Rate My Professor Michael Savarese

Savarese’s research specializations encompass coastal geology, paleontology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, conservation paleobiology, and the geohistorical analysis of estuarine and coastal environments. His work examines environmental changes in coastal settings driven by human development, climate change, and sea-level rise, including vulnerability assessments, oyster reef ecology, and coastal resilience strategies. Notable publications include the book chapter “Effectively connecting conservation paleobiological research to environmental management: examples from Greater Everglades’ restoration of Southwest Florida” (2018, in Marine Conservation Paleobiology), “Conservation paleobiology roundtable: from promise to application” (2018, in Conservation Paleobiology), “Sand incursion into temperate (Lithuania) and tropical (the Bahamas) maritime vegetation: georadar visualization of target-rich aeolian lithosomes” (2017, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science), and “The effects of shellfish harvesting by aboriginal inhabitants of Southwest Florida on productivity of the eastern oyster: a conservation paleobiological approach” (2016, Anthropocene). He has produced 55 research works with 617 citations. Awards include Gulfshore Life’s “People to Watch” (2018), FGCU Senior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2010), Coastal America Partnership Award (2006), and R. Merton Love Award for Excellence in Graduate Ecology Research (1989, UC Davis). Savarese has bridged academia and policy through service on restoration teams and as a community liaison fostering coastal resilience in Southwest Florida.