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Biology Faculty

Barry Ache
Distinguished Professor
Whitney Marine Lab
904.461.4034

bwa@ufl.edu
Interests: Chemical Senses: Olfaction
Charles Baer
Associate Professor
621 Bartram
352.392.3550

cbaer@ufl.edu
Interests: Population and Evolutonary Genetics
William (Brad) Barbazuk
Associate Professor
407 CGRC
352.273.8624

bbarbazuk@ufl.edu
Interests: Computational, Comparative and Functional Genomics
Michael Barfield
Assistant Scientist
111 Bartram
352.392.6914

mjb01@ufl.edu
Interests: Theoretical ecology
Karen Bjorndal
Professor
320 Carr
352.392.1126

bjorndal@ufl.edu
Interests: Nutritional ecology; ecology of sea turtles
Alan Bolten
Research Assistant Professor
313 Carr
352.392.5194

abolten@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecology and conservation of sea turtles
Edward Braun
Associate Professor/Undergraduate Coordinator
514 Carr
352.846.1124

ebraun68@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolutionary and comparative genomics
Gordon Burleigh
Assistant Professor
218 Carr
352.392.2776

gburleigh@ufl.edu
Interests: Computational phylogenetics
Sixue Chen
Associate Professor & Director of Proteomics Facility
438 CGRC
352.273.8330

schen@ufl.edu
Interests: Plant Specialized Metabolism and Proteomics
Keith Choe
Assistant Professor
321 Bartram
352.273.0139

kchoe@ufl.edu
Interests: Animal Physiology and Molecular Biology
Rebekka Darner
Lecturer
520 Carr
352.273.0140

rdarner@ufl.edu
Jamie Gillooly
Associate Professor
411 Bartram
352.392.2743

gillooly@ufl.edu
Interests: Physiological ecology, community and ecosystem ecology, macroecology
Matt Gitzendanner
Associate Scientist
301 C Dickinson Hall
352.273.1960

magitz@ufl.edu
Interests: Population genetics
Paul Hapeman
Lecturer
322 Carr
352.392.1180

fishers@ufl.edu
Interests: Landscape Genetics of Carnivores
Alice Harmon
Professor/Department Chair
402 CGRC
352.273.0127

harmon@ufl.edu
Interests: Molecular Biologist Signal Transduction
Bernard Hauser
Associate Professor
516 A Batram
352.392.0009

bahauser@ufl.edu
Interests: Reproductive biology
Jill Holliday
Lecturer
313 Bartram
352.392.1187

jaholliday@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolutionary biology and comparative morphology
Robert Holt
Eminent Scholar
111 Bartram
352.392.6917

rdholt@ufl.edu
Interests: Theoretical Ecology
Walter Judd
Professor
378 Dickinson Hall
352.273.1983

lyonia@ufl.edu
Interests: Systematics
David Julian
Associate Professor/Associate Chair
123 Bartram
352.392.5878

djulian@ufl.edu
Interests: Comparative and ecological physiology
Rebecca Kimball
Associate Professor/ Graduate Coordinator
528 Bartram
352.846.3737

rkimball@ufl.edu
Interests: Behavioral ecology; Molecular phylogenetics
Kaoru Kitajima
Associate Professor
518 Carr
352.392.4234

kitajima@ufl.edu
Interests: Plant functional ecology
Hazel Levy
Visiting Assistant Professor
417 Carr Hall
352.392.1298

hclevy@ufl.edu
Interests: Host:pathogen interactions, Lepidopteran systematics, developmental biology, and structural virology
James Liao
Assistant Professor
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
904.461.4011

jliao@whitney.ufl.edu
Interests: Biomechanics and neurobiology of fish behavior
Jeremy Lichstein
Assistant Professor
317 Carr
352.392.1540

jlichstein@ufl.edu
Interests: Forest dynamics; biodiversity; carbon cycle; climate change
Harvey Lillywhite
Professor
122 Bartram
352.392.1101

