Area of Expertise
Ecological Physiology; Chemical Ecology; Larval Ecology
Education
  • Ph.D. in Marine Science, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., 1996

Dr. Boettcher is the Director for the Undergraduate Research Institute and Honors College at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University -Prescott.

Research Description:
Ecological physiology, chemical ecology, and larval ecology, with an emphasis on signaling events and environmental factors involved in marine larval metamorphosis and seagrass ecology.

GoMRI-funded project(s):
- Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Integrity: Resilience of Seagrass Beds to Oil Contamination (Year One Block Grant, The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium, Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact)

- Recovery: Sentinel Macrofauna (Year One Block Grant, The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium, Role: Co-Principal Investigator)

- Impacts of the Deep Horizon Oil Spill on Ecosystem Structure and Function in Alabama's Marine Waters (Year One Block Grant, The Northern Gulf Institute, Role: Task Co-Lead)

- NIUST Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Multi-Task Research Proposal (Year One Block Grant, The Northern Gulf Institute, Role: Task Co-Lead)