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John C. Ogden, Ph.D.Director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) and Professor of Biology at the University of South Florida since 1988. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University in 1968. After two years at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama he joined Fairleigh Dickinson University, built the West Indies Laboratory (WIL) in St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, and began his continuing fieldwork on global coral reefs and associated ecosystems. Dr. Ogden was Director of WIL from 1981-1988, operated the saturation diving facility Hydrolab for NOAA during this period, and directed the construction and initial operations of Aquarius, the only currently operational facility. Dr. Ogden has published over 100 scientific papers, has contributed to several books, and has produced several television films on tropical ecosystems. He has served on federal and state commissions dealing with coastal ecosystem management and was a member of the founding Advisory Council of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. He presently serves on the Technical Advisory Committee of the Sustainable Seas Expedition, the Board of the World Wildlife Fund, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.See online articles by Dr. Ogden:
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