Alina Margarita Szmant

Background

Szmant, Alina Margarita was born on June 18, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Herman Harry and Adelina (Mesa) Szmant.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University P.R., 1966; Master of Science in Marine Biology, Scripps Institution Oceanography, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography, U. Rhode Island, 1980.

Career

Research assistant, U. Miami, summer 1965; teaching assistant, U. P.R., summer 1966; National Science Foundation research traineeship, U. Hawaii, summer 1967; Tektite II scientist-Aquanaut, St. John's, Virgin Islands, summer 1970; research associate department marine science, U. P.R., 1970-1971; research associate department marine science P.R. Nuclear Center, U. P.R., 1971-1973; scientist-researcher, Raytheon Environmental Services Center, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1973-1974; research associate, Graduate School Oceanography, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1974-1979; research associate department oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1979-1983; research assistant professor, Rosenstiel School Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, U. Miami, 1983-1986; assistant professor, Rosenstiel School Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, U. Miami, 1986-1992; associate professor, Rosenstiel School Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, U. Miami, since 1992.

Achievements

• Alina Margarita Szmant has been listed as a noteworthy Marine biologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Big Bend United Cerebral Palsy. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society Reef Studies, American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, Ecological Society American, Western Society Naturalists, American Society Zoologists.

Connections

Married Philip N. Froelich, Junior, December 1971 (divorced 1983). 1 child, Celina Marie. Married Daniel G. Baden, October 1987.

1 child, Kaitlin Danielle.

Father:

Herman Harry Szmant

Mother:

Adelina (Mesa) Szmant

Spouse:

Daniel G. Baden

Spouse:

Philip N. Froelich

child:

Kaitlin Danielle Szmant

child:

Celina Marie Szmant