Graduate Student

E-mail: erin.hanan@fiu.edu

Erin Hanan

Phone: 305-348-6066

 

Education:

2004-2008 (Florida International University, Miami, FL)

Department: Environmental Studies

Degree: Master of Science

 

Thesis: Multi-Scaled Patterning of Plant-Soil-Water Interactions across Tree Islands and Marshes

within the Prairie and Slough Landscapes of Everglades National Park.

 

1999-2004 (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)

Major: Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Geography

Minor: Architecture

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Professional Experience:

 

April 2008-July 2009 Southeast Environmental Research Center, Miami, FL

Ecological Research Associate. Responsible for data analysis, report and manuscript preparation for project:

“Woody Plant Invasion Within the Marl Prairie Habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow”. 40 hours/week.

 

May-June 2008 Florida International University, Miami, FL

Adjunct Professor. Taught Ecology of South Florida lecture. Designed and conveyed lectures covering

principles of ecology and South Florida ecosystems to a class comprised of both undergraduate and graduate

students. 15 hours/week.

 

May 2006-April 2008 Florida International University, Miami, FL

Research Assistant. Involved in gathering, processing and analyzing field and laboratory data for South

Florida ecological research projects. Expanded and restructured fire history geodatabase for Everglades

National Park. Additional responsibilities include: co-authoring papers, creating figures, assistance with

presentations and web page design. 20 hours/week.

 

August 2004-May 2006 Florida International University, Miami, FL

Teaching Assistant. Taught Ecology of South Florida labs. Conducted field and laboratory activities covering

local ecology, species identification and conservation. 20 hours/week.

 

January-April 2004 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Directed Research Project on Sampling Techniques for Biodiversity Studies. Undergraduate research project

in Terrestrial Ecology to study the accuracy of sampling techniques in modeling population changes. Coauthored

resulting publication (Bakus et al. 2007; see below). 15 hours/week.

 

May-August 2003 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory Intern. Worked in isotope geochemistry lab performing lead isotope

separations from basaltic rocks from Iceland for isotope analyses used in modeling the evolution of the Earth’s

mantle. 40 hours/week.

 

Selected Publications:

 

Hanan EJ, Ross MS, Ruiz PL, Sah JP (2009) Multi-scale woody plant dynamics in the marl prairie landscape of the southern Everglades. Scheduled for submission July 2009.

 

Hanan EJ, Ross MS (2009) Across-scale patterning of plant-soil-water interactions surrounding tree islands in the southern Everglades. In review.

 

Ross MS, Ruiz PL, Sah JP, Hanan EJ (2008) Chilling damage in a changing climate in coastal landscapes of the sub-tropical zone: a case study from south Florida. Global Change Biology. In print.

 

Bakus GJ, Nishiyama G, Hajdu E, Mehta H, Mohammad M, Pinheiro U, Sohn S, Pham T, bin Yasin Z, Shau-Hwai T, Karam A, Hanan E. (2007) A comparison of some population density sampling techniques for biodiversity, conservation, and environmental impact studies. Biodiversity Conservation 16:2445-2455.