About

Dr. Wilcox is a wetland ecologist who retired from the U.S. Geological Survey in 2008 to accept a position at Brockport in his native western New York State.  He had also recently retired from his role as Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Wetlands after a 20-year tenure.  His research on wetlands has spanned the Great Lakes basin and focused primarily on interactions of wetland plant communities and hydrology, including the role of climate change and the effects of lake-level regulation.  He was a major contributor in the International Joint Commission study on regulation of Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence River levels and flows.  He was the Lake Ontario/eastern Lake Erie lead on a large study funded by the USEPA that initiated a wetland monitoring program for all Great Lakes wetlands.  His research also focused on developing wetland restoration methodologies for use in Lake Ontario wetlands and implementing them in the field. He took his second retirement in 2020 and continues work on journal manuscripts relating to his research.