Team
Greg Riccardi is a Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at FSU with a research specialization in scientific information management.
Alex is interested in Bioinformatics, Semantic Web, ontologies, Knowledge Engineering, SOAs, grid technology, database and ontology interoperability, biomedical information, Semantic e-government, HCI, virtual communities of practice, user interface design, intelligent interfaces, cognitive support, designing children’s technology. He is currently doing research and work with the MSRC Project.
Austin Mast is director of FSU’s Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium, Chair of the Public Relations Committee for the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Member of the Editorial Board for the journal Systematic Biology, and State Representative for the Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections. He is working on the Morphbank project.
Gil Nelson is a writer, naturalist, and educator who works in Tallahassee, Florida and lives in southwest Georgia. He writes, speaks, edits, and consults on botany, natural history, ecology, outdoor recreation, and environmental science topics, especially as they relate to Florida and the southeastern United States. Dr. Nelson is participating in research for the iDigBio project.
Marcia A. Mardis, Assistant Professor, works primarily with school library media and children's/youth services students at the College of Communication & Information's School of Library and Information Studies. She is also the Associate Director for the Partnerships Advancing Library Media (PALM) Center. Her research centers on the intersection of learning resources, high speed networking, and digital libraries.
Diane is the Assistant Director of the Institute. She earned her B.S. and M.S. from Florida International University and her Ph.D. from Florida State University. She has over 10 years teaching experience in academic environments. Her primary areas of research interest are information technology, information management and dissemination, and normative social theory.
Casey McLaughlin is the IT Administrator for the iDigInfo Institute.
Dale is a developer for the MSRC project. When he isn't wrangling Drupal, he is working on other PHP-related projects for the Institute, and helping us reach things on tall shelves.
Debbie joined the group in March 2006 as the resident biologist with experience in the biology labs at FSU. She has several degrees including Biological Science, Chemistry and Education. Debbie has an interest in botanical education and economic botany
Guillaume brings his JAVA and XML knowledge to the Morphbank Project and is busy using his programming skills to enhance Morphbank Web Services and Bulk Upload strategies. He is also working on harvesting and publishing data mechanisms for the iDigBio Project.
Jeremy earned his BA(Hons) in Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. He has 15 years of experience in visual design for print and the web. Jeremy is heading up UI design on the MSRC Project. He is also an adjunct professor in the College of College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance, where he teaches graphic design and typography.
Adam is an undergraduate in the Department of History at FSU. Adam is assisting with the information repository in the MSRC Project.
Bert is our systems administrator. He also contributes to development of Drupal modules and other programming projects.
Kathryn is contributing to the bibliography for the MSRC Project.
