Secretary & Research Director

Nikki Dix is NERRA’s secretary and the research director at Florida’s Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve, where she establishes research priorities and oversees long-term monitoring in the context of regional, state, and national objectives. She also facilitates activities of visiting researchers and works to develop collaborations between scientists, managers, educators, and the public.

Nikki’s research interests involve understanding how estuaries respond to natural and anthropogenic change with the intent of informing natural resource management. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Florida where she was supported by a NERR fellowship to study responses of plankton and oysters to eutrophication in the GTM estuary. 

Email: Nikki.Dix@dep.state.fl.us