School of Natural Resources and Environment

Affiliate Faculty

This list should be used only as a guide. Individual faculty homepages should be used as the primary source for contact information, specializations, and research conducted. Search by name, department, or research interests.

Name	Department	Research Interests
Abil, Zhanar abilz@ufl.edu	Biology	Evolutionary Biology Other: Synthetic biology, Origins of life, Evolutionary ecology, Synthetic cells
Acevedo, Miguel maacevedo@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Conservation Biology, Ecological Modeling, Landscape Ecology, Wildlife Ecology Other: Disease ecology, Population ecology, Quantitative ecology, Endangered species, Disease ecology, Tropical conservation
Adams, Alison alison.adams@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences School of Natural Resources and Environment	Ecological Economics, Environmental Governance and Policy, Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Services Other: Understanding how people value ecosystem goods and services, the impact of attitudes and preferences on those values, and translating that information to inform policy decisions
Adams, Carrie Reinhardt rein0050@ufl.edu	Horticultural Science	Biodiversity, Climate Change, Plant Ecology, Restoration Other: Ecosystem restoration, Invasive plant management
Adams, Damian dcadams@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Ecological Economics, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Governance and Policy, Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Services Other: Understanding how people value ecosystem goods and services, the impact of attitudes and preferences on those values, and translating that information to inform policy decisions
Adams, Peter adamsp@ufl.edu	Geological Sciences	Biogeography, Climate change Other: Geomorphology, Surface processes, Landform evolution
Allen, Michael msal@ifas.ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Nature Coast Biological Station	Biodiversity, Climate Change, Marine Ecology Other: Fish population and community, Species interaction
Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica aalmeyda@ufl.edu	Center for Latin American Studies	Ecological Economics, Environmental Governance and Policy, Global Sustainable Development Other: Ecotourism, Land management, Land-use dynamics
Altieri, Andrew andrew.altieri@essie.ufl.edu	Sustainable Infrastructure and Development	Climate Change, Coastal Ecology Other: Ecological interactions, Anthropogenic pressures, Biogenic habitats,
Andreu, Michael mandreu@ifas.ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation Biology, Ecological Restoration, Ecosystem Ecology, Invasive Species, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Urban Ecology, Urban and Regional Planning Other: Sustainable forest management
Annable, Michael manna@eng.ufl.edu	Sustainable Infrastructure and Development	Biogeochemistry, Water Resources Other: Physical-chemical processes, Subsurface remediation, Aquifer characterization, Contaminant flux
Asche, Frank frank.asche@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Ecological Economics, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Sustainable Food Systems Other: Energy and food production, Natural resource economics, Fisheries and aquaculture ecosystems
Ash, Kevin kash78@ufl.edu	Geography	Climate Change, Science Communication, Socio-ecological Systems Other: Vulnerability, Resilience, Disasters, Risk Perception, Risk communication
Austin, James austinj@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology Other: Conservation genetics
Baiser, Benjamin bbaiser@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Urban Ecology, Data Science Other: Community ecology, Macroecology, Ecological networks
Baker, Bridget bridgetbaker@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Wildlife Ecology Other: Aquatic animal health and conservation, Conservation medicine, Environmental toxicology
Baker, Shirley sbaker25@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences	Climate Change, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Marine Ecology, Natural Resource Conservation and Management Other: Marine invertebrate biology, Bivalve aquaculture, Invasive molluscs
Balaguera-Reina, Sergio sergio.balaguera@ufl.edu	Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Conservation Biology, Biological Restoration, Invasive Species, Wildlife Ecology Other: Phylogeography, Crocodylian biology, Molecular ecology
Barry, Savannah savanna.barry@ufl.edu	Nature Coast Biological Station	Coastal Ecology, Ecological Restoration, Ecosystem Ecology, Environmental Education, Marine Ecology Other: Seagrass ecology, Water quality, Coastal restoration, Living shorelines, Citizen science
Bartels, Wendy-Lin wendylin@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences	Anthropology, Human Dimensions, Natural Resource Conservation and Management Other: Community engagement, Scientist-stakeholder networks, Inter-agency partnerships, Rural development, Family farming
Baruzzi, Carolina carolina.baruzzi@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation North Florida Research and Education Center	Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Ecological Restoration, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Plant Ecology Other: Human-wildlife conflicts, Habitat restoration, Fire ecology, Crop predation, Wildlife habitat management, Ecological communities dynamics
Bayabil, Haimanote hbayabil@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Tropical Research and Education Center	Agricultural Production, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Climate Change, Global Sustainable Development, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Water Resources Other: Soil hydrology and soil-water-plant interactions, Agricultural water management, Precision agriculture applications, Crop simulation, Hydrologic modeling
Bean, Eban ezbean@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Soil Resources, Sustainable Infrastructure, Water Resources Other: Stormwater management, Water quantity and quality, Low-impact development, Sustainable development to reduce nonpoint source pollution
Behringer, Donald behringer@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Climate Change, Coastal Ecology, Ecological Restoration, Freshwater Ecology, Invasive Species Other: Marine disease ecology, Crustacean fishery ecology, Intersection between disease and invasion ecology, Hard-bottom habitat conservation and restoration
Bhadha, Jehangir H. behringer@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Everglades Research and Education Center	Agricultural Production, Biogeochemistry, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Soil Resources, Water Resources, Sustainable Agriculture, Nutrient Management, Water Quality
Bisesi, Joseph jbisesi@ufl.edu	Environmental and Global Health	Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Governance and Policy, Environmental Science, Invasive Species Other: Aquatic toxicology; Wastewater epidemiology; Invasive species management
Blackburn, David dblackburn@ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, Evolutionary Biology, Paleoecology, Phylogenetics, Biogeography Other: Amphibians; Biogeography; Comparative anatomy; Evolutionary biology; Systematics
Blackburn, Jason jkblackburn@ufl.edu	Geography	Ecological Modeling, Human Geography, Microbial Ecology Other: Zoonotic diseases; Wildlife diseases; Disease transmission pathways and spillover between species; Ecological niche modeling; Spatial-temporal modeling for epidemiology; disease ecology, anthrax transmission dynamics
Bliznyuk, Nikolay nbliznyuk@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, ecological modeling, statistics Other: Bayesian Statistics, Computational Statistics, Computer Experiments, Environmental Applications, High-dimensional Data, Inverse Problems, Monte Carlo Methods, Spatial and Spatiotemporal Modeling
Bohlman, Stephanie sbohlman@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Biodiversity, climate science, landscape ecology, socio-ecological systems, terrestrial ecology Other: How species/functional group composition and forest structure will respond to climate change and the effects of these responses on ecosystem functioning
Bohnett, Eve evebohnett@ufl.edu	Landscape Architecture	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, conservation biology, data science, ecological modeling, natural resource conservation and management, sustainable infrastructure Other: Geospatial conservation planning; Landscape connectivity modeling; Climate refugia and extreme heat metrics; Spatial ecology and biodiversity monitoring
Bonzongo, Jean-Claude Justin bonzongo@ufl.edu	Sustainable Infrastructure and Development	Biogeochemistry, water resources Other: Environmental chemistry, Water chemistry, Emerging pollutants (PFAS, microplastics, nano materials), water treatment, sediment and soil remediation
Boote, Kenneth kjboote@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Agricultural production, plant ecology Other: crop physiology, crop growth modeling
Borgato, Ednaldo ednaldo.borgato@ufl.edu	Agronomy West Florida Research and Education Center	Agricultural production, Agroecology, Evolutionary biology, Invasive species Other: agronomy; cropping systems; troublesome weeds; weed biology; weed ecology; weed evolution; integrated weed management; sustainable weed management
Branch, Lyn branchl@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, conservation biology, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology Other: Impacts of landscape change on wildlife; evaluation of effectiveness of biodiversity conservation strategies; ecology and conservation of mammals in Latin America
Braswell, Anna a.braswell@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Climate change, coastal ecology, ecological restoration, ecosystem ecology, wetland ecology Other: Coastal Ecosystems; Coastal Resilience; Marsh Ecology; Coastal Restoration
Brenner, Mark brenner@ufl.edu	Geological Sciences	Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, paleoecology, water resources Other: Tropical Paleoclimate; Cultural Eutrophication; Biogeochemical Cycles; Climate-Human-Environment Interactions
Broadbent, Eben eben@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Conservation biology, ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, socio-ecological systems Other: tropical forest ecology; remote sensing; canopy ecology, geospatial analyses; landscape simulation models
Brown, Julie jbrown@coe.ufl.edu	Teaching and Learning	TBA Other: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Integration, Data Collection and Analysis, Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning, Science Education
Bruck, Jules jbruck@ufl.edu	Landscape Architecture	Coastal ecology, socio-ecological systems, sustainable infrastructure, urban and regional planning Other: coastal resilience, green infrastructure and public perception of sustainable landscape practices
Bruna, Emilio embruna@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Center for Latin American Studies	Biodiversity, conservation biology, ecological modeling, global change ecology, plant ecology Other: Tropical Biology, Plant demography, Plant population ecology, mutualisms, habitat fragmentation, metascience, scientometrics
Brym, Zachary brymz@ufl.edu	Agronomy Tropical Research and Education Center	Agroecology, biodiversity, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems Other: data-supported adaptive management practices, role of Biodiversity and scale in agroecosystems, distribution and management of invasive plant and pest species, impacts of management practices on crop production and environmental conservation
Callaghan, Corey c.callaghan@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Biodiversity, conservation biology, environmental education, global change ecology, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, terrestrial ecology, urban ecology, wildlife ecology Other: biodiversity change; citizen science; quantitative ecology
Camp, Edward edvcamp@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Ecological economics, environmental governance and policy, socio-ecological systems Other: interconnected ecological, socioeconomic, and governance dynamics that influence value, market activity, ecosystem function, and ultimately stakeholder quality of life
Campbell, Catherine cgcampbell@ufl.edu	Family, Youth, and Community Services	Environmental governance and policy, human dimensions, public health, social science, sustainable food systems Other: Urban agriculture; community food systems; local food regulation; food access and nutrition security; food and agriculture law and policy
Campbell, Lindsay lcampbell2@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory	Insect ecology, landscape ecology Other: epizootics; distribution, abundances, and functional connectivity of medically important vector species
Campos-Krauer, Juan jmcampos@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biogeography, ecological modeling, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology Other: animal health; disease ecology; emerging zoonotic and vector borne diseases; veterinary parasitology; historical biogeography and phylogeography; Biodiversity and Invasive Species; identifying common pathogens affecting white-tail deer in Florida
Carlson, Andrew andrew.carlson@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Biodiversity, freshwater ecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems Other: Fisheries Science; Fisheries Ecology; Fisheries Management; Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Carney, Jeffrey j.carney@ufl.edu	Landscape Architecture	Coastal ecology, ecosystem services, environmental education, global sustainable development, renewable energy Other: Resilience, adaptation, affordable housing, community design
Carthy, Raymond ngosi@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	Coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, marine ecology, wildlife ecology Other: Coastal ecosystems; marine megafauna; endangered species; human response to coastal climate change; uncrewed aircraft systems for natural resource applications.
Cellinese, Nico ncellinese@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, biogeography, ecological modeling, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics Other: Angiosperms, population genetics, origins of endemism, islands and archipelagoes, patterns of diversification.
Chagaris, David dchagaris@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Nature Coast Biological Station	Ecological modeling, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: fisheries; population dynamics; ecosystem modeling; food web dynamics
Chapman, Frank fchapman@ufl.edu	Agronomy Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Agricultural production, conservation biology, environmental education, sustainable food systems Other: Aquaculture as a tool for conservation and sustainable food production system at a small-scale
Chase, Carlene cachase@ufl.edu	Horticultural Sciences	Agricultural production, agroecology, ecosystem services, sustainable food systems Other: weed science; ecological weed management; cover crops; living mulches; sustainable cropping systems; organic production
Child, Brian bchild@ufl.edu	Geography	Environmental governance and policy, global change ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: catastrophes, conservation, and conflict; sustainability and global environmental change; protected area management; conservation of natural resources
