Nova Southeastern University

Nova Southeastern University prepares students for lifelong learning and leadership roles in business and the professions. It awards bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, psychology specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, medicine, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, psychology, and other social sciences.

The University's Oceanographic Center pursues studies and investigations in marine biology and in observational and theoretical oceanography. Research interests include modeling of large-scale ocean circulation, coastal dynamics, ocean-atmosphere coupling, surface gravity waves, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, coral reef ecology, Pleistocene and Holocene sea level changes, benthic ecology, marine plankton, microbial ecology, invertebrate systematics and phylogeny, calcification of invertebrates, cell ultrastructure, marine fisheries, molecular ecology and evolution, wetlands ecology, aquaculture, and nutrient dynamics.