Anna Braswell

Assistant Professor, Coastal Watersheds and Ecosystems
Florida SeaGrant Extension Specialist

Anna Braswell is a coastal ecosystem ecologist, interested in the formation, persistence and degradation of coastal ecosystems within the context of the surrounding terrestrial, marine and urban systems. Through her cross-appointment with Florida Sea Grant, Dr. Braswell also works with stakeholders and managers to create tools and educational products to better maintain coastal watersheds and ecosystems.

• Research Interests

  Anna’s research program focuses on the formation, persistence and degradation of coastal ecosystems. She uses a variety of approaches to understand these complex socio-environmental systems, including geospatial data analysis and collection of empirical field data. Linking ecological, geomorphic and demographic data, her interdisciplinary research seeks to understand coastal ecosystems within a macroscale ecology framework.

  Her current research topics include: understanding legacy effects of humans on coastal marsh geomorphology and biogeochemistry, historical development of coastal towns and communities, the effects of disturbance on coastal marshes, and coastal vulnerability to sea level rise. She is interested in working with stakeholders and managers to create tools and produce knowledge to better manage and understand coastal watersheds and ecosystems.

• Education

  • PhD, Environmental Science, Duke University, 2017
  • MS, Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 2012
  • BA, Environmental Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, 2006