Dr. Ernest Estevez

Dr. Ernest Estevez is currently the Director of Mote Marine Laboratory's Center for Coastal Ecology. Dr. Estevez has conducted ecological studies in three dozen Florida rivers and bays, and has worked for decades to link science and estuarine resource management programs. A past president of the Florida Academy of Sciences and the Myakka Conservancy, he is presently on the Gulf of Mexico Marine Fishery Management Council's ecosystem management science and statistics committee, and the Distinguished Research Oversight Committee for the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the Hudson. Dr. Estevez received his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida.