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Sarah Allen
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

sa4393@ufl.edu
Interests: Paleobotany
 
Advisor: Steven Manchester
Christine Angelini
Degree Program: Ph.D.
421 Carr Hall

choldredge@ufl.edu
Interests: How the strength and direction of foundation species’ interactions vary across landscapes and through time, and the degree to which these basal interactions influence the composition and diversity of associated species.
 
Advisor: Brian Silliman
Fay Belshe
Degree Program: Ph.D.
616 Bartram Hall

fayray@ufl.edu
Interests: How ecological processes vary through space and over time in response to changes in climate, how carbon and energy cycle through ecosystems, and in the mechanisms used by biological systems to respond to physical changes in the environment.
 
Advisor: Edward Schuur
Gabriela Blohm
Degree Program: Ph.D.
309 Carr Hall

gblohm@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecology and Evolution of Virulence
 
Advisor: José Miguel Ponciano
Dimitri Blondel
Degree Program: Ph.D.
619 Carr Hall

dblondel@ufl.edu
Interests: Behavioral ecology
 
Advisor: Steven Phelps
Nicole Botteri
Degree Program: Ph.D.
521 Bartram Hall

nbotteri@ufl.edu
Interests: Developmental and reproductive physiology
 
Advisor: Louis Guillette
Frank Bouchard
Degree Program: Ph.D.
417 Bartram Hall

fab22@ufl.edu
Interests: Conservation genetics
 
Advisor: Marta Wayne
Mollie Brooks
Degree Program: Ph.D.
616 Bartram Hall

mbrooks@ufl.edu
Interests: Theoretical ecology
 
Advisor: Benjamin Bolker
Anya Brown
Degree Program: Ph.D.
616 Bartram Hall

anyabrown@ufl.edu
Interests: coral reef ecology, community ecology.
 
Advisor: Craig Osenberg
Teresa Bryan
Degree Program: Ph.D.
310A Bartram Hall

kuba@ufl.edu
Interests: Reproductive physiology
 
Advisor: Louis Guillette
Kris Callis
Degree Program: Ph.D.


kcallis@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Levey
Vincent Cannataro
Degree Program: Ph.D.
411A Bartram Hall

vcannataro@ufl.edu
Advisor: Colette St. Mary
Trevor Caughlin
Degree Program: Ph.D.
622 Carr Hall

trevorcaughlin@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Levey
Carol Chaffee
Degree Program: Ph.D.
417 Bartram Hall

cchaffee@ufl.edu
Interests: Phylogenetics and population genetics of monarch butterflies
 
Advisor: Marta Wayne
Srikar Chamala
Degree Program: Ph.D.
CGRC

schamala@ufl.edu
Advisor: William Barbazuk
Tania Chavarria
Degree Program: Ph.D.
318 Carr Hall

taniachavarria79@ufl.edu
Interests: Zoology
 
Advisor: Rebecca Kimball
Paul Corogin
Degree Program: Ph.D.
385J Dickinson Hall

pcorogin@ufl.edu
Interests: Systematics of vascular plants; biology of the genus Sideroxylon in North America
 
Advisor: Walter Judd
Tim Crombie
Degree Program: Ph.D.
123 Bartram Hall

tcrombie@ufl.edu
Advisor: David Julian
Andrew Crowl
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

andy.crowl@ufl.edu
Advisor: Nicoletta Cellinese
Katrina Cuddy
Degree Program: Ph.D.
609 Carr Hall

kkcuddy@ufl.edu
Advisor: David Oppenheimer
Biswadeep Dhar
Degree Program: Ph.D.
617A Bartram Hall and EPI

biswadeepdhar@ufl.edu
Interests: Disease Ecology, Emerging diseases, Epidemiology/Public Health and Biomathematics.
 
Advisor: Juliet Pulliam
Lorena Endara
Degree Program: Ph.D.
385J - Dickinson Hall

lendara@flmnh.ufl.edu
Advisor: Norris Williams
Veronique Etienne
Degree Program: M.S.


vetienne@ufl.edu
Advisor: Charles Baer
Nathaniel Evans
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Dickinson Hall

evansnat@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolutionary history of marine invertebrates, especially crustaceans. Systematics, biogeography, speciation and morphological evolution.
 
