Jim Griffin
JIM GRIFFIN, Environmental Scientist, Principle Investigator for Water Atlas Informatics projects and the Hillsborough County Lake Assessment Project, is a Research Associate at the Florida Center for Community Design and Research and Adjunct Professor in Geography, teaching introductory and advanced courses in spatial analysis and spatial database development. The Water Atlas is a unique resource that serves eleven counties with detailed water information.
Griffin manages the collection of morphologic, biological and water chemistry data on Florida Lakes and employs these data to develop detailed lake assessment reports which are published on the Water Atlas. He also is involved in projects that help to better understand surface water pollution and the development of spatial models that allow the visualization of surface and groundwater pollution through the use of the Water Atlas.
Griffin, a retired Naval Officer and Flight Officer, served as Senior Environmental Scientist with the Southwest Florida Water Management District and Hillsborough County. He has been actively involved in the management of Florida Lakes and is past president of the Florida Lake Management Society and currently serves as a Director of the Society.
Griffin earned his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry at the University of South Florida, his Master of Science in Electronic Systems Technology at Naval Postgraduate School in California, and his PhD in Environmental Science and Chemistry at the Florida Institute of Technology.