SEA CONTROL OCEANOGRAPHY was established in 1986 and usES the latest engineering technologies to create and stabilize coastal ECOsystems.

Pierre Diaz is the director of Sea Control and holds a degree in Physical Oceanography from the Florida Institute of Technology. A former resident oceanographer at the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA), he has served as Technical Advisor to the Beach Control Authority, and was responsible for implementation of the National Coastal Erosion Program. Mr. Diaz has over forty years’ experience in coastal development and environmental consulting.

Danielle Kitson has been working in the field of Environmental Conservation and Marine Biology since 2010. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Biology (with a focus on Marine Biology) and a Master’s Degree in Natural Resource Management.   

Dr. Ping Wang is Professor of Geosciences at University of South Florida in Tampa, and Director of USF’s Coastal Research Laboratory Group.

Elizabeth Royer, MSc. specializes in wave climate analysis and numerical modeling on nearshore wave field and nearshore flow fields. Her MSc research focused on determining depth of closure related to sediment transport, based on field measurements and empirical formulas. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the University of South Florida on coastal processes, nearshore sediment transport, and morphodynamics.