Clark, Mark clarkmw@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Ecological restoration, ecosystem services, soil resources, water resources, wetland ecology Other: wetland nutrient assimilation and storage processes; vegetative succession dynamics; wetland macrophyte ecophysiology; ecological engineering design using wetland processes to improve water quality and enhance ecological function of altered landscapes
Clarke, Mysha mysha.clarke@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Environmental governance and policy, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, science communication, socio-ecological systems Other: environmental decision-making; invasive species management on private non-industrial family forestlands; communication of invasive insects in the media; urban gardens connectivity; urban forest change over time
Coenen, Danny dcoenen@ufl.edu	School of Natural Resources and Environment	Climate change, environmental education, environmental science, global change ecology, socio-ecological systems Other: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Coers, Natalie ncoers@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Environmental education, global sustainable development, science communication, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems Other: Leadership Development for Global Challenges; Systems Thinking; Systems Mapping; Pedagogy; Sustainable Development Goals
Cohen, Matthew mjc@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Biogeochemistry, soil resources, water resources, wetland ecology Other: watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry with an emphasis on wetland processes
Collins, Angela abcollins@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory	Coastal ecology, ecosystem services, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management, science communication Others: Fisheries Science, Aquaculture, Commercial and Recreational Marine Fisheries, Working Waterfronts, Bivalve Shellfish Aquaculture, Cooperative Research
Contreras, Daniel daniel.contreras@ufl.edu	Anthropology	Anthropology, climate change, human geography, socio-ecological systems Other: geospatial archaeology; anthropogenic landscapes; digital archaeology; Central Andes
Court, Christa ccourt@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Disturbance ecology, ecological economics, ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: simulation modeling of plantation and natural forests at multiple scales; landscape modeling of pine forests; habitat suitability modeling of plant and animal species; applications of neural networks for prediction of complex ecological characteristics
Crandall, Raelene raecrandall@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Biodiversity, disturbance ecology, ecological restoration, natural resource conservation and management, terrestrial ecology Other: Fire regimes and plant communities; Plant population ecology; Interacting disturbances; Fire science communication
Cropper, Wendell wcropper@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology Other: simulation modeling of plantation and natural forests at multiple scales; landscape modeling of pine forests; habitat suitability modeling of plant and animal species; applications of neural networks for prediction of complex ecological characteristics
Dale, Adam agdale@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Biodiversity, climate change, global change ecology, global sustainable development, insect ecology, invasive species, sustainability, urban ecology Other: Insect ecology; urban ecology; integrated pest management; urban forestry
Daniels, Jaret jdaniels@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History Entomology and Nematology	Conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, environmental education, insect ecology, urban ecology Other: Insect ecology and conservation, conservation genomics, conservation planning, pollination biology, reintroduction biology, at-risk species management, public outreach and education
Daniels, Michael mdaniels@stat.ufl.edu	Statistics	Statistics Other: biostatistics; Bayesian methodology; methodology for (incomplete) longitudinal data; methodology for casual inference
Daroub, Samira sdaroub@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Everglades Research and Education Center	Agroecology, ecological modeling, natural resource conservation and management, soil resources, water resources Other: best management practices, water management, sustainability of organic soils and agriculture in the Everglades Agricultural Area; computer simulation of crop growth and development
Davis, Jack davisjac@ufl.edu	History	Environmental science, history, science communication Other: environmental history, sustainability studies
deFrance, Susan sdef@ufl.edu	Anthropology	Anthropology, biogeography, coastal ecology Other: zooarchaeology; coastal adaptations; Caribbean animal importations and movement of exotics in pre-Columbian cultures
Denslow, Nancy ndenslow@ufl.edu	Physiological Sciences	Conservation biology, ecological/environmental genomics, freshwater ecology, water resources Other: Environmental toxicology; OMICS analyses; aquatic toxicology; drinking water resources; contamination of the environment; pesticides and herbicides
Diaz, John M. john.diaz@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication Gulf Coast Research and Education Center	Environmental education, environmental governance and policy, natural resource conservation and management, public health, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems Other: Extension education, community development, public health, evaluation, behavior change
Diehl, David dcdiehl@ufl.edu	Family, Youth, and Community Services	Human dimensions Other: evaluation research; youth in foster care; community resource organizations; child welfare
DiMaggio, Matthew mdimaggi@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory	Agricultural production, freshwater ecology, invasive species, sustainable food systems Other: Aquaculture, fish physiology
Donovan, Victoria victoria.donovan@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences West Florida Research and Education Center	TBA Other:
Dubeux, Jose dubeux@ufl.edu	Agronomy North Florida Research and Education Center	Agricultural production, climate change, ecosystem services, soil resources Other: ecosystem services; integrated crop-livestock systems; grassland ecology; grazing management; soil organic carbon
Dukes, Michael mddukes@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Agricultural production, soil resources, sustainable infrastructure, water resources Other: irrigation and drainage engineering; water quantity and quality issues; crop consumptive use/evapotranspiration; Best Management Practices to reduce nonpoint source pollution
Dumitru, Oana-Alexandra odumitru@ufl.edu	Geological Sciences	Climate change, climate science Other: Sea level; Paleoclimatology, past sea-level reconstruction and climate using fossil corals and speleothems; U-Th dating lab
Durham, Bryndan b.durham@ufl.edu	Biology	Biogeochemistry, biogeography, ecological/environmental genomics, marine ecology, microbial ecology Other: microbial interactions; phytoplankton; microbial metabolism; carbon and sulfur cycling; chemical ecology
Dutton, Christopher duttonc@ufl.edu	Biology	Ecological/environmental genomics, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, microbial ecology, water resources Other: Ecosystem Ecology; Microbiomes; Animal Health; Carbon Cycling
Ellington, Hance e.ellington@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Range Cattle Research and Education Center	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, invasive species, urban ecology, wildlife ecology Other: Movement Ecology; Population Ecology; Human-Wildlife Conflict; Biodiversity Monitoring; Rangeland Management
Emery, Katherine kemery@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, paleoecology, socio-ecological systems Other: environmental archaeology; zooarchaeology; Central American paleoecology; human environmental impact
Enloe, Heather heather.enloe@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Science communication, urban ecology, water resources Other: water science
Enloe, Stephen sfenloe@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Ecological restoration, invasive species Other: invasive plant management; integrated pest management; invasion ecology; weed science; aquatic plants
Ennes, Megan megan.ennes@ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Climate change, environmental education, science communication Other: climate change communication; broadening participation in science; museum education; civic engagement for the environment
Ernst, S.K. Morgan skmorgane@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, global change ecology, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology Other: Biodiversity dynamics; ecological forecasting; long-term ecology; community ecology
Fletcher, Robert robert.fletcher@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, conservation biology, ecological restoration, global change ecology, invasive species, landscape ecology, statistics, wetland ecology, wildlife ecology Other: landscape ecology; ornithology; population biology; quantitative science
Flory, Luke flory@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Biodiversity, climate change, global change ecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, plant ecology, urban ecology Other: invasion ecology; forest ecology; fire ecology; urban ecology; interactions among global change drivers; emerging pathogens; disturbance
Francis-Floyd, Ruth rffloyd@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Marine ecology Other: aquatic medicine; production aquaculture; clinical fish medicine
Frank, Kathryn kifrank@ufl.edu	Urban and Regional Planning	Environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, urban and regional planning Other: Environmental planning; rural; regional; community engagement; resilience
Fu, Rachel racheljuichifu@ufl.edu	Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, global sustainable development, renewable energy, social science, statistics, sustainability Other: AI and Data Science in THEM, Business, and Transportation; Economic Impact Assessments; Forecasting Methods and Applications; Consumer/Visitor Behavior Studies; Leadership
Gao, Zhifeng zfgao@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Agricultural production, ecological economics Other: Improving profitability and environmental stewardship for small and medium farms by identifying new market opportunities; adapting and expanding high tunnel organic vegetable production for the southeast
Gauthier, Nicolas nicolas.gauthier@ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History Geography	Agroecology, artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, ecological economics, ecological modeling, global change ecology, human geography, landscape ecology, paleoecology, socio-ecological systems, statistics Other: human ecology; paleoclimate; land use; computational modeling; complex systems
Gerber, Stefan sgerber@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Biogeochemistry, climate change, ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology Other: Biogeochemistry Modeling, Climate Change-Biogeochemistry interaction, Earth system Modeling, Carbon Cycle, Macro-element cycle, Terrestrial ecosystems
Gettys, Lyn lgettys@ufl.edu	Agronomy Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Ecological restoration, freshwater ecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, plant ecology Other: aquatic ecosystem restoration; invasive plant management; native wetland plant culture and production
Gilbert, Robert ragilber@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Agricultural production, plant ecology, sustainable food systems Other: sugarcane
Gold, Martin mgold@ufl.edu	Architecture	Sustainable Infrastructure, Urban & Regional Planning Other: environmental technologies; infrastructural, civic, and residential projects responsive to climate and character of Florida landscape
Golmohammadi, Golmar g.golmohammadi@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Range Cattle Research and Education Center	Sustainable infrastructure, water resources Other: Developing sustainable water management practices to conserve water and improve water quality in the face of future Climate Change
Good, Ryan ryangood@ufl.edu	School of Natural Resources and Environment	Environmental education, global sustainable development, human geography, natural resource conservation & management, socio-ecological systems Other: Human Dimensions of Environmental Change; Socio–spatial Dimensions of Economic Development; Environmental Education and Pedagogy
Gordon, Doria dgordon@ufl.edu	Biology	Climate change, conservation biology, ecological restoration, invasive species Other: natural climate solutions; agricultural GHG mitigation; governance of agricultural and environmental biotechnology; forest conservation and restoration; fire ecology; invasive species risk assessment
Goss, Erica emgoss@ufl.edu	Plant Pathology	Agroecology, ecological economics, evolutionary biology, invasive species, microbial ecology Other: Emerging plant pathogens; microbial evolution; microbial population genomics.
Graham, Wendy wgraham@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Climate change, ecological modeling, water resources Other: integrated hydrologic modeling; groundwater Resources evaluation and remediation; evaluation of impacts of Agricultural Production on surface and groundwater quality; evaluation of impacts of climate variability and Climate Change on hydrologic systems
Grunwald, Sabine sabgru@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	agroecology, artificial intelligence/machine learning, biogeography, climate change, ecological modeling, ecosystem services, global change ecology, global sustainable development, natural resource conservation & management, soil resources, terrestrial ecology Other: GeoAI, AI and carbon modeling, pedometrics, AI & soil-ecosystem modeling, climate-smart agricultural management, proximal sensing and remote sensing
Guralnick, Robert rguralnick@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History Biology	Biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, ecological modeling, global change ecology Other: phenology, community science, interactions, macroevolution, macroecology
Guzman Gutierrez, Sandra sandra.guzmangut@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Indian River Research and Education Center	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, ecological modeling, ecosystem services, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, water resources Other: smart irrigation, precision irrigation, hydrological modeling, water conservation and sustainability
Hahn, Daniel dahahn@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Biodiversity, climate change, evolutionary biology, insect ecology, sustainable food systems Other: Sustainable insect pest management, global change biology, seasonal biology, sexual selection, sterile insect technique
Hahn, Philip hahnp@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Biodiversity, insect ecology, invasive species, plant ecology, statistics Other: community ecology; plant-herbivore interactions; biocontrol
