Dr. Georgina Lynn Wingard
Field of Focus
- Stratigraphy and Paleontology
- Ecological Indicators
- Invasive Species
- Restoration
Area of Expertise
Ecosystems History; Paleoecology; Restoration; Effects of Invasives on Natural Habitat; Molluscan Ecology; Molluscan Paleontology
Education
- Ph.D., Geology, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A., 1990
- M.S., Geology, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A., 1983
- B.S., Geology/Biology, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A., 1979
Dr. Georgina Lynn Wingard is a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. She is involved as principal and co-principal investigator in a number of South Florida restoration projects involving ecosystem history of the south Florida Estuaries, including Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and the southwest mangrove coastal estuaries.
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Wingard has published the following:
Wingard, G. L., S. Ishman, T. Cronin, L. E. Edwards, D. A. Willard, and R. B. Halley. 1995. Preliminary analysis of down-core biotic assemblages: Bob Allen Keys, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-628.