Melinda Paduani
PhD Student, Earth and Environment
Email: mpadu004@fiu.edu
RFA: Fate & Transport
Research: Mangrove Plastic Ecology
Adviser: Michael Ross
Joined CREST CAChE in Summer 2018
I am interested in the ecological and social factors that drive the accumulation and distribution of marine debris (more specifically, plastics) in coastal ecosystems. I have been drawn to mangrove wetlands ever since I started research on mangroves in my undergraduate career, and my current research is focused on those environments around Biscayne Bay.