hblill@ufl.edu
Interests: Physiology and ecology of reptiles and amphibians
Michelle Mack
Associate Professor
509 Carr
352.846.2510

mcmack@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecosystem Ecology
Malcolm Maden
Professor
326 Bartram
352.392.5856

malcmaden@ufl.edu
Interests: Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Stuart McDaniel
Assistant Professor
213 Carr Hall
352.273.0123

stuartmcdaniel@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolutionary genetics
Michael Miyamoto
Professor
311 Bartram
352.392.3275

miyamoto@ufl.edu
Interests: Molecular systematics and evolution
David Oppenheimer
Associate Professor
115 Carr
352.273.0121

oppenhe@ufl.edu
Interests: Cell Biology
Craig Osenberg
Professor
627 Bartram
352.392.9201

osenberg@ufl.edu
Interests: Population, community, and aquatic ecology
Todd Palmer
Assistant Professor
411 Carr
352.392.6357

tmp@ufl.edu
Interests: Tropical ecology; Community ecology; Plant-animal interactions
Jose Miguel Ponciano
Assistant Professor
309 Carr Hall
352.392.2784

josemi@ufl.edu
Juliet Pulliam
Assistant Professor
614 Carr and EPI
352.273.6684 352.846.1156

pulliam@ufl.edu
Interests: Infectious disease dynamics, viral host jumps, quantitative ecology
Francis E. (Jack) Putz
Professor
209 Carr
352.392.1486

fep@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecology
Edward (Ted) Schuur
Associate Professor
418 Carr
352.392.7913

tschuur@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecosystem Ecology
Brian Silliman
Assistant Professor
410 Carr
352.392.1137

brs@ufl.edu
Interests: Community ecology; intertidal ecology
Vassiliki (Betty) Smocovitis
Professor
617 Carr
352.392.9647

bsmocovi@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolutionary theory, systematics and history
Doug Soltis
Distinguished Professor
214 Bartram
352.273.1963

dsoltis@ufl.edu
Interests: Systematics
Colette St Mary
Associate Professor
610 Bartram
352.392.1636

stmary@ufl.edu
Interests: Behavioral ecology; sexual selection
Kent Vliet
Coordinator of Laboratories
208 Carr
352.392.8130

kvliet@ufl.edu
Interests: Crocodilian physiology and ecology
Marta Wayne
Professor
427 Bartram
352.392.9925

mlwayne@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolutionary and quantitative genetics and genomics
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Joint Faculty

Barbara-Anne Battelle
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Faculty
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
904.461.4022

battelle@whitney.ufl.edu
Interests: Biochemistry of Vision
Jonathan Bloch
Museum Faculty
FLMNH


jbloch@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Vertebrate paleontology
Dirk Bucher
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Faculty
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
904.461.4047

bucher@whitney.ufl.edu
Interests: Network Dynamics and Motor Pattern Generation
Nico Cellinese
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.273.1979

ncellinese@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: My research focuses on two main general areas: 1) taxonomy, systematics, and biogeography and 2) biodiversity informatics and phyloinformatics.
Martin Cohn
Joint Faculty
406 CGRC
352.273.8099

mjcohn@ufl.edu
Interests: Developmental biology and evolution
Douglas Jones
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.392.1721 x485

dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Invertebrate paleontology
Paul Linser
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Faculty
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
904.461.4036

pjl@whitney.ufl.edu
Interests: Developmental and Molecular Biology of Disease Vector Arthropods
Bruce MacFadden
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.392.1721 x496

bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Vertebrate paleontology
Steven Manchester
Museum Faculty
214 Dickinson
352.376.5570

steven@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Plant paleontology
Leonid Moroz
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Faculty



moroz@whitney.ufl.edu
Interests: Genomic Bases of Memory and Neuronal Evolution
Larry Page
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.337.6649

lpage1@ufl.edu
Interests: Ichthyology
Gustav Paulay
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.392.1721 x476

paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Invertebrate evolution & biogeography
David Reed
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.392.1721 x220

