.University of FloridaDepartment of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Dissertations and Thesis

 

 

Ph.D Dissertations

This is a list of Ph.D. dissertations from students advised directly by Muñoz-Carpena (Chair or Co-Chair).

  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. Ian K. Hahus. 2018. he 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)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. 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)
  13. 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)
  14. 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).
  15. 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).
  16. 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).
  17. 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).
  18. Gareth A. Lawerwall. 2011. Modeling Typha Domingensis in an Everglades Wetland. Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: G.A. Kiker and R. Muñoz-Carpena).
  19. Zuzanna B. Zajac. 2010. Global sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of hydrologic spatially distributed watershed models[3.8 MB].Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chairs: R. Muñoz-Carpena and W.D. Graham).
  20. Oscar Pérez-Ovilla. 2010. A flexible numerical component to simulate biogeochemical transport processes through vegetative filter strips[3.3 MB].Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena).
  21. 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).
  22. David D. Kaplan. 2010. Linking river, floodplain, and vadose zone hydrology in a coastal wetland impacted by saltwater intrusion : the Loxahatchee river (Florida, USA)[3.3 MB].Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena).
  23. 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[3.3 MB].Ph.D. dissertation. [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena).
  24. 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).
  25. 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[3.1 MB].Ph.D. dissertation. [Cordoba, Spain]: University of Córdoba. (Chair: R. Muñoz-Carpena).

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