Hailegraw, Niguss Solomon nhailegnaw@ufl.edu	Agronomy Everglades Research and Education Center	Agricultural production, artificial intelligence/machine learning, environmental science, soil resources, sustainability Other: Nutrient management, Sustainable Crop production, Soil fertility, Water quality, Precision agriculture
Hallett, Matthew mhallett2320@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Human dimensions, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems Other: Tropical ecology & conservation, population dynamics & spatial distribution of medium & large-bodied mammals, human dimensions of wildlife management, participatory research, community-based wildlife conservation & management.
Hammond, William williamhammond@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Climate change, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology, plant ecology Other: tree mortality; forest health; ecophysiology; plant hydraulics; global change ecology
Hanson, Rebecca r.hanson@ufl.edu	Sociology and Criminology and Law	Socio-ecological systems, sociology Other: crime and citizen security; political sociology; urban sociology; social movements and citizen participation
Harley, Joel joel.harley@ufl.edu	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Data science Other: Signal Processing, Data Science, Acoustics, Nondestructive Evaluation, Structural Health Monitoring, Speech Processing
Hatfield, Kirk kirk.hatfield@essie.ufl.edu	Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment	Ecological modeling, water resources Other: groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling; groundwater remediation; surface water and groundwater modeling; water resource allocation modeling
He, Zhenli zhe@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Indian River Research and Education Center	Biogeochemistry, natural resource conservation and management, soil resources Other: biogeochemical processes; management of nutrients and contaminants in soil-plant-water systems; water management for sustainable agriculture
Heckenberger, Michael mheck@ufl.edu	Anthropology	Anthropology, socio-ecological systems Other: pre-industrial complex societies; historical and political ecology; interdisciplinary approaches; anthropology of the body
Hellgren, Eric hellgren@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Conservation biology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology Other: Wildlife Nutrition and Physiology; Wildlife Demography; Mammalian Ecology
Hensel, Marc mhensel@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Science Nature Coast Biological Station	Biodiversity, coastal ecology, global change ecology, marine ecology Other: predator-prey dynamics, tropicalization, megafauna, predictive ecology
Her, Young Gu yher@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Tropical Research and Education Center	Climate change, ecological modeling, natural resource conservation and management, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, water resources Other: hydrological modeling; impact assessment; adaptation plan and practice development; water quality; sea level rise
Hill, Jeffrey jeffhill@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory	Coastal ecology, freshwater ecology, invasive species Other: Non-native and invasive species; risk assessment; risk management; fish ecology; aquaculture-environment interaction
Hochmair, Hartwig Henry hhochmair@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Geography, natural resource conservation and management, urban and regional planning Other: spatio-temporal analysis of geo-data using GIS, travel behavior, data quality analysis of geo-data
Hoctor, Thomas tomh@geoplan.ufl.edu	Landscape Architecture	Biodiversity, climate change, coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecological restoration, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, environmental governance and policy, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology Other: Reserve design; wildlife corridors; ecological connectivity; regional landscape conservation; spatial conservation prioritization; ecosystem services
Holt, Robert rdholt@ufl.edu	Biology	Biodiversity, biogeography, conservation biology, ecological modeling, evolutionary biology Other: theoretical ecology, interspecific interactions, habitat fragmentation, spatial ecology, eco-evolutionary dynamics, range limits, niche conservatism and evolution, infectious disease ecology.
Hoogenboom, Gerrit gerrit@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Agricultural production, agroecology, climate change, sustainable food systems Other: Crop Modeling; Decision Support Systems; Food and Nutrition Security; Resource Management; Sustainability; Climate Smart Agriculture
Horton, Robert rhorton3@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Data science, environmental governance and policy, renewable energy Other: Complex Systems Resilience; Critical Infrastructure; Risk Management; Resilience; Engineered Systems
Hostetler, Mark hostetm@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, sustainable infrastructure, urban ecology, urban and regional planning Other: design and management of “green” communities; biodiversity conservation; resource efficient communities
Hull, Vanessa vhull@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, conservation biology, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, wildlife ecology Other: coupled human and natural systems, protected areas, wildlife ecology
Hundemer, Sarah shundemer@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Climate change, environmental education, natural resource conservation and management, science communication, water resources Other: Human dimensions of ag and natural resources; communication strategy; stakeholder engagement and conflict; partisanship; ethics; behavior change
Iannone, Basil biannone@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Biodiversity, ecological restoration, plant ecology, urban ecology Other: Urban ecology; Sustainable development; Ecological restoration; Designed ecosystems; Plant ecology
Inglett, Patrick pinglett@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Ecology	Biogeochemistry, ecological restoration, soil resources, wetland ecology Other: Nitrogen Cycling; Phosphorus Cycling; Greenhouse Gases; Stable Isotopic Ratios; Nitrogen Fixation; Constructed Wetlands; Carbon Sequestration; Water Quality and Nutrient Limitation; Periphyton Communities; Everglades Restoration
Jawitz, James jawitz@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Climate change, ecological modeling, water resources Others: Water quality, Sea level rise, Ecohydrological modeling, Groundwater, Wetlands
Ji, Xinde xji1@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, ecological economics, environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, public health, water resources Other: Climate Impact and Adaptation; Water Scarcity; Environment and Health; Environmental economics; Air Pollution
John, Grace gracejohn@ufl.edu	Biology	Ecosystem services, environmental science, plant ecology, urban ecology, water resources Other: Plant-Environment Interactions; Ecological Physiology; Plant Structural and Functional Diversity; Abiotic Stress; Water Use Efficiency; Sustainable Urban Landscapes
Johnson, Daniel johnson.daniel@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, biogeography, ecological modeling, global change ecology, natural resource conservation and management, plant ecology, terrestrial ecology Other: Forest Management, Forest Community Ecology, Species Diversity, Species Coexistence
Johnson, Steven tadpole@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Conservation biology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, science communication, wildlife ecology Other: Conservation, ecology, and management of amphibians and reptiles, especially imperiled species; ecology and management of introduced and invasive terrestrial vertebrates
Jones, Douglas dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Marine ecology, paleoecology Other: marine mollusks as indicators of past and present environmental conditions
Judge, Jasmeet jasmeet@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering	Agricultural production, artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, ecosystem services, soil resources, statistics Other: Satellite remote sensing and machine learning applications for near-real time crop and soil conditions; Remote Sensing; Hydrology; Hydrology modeling
Judy, Jonathan jonathan.judy@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Agroecology, soil resources, terrestrial ecology Other: contaminants (e.g. nanomaterials, metals, microplastics, nitrogen transported from areas used for intensive agriculture/grazing) and their effects on terrestrial biota
Kadyampakeni, Davie Mayeso dkadyampakeni@ufl.edu	Citrus Research and Education Center	Agricultural production, agroecology, plant ecology, soil resources, sustainability, sustainable food systems, water resources Other: Water quantity/quality, Soil quality and management, Crop/soil modeling
Kahler, Jessica Siders jkahler@ufl.edu	Sociology and Criminology and Law	Human dimensions, socio-ecological systems, sociology Other: community-based wildlife crime prevention; conservation criminology; environmental justice; situational crime prevention; wildlife crime; wildlife guardianship
Kainer, Karen A kkainer@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Center for Latin American Studies	Ecosystem ecology, human dimensions, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, sustainability Other: community-based forest management systems; advancement and application of the ecological science to support conservation of neotropical systems through sustainable use
Kane, Andrew S kane@ufl.edu	Environmental and Global Health	Ecological/environmental genomics, public health, socio-ecological systems, water resources Other: aquatic pathology and toxicology; behavioral toxicology of infectious diseases; environmental change; environmental health; zoonoses
Kaplan, David A dkaplan@ufl.edu	Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment	Agroecology, artificial intelligence/machine learning, biogeochemistry, climate change, coastal ecology, ecological modeling, ecological restoration, ecosystem services, freshwater ecology, global change ecology, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, sustainable infrastructure, water resources, wetland ecology Other: wetland ecology and management; watershed hydrology; climate and land-use change; coastal ecosystems; ecological modeling
Kawahara, Akito kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, ecological/environmental genomics, evolutionary biology, insect ecology Other: macroevolution, genomics, lepidoptera, predator-prey interactions
Keellings, David James djkeellings@ufl.edu	Geography	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, climate science Other: Earth System Science; Climatology; Extreme Events; Global Environmental Change
Keiser, Carl (Nick) ckeiser@ufl.edu	Biology	Insect ecology Other: Behavioral disease ecology, parisitology, animal behavior
Kiker, Gregory A gkiker@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Agroecology, climate change, ecological modeling, environmental science, landscape ecology, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems, sustainable infrastructure Other: Resilience Analysis and Stress-Testing; Savanna Ecological Modeling; Decision Analysis; Pastoralist agroecosystems
Kimball, Rebecca T rkimball@ufl.edu	Biology	Biodiversity, ecological/environmental genomics, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics Other: Avian evolution and behavior, population genomics, genome evolution, behavioral ecology
Klein, Ryan William ryanwklein@ufl.edu	Environmental Horticulture	Human dimensions Other: Arboriculture; Urban Forestry; Risk Assessment; Natural Disasters; Arboricultural best management practices; Urban tree risk; Urban tree establishment and survivability;
Klizentyte, Kotryna kklizentyte@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences	Ecological economics, ecosystem services, environmental governance and policy, natural resource conservation and management Other: Ecosystem Service Valuation; Socio-Economic Impact Analysis; Forest Economics and Policy
Knowles, Harold S hknowles@ufl.edu	Sustainability and the Built Environment	Global sustainable development, renewable energy, socio-ecological systems, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure. urban and regional planning Other: adaptive capacity across the nature-to-urban transect, social justice in community development, improving human and community health in the built environment
Koeser, Andrew K akoeser@ufl.edu	Environmental Horticulture Gulf Coast Research and Education Center	Biodiversity, environmental governance and policy, urban ecology, urban and regional planning Other: tree biomechanics; urban tree diversity; trees and development; urban forest governance; wind and trees
Kowalewski, Michal kowalewski@ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, coastal ecology, conservation biology, marine ecology, paleoecology Other: conservation paleobiology, paleoecology, biostatistics, aquatic invertebrates (mollusks, echinoderms, brachiopods), aquatic benthic ecosystems, R programming
Krigbaum, John krigbaum@ufl.edu	Anthropology	Anthropology, archaeology, biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, human geography, paleoecology, wildlife ecology Other: Biological Anthropology; Isotopic Analysis; Human-Environment Interactions; Prehistoric Subsistence
Lamb, Robert Wellington robert.lamb@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences Nature Coast Biological Station	Biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology, global change ecology, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management, statistics Other: food webs; trophic ecology; biogeography; marine ecology; climate change
Lamino Jarmillo, Pablo pablo.lamino@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Agricultural production, environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, human dimensions, sustainable food systems Other: agricultural leadership, indigenous leadership, food security, migration and agriculture
Larkin, Iskande V ivlarkin@ufl.edu	Large Animal Clinical Sciences	Artifical intelligence/machine learning, environmental education Other: aquatic animal health; effectiveness of online learning strategies; AI in teaching and learning; Machine learning in tissue analysis; manatee reproduction, physiology and behavior
Larkin, Sherry L slarkin@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Ecological economics, natural resource conservation and management Other: natural resource and environmental economics; environmental policy and law; economic issues related to forestry; harmful algal blooms; precision farming
Lashley, Marcus Alan marcus.lashley@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Disturbance ecology, ecosystem ecology, plant ecology, wildlife ecology Other: disturbance ecology, predator-prey dynamics
Laughinghouse, Dail hlaughinghouse@ufl.edu	Agronomy Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Coastal ecology, ecological/environmental genomics, freshwater ecology, microbial ecology, phylogenetics Other: harmful algal blooms, cyanobacteria, algae, toxins, systematics
