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Dr. David Vaughan
Title: Senior Scientist; Program Manager — Coral Reef Restoration Program
Phone: 305-745-2729
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Dr. David E. Vaughan is a marine research scientist, who has designed, built and operated many marine projects, programs and businesses in the area of sustainable aquaculture. He has planned, designed, built and operated over a dozen shellfish aquaculture research, education and demonstration facilities using low energy, low water usage and complete water recirculation technologies. He initiated the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution’s Aquaculture Division in 1991 and built the Aquaculture Development Park (40 acres of research, education and business incubators). He also developed the Aquaculture Center for Training, Education and Demonstration, ACTED, which had a commercial scale teaching hatchery. Dr. Vaughan also built managed and operated Harbor Branch Clams Inc. the nation’s largest hardclam seed production hatchery (1996-2001), with production of over 1 million clams per day. Dr. Vaughan designs flexible aquaculture systems that are low energy and easy to operate and improve
Dr. Vaughan worked with the Coral Reef Restoration Initiative with Earth Echo International and Philippe Cousteau. He is presently Executive Director for the Mote Marine Laboratory, Tropical Research Lab and the director of the Center for Coral Reef Research and manages the Reef Restoration Program. Dr. Vaughan works with marine and water related technologies including full water treatment and recirculation as well as nano-technologies for carrying water nutrients and for de-salinization.
Dr. Vaughan has over 32 scientific publications, numerous papers, patents and presentations. He has made over a thousand dives, and conducted over 5 manned submersible dives to over 2,000 feet deep. He also holds a U.S. Coast Guard captains license. He has well rounded experiences in developing and managing marine related programs, businesses, education and technology transfer projects to successful completion. Education Ph.D. Botany and Plant Physiology, Rutgers University
M.S. Biology/Microbiology, Fairleigh Dickinson University
B.S. Biology/Chemistry, Graceland College Publications 8 of 32 Publications, Presentations & Abstracts
Vaughan, D. E., Antonieto Tan Tiu, Kimon T. Bird and Thomas C. Chiles. 1989. Influence of Temperature on Chemical Composition of Tropical Microalgal Species. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.
Vaughan, D.E., L. Creswell and L. Sturmer. 1990. Aquaculture technology transfer to the oyster industry in Apalachicola Bay, Florida. J World Aquaculture Society 21(4).
Vaughan, D.E., E. Quesenberry, J. Scarpa and M. Ednoff. 1997. Florida Shellfish Culture Training Programs and Their Benefits. Journal of Shellfish Research 16: 277.
Vaughan, D.E. 2003. The Design and Development of Large-Scale Recirculating Shellfish Culture Systems. Presentation: Aquaculture Engineering Society. Washington
Davis, M., Main, K., Vaughan, D. and Creswell, L. 2000. Aquaculture in the Bahamas: A New Outlook. Report submitted to the Bahamas Government, 78p.
Main, K., K., Leber, Vaughan, D. 2006, Developing Culture techniques to conserve coral reefs in the Florida Keys.
Leber, K., et. al. (D.Vaughan). 2008, 2009, Developing restoration methods to aid recovery of a key herbivore on Florida coral reefs- progress reports
Main, K., Ritchie, K., Vaughan, D. 2009. Conservation of Florida’s coral reefs through controlled propagation. Year 3 final report. Department: Directorate of Fisheries & Aquaculture
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