, and Vadose Zone Hydrology in a Coastal Wetland Impacted by Saltwater Intrusion: The Loxahatchee River (Florida, USA)
• Water Balance, Seasonal Hydroperiod Variation and Time of Residence of a Small Natural Freshwater Wetlands in the Humid Tropics in Costa Rica