Luis Lizcano-Sandoval

About me:

I am PhD student at the College of Marine Science, USF, with experience in marine ecology, oceanography and remote sensing. My current research is focused on detecting and quantifying changes in seagrass cover in Florida, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, using satellite imagery from 1990 to present. I have done research on marine ecology, coral reef ecology, coral reef restoration, and coral sclechronology a while back in Mexico and my home country Colombia. I support open-source science, like to use non comercial softwares and share data as possible to make science reproducible and accessible, specially in developing countries. I speak Spanish and English.

Education:

• 2018 - Present. Ph.D. Marine Science, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida.
• 2015 - 2017. M.Sc. Marine Science and Limnology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Puerto Morelos, Mexico).
• 2008 - 2013. B.A. Biology, Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia).

Research Interests:

• Marine Ecology
• Coral Reefs and Seagrass Ecology
• Climate Change
• Remote Sensing
• Biological Oceanography

Publications:

• 2019. Lizcano-Sandoval, L.D., Marulanda-Gómez, A., López-Victoria, M., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A. Climate change and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation as drivers of recent declines in coral growth rates in the Southwestern Caribbean. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 38.
• 2018. Lizcano-Sandoval, L.D., Londoño-Cruz, E., Zapata, F.A. Growth and survival of Pocillopora damicornis (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) coral fragments and their potential for coral reef restoration in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Marine Biology Research 14(8): 887-897.
• 2018. Lizcano-Sandoval, L.D., Cairns, S.D. A new species of Stylaster (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from Malpelo Island, Colombian Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 131: 175-181.
• 2011. Lizcano-Sandoval, L.D., Castro, S. Abundancia poblacional de Tetraclita panamensis (Cirripedia: Tetraclitidae) bajo dos diferentes condiciones de oleaje en Isla Palma, Pacifico colombiano. Revista de Investigaciones de la Universidad del Quindío 22: 92-99.

Honors and Awards:

• 2021 - 2022. Sannibel-Captiva Shell Club/Mary & Al Bridell Memorial Fellowship in Marine Science.
• 2020 - 2021. Norman Blake Endowed Memorial Fellowship in Marine Science.
• 2019 - 2019. NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship.
• 2018 - 2022. Fulbright-COLCIENCIAS Scholarship.
• 2015 - 2017. CONACyT Scholarship.

Outreach Activities:

• Production of scientific apps on the cloud for public use: 3D-Wetlands App.
• OpEd in Tampa Bay Times: It’s time to modernize drinking water standards.
• Conservation of the coral reef of Varadero, Colombia.

More Information:

• ResearchGate
• Google Scholar
• Email: luislizcanos@usf.edu