Executive Board - Florida Climate Institute

Dr. Jayantha Obeysekera
Florida International University

Advisors

	Dr. Thomas Ruppert Coastal Planning Specialist, Florida Sea Grant	David Zierden State Climatologist
	Dr. James W. Jones Co-founder and Emeritus Advisor Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Executive Board Members

Branch	Branch Director	Branch Co-Director(s)
University of Florida Host Institution	Dr. Asseng Senthold Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering	Dr. Sadie Ryan Dept. of Geography
Florida A&M University	Dr. Odemari Mbuya College of Agriculture and Food Sciences	Dr. Charles Jagoe School of the Environment
Florida Atlantic University	Dr. Colin Polsky Florida Center for Environmental Studies	Dr. Fred Bloetscher Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Florida Institute of Technology	Dr. Robert van Woesik Dept. of Biological Sciences	Dr. Mark Bush Dept. of Biological Sciences
Florida International University	Dr. Michael Sukop Dept. of Earth & Environment	Dr. Tiffany Troxler SE Environmental Research Center
Florida State University	Dr. Eric Chassignet Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies	Dr. Vasubandhu Misra Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
Nova Southeastern University	Dr. Bernhard Riegl Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography - Dept. Marine and Enviro. Sciences	Dr. Thomas Wuerzer Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship
University of Central Florida	Dr. Ni-Bin Chang Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering	Dr. Sergio Alvarez Department of Tourism, Events & Attractions
University of Miami	Dr. Benjamin Kirtman Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science	Dr. Sonia Chao School of Architecture
University of South Florida	Dr. Gary Mitchum College of Marine Science

The Florida Climate Institute (FCI) is a multi-disciplinary network of national and international research and public organizations, scientists, and individuals concerned with achieving a better understanding of climate variability and change.