Darryl L. Felder, head of UL Lafayette s Biology Department, and a committee of Twilley s peers have looked at it carefully. Twilley s expertise is rehabilitating damaged wetlands. Recently, he agreed to serve as the center s director. We plan to look at how energy technologies have modified wetlands. That s what s been missing from ecology.
Restoration ecology is a prescription for ecology.
We ll propose what it will take to fix a damaged wetland. At the same time, he directs research programs of doctoral and master s students, recruits and supervises postdoctoral associates, and teaches undergraduate classes. Twilley said his productivity is due, in part, to an interview he heard on the radio. In it, a best-selling author explained how he rises early each morning to write six pages before doing anything else. That way, no matter what his day may hold, he knows he has produced at least six pages.