LeFebvre, Michelle J mlefebvre@floridamuseum.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Anthropology, archaeology, biodiversity, socio-ecological systems, sustainability Other: Heritage conservation; Archaeology of human-environment relationships; Conservation paleobiology; Cultural and biological heritage resilience; Community engaged museum science
Leibold, Mathew mleibold@ufl.edu	Biology	Biodiversity, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology Other: Aquatic ecology; food webs; eutrophication; community assembly; ecosystem functioning
Lescord, Gretchen lescord.g@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Ecological/environmental genomics, freshwater ecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, water resources Other: modeling contaminant accumulation in freshwater fish and food webs; food web modeling; participatory science
Li, Jiayang jiayangli@ufl.edu	Landscape Architecture	Socio-ecological systems, sustainable infrastructure Other: nature-based solutions; landscape architecture; climate change adaptation; resilient design
Li, Yue yueli2@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, environmental education, social science, sustainability Other: AI in environmental education; Professional development for environmental educators; Environmental behavior change; Community engagement
Li, Yuncong yunli@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Tropical Research and Education Center	Soil resources, water resources Other: saltwater intrusion; controlled-release fertilizers; bio-fertilizers; soil testing calibration for calcareous soils; Tropical Ecosystems
Liao, Hui-Ling sunny.liao@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences North Florida Research and Education Center	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, biogechemistry, biogeography, ecological/environmental genomics, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, evolutionary biology, global change ecology, microbial ecology Other: microbial evolution, fungal genomics, fungal genetics, bioinformatics, soil health, microbial symbiosis
Liburd, Oscar Emanuel oeliburd@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Invasive species Other: small fruit and vegetable pest management with an emphasis on blueberry pests
Lichstein, Jeremy W jlichstein@ufl.edu	Biology	Biodiversity, biogeochemistry, climate change, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology, plant ecology, terrestrial ecology Other: forest ecology, carbon cycle, climate change, ecosystem ecology, biodiversity
Lin, Yang ylin2@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Agroecology, biogeochemistry, climate change, ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, global change ecology, landscape ecology, soil resources, terrestrial ecology, wetland ecology Other: Soil organic matter persistence and decomposition; soil health assessment; redox biogeochemistry
Loiselle, Bette Ann loiselleb@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Center for Latin American Studies	Biodiversity, conservation biology, socio-ecological systems, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology Other: frugivory and seed dispersal ecology; ecology and evolution of lek-mating systems; population and spatial ecology of tropical birds; interdisciplinary approaches to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
Loizzo, Jamie Lynn jloizzo@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, environmental education, natural resource conservation and management, science communication Other: science communication social science; arts-based research; online engagement; science-based decision-making
Longo Berrios, Ana Veronica ana.longo@ufl.edu	Biology	Conservation biology, ecological/environmental genomics, evolutionary biology, invasive species, microbial ecology Other: disease ecology, herpetology, host-pathogen/parasite interactions
Lord, Cynthia C clord@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory	Ecological modeling, insect ecology, microbial ecology Other: disease transmission; vector-borne disease; ecology and epidemiology of pathogens; pesticide interactions
Lorenzen, Kai klorenzen@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: assessing and improving the use of hatchery and habitat enhancement and restoration measures in fisheries management; fish population biology; conservation of aquatic resources in agricultural landscapes; domestication effects and interactions between cultured and wild fish; epidemiology of fish diseases
Lowerre-Barbieri, Susan K slowerrebarbieri@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	Marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: reproductive resilience in marine fish; reproductive ecology; population ecology; spatial ecology; movement ecology; fisheries ecology
Lucky, Andrea alucky@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Biodiversity, evolutionary biology, environmental education, invasive species Other: Ant systematics; invasive ants; entomology education
Luo, Yi yi.luo@ufl.edu	Landscape Architecture	Biodiversity, climate change, coastal ecology, ecological economics, ecosystem services, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, public health, socio-ecological problems, sustainable infrastructure, urban ecology, urban and regional planning Other: sustainability assessment; microclimate and health; therapeutic landscapes; stormwater management; landscape performance evaluation; sustainability assessment; evaluation metrics and methods; climate change, microclimate, and health; therapeutic landscapes
Lusk, Mary G mary.lusk@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Science Gulf Coast Research and Education Center	Biogeochemistry, global systainable development, urban ecology, water resources Other: stormwater ponds; urban stormwater runoff; wastewater reuse and recycling
Macdonald, Gregory E pineacre@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Agroecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, sustainable food systems Other: weed science; invasive species management; plant/herbicide interaction; stakeholder engagement
Mackowiak, Cheryl echo13@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences North Florida Research and Education Center	Agricultural production, agroecology, soil resources, sustainable food systems, water resources Other: Soil nutrient cycling; water quantity and quality
Main, Martin B mmain@ufl.edu	WIldlife Ecology and Conservation	Conservation biology, human dimensions, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology Other: behavioral ecology; outreach and education; habitat management; citizen education and engagement; Florida Master Naturalist Program
Majure, Lucas C lmajure@ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics Other: Biodiversity Discovery; Caribbean Biodiversity and Biogeography; Evolution of the Dryland Flora of the Americas; Montane Tropical Speciation; Reticulate Evolution and Whole Genome Duplication
Mallinger, Rachel rachel.mallinger@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Disturbance ecology, insect ecology, landscape ecology, plant ecology, urban ecology Other: pollinator community dynamics; plant-pollinator interactions at multiple spatial scales
Maltais Landry, Gabriel maltaislandryg@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Agricultural production, agroecology, biogeochemistry, ecosystem services, microbial ecology, soil resources, sustainable food systems Other: Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and nutrient cycling; soil health, quality, and fertility; organic, regenerative, and sustainable agriculture; plant-soil-microbe interactions; agroecosystems and agroecological practices
Martin, Ellen Eckels eemartin@ufl.edu	Geological Sciences	Climate science, paleoecology Other: paleoceanography; paleoclimatology; radiogenic isotope geochemistry; marine sediments
Martin, Jonathan Bowman jbmartin@ufl.edu	Geological Sciences	Biogeochemistry, climate science, coastal ecology, environmental science, hydrology Other: Surface water - groundwater interaction; karst aquifers; coastal aquifers; hydrogeochemistry at high latitudes
Martin, Julien julienmartin@usgs.gov	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center	Ecological modeling, natural resource conservation and management Other: population ecology; ecological forecasting; statistical modeling; decision science
Martin, Timothy A tamartin@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Climate change, ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management, plant ecology, terrestrial ecology Other: tree physiology, forest ecology, forest management
Matyas, Corene J matyas@ufl.edu	Geography	Climate change Other: Precipitation; Tropical Cyclones; Spatial Analysis
Mazzotti, Frank J fjma@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Environmental education, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: conservation planning; endangered species; human impacts on fish and wildlife resources
McCarty, Christopher ufchris@ufl.edu	Anthropology	Anthropology, public health, socio-ecological systems, sociology Other: social network analysis; personal network analysis; migrants; disasters; hypertension; substance abuse
McCleery, Robert Alan ramccleery@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Conservation biology, global change ecology, invasive species, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology Other: mammal conservation, savanna ecology, megafauna, endangered species, mammal communities
McGowan, Conor Patrick conor.mcgowan@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	Ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology Other: population assessment and predictive modeling to support decision making for both harvested species and imperiled species
McKune, Sarah Lindley smckune@ufl.edu	Environmental and Global Health Center for African Studies	Climate change, public health, sustainable food systems Other: maternal and child nutrition; food security; systems thinking; social determinants of health; coupled human-natural systems
Messina, Carlos cmessina@ufl.edu	Horticultural Sciences	Agroecology, Artificial intelligence/machine learning, Climate science, Ecological modeling, Evolutionary biology Other: My research program advances predictive breeding and AI-enabled crop improvement to accelerate genetic gain, improve sustainability, and strengthen food, nutritional, and national security. We research problems at the nexus between biotechnology and AI to address problems with nitrogen use in maize, citrus greening and management, crop improvement of broccoli, tea, sorghum and sweet potatoes that circularizes production systems. Our research is transdisciplinary and takes place across continents and institutions.
Meyer, Julie juliemeyer@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Ecological.environmental genomics, marine ecology, microbial ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: microbiomes; microbiome engineering; microbial genomics; bioinformatics
Migliaccio, Kati White klwhite@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Agroecology, water resources Other: Irrigation; watershed hydrology, water quality, water conservation
Miller, David dmiller@coe.ufl.edu	Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education	Environmental education Other: Psychometrics and Large-Scale Assessment, Evaluation, Assessment, and Research Design
Miller, Deborah Louise dlmi@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation West Florida Research and Education Center	Coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecological restoration, plant ecology Other: Disturbance ecology and restoration; plant/animal interactions; barrier island, wetland and grassland community ecology
Miller, Melissa A melissamiller@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Landscape ecology, invasive species, evolutionary biology, natural resource conservation and management, global change ecology Other: herpetology, molecular ecology
Minogue, Patrick J pminogue@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences North Florida Research and Education Center	Ecological restoration, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, soil resources, water resources, wetland ecology Other: sustainable forest management; fertilization best management practices; management of invasive plants; restoration ecology,
Minteer-Killian, Carey R c.minteerkillian@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology Indian River Research and Education Center	Biodiversity, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, natural science, plant ecology Other: Invasive plant management; Biological control; Integrated Pest Management; Invasion Science; Remote Sensing
Monaghan, Paul F paulf@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Agricultural production, climate change, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, public health, socio-ecological systems, water resources Other: Social features of urban landscape management; water quality and quantity; climate change and agricultural worker safety; disaster preparedness and minority communities.
Monroe, Martha Carrie mcmonroe@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Climate change, environmental education, human dimensions, social science Other: environmental education program design
Morales, Nia n.morales@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Environmental education, human dimensions, natural resource conservation and management, science communication Other: conservation social science
Morrison, Elise S elise.morrison@essie.ufl.edu	Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment	Biogeochemistry, coastal ecology, microbial ecology, wetland ecology Other: carbon dynamics; wetland biogeochemistry; biomarkers
Mossa, Joann mossa@ufl.edu	Geography	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, ecological restoration, natural resource conservation and management, water resources Other: Fluvial Geomorphology; Disturbed Rivers; Restoration: Floods and Droughts; Anthropogenic Impacts
Moulton, Michael P moultonm@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Ecosystem ecology, invasive species Other: introduced vertebrates; introduced birds and reptiles; synanthrope
Mullally, Conner connerm@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Statistics Other: Development economics; agricultural economics; impact evaluation
Mullens, Esther D emullens@ufl.edu	Geography	Climate science, human dimensions, socio-ecological systems Other: precipitation variability, stakeholder science, climate data interpretation,
Munoz-Carpena, Rafael carpena@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, water resources Other: indicator species; vegetation buffers; contaminants transport; uncertainty and sensitivity of environmental models
Murie, Debra Jean dmurie@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Conservation biology, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: Life history of fishes (primarily age and growth, reproduction, and mortality); Marine fisheries ecology (trophic ecology, environmental and human-induced impacts related to fisheries sustainability and conservation)
Myers, Brian E bmyers@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Environmental education Other: Curriculum Development and Implementation, Teacher Education, Design and Delivery of Professional Development
Nadakuduti, Satya Swathi s.nadakuduti@ufl.edu	Horticultural Sciences	Agricultural production, Biodiversity, Ecological/environmental genomics, ecosystem ecology, Plant ecology Other: Plant specialized metabolism; chemical diversity - lipids and alkaloids; DNA barcoding and genomics; Ecological systems; impact of geography on plant metabolites; Florida natives
Nair, Vimala D vdn@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Agroecology, soil resources, water resources Other: sustainable nutrient management; water quality; soil chemistry
Nations, Jonathan Allen jnations@floridamuseum.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, wildlife ecology Other: Mammals, Evolution at different levels and scales, Ecomorphology, Islands, Functional Traits, Systematics, Evolutionary Ecology
Nunes, Marcio marcionunes@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	TBA Other:
Oh, Chamteut chamteutoh@ufl.edu	Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment	Ecological/environmental genomics, Environmental science, Microbial ecology, Public health Other: Microbial water quality; environmental DNA/RNA surveillance; pathogen fate and decay in aquatic systems; antimicrobial resistance in environmental waters; microbial source tracking
Olexa, Michael T olexa@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Environmental governance and policy Other: bell-weather issues of water quality and quantity, pesticide use and impact, Invasive Species and hazardous waste management
Oli, Madan Kumar olim@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Climate change, conservation biology, ecological modeling, evolutionary biology, statistics Other: population ecology, ecological and management of wildlife populations, conservation biology, carnivore conservation
Osborne, Todd Z osbornet@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience	Biogeochemistry, ecosystem services, landscape ecology, soil resources, wetland ecology Other: carbon dynamics; nutrient cycling; estuarine Biogeochemistry; fire effects on biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus; spatial variability of Soil Nutrients at the landscape scale
Ossiboff, Robert J rossiboff@ufl.edu	Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine	Invasive species Other: Infectious diseases of wildlife, Wildlife pathology, Reptile and amphibian disease, Wildlife Disease, Invasive infectious diseases
Overdevest, Christine A coverdev@ufl.edu	Sociology and Criminology and Law	Environmental governance and policy, natural resource conservation and management, sociology Other: environmental sociology; economic sociology; regulation and governance; environmental certification and sustainability standards
Oyuela-Caycedo, Augusto caycedo@ufl.edu	Anthropology	Coastal ecology, landscape ecology, terrestrial biology Other: Historical Ecology, Plants & Humans. Anthropic environments
Page, Larry M lpage1@ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History Biology	Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, freshwater ecology, phylogenetics Other: Systematics, evolution, and ecology of freshwater fishes; protection of aquatic natural areas
Palmer, Todd tmp@ufl.edu	Biology	Biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem services, insect ecology, invasive species, plant ecology, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology Other: Ecology of East African savannas; evolution and ecology of mutualism; plant-herbivore interactions
Patterson, Joshua T joshpatterson@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory	Conservation biology, ecological restoration, natural resource conservation and management Other: restoration aquaculture; coral reefs; physiology of aquatic organisms
Patterson, William Frank will.patterson@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Ecosystem ecology, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: population structure of marine fishes; population connectivity; fisheries assessment and management; population dynamics
Paulay, Gustav paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, biogeography Other: evolution, systematics, and natural history of invertebrates; dynamics of species diversity and distributions; large-scale marine biodiversity surveys
Paulson, Susan spaulson@latam.ufl.edu	Center for Latin American Studies	Climate change, ecological economics, environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, human geography, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems
Perez, Hector E heperez@ufl.edu	Environmental Horticulture	Agricultural production, agroecology climate change, invasive species, plant ecology Other: seed biology; endangered species conservation; plant conservation; native plants; at-risk species
Perz, Stephen sperz@ufl.edu	Sociology and Criminology and Law	Environmental governance and policy, human geography, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, sustainable infrastructure Other: Infrastructure Impacts, Sustainable Development, Latin America, Collaboration, Participatory Research Methods, Environmental Governance
Peterson, Anna annap@ufl.edu	Religion	Climate change, environmental education Other: environmental ethics, climate ethics, animal ethics
Phlips, Edward J phlips@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Freshwater ecology, marine ecology, microbial ecology Other: optimization of algae species for biofuels production; planktonic primary production; causes and consequences of harmful algae in both freshwater and marine ecosystems
Pilyugin, Sergei S pilyugin@ufl.edu	Mathematics	Ecological modeling, microbial ecology Other: mathematical biology; population dynamics; stochastic processes; dynamical systems; differential equations
Ponciano Castellanos, Jose Miguel josemi@ufl.edu	Biology	Ecological modeling, phylogenetics Other: statistical and theoretical ecology; population dynamics and state space models; stochastic processes in ecology, evolution, and phylogenetics
Porazinska, Dorota dorotalp@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Biodiversity, climate change, microbial ecology, soil resources, terrestrial ecology Other: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, Microbial Community Assembly, Molecular/Omics Tools, Nematode Bioindicators, Plant-Soil Interactions
Powell, Abby abbypowell@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Coastal ecology, conservation biology, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology Other: Avian ecology; species of conservation concern; migration ecology
Putz, Francis E fep@ufl.edu	Biology	Conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, plant ecology Other: fire ecology; botany; plant biomechanics; economic botany; natural resource economics
Qiao, Xiaohui xiaohui.qiao@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Agricultural production, urban and regional planning, water resources Other: Disaster impact analysis; Web GIS development; Agroinformatics
Qiu, Jiangxiao qiuj@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Agroecology, artificial intelligence/machine learning, biogeochemistry, ecosystem services, global change ecology, landscape ecology, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems, terrestrial ecology Other: Landscape Ecology; Ecosystem Service; Sustainability; Global Change Ecology; Social-ecological systems; Urban Agriculture
Radunovich, Heidi Liss hliss@ufl.edu	Family, Youth, and Community Sciences	Public health Other: Stress, disaster recovery, military and Veteran mental health, rural mental health, College student mental health
Rechcigl, John Edward rechcigl@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Gulf Coast Research and Education Center	Soil resources, sustainable food systems, water resources Other: soil fertility of pasture grasses and legumes; impact of fertilizers on surface and groundwater quality; fertilizer requirements for tropical grasses with emphasis on sustainable agriculture
Reddy, Rameshwer krr@ufl.edu	School of Natural Resources and Environment Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Agroecology, biogeochemistry, soil resources, water resources, wetland ecology Other: Constructed wetlands, Water Quality, Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles, flooded soils, shallow lakes
Reisinger, Alexander J reisingera@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, socio-ecological systems, urban ecology Other: urban biogeochemistry; freshwater ecosystem ecology; stream ecology; nutrient cycling
Reisinger, Lindsey Sargent lreisinger1@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Biogeochemistry, invasive species, urban ecology Other: parasitism; intraspecies behavioral variation; invasion ecology; community ecology
Reynolds, Laura lkreynolds@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Biodiversity, biogeochemistry, climate change, coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecological restoration, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, global change ecology, marine ecology, plant ecology Other: coastal and marine ecology; biodiversity; population genetics; ecosystem restoration
Ribeiro Do Valle, Denis drvalle@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biogeochemistry, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology, environmental governance and policy, global change ecology, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, statistics, sustainable infrastructure, wildlife ecology Other: LiDAR; Bayesian models; Uncertainty quantification; machine learning; remote sensing
Ries, Robert rries@ufl.edu	Construction Management	Ecological modeling, sustainable infrastructure, urban and regional planning Other: Life cycle assessment and optimization; green building construction; environmental impact assessment of buildings
Rios, Esteban Fernando estebanrios@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Agricultural production, agroecology, plant ecology Other: Plant breeding; genetics; genetic diversity; genomic-enabled breeding; forage and cover crop improvement
Roberts, Grady groberts@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Environmental education, global sustainable development Other: education; training; capacity building; extension; adult learning; agricultural development
Robertson, Ellen ellen.robertson@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	TBA Other:
Robinson, Scott K srobinson@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, conservation biology, global change ecology, urban ecology, wildlife ecology Other: Avian community and conservation ecology; habitat fragmentation; community change on environmental gradients
Rolando, Jose L jlrolando@ufl.edu	Microbiology and Cell Science Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center	Biogeochemistry, climate change, ecological/environmental genomics, global change ecology, microbial ecology Other: Plant and Soil Microbiomes; Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles; Coastal Wetlands
Romagosa, Christina M cmromagosa@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology
Rossi, Lorenzo l.rossi@ufl.edu	Indian River Research and Education Center	Agricultural production, agroecology, climate change, ecological/environmental genomics Other: genetic and environmental stresses on roots, citrus greening, development of disease-resistant trees
Ruiz, Jorge jorgerm@ufl.edu	Family, Youth, and Community Services	Socio-ecological systems, human dimensions, social science Other: financial decision-making and outcomes; behavioral and psychological predictors of financial well-being among households, consumers, and farmers; application of quantitative and qualitative social and behavioral research methodologies to support the adoption of economically viable and practical strategies in agriculture
Ryan, Sadie J sjryan@ufl.edu	Geography Center for African Studies	Climate change, ecological modeling, global change ecology, landscape ecology public health, socio-ecological systems Other: Vector borne diseases; climate sensitive diseases; geospatial modeling; disease ecology; disease emergence; invasion ecology; dengue; malaria; ticks; mosquitoes
Salemi, Marco salemi@pathology.ufl.edu	Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine	Biogeography, phylogenetics Other: Molecular evolution and phylogeography or pathogenic bacteria, MSRA, V. Cholera
Sandoval Gutierrez, Hector Hugo hsandoval@ufl.edu	Economics	Renewable energy, statistics Other: Applied microeconomics; Energy economics; Energy efficiency; Economics of solar power, energy efficiency
Sassaman, Kenneth Edward sassaman@ufl.edu	Anthropology	Archaeology, disturbance ecology Other: Archaic and woodland periods of the American Southeast, technological change, community patterning, coastal archaeology
Schaffer, Bruce A bas56@ufl.edu	Horticultural Sciences Tropical Research and Education Center	Other: Ecophysiology of subtropical and tropical horticultural crops
Scheffers, Brett Ryan brett.scheffers@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, ecological restoration, global change ecology, urban ecology Other: Tropical ecology and conservation; ecophysiology; multidimensional species distributions in rainforest canopy environments; microhabitat buffering in structurally complex environments
Serra, Renata rserra@ufl.edu	Center for African Studies	Environmental governance and policy, socio-ecological systems Other: Political economy of agriculture; vulnerability and resilience to Climate Change; gender and intersectionality; women’s empowerment; livestock sector development; social capital and collective action; microfinance
Sharma, Lakesh Kumar lakesh.sharma@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Agricultural production, agroecology, soil resources Other: Nutrient, pesticide, and waste management; precision agriculture; soil health
Sharma, Vivek vsharma1@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Agricultural production, natural resource conservation and management, water resources Other: Precision Water and Nutrient Management; Irrigation; Evapotranspiration; Remote Sensing; Water Quality
Sharp, Misti mistisharp@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Ecological economics, natural resource conservation and management, sustainable food systems, water resources Other: Natural Resource Economics; Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy; Teaching
Shirey, Vaughn Michael vaughnshirey@ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity, conservation biology, ecological modeling, global change ecology, insect ecology Other: Butterfly and moth ecology; desert ecology; Arctic ecology; AI and statistical modeling; conservation policy; statistical models and artificial intelligence for natural history collections and archives
Short, Andrew E andrew.short@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, insect ecology, phylogenetics
Siders, Zachary zsiders@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Biodiversity, Ecological modeling, Marine ecology, Natural resource conservation and management, Statistics Other: fisheries, population ecology, community ecology, quantitative ecology, endangered species, stock assessment
Sieving, Kathryn E chucao@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Biodiversity, landscape ecology Other: Avian community and landscape ecology; forest Biodiversity conservation
Simmons, Cynthia S cssimmons@ufl.edu	Geography	Ecological economics, ecological/environmental genomics, socio-ecological systems Other: Political ecology; economic development and environmental policy; agrarian reform; land conflict; social processes
