Faculty


Rafael Rios Dávila, Director

Research interests include: Water resources for communities, analysis of the vulnerability of potable water systems, and the natural-human system in the urbanizing tropics.

rafaelrios@uprrp.edu, 787-764-0000, x1-4718


José Molinelli

Geomorphology

basalto67@gmail.com,  787-764-0000, x1-4755


Loretta Roberson

I study the impacts of anthropogenic factors such as urbanization on coastal marine communities with an emphasis on the physiological ecology of eelgrass and coral reef communities, the ecology and evolution of RNA editing in eelgrass and algae, and marine biomechanics

Loretta.Roberson@gmail.com, 787-764-0000 x1-2713


Qiong Gao

Research interests include: (1) Multiscale ecosystem modeling, (2) Modeling of ecosystem adaptation to environmental changes, and (3) Coupling ecosystem processes with changes in anthropogentic activities such as land use changes.

shiqun.gao@gmail.com 787-764-0000 x1-4375

Gary W. Gervais

Research interests include: Anaerobic treatment of high strength industrial wastewaters; Biofuels from algae; Science and technology policy for economic development; Sustainable economic development

ggervais@onelinkpr.net 787-764-0000 x1-2713

Associated Faculty

Nicholas Brokaw Olga L. Mayol Bracero Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman
Jorge Ortí­z Zayas Luis Alonso Ramírez Mei Yu
Jess Zimmerman Xiaoming Zou