Matthew Schwartz, who has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Geology, Hydrology, and related topics, is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Schwartz’s research covers many aspects of estuarine biogeochemistry, including red tide harmful algal blooms, submarine groundwater discharges into estuarine and coastal waters, and methods used to evaluate biogeochemical processes. 

Schwartz earned a Ph.D. in Marine Studies – Oceanography at the University of Delaware and held two postdoctoral fellowships before he joined UWF in 2005. Much of his research has involved local waters – Choctawhatchee Bay, Pensacola Bay, and Santa Rosa Sound, among others -- and the Gulf Islands National Seashore. His findings have been published in books and journals such as Biogeosciences, Estuaries and Coasts, and Limnology and Oceanography. Among the courses that Schwartz has taught are Earth Science, Geochemistry, and Natural Disasters. He received a B.S. in Geology from the College of William and Mary