Smith, Benjamin B bbsmith@ufl.edu	Political Science	Global sustainable development, natural resource conservation and management Other: resource wealth, resource curse, politics of development
Smith, Daniel J djs3@ufl.edu	Landscape Architecture	Conservation biology, human dimensions, landscape ecology, urban and regional planning, wildlife ecology Other: studying movement patterns and habitat use of terrestrial vertebrates; integrating conservation, transportation, and land-use planning; design and planning of greenways and trails networks; assessing the ecological impacts of roads and traffic; ecological hotspots modeling; performing landscape fragmentation and connectivity assessments
Smith, Matthew E Trufflesmith@ufl.edu	Plant Pathology	Biodiversity, evolutionary biology, microbial ecology, phylogenetics Other: fungal ecology, plant-fungal interactions, animal-fungal interactions, truffles and truffle-like fungi, fungal systematics and biodiversity
Smyth, Ashley R ashley.smyth@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Tropical Research and Education Center	Biogeochemistry, climate change, coastal ecology, ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management Other: Nitrogen Biogeochemistry; Aquaculture; Water Quality; Nutrients
Soltis, Pamela S psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History	Conservation biology, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics Other: Plant molecular systematics; polyploid evolution; conservation genetics; use of natural history collections in ecology and evolutionary biology
Sounny-Slitine, Moulay M
Southworth, Jane jsouthworth@geog.ufl.edu	Geography	Biogeography, climate change, ecological modeling, human geography, socio-ecological systems Other: Land change science; climate variability and Climate Change; savanna systems; coupled human-natural systems analysis; remote sensing; environmental modeling
Stein, Taylor Verne tstein@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems Other: Sustainable outdoor recreation; ecotourism; community-based planning
Steiner, Ruth Lorraine rsteiner@ufl.edu	Urban and Regional Planning	Climate change, environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, public health, sustainable food systems, sustainable infrastructure, urban ecology, urban and regional planning Other: sustainable transportation; land use planning; bicycle and pedestrian planning; urban sustainability; health and the built environment; research design
Stepp, John Richard stepp@ufl.edu	Anthropology Center for Latin American Studies	Agroecology, biodiversity, ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems Other: Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Biocultural Diversity, Indigenous Food Systems, Ethnoecology
Stofer, Kathryn Anne stofer@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Environmental education, science communication Other: Professional development in engagement for researchers; new methods and models of public engagement
Strauss, Sarah L strauss@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Microbiology and Cell Science Southwest Florida Research and Education Center	Agricultural production, agroecology, ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology, soil resources Other: soil microbial ecology; citrus and vegetable agroecosystems; soil health and resiliency for agricultural production
Subalusky, Amanda L asubalusky@ufl.edu	Biology	Biodiversity, biogeochemistry, conservation biology, freshwater ecology, wildlife ecology Other: animal effects on biogeochemical cycling, food webs, ecosystem ecology, land-water connections
Sutton, Lerah K lerahsutton@ufl.edu	Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine	Other: forensic medicine, forensic taphonomy; clandestine gravesite detection and excavation; comparative osteology; human decomposition; estimation of the postmortem interval
Tabay Zambon, Flavia
Taylor, Bron R bron@ufl.edu	Religion	Environmental governance and policy, history, socio-ecological systems Other: Emotional, spiritual, and political dimensions of historical and contemporary environmental movements
Telg, Ricky W rwtelg@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Science communication Other: Agricultural communication, distance education, multimedia development, public relations, media relations
Thetford, Mack thetford@ufl.edu	Environmental Horticulture	Coastal ecology, ecological restoration, plant ecology, sustainable food systems Other: Plant propagation; annual and perennial gardening; dendrology; pomegranate and olive fruit production
Thiele, Leslie Paul thiele@ufl.edu	Political Science	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, sustainability Other: sustainability and emerging technologies
Thomas, Matthew Brian matthewthomas1@ufl.edu	Entomology and Nematology	Agroecology, insect ecology Other: Ecology and control of insects and diseases; environmental factors affecting the dynamics and distribution of vector-borne diseases, development of novel chemical and biological tools for control of malaria, mosquitos, and other urban pests
Thomas, Travis Michael travis.thomas@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Nature Coast Biological Station	Coastal ecology, conservation biology, data science, ecological modeling, freshwater ecology, landscape ecology, natural science, statistics, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology Other: Capture-recapture studies; Bayesian thinking & modeling; Movement patterns & processes; Estimation of survival, occupancy, and population parameters; Developing & utilizing open-source platforms
Townsend, Timothy G ttown@ufl.edu	Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment	Sustainable infrastructure, urban and regional planning Other: Sustainable materials management, geosystems engineering, sustainable construction engineering, solid and hazardous waste management
Tucker, Catherine May tuckerc@ufl.edu	Anthropology Center for Latin American Studies	Agroecology, biodiversity, climate change, conservation biology, environmental governance and policy, water resources Other: environmental governance, mountain socio-ecological systems, coffee agroforestry, community-based natural resource management (forests, watersheds), transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge
Tuckett, Quenton qtuckett@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory	Invasive species, disturbance ecology, freshwater ecology Other: aquaculture, eutrophication, eco-evolutionary dynamics, ecological stoichiometry theory
Tziolas, Nikolaos ntziolas@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Southwest Florida Research and Education Center	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, global sustainable development, soil resources, statistics Other: Remote Sensing; Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Land Degradation; GHGs monitoring
Valenta, Kim L kimvalenta@ufl.edu	Anthropology	Anthropology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology Other: Evolutionary ecology of plant-animal interactions; applied conservation in Madagascar and mainland Africa; plant-animal co-evolution
Vander Zanden, Hannah B hvz@ufl.edu	Biology	Biogeochemistry, coastal ecology, conservation biology, marine ecology, wildlife ecology Other: animal ecology; migration; stable isotopes; sea turtles
Vieira de Paula Moraes, Silvana paula.moraes@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering West Florida Research and Education Center	Insect ecology, invasive species, sustainable food systems Other: integrated pest management; insect resistance management; crop pest management
Vincent, Christopher I civince@ufl.edu	Horticultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center	Agricultural production, agroecology, sustainable food systems Other: Multi-species production systems; tree environmental physiology; carbon fixation and transport; water transport in plants
Vogel, Jason jvogel@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Climate change, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, natural resource conservation and management, terrestrial ecology Other: nutrient cycling, structure, and growth; silviculture
Walden, Heather D hdstockdale@ufl.edu	Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine	Other: Diagnostic parasitology; Parasites of invasive species; Zoonotic parasites; Veterinary Parasitology
Walsh-Childers, Kimberly B kwchilders@jou.ufl.edu	Journalism	Public health, science communication Other: Health journalism, science journalism, newspapers, mass media and adolescent health, media and Public Health, health policy, mass media, multimedia approaches
Wan, Ho Yi wanhoyi@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, Conservation biology, Ecological modeling, Landscape ecology, Wildlife ecology Other: Conversational AI agents with LLMs; Model-based reinforcement learning; Habitat and connectivity modeling; animal movement; human-wildlife conflicts
Wang, Dengjun dengjun.wang@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Biogeochemistry, ecological restoration, environmental science, hydrology, soil resources, water resources Other: Fate and Transport; Emerging Contaminants; Environmental Remediation; Biochar-Enabled Technology; and Environmental Nanotechnology
Warner, Laura Anne lsanagorski@ufl.edu	Agricultural Education and Communication	Environmental education, natural resource conservation and management, science communication, social science Other: Public perceptions; factors that influence adoption of environmentally desirable behaviors; social norms; barriers to adoption
Wells, Randall Stewart randallswells@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Conservation biology, evolutionary biology, marine ecology Other: Conservation of marine mammals; behavioral ecology of cetaceans; cetacean social structure and behavior; population biology, life history, and health assessment of small cetaceans; development of innovative field research techniques, including radio telemetry
Weng, Weizhe wweng@ufl.edu	Food and Resource Economics	Climate change, ecological economics, ecosystem services, environmental governance and policy, water resources Other: Water Quality, Water Policy, Valuation of Ecosystem Services, Air Pollution, Coupled human and natural systems
Whiles, Matthew R Mwhiles@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Ecological restoration, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, insect ecology, wetland ecology Other: Ecosystem ecology with a focus on the roles of animals in stream and wetland ecosystem processes and functions
White, Ethan P ethanwhite@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, conservation biology, ecological modeling, global change ecology, natural resource conservation and management, statistics Other: Environmental Data Science; Conservation AI; Ecological Forecasting
Wilkie, Ann Christina acwilkie@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Renewable energy, soil resources, water resources Other: Carbon dynamics and Ecosystem Services; soil, water, and aquifer remediation; Sustainable waste management; microbial and environmental factors influencing biodegradation
Wilkinson, Benjamin E benew@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Other: photogrammetry; lidar; sensor modelling; spatial accuracy assessment; UAS/drones applied to natural resource applications; geospatial sensor modelling and uncertainty estimation; novel photogrammetric algorithm approaches to natural resource applications
Willmott, Keith Richard kwillmott@flmnh.ufl.edu	Florida Museum of Natural History Entomology and Nematology	Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, insect ecology, phylogenetics Other: Systematics of Neotropical butterflies; evolutionary ecology of mimetic butterflies; biogeography and conservation of tropical Andean butterflies
Wilson, Chris H chwilson@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Agricultural production, agroecology, biogeochemistry, ecological modeling, statistics Other: grassland ecology and management, carbon and nutrient cycles in agroecosystems, statistical modeling
Wilson, Patrick Christopher pcwilson@ufl.edu	Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences	Agroecology, soil resources, water resources Other: Management of nutrients, pesticides, and wastes; bioremediation/phytoremediation of agrichemicals in contaminated surface water; agrichemical loadings in surface water
Wilson, Sandra Barbour sbwilson@ufl.edu	Environmental Horticulture	Ecosystem services, environmental education, invasive species, landscape ecology Other: evaluation of alternatives to ornamental invasive plants; ornamental native plant propagation, production and landscape use
Wisely, Samantha M wisely@ufl.edu	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology Other: applied wildlife disease ecology; pathogen pollution; transmission dynamics at the wildlife-livestock interface; One Health
Wonkka, Carissa L c.wonkka@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences West Florida Research and Education Center	Disturbance ecology, ecological restoration, environmental governance and polity, human dimensions, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems Other: process-based ecosystem restoration; wildland fire literacy; social barriers to ecosystem management; plant-soil feedbacks; invasive species ecology
Wurdig Roesch, Luiz Fernando roesch@ufl.edu	Microbiology and Cell Science	Microbial ecology Other: Biomarkers of health and disease in human samples; biomarkers of homeostasis and perturbation in environmental samples; development of user-friendly bioinformatics tools
Yang, Huiping huipinguang@ufl.edu	Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences	Conservation biology, ecological restoration, freshwater ecology Other: Aquaculture, germplasm preservation, cytogenetics of molluscan shellfish
Yoon, Seonkyoo yoon.s@ufl.edu	Geological Sciences	Biogeochemistry, water resources Other: Karst Hydrology; Nutrient Cycling; Hydrogeologic Modeling; Fluid-Rock Interaction; Microfluidics
Young, Alyson Gail alys.yng@ufl.edu	Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics	Anthropology, human dimensions, public health, socio-ecological systems Other: Community-based participatory approaches, eco-social epidemiology, implementation science research, global and environmental health, person-centered education practices in Public Health
Zare, Alina azare@ufl.edu	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, ecosystem services, statistics Other: Computer Vision, Automated Sensor Data Analysis, Hyperspectral Analysis
Zhao, Chang changzhao@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, ecological modeling, ecosystem services, landscape ecology Other: Ecosystem Services; Landscape Ecology; GIScience; Remote Sensing; Machine Learning
Zhao, Xin zxin@ufl.edu	Agronomy	Agricultural production, agroecology, soil resources, sustainable food systems, water resources Other: Organic and sustainable vegetable systems
Zhuang, Yilin yilinz@ufl.edu	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Mid Florida Research and Education Center	Environmental Education, Science Communication, Socio-ecological Systems, Water Resources Other: Integrated water resources management; groundwater and water quality; agricultural and residential water use; stakeholder engagement and science communication
Zimmerman, Andrew R azimmer@ufl.edu	Geological Sciences	Biogeochemistry, climate change, soil resources, sustainable food systems, water resources

