Rolando Santos Corujo
Assistant Professor, Biology
College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Rolando O. Santos, who earned his Ph.D. in marine biology and fisheries at the University of Miami, is a marine ecologist whose research focuses on how habitat change and seascape structure influence the movement, distribution, and resilience of coastal species. He leads the Santos Seascape Ecology Lab at Florida International University, where his work integrates seascape/landscape ecology, animal movement, and trophic ecology to inform conservation, management, and restoration across the ridge-to-reef continuum. His research spans mangroves, seagrass meadows, coral reefs, and tropical aquatic systems in South Florida and the Caribbean, with a particular emphasis on applied, solutions-oriented science that supports fisheries sustainability, habitat restoration, and climate resilience. He is from Puerto Rico and is fluent in Spanish.
