Education
BA degree, 1979, Swarthmore College
PhD, 1989, University of Washington
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1990-92, Cornell University
Postdoctoral Trainee, 1989, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Graduate of Good Government Initiative “Leaders of Excellence” course, 2014.
Elected office
Mayor of City of South Miami, Florida, 2010-2020.
Faculty Senate, Florida International Univ., 2006-2010.
College Council, Florida International Univ., 2009-2010.
Program Officer and Treasurer, Animal Behavior Society, 2001-2010.
Professional Employment
CASE Faculty Fellow for Sustainability, FIU, 2020-present.
Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, Florida International University (FIU), 1992-present.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology Dept, Swarthmore College. 1989.
Biological Technician, US Fish & Wildlife Service 1977-1980.
Appointed Positions
Governance Coordinating Committee of National Ocean Council, appointed by the Whitehouse Office of Scientific Policy. 2015-2016.
Green Corridor PACE District – Board of Directors. 2012-2020.
Green Corridor PACE District – Chair. 2020-present.
City of South Miami, Special Envoy for Climate and Sustainability. 2020-present.
FIU-CASE Faculty Fellow for Sustainability. 2021-2022.
Awards & Honors
Congressional Proclamation in recognition of environmental leadership: “Recognizing South Miami Mayor Stoddard’s 10 Years of Service”. Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 116th Congress, 1st Session, 16 January 2020.
Service Award, 2018, FIU College of Arts, Sciences, and Education.
The CLEO Institute, 2018 Expert Advisory Council.
Osprey Award, 2017, Florida Sierra Club. “presented for extraordinary effort by a governmental staff person to promote or effect changes in policy or practice to protect or preserve Florida’s environment.”
Best Politician, 2017. Miami New Times
Listed among Politico 50 for 2016, Politico Magazine’s “guide to the thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics in 2016”
Green Municipal Official of 2016, Florida Green Building Council
Elected Fellow, Animal Behavior Society, 2016
CLEO Leadership Circle – CLEO Institute, CLEO Project on Climate, 2013
Florida Democrat Municipal Official of the Month, Oct 2012
Distinguished Service Award, Florida International University, 2011
United Faculty of Florida Service Award 2010
Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Arts & Sciences, FIU, 1999
FIU Teaching Excellence Award 1995
Scientific research
70+ scientific publications on acoustics, behavior, ecology, ecotoxicology, endocrinology, evolution, & neurobiology, focusing on birds, fish, and mosquitoes.
Grants
Awarded over $4 million in research grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Related Public Service
Advised Sierra Club Florida lobbyist on the science supporting conservation initiatives.
Exhibit designer: Smithsonian Institution, Zoo Miami, Miami Museum of Science.
Co-founder of Citizens Allied for Safe Energy (CASE-FL)
Public advocate for science-based approaches to sea level rise and climate change.
Formed a multi-city coalition to find an alternate solution to FPL powerline plans.
Promote renewable energy development in South Florida.
Spearheading initiative to address mosquito-borne diseases while limiting environmental damage from over-application of broad-spectrum insecticides.
Advocate for science-based approach to waste disposal, aquatic nutrient regulation, and greenhouse gas reduction.
Press
Mayor Stoddard has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, National Geographic, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Stern, The Bond Buyer, MSNBC, NPR, PRI, BBC, CBC, and numerous documentaries, including National Geographic’s “Years of Living Dangerously”, and the Discovery Channel’s “Mosquito”.