Name

Department

Research Interests

Abil, Zhanar

abilz@ufl.edu

Biology

Evolutionary Biology

Other: Synthetic biology, Origins of life, Evolutionary ecology, Synthetic cells

Acevedo, Miguel

maacevedo@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Conservation Biology, Ecological Modeling, Landscape Ecology, Wildlife Ecology

Other: Disease ecology, Population ecology, Quantitative ecology, Endangered species, Disease ecology, Tropical conservation

Adams, Alison

alison.adams@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

School of Natural Resources and Environment

Ecological Economics, Environmental Governance and Policy, Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Services

Other: Understanding how people value ecosystem goods and services, the impact of attitudes and preferences on those values, and translating that information to inform policy decisions

Adams, Carrie Reinhardt

rein0050@ufl.edu

Horticultural Science

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Plant Ecology, Restoration

Other: Ecosystem restoration, Invasive plant management

Adams, Damian

dcadams@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Ecological Economics, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Governance and Policy, Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Services

Other: Understanding how people value ecosystem goods and services, the impact of attitudes and preferences on those values, and translating that information to inform policy decisions

Adams, Peter

adamsp@ufl.edu

Geological Sciences

Biogeography, Climate change

Other: Geomorphology, Surface processes, Landform evolution

Allen, Michael

msal@ifas.ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Nature Coast Biological Station

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Marine Ecology

Other: Fish population and community, Species interaction

Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica

aalmeyda@ufl.edu

Center for Latin American Studies

Ecological Economics, Environmental Governance and Policy, Global Sustainable Development

Other: Ecotourism, Land management, Land-use dynamics

Altieri, Andrew

andrew.altieri@essie.ufl.edu

Sustainable Infrastructure and Development

Climate Change, Coastal Ecology

Other: Ecological interactions, Anthropogenic pressures, Biogenic habitats,

Andreu, Michael

mandreu@ifas.ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation Biology, Ecological Restoration, Ecosystem Ecology, Invasive Species, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Urban Ecology, Urban and Regional Planning

Other: Sustainable forest management

Annable, Michael

manna@eng.ufl.edu

Sustainable Infrastructure and Development

Biogeochemistry, Water Resources

Other: Physical-chemical processes, Subsurface remediation, Aquifer characterization, Contaminant flux

Asche, Frank

frank.asche@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Ecological Economics, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Sustainable Food Systems

Other: Energy and food production, Natural resource economics, Fisheries and aquaculture ecosystems

Ash, Kevin

kash78@ufl.edu

Geography

Climate Change, Science Communication, Socio-ecological Systems

Other: Vulnerability, Resilience, Disasters, Risk Perception, Risk communication

Austin, James

austinj@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology

Other: Conservation genetics

Baiser, Benjamin

bbaiser@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Urban Ecology, Data Science

Other: Community ecology, Macroecology, Ecological networks

Baker, Bridget

bridgetbaker@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Wildlife Ecology

Other: Aquatic animal health and conservation, Conservation medicine, Environmental toxicology

Baker, Shirley

sbaker25@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences

Climate Change, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Marine Ecology, Natural Resource Conservation and Management

Other: Marine invertebrate biology, Bivalve aquaculture, Invasive molluscs

Balaguera-Reina, Sergio

sergio.balaguera@ufl.edu

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Conservation Biology, Biological Restoration, Invasive Species, Wildlife Ecology

Other: Phylogeography, Crocodylian biology, Molecular ecology

Barry, Savannah

savanna.barry@ufl.edu

Nature Coast Biological Station

Coastal Ecology, Ecological Restoration, Ecosystem Ecology, Environmental Education, Marine Ecology

Other: Seagrass ecology, Water quality, Coastal restoration, Living shorelines, Citizen science

Bartels, Wendy-Lin

wendylin@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences

Anthropology, Human Dimensions, Natural Resource Conservation and Management

Other: Community engagement, Scientist-stakeholder networks, Inter-agency partnerships, Rural development, Family farming

Baruzzi, Carolina

carolina.baruzzi@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

North Florida Research and Education Center

Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Ecological Restoration, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Plant Ecology

Other: Human-wildlife conflicts, Habitat restoration, Fire ecology, Crop predation, Wildlife habitat management, Ecological communities dynamics

Bayabil, Haimanote

hbayabil@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Tropical Research and Education Center

Agricultural Production, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Climate Change, Global Sustainable Development, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Water Resources

Other: Soil hydrology and soil-water-plant interactions, Agricultural water management, Precision agriculture applications, Crop simulation, Hydrologic modeling

Bean, Eban

ezbean@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Soil Resources, Sustainable Infrastructure, Water Resources

Other: Stormwater management, Water quantity and quality, Low-impact development, Sustainable development to reduce nonpoint source pollution

Behringer, Donald

behringer@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Climate Change, Coastal Ecology, Ecological Restoration, Freshwater Ecology, Invasive Species

Other: Marine disease ecology, Crustacean fishery ecology, Intersection between disease and invasion ecology, Hard-bottom habitat conservation and restoration

Bhadha, Jehangir H.

behringer@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Everglades Research and Education Center

Agricultural Production, Biogeochemistry, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Soil Resources, Water Resources, Sustainable Agriculture, Nutrient Management, Water Quality

Bisesi, Joseph

jbisesi@ufl.edu

Environmental and Global Health

Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Governance and Policy, Environmental Science, Invasive Species

Other: Aquatic toxicology; Wastewater epidemiology; Invasive species management

Blackburn, David

dblackburn@ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, Evolutionary Biology, Paleoecology, Phylogenetics, Biogeography

Other: Amphibians; Biogeography; Comparative anatomy; Evolutionary biology; Systematics

Blackburn, Jason

jkblackburn@ufl.edu

Geography

Ecological Modeling, Human Geography, Microbial Ecology

Other: Zoonotic diseases; Wildlife diseases; Disease transmission pathways and spillover between species; Ecological niche modeling; Spatial-temporal modeling for epidemiology; disease ecology, anthrax transmission dynamics

Bliznyuk, Nikolay

nbliznyuk@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, ecological modeling, statistics

Other: Bayesian Statistics, Computational Statistics, Computer Experiments, Environmental Applications, High-dimensional Data, Inverse Problems, Monte Carlo Methods, Spatial and Spatiotemporal Modeling

