John C. Capece, Ph.D.

• born August 18, 1960 in Orlando, Florida (McCoy Air Force Base)
• raised in Japan (Okinawa), Virginia, Germany, and Florida
• graduated from Fort Walton Beach High School (Florida) in 1978
• attended college at:
  • University of South Florida - Tampa
  • University of Florida - Gainesville, and
  • Iowa State University - Ames
• parents: Alfred A. & Barbara A. Capece
• brother: Robert L. Capece, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Reserves(7th ARCOM), U.S. Army, in Germany

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John Capece is the president of Southern DataStream, Inc., a small agricultural engineering and water resources research consulting firm based in LaBelle, a rural community in southwest Florida.  He holds a Ph.D. in agricultural engineering from University of Florida (1994) as well as both B.S.E. (1982) and M.E. (1984) degrees from U.F. in the same specialization.  

With more than twenty-five years researching, teaching and consulting experience, he currently runs an internship and visitors program for the students and young professionals majoring in engineering and other disciplines while also conducting technical work on river restoration, farm water quality improvement, utilities planning,  water resources and energy issues. 

Dr. Capece is active in other southwest Florida civic organizations including the Caloosahatchee River Citizens Association, Watershed Council, and Glades County Economic Development Council.  The Audubon Society recently named him the 2007 Southwest Florida Conservationist of the Year.   Also in 2007, John received the Distinguished International Service Award from Rotary International District 6960 (southwest Florida) for organizing drinking water supply projects for villages in developing nations. 

As water quality engineer at UF-IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) between 1994 and 1999, Dr. Capece conducted research and extension programs on watershed processes including hydrology and chemical transport. Duties included cooperative studies of soil science, agricultural engineering, and faculty dealing with citrus, vegetables, sugarcane, and forages at SWFREC, and other scientists in the university system and in other governmental agencies.  

His teaching experience also includes an assignment with USAID and UF-IFAS to the faculty of the National Advanced School of Agriculture in Cameroon, West Africa, where he taught courses from the freshman to senior level.