Advisor: Gustav Paulay
Catherine Fahey
Degree Program: Ph.D.


cfahey@ufl.edu
Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima
Jake Ferguson
Degree Program: Ph.D.
309 Carr Hall

troutinthemilk@ufl.edu
Advisor: José Miguel Ponciano
Jackson Frechette
Degree Program: Ph.D.


jluc@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Levey, Katie Sieving
Nicolas Garcia
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

nicogarcia@ufl.edu
Advisor: Pamela Soltis
Michael Gil
Degree Program: Ph.D.
620B Bartram Hall

m.gil@ufl.edu
Interests: Interests: community and landscape ecology, biological conservation
 
Advisor: Craig Osenberg
Megan Gittinger
Degree Program: Ph.D.
411 Carr Hall

mgitting@ufl.edu
Interests: Community ecology, landscape ecology
 
Advisor: Todd Palmer
Grant Godden
Degree Program: Ph.D.


g0ddengr@ufl.edu
Advisor: Pamela Soltis, John Burleigh
Juan Pablo Gomez-Echeverri
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

jugomez@ufl.edu
Advisor: Scott Robinson
Damion Graves
Degree Program: Ph.D.


djgraves@ufl.edu
Advisor: Michelle Mack
Marissa Gredler
Degree Program: Ph.D.
CGRC

mlgredler@ufl.edu
Interests: Developmental genetics and morphogenesis
 
Advisor: Martin Cohn
Elizabeth Hamman
Degree Program: Ph.D.
616 Bartram Hall

hamman@ufl.edu
Advisor: Craig Osenberg
Kin-Lan Han
Degree Program: Ph.D.
318 Carr Hall

hankin@ufl.edu
Interests: Avian phylogenetics, evolution, conservation
 
Advisor: Rebecca Kimball
Xavier Haro
Degree Program: Ph.D.
511 Bartram Hall

gxharocarrion@ufl.edu
Interests: Conservation Biology
 
Advisor: Francis Putz
James Heaney
Degree Program: Ph.D.


jheaney@ufl.edu
Advisor: Pamela Soltis
Andrew Hein
Degree Program: Ph.D.
421 Carr Hall

amhein@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecology and evolution of movement
 
Advisor: Jamie Gillooly
Marc Hensel
Degree Program: Ph.D.
609 Carr Hall

mhensel@ufl.edu
Advisor: Brian Silliman
Ana Herrera
Degree Program: Ph.D.
CGRC

amherrer@ufl.edu
Interests: Developmental biology
 
Advisor: Martin Cohn
Fabiany Herrera
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMHN

fabiany4@ufl.edu
Advisor: Steven Manchester
Samantha Hilber
Degree Program: Ph.D.
611A Carr Hall

sahilber@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolution & behavior of fishes
 
Advisor: Colette St. Mary
Richard Hodel
Degree Program: Ph.D.


hodel@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Soltis
Sharon Holte
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

sharonholte@ufl.edu
Advisor: David Steadman
Tongyi Huang
Degree Program: Ph.D.
310 Carr Hall

longstride@ufl.edu
Advisor: Jeremy Lichstein
Ping Huang
Degree Program: Ph.D.
318 Carr Hall

ping@ufl.edu
Advisor: Colette St. Mary, Rebecca Kimball
Lianne Jacobson
Degree Program: Ph.D.
616 Bartram Hall

liannejacobson@ufl.edu
Advisor: Craig Osenberg
Jing Jiao
Degree Program: Ph.D.
616 Bartram Hall

jiao.jing@ufl.edu
Interests: Spatial and Theoretical Ecology
 
Advisor: Craig Osenberg
Michelle Kelley
Degree Program: M.S.


mekker@ufl.edu
Advisor: Malcolm Maden
John "Andy" Kilmer
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

kilmerj@ufl.edu
Advisor: David Steadman
Rebecca Koll
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

rebecca.koll@ufl.edu
Interests: Palynology and paleobotany
 
Advisor: Steven Manchester
Jacob Landis
Degree Program: Ph.D.


jblandis@ufl.edu
Interests: Botany
 
Advisor: Pamela Soltis
Maribeth Latvis
Degree Program: Ph.D.


mlatvis@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Soltis
Francisca Leal
Degree Program: Ph.D.
CGRC

fleal@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolutionary developmental biology
 
Advisor: Martin Cohn
Xiaoxian Liu
Degree Program: Ph.D.


xiaoxianliu@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Soltis
Gustavo Londoño
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

galondo@ufl.edu
Interests: Avian incubation behavior
 
Advisor: Scott Robinson, Douglas Levey
Melania Lopez-Castro
Degree Program: Ph.D.
412 Carr Hall

mlopezcast@ufl.edu
Interests: Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Distribution and migration of young sea turtles. Use of biochemical markers to study migratory connectivity.
 
Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
Lucas Majure
Degree Program: Ph.D.


lmajure@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Soltis
Zachary Martin
Degree Program: M.S.
FLMNH

zpm1131@ufl.edu
Advisor: Larry Page
Ari Martinez
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

ari@ufl.edu
Advisor: Scott Robinson
Simon McClung
Degree Program: M.S.
510 Carr Hall

simon.mcclung@ufl.edu
Interests: Forest Ecosystem Ecology
 
Advisor: Michelle Mack
Vincent Medjibe
Degree Program: Ph.D.


medjibe@ufl.edu
Interests: Forest management & carbon in Africa
 
Advisor: Francis Putz
Wenbin Mei
Degree Program: Ph.D.


wmei@ufl.edu
Advisor: William Barbazuk
Paula Mejia-Velasquez
Degree Program: Ph.D.


pmejia@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Paleobotany and paleopalynology
 
Advisor: Steven Manchester
François Michonneau
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

creat79@ufl.edu
Interests: Systematics, evolution and ecology of marine invertebrates
 
Advisor: Gustav Paulay
Nicholas Miles
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

nicmiles@ufl.edu
Interests: Interests: Plant Evo-Devo
 
Advisor: Pamela Soltis
Iwan Molgo
Degree Program: Ph.D.


imolgo@ufl.edu
Advisor: Pamela Soltis, Douglas Soltis
Ryan Moraski
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

ryanmoraski@ufl.edu
Interests: Plant systematics, molecular ecology, biogeography
 
Advisor: Pamela Soltis
Kurt Neubig
Degree Program: Ph.D.


kneubig@flmnh.ufl.edu
Advisor: Norris Williams
James Nifong
Degree Program: Ph.D.
412 Carr

ncboy@ufl.edu
Advisor: Brian Silliman
Patrick Norby
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

pnorby@ufl.edu
Advisor: Gustav Paulay
Jessica Oswald
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

oswaldj3@ufl.edu
Interests: Avian phylogenetics, evolution, conservation
 
Advisor: David Steadman
Mariela Pajuelo
Degree Program: Ph.D.
412 Carr

mpajuelo@ufl.edu
Interests: Sea turtle migrations & foraging ecology
 
Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
Danielle Palow
Degree Program: Ph.D.


dpalow@ufl.edu
Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima
Matt Palumbo
Degree Program: Ph.D.


mattjp@ufl.edu
Advisor: Todd Palmer
Adam Payton
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

acpayton@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Soltis
Joe Pfaller
Degree Program: Ph.D.
609A Carr Hall

jpfaller@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecology and evolution of rafting crabs; biology and conservation of sea turtles; epibiosis of marine vertebrates
 
Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
Catalina Pimiento
Degree Program: Ph.D.


pimientoc@ufl.edu
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
Jorge Pino
Degree Program: M.S.
609A Carr

jlpino@ufl.edu
Interests: Tropical ecology, neotropical mammalogy and phylogeography
 
Advisor: Steven Phelps
Thales Pupo West
Degree Program: Ph.D.
511 BAR

thales.west@ufl.edu
Interests: REDD+, improved forest management
 
Advisor: Francis Putz
Fan Qiu
Degree Program: Ph.D.
311 Bartram

fqiu@ufl.edu
Advisor: Michael Miyamoto
Zachary Randall
Degree Program: M.S.
FLMNH

zach150@ufl.edu
Interests: Systematics
 
Advisor: Larry Page
Julian Resasco
Degree Program: Ph.D.
622 Carr

jresasco@ufl.edu
Interests: Habitat corridors
 
Advisor: Douglas Levey
Anand Roopsind
Degree Program: Ph.D.
511 BAR

aroopsind@ufl.edu
Interests: Tropical Forest Management and Conservation
 
Advisor: Francis Putz
Arthur Rudolph
Degree Program: Ph.D.
616 Bartram

rudolph3@ufl.edu
Advisor: Colette St. Mary
Nick Ruktanonchai
Degree Program: Ph.D.
609 Carr

nrukt00@ufl.edu
Advisor: David Smith
Ruslandi Ruslandi
Degree Program: Ph.D.
511 BAR

r.ruslandi@ufl.edu
Interests: Tropical Forest Ecology and Management
 
Advisor: Francis Putz
Jessica Lee Sabo
Degree Program: Ph.D.
609 Carr

jsabo@ufl.edu
Advisor: Edward Braun
Verity Salmon
Degree Program: Ph.D.
517 Carr

vsalmon@ufl.edu
Advisor: Edward Schuur
Daniel Sasson
Degree Program: Ph.D.
410 Bartram

dsasson@ufl.edu
Interests: Behavioral ecology
 
Advisor: H. Brockmann
Kristen Sauby
Degree Program: Ph.D.
110 Bartram

ksauby@ufl.edu
Advisor: Robert Holt
Liz Schrack
Degree Program: Ph.D.
412 CRR

eschrack@ufl.edu
Interests: Marine Ecology
 
Advisor: Brian Silliman
Maria Claudia Segovia
Degree Program: Ph.D.


claudia@ufl.edu
Advisor: Pamela Soltis, Douglas Soltis
Stein Servick
Degree Program: Ph.D.


stein@ufl.edu
Advisor: Douglas Soltis, Pamela Soltis
Alexander Shenkin
Degree Program: Ph.D.


ashenkin@ufl.edu
Interests: Forest dynamics in Bolivia
 
Advisor: Francis Putz
Philip Shirk
Degree Program: Ph.D.
616 BAR

plshirk@ufl.edu
Interests: vertebrate responses to anthropogenic changes, herpetology.
 
