Anna Wachnicka

About Anna Wachnicka

I am a broadly trained applied aquatic geoscientist with more than 20 years of experience in system-wide environmental and water quality assessments, and proven publication records and editorial services (authored and co-authored >50 scientific publications and technical reports). I specialize in designing, coordinating, and executing interdisciplinary projects and programs with a focus on optimizing strategies for the management of change in coastal and inland waters driven by climate change, sea level rise, and hydrologic alterations of watersheds. I am experienced in federal and state research grant acquisition (>$7.4 mln in federal and state grants acquisition and >$4.5 mln in internal contracts management), budget management, strategic financial planning, and system-wide evaluations of interdisciplinary project outcomes. With a collaborative leadership style, I have extensive experience in leading culturally diverse teams, mentoring junior scientists, and delivering high-quality technical and scientific presentations to a wide range of stakeholders (delivered >150 scientific and technical oral presentations at international, national, and local scientific conferences, workshops and public meetings with stakeholders).

Experience

1. Principal Scientist

   South Florida Water Management District

   May 2023 — Present · West Palm Beach, FL, US

   Lake Okeechobee HAB Research Initiatives and Innovative Technologies Lead• C-HAB Mitigation/Treatment Evaluations• Assessments of the Lake Guard® Oxy Treatment Efficacy at Lake Okeechobee Outflow Structures and Canals under Flow/No-Flow Regimes project manager• Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Science Plan Project Manager• Biscayne Bay direct coastal canal inflows performance metric development Lead; Biscayne Bay Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (BBSEER) project• Lake Okeechobee weekly ecological updates,inter-agency system operations • ASR long-term ecological monitoring of biotic and abiotic eco-components along the C-38 Canal and northern Lake Okeechobee project manager• ASR Ecological risk assessment evaluations project manager• ECO and WQ Teams LOSOM, LOWRP, BBSEER

Education

• Uniwersytet Szczeciński

  Bachelor & Master of Science (B.S. & MSc.), Marine Sciences maj. Geography, Geosciences

  1994 — 1999

• Florida International University

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geosciences

  2004 — 2009

• Florida Atlantic University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management

  2013 — 2016

Skills

• College Teaching
• Statistics
• Research
• Federal Grants Management
• Report Writing
• Data Modeling
• Proposal Writing
• Grant Preparation
• Writing Scientific Publications
• Science
• Environmental Science
• Public Speaking
• Wetlands
• Leading Research Expeditions
• University Teaching
• Student Counseling
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Climate Change Impacts
• Environmental Restoration
• Gis
• Permit Applications
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Budget Management
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
• International Collaborations
• Written & Oral Presentation Skills
• Mentoring
• Teaching
• Ecology
• Algae Identification