Diego Lirman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Marine Biology and Ecology
Dr. Lirman’s research focuses on the disturbance ecology and active restoration of coastal ecosystems including both coral reefs and seagrass ecosystems. He has been a member of the Florida Reef Restoration program since its inception in 2007 and runs coral nurseries in Miami-Dade County. His lab has been instrumental in developing science-based restoration and monitoring practices now used widely in Florida and the Caribbean and has planted 10,000s of corals onto degraded reefs in Florida and the Dominican Republic. Dr. Lirman also created the Rescue a Reef citizen science program where members of the public contribute to reef restoration by joining expeditions alongside restoration practitioners.