dreed@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Mammalogy; Host-parasite coevolution
Scott Robinson
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.392.1721 x509

srobinson@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Conservation biology; Avian ecology
Pam Soltis
Museum Faculty Distinguished Professor
Dickinson
352.273.1964

psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Polyploidy and plant phylogenetics
David Steadman
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.392.1721 x465

dws@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Avian ecology and paleoecology
Fred Thompson
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.392.1721 x456

fgt@flmnh.ufl.edu
David Webb
Emeritus Museum Faculty
FLMNH


webb@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology
Norris Williams
Museum Faculty
FLMNH
352.392.5934

orchid@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Orchid systematics
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Courtesy Faculty

Victor Albert
Courtesy Faculty
University of Buffalo
716.881.7823

vaalbert@buffalo.edu
Interests: Angiosperm evolution and floral developmental genetics
Christopher Baraloto
Courtesy Faculty
INRA, French Guiana


chris.baraloto@ecofog.gf
Interests: Community ecology and tropical forest conservation
Doria Gordon
Courtesy Faculty
522 Carr
352.392.5949

dgordon@ufl.edu
Interests: Conservation biology
David Hall
Courtesy Faculty

352.372.3086

tolkos@aol.com
Katherine Kirkman
Courtesy Faculty
Joseph W. Jones Research Center
229.889.9537

Michael McCoy
Courtesy Faculty
410 Carr
352.392.5697

anura@ufl.edu
Interests: Quantitative Ecology
Claudia Romero
Courtesy Faculty
511 Bartram


romero@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolution and ecophysiology of plant defenses; conservation biology
Jeffery Shima
Courtesy Faculty



Jeffrey.Shima@vuw.ac.nz
Interests: Quantitative ecology
Gordon Ultsch
Courtesy Faculty

239.283.7910

gultsch@bama.ua.edu
Interests: Physiological ecology and comparative physiology.
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Emeritus

George Bowes
Emeritus Professor
3157 McCarty A
352.392.7919

gbowes@ufl.edu
Interests: Physiology & Biochemistry
Jane Brockmann
Emeritus Professor
320 Bartram
352.392.1297

hjb@ufl.edu
Interests: Animal Behavior; Ethology; Behavioral ecology
Joseph Davis
Emeritus Professor
3177 McCarty A
352.392.1094

davis@ufl.edu
Interests: Phycology
Thomas Emmel
Emeritus Professor

352.392.5894 x490

tcemmel@ufl.edu
Interests: Lepidopteran biodiversity and conservation
David Evans
Emeritus Professor
321 Bartram
352.392.1489

devans@ufl.edu
Interests: Comparative and environmental physiology
John (Jack) Ewel
Emeritus Professor
322A Carr
352.392.1095

jackewel@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecology
Dana Griffin
Emeritus Professor

352.376.5570

griffly3@yahoo.com
C. S. (Buzz) Holling
Emeritus Professor



holling@ufl.edu
Interests: Theoretical ecology
David Jones
Emeritus Professor



Interests: Ecological Genetics/ Chemical Ecology
Carmine Lanciani
Emeritus Professor



carmine@ufl.edu
Interests: Mosquito ecology and biology
Terry Lucansky
Emeritus Professor
3171 McCarty A
352.392.7927

terrywl@ufl.edu
Interests: Anatomy/Morphology
Frank Maturo
Emeritus Professor
322 Carr
352.392.1097

fjmaturo@ufl.edu
Interests: Morphology, ecology, systematics, and zoogeography of marine invertebrates
Brian McNab
Emeritus Professor
428 Bartram
352.392.1178

bkm@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolution of endotherms
Thomas Mullins
Emeritus Professor



Interests: Mycology/Physiology
Frank Nordlie
Emeritus Professor
416A Bartram
352.392.2499

fnordlie@ufl.edu
Interests: Fish ecophysiology
Jonathan Reiskind
Emeritus Professor



reiskind@ufl.edu
Interests: Systematics, spider biology
Daniel Ward
Emeritus Professor

352.372.8711

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