Don DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Don DeAngelis is a Senior Scientist and Research Ecologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.
RESEARCH
Donald DeAngelis is an ecologist, specializing in mathematical and simulation modeling. He was one of the early developers of individual-based modeling (IBM) in population ecology, and has applied IBM to fish and other populations. Among his other interests are modeling of vegetation succession, nutrient cycling, mutualistic interactions, and food webs. He is coordinator of the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program, a multi-project, multi-investigator program with the objective of providing simulation models to assist Everglades restoration.
BACKGROUND
1994-present, Ecologist, U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Florida Caribbean Science Center, Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 Research Faculty Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Miami
Editor, The American Naturalist, 2004 -present
Editorial Boards
Currently: Ecological Complexity
Previously: Ecosystems, Mathematical Biosciences, Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Nonlier World, Journal of Aquatic Stress and Recovery Awards Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983 Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. Technical Publications Award, 1986 Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. Technical Publications Award, 1987 First Place, 1990 International Technical Publication Competition, sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Technical Publications Award, 1991
Grants 'Spatial Gradients in Nutrient Recycling and Their Effect on Stream Ecosystem Stability'. National Science Foundation, April 1, 1991 - March 31, 1994, $1,419,019. Co-Principal Investigators, D. L. DeAngelis and P. J. Mulholland
'Compensatory Mechanisms in Fish Populations', Electric Power Research Institute. 1988 - 1996. Approximately $1 million per year. Principal Investigator, W. Van Winkle. D. L.
DeAngelis developed the approach used and wrote the initial funded proposal 'Synthesis of Species-Population Dynamics and Ecosystem Processes: Theoretical Study of the Stability and Development of Food Web Structure'. National Science Foundation, United States - Japan Cooperative Science Program. January 1, 1991 - December 31, 1992.Co-Principal Investigators, E. Teramoto and D. L. DeAngelis. Environmental Sciences Division Scientific Achievement Award for 1982 Areas of Focus Conservation and Restoration Biology Mathematical and Theoretical Biology
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Engineering and Applied Science (Plasma Physics), Yale University, 1972
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966
Science and Products
An individual-based model of rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease on European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Applying linear programming to estimate fluxes in ecosystems or food webs: An example from the herpetological assemblage of the freshwater Everglades
Importance of the predator's ecological neighborhood in modeling predation on migrating prey
. Ecological conceptual models: a framework and case study on ecosystem management for South Florida sustainability
Book review: Simulating ecological and evolutionary systems in C
Population dynamics and the ecological stability of obligate pollination mutualisms
Individual-based models: The importance of variability among individuals
Linkages between the snail kite population and wetland dynamics in a highly fragmented South Florida landscape: Chapter 6
Surface-subsurface exchange and nutrient spiraling: Chapter 6
Book review: Nonlinear dynamics of interacting populations
Dynamics of prey moving through a predator field: a model of migrating juvenile salmon
The migration of a patch of prey through a field of relatively stationary predators is a situation that occurs frequently in nature. Making quantitative predictions concerning such phenomena may be difficult, however, because factors such as the number of the prey in the patch, the spatial length and velocity of the patch, and the feeding rate and satiation of the predators all interact in a compl
[Book review] Theoretical Ecology Illustrated : An illustrated guide to theoretical ecology, by Ted J. Case
Science and Products
An individual-based model of rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease on European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Applying linear programming to estimate fluxes in ecosystems or food webs: An example from the herpetological assemblage of the freshwater Everglades
Importance of the predator's ecological neighborhood in modeling predation on migrating prey
. Ecological conceptual models: a framework and case study on ecosystem management for South Florida sustainability
Book review: Simulating ecological and evolutionary systems in C
Population dynamics and the ecological stability of obligate pollination mutualisms
Individual-based models: The importance of variability among individuals
Linkages between the snail kite population and wetland dynamics in a highly fragmented South Florida landscape: Chapter 6
Surface-subsurface exchange and nutrient spiraling: Chapter 6
Book review: Nonlinear dynamics of interacting populations
Dynamics of prey moving through a predator field: a model of migrating juvenile salmon
The migration of a patch of prey through a field of relatively stationary predators is a situation that occurs frequently in nature. Making quantitative predictions concerning such phenomena may be difficult, however, because factors such as the number of the prey in the patch, the spatial length and velocity of the patch, and the feeding rate and satiation of the predators all interact in a compl