Advisor: Craig Osenberg
Randal Singer
Degree Program: M.S.


rsinger@flmnh.ufl.edu
Interests: Zoology
 
Advisor: Larry Page
John Slapcinsky
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

slapcin@ufl.edu
Interests: Systematics and phylogeography of terrestrial mollusks
 
Advisor: Gustav Paulay
Martijn Slot
Degree Program: Ph.D.
511 Bartram

mslot@ufl.edu
Interests: Plant ecophysiology, forest ecology
 
Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima
Matthew D. Smith
Degree Program: Ph.D.
316 Bartram

madsmith@ufl.edu
Interests: Behavioral ecology
 
Advisor: H. Brockmann
Luciano Soares
Degree Program: Ph.D.
318 Carr

lsoares@ufl.edu
Interests: Hybridization in sea turtle populations
 
Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
Luis Soto
Degree Program: Ph.D.


lso2010@ufl.edu
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
J. Angel Soto-Centeno
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

sotocenteno@ufl.edu
Interests: Intersests: Population Genetics of Bats
 
Advisor: David Reed
Kelly Speer
Degree Program: M.S.
FLMNH

kspeer@ufl.edu
Interests: Biogeography of small mammals, host-parasite coevolution, and conservation
 
Advisor: David Reed
John Starmer
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

jstarmer@ufl.edu
Interests: Biogeography and biodiversity
 
Advisor: Gustav Paulay
Gregory Stull
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

gwstull@ufl.edu
Advisor: Pamela Soltis, Steven Manchester
Lanlan Tang
Degree Program: Ph.D.


lanlantang@ufl.edu
Advisor: Keith Choe
Oscar Tarazona
Degree Program: Ph.D.
CGRC

otarazona@ufl.edu
Interests: Evolutionary developmental biology
 
Advisor: Martin Cohn
Julia Tejada Lara
Degree Program: M.S.
FLMNH

juvita@ufl.edu
Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology
 
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
Alfred Thomson
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

athomson@ufl.edu
Interests: Fish systematics
 
Advisor: Larry Page
George Tiley
Degree Program: Ph.D.
217 CRR

gtiley@ufl.edu
Advisor: John Burleigh
Luke Trimmer-Smith
Degree Program: M.S.
609 Carr

trimmersmith@ufl.edu
Interests: Disease emergence
 
Advisor: Juliet Pulliam
Scarlett Tudor
Degree Program: Ph.D.
611A Bartram

studor@ufl.edu
Advisor: Colette St. Mary
Judit Ungvari-Martin
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

jungvari@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecology and evolution of bird communities
 
Advisor: Scott Robinson
Schuyler Van Montfrans
Degree Program: M.S.
412 Carr

svanmontfrans@ufl.edu
Interests: Marine ecology
 
Advisor: Brian Silliman
Maria Vasquez
Degree Program: Ph.D.
123 Bartram

mcvasquez@ufl.edu
Advisor: David Julian
Carrie Vath
Degree Program: Ph.D.


cvath@ufl.edu
Interests: Primate Ecology, Conservation Biology, and Natural Resource Management
 
Advisor: Scott Robinson
Clayton Visger
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

clayton.visger@ufl.edu
Interests: Autopolyploidy in Angiosperms
 
Advisor: Douglas Soltis
Emily Wang
Degree Program: Ph.D.


mswang@ufl.edu
Advisor: Bernard Hauser
Elizabeth Webb
Degree Program: M.S.


webbe@ufl.edu
Interests: Ecosystem ecology
 
Advisor: Edward Schuur
Joel Wixson
Degree Program: M.S.
318 Carr

jwixson@ufl.edu
Advisor: Harvey Lillywhite
Emily Woodruff
Degree Program: Ph.D.
FLMNH

emilywoodruff@ufl.edu
Advisor: Jonathan Bloch
Cedric Worman
Degree Program: M.S.
619 Carr

apuuli@ufl.edu
Interests: Restoration ecology
 
Advisor: Robert Holt
Joni Wright
Degree Program: Ph.D.
325 Bartram

jwright1855@ufl.edu
Advisor: Rebecca Kimball
Patricia Zarate
Degree Program: Ph.D.
318 Carr

pzarate@ufl.edu
Interests: Biology of Galapagos sea turtles
 
Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
Rosana Zenil-Lopez
Degree Program: Ph.D.
309 Carr

rzenil@ufl.edu
Advisor: José Miguel Ponciano
Tong Zhang
Degree Program: Ph.D.


tongzhang@ufl.edu
Interests: Guard cell redox signaling
 
Advisor: Sixue Chen