Bohlman, Stephanie

sbohlman@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Biodiversity, climate science, landscape ecology, socio-ecological systems, terrestrial ecology

Other: How species/functional group composition and forest structure will respond to climate change and the effects of these responses on ecosystem functioning

Bohnett, Eve

evebohnett@ufl.edu

Landscape Architecture

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, conservation biology, data science, ecological modeling, natural resource conservation and management, sustainable infrastructure

Other: Geospatial conservation planning; Landscape connectivity modeling; Climate refugia and extreme heat metrics; Spatial ecology and biodiversity monitoring

Bonzongo, Jean-Claude Justin

bonzongo@ufl.edu

Sustainable Infrastructure and Development

Biogeochemistry, water resources

Other: Environmental chemistry, Water chemistry, Emerging pollutants (PFAS, microplastics, nano materials), water treatment, sediment and soil remediation

Boote, Kenneth

kjboote@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Agricultural production, plant ecology

Other: crop physiology, crop growth modeling

Borgato, Ednaldo

ednaldo.borgato@ufl.edu

Agronomy

West Florida Research and Education Center

Agricultural production, Agroecology, Evolutionary biology, Invasive species

Other: agronomy; cropping systems; troublesome weeds; weed biology; weed ecology; weed evolution; integrated weed management; sustainable weed management

Branch, Lyn

branchl@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, conservation biology, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology

Other: Impacts of landscape change on wildlife; evaluation of effectiveness of biodiversity conservation strategies; ecology and conservation of mammals in Latin America

Braswell, Anna

a.braswell@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Climate change, coastal ecology, ecological restoration, ecosystem ecology, wetland ecology

Other: Coastal Ecosystems; Coastal Resilience; Marsh Ecology; Coastal Restoration

Brenner, Mark

brenner@ufl.edu

Geological Sciences

Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, paleoecology, water resources

Other: Tropical Paleoclimate; Cultural Eutrophication; Biogeochemical Cycles; Climate-Human-Environment Interactions

Broadbent, Eben

eben@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Conservation biology, ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, socio-ecological systems

Other: tropical forest ecology; remote sensing; canopy ecology, geospatial analyses; landscape simulation models

Brown, Julie

jbrown@coe.ufl.edu

Teaching and Learning

TBA

Other: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Integration, Data Collection and Analysis, Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning, Science Education

Bruck, Jules

jbruck@ufl.edu

Landscape Architecture

Coastal ecology, socio-ecological systems, sustainable infrastructure, urban and regional planning

Other: coastal resilience, green infrastructure and public perception of sustainable landscape practices

Bruna, Emilio

embruna@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Center for Latin American Studies

Biodiversity, conservation biology, ecological modeling, global change ecology, plant ecology

Other: Tropical Biology, Plant demography, Plant population ecology, mutualisms, habitat fragmentation, metascience, scientometrics

Brym, Zachary

brymz@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Tropical Research and Education Center

Agroecology, biodiversity, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems

Other: data-supported adaptive management practices, role of Biodiversity and scale in agroecosystems, distribution and management of invasive plant and pest species, impacts of management practices on crop production and environmental conservation

Callaghan, Corey

c.callaghan@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Biodiversity, conservation biology, environmental education, global change ecology, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, terrestrial ecology, urban ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: biodiversity change; citizen science; quantitative ecology

Camp, Edward

edvcamp@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Ecological economics, environmental governance and policy, socio-ecological systems

Other: interconnected ecological, socioeconomic, and governance dynamics that influence value, market activity, ecosystem function, and ultimately stakeholder quality of life

Campbell, Catherine

cgcampbell@ufl.edu

Family, Youth, and Community Services

Environmental governance and policy, human dimensions, public health, social science, sustainable food systems

Other: Urban agriculture; community food systems; local food regulation; food access and nutrition security; food and agriculture law and policy

Campbell, Lindsay

lcampbell2@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

Insect ecology, landscape ecology

Other: epizootics; distribution, abundances, and functional connectivity of medically important vector species

Campos-Krauer, Juan

jmcampos@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biogeography, ecological modeling, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology

Other: animal health; disease ecology; emerging zoonotic and vector borne diseases; veterinary parasitology; historical biogeography and phylogeography; Biodiversity and Invasive Species; identifying common pathogens affecting white-tail deer in Florida

Carlson, Andrew

andrew.carlson@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Biodiversity, freshwater ecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems

Other: Fisheries Science; Fisheries Ecology; Fisheries Management; Coupled Human and Natural Systems

Carney, Jeffrey

j.carney@ufl.edu

Landscape Architecture

Coastal ecology, ecosystem services, environmental education, global sustainable development, renewable energy

Other: Resilience, adaptation, affordable housing, community design

Carthy, Raymond

ngosi@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, marine ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: Coastal ecosystems; marine megafauna; endangered species; human response to coastal climate change; uncrewed aircraft systems for natural resource applications.

Cellinese, Nico

ncellinese@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, biogeography, ecological modeling, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics

Other: Angiosperms, population genetics, origins of endemism, islands and archipelagoes, patterns of diversification.

Chagaris, David

dchagaris@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Nature Coast Biological Station

Ecological modeling, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: fisheries; population dynamics; ecosystem modeling; food web dynamics

Chapman, Frank

fchapman@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Agricultural production, conservation biology, environmental education, sustainable food systems

Other: Aquaculture as a tool for conservation and sustainable food production system at a small-scale

Chase, Carlene

cachase@ufl.edu

Horticultural Sciences

Agricultural production, agroecology, ecosystem services, sustainable food systems

Other: weed science; ecological weed management; cover crops; living mulches; sustainable cropping systems; organic production

Child, Brian

bchild@ufl.edu

Geography

Environmental governance and policy, global change ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: catastrophes, conservation, and conflict; sustainability and global environmental change; protected area management; conservation of natural resources

Clark, Mark

clarkmw@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Ecological restoration, ecosystem services, soil resources, water resources, wetland ecology

Other: wetland nutrient assimilation and storage processes; vegetative succession dynamics; wetland macrophyte ecophysiology; ecological engineering design using wetland processes to improve water quality and enhance ecological function of altered landscapes

Clarke, Mysha

mysha.clarke@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Environmental governance and policy, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, science communication, socio-ecological systems

Other: environmental decision-making; invasive species management on private non-industrial family forestlands; communication of invasive insects in the media; urban gardens connectivity; urban forest change over time

Coenen, Danny

dcoenen@ufl.edu

School of Natural Resources and Environment

Climate change, environmental education, environmental science, global change ecology, socio-ecological systems

Other: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Coers, Natalie

ncoers@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Environmental education, global sustainable development, science communication, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems

Other: Leadership Development for Global Challenges; Systems Thinking; Systems Mapping; Pedagogy; Sustainable Development Goals

Cohen, Matthew

mjc@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Biogeochemistry, soil resources, water resources, wetland ecology

Other: watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry with an emphasis on wetland processes

Collins, Angela

abcollins@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory

Coastal ecology, ecosystem services, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management, science communication

Others: Fisheries Science, Aquaculture, Commercial and Recreational Marine Fisheries, Working Waterfronts, Bivalve Shellfish Aquaculture, Cooperative Research

Contreras, Daniel

daniel.contreras@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Anthropology, climate change, human geography, socio-ecological systems

Other: geospatial archaeology; anthropogenic landscapes; digital archaeology; Central Andes

Court, Christa

ccourt@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Disturbance ecology, ecological economics, ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: simulation modeling of plantation and natural forests at multiple scales; landscape modeling of pine forests; habitat suitability modeling of plant and animal species; applications of neural networks for prediction of complex ecological characteristics

Crandall, Raelene

raecrandall@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Biodiversity, disturbance ecology, ecological restoration, natural resource conservation and management, terrestrial ecology

Other: Fire regimes and plant communities; Plant population ecology; Interacting disturbances; Fire science communication

Cropper, Wendell

wcropper@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology

Dale, Adam

agdale@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Biodiversity, climate change, global change ecology, global sustainable development, insect ecology, invasive species, sustainability, urban ecology

Other: Insect ecology; urban ecology; integrated pest management; urban forestry

Daniels, Jaret

jdaniels@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Entomology and Nematology

Conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, environmental education, insect ecology, urban ecology

Other: Insect ecology and conservation, conservation genomics, conservation planning, pollination biology, reintroduction biology, at-risk species management, public outreach and education

Daniels, Michael

mdaniels@stat.ufl.edu

Statistics

Other: biostatistics; Bayesian methodology; methodology for (incomplete) longitudinal data; methodology for casual inference

Daroub, Samira

sdaroub@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Everglades Research and Education Center

Agroecology, ecological modeling, natural resource conservation and management, soil resources, water resources

Other: best management practices, water management, sustainability of organic soils and agriculture in the Everglades Agricultural Area; computer simulation of crop growth and development

Davis, Jack

davisjac@ufl.edu

History

Environmental science, history, science communication

Other: environmental history, sustainability studies

deFrance, Susan

sdef@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Anthropology, biogeography, coastal ecology

Other: zooarchaeology; coastal adaptations; Caribbean animal importations and movement of exotics in pre-Columbian cultures

Denslow, Nancy

ndenslow@ufl.edu

Physiological Sciences

Conservation biology, ecological/environmental genomics, freshwater ecology, water resources

Other: Environmental toxicology; OMICS analyses; aquatic toxicology; drinking water resources; contamination of the environment; pesticides and herbicides

Diaz, John M.

john.diaz@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

Environmental education, environmental governance and policy, natural resource conservation and management, public health, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems

Other: Extension education, community development, public health, evaluation, behavior change

Diehl, David

dcdiehl@ufl.edu

Family, Youth, and Community Services

Human dimensions

Other: evaluation research; youth in foster care; community resource organizations; child welfare

DiMaggio, Matthew

mdimaggi@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory

Agricultural production, freshwater ecology, invasive species, sustainable food systems

Other: Aquaculture, fish physiology

Donovan, Victoria

victoria.donovan@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

West Florida Research and Education Center

TBA

Other:

Dubeux, Jose

dubeux@ufl.edu

Agronomy

North Florida Research and Education Center

Agricultural production, climate change, ecosystem services, soil resources

Other: ecosystem services; integrated crop-livestock systems; grassland ecology; grazing management; soil organic carbon

Dukes, Michael

mddukes@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Agricultural production, soil resources, sustainable infrastructure, water resources

Other: irrigation and drainage engineering; water quantity and quality issues; crop consumptive use/evapotranspiration; Best Management Practices to reduce nonpoint source pollution

Dumitru, Oana-Alexandra

odumitru@ufl.edu

Geological Sciences

Climate change, climate science

Other: Sea level; Paleoclimatology, past sea-level reconstruction and climate using fossil corals and speleothems; U-Th dating lab

Durham, Bryndan

b.durham@ufl.edu

Biology

Biogeochemistry, biogeography, ecological/environmental genomics, marine ecology, microbial ecology

Other: microbial interactions; phytoplankton; microbial metabolism; carbon and sulfur cycling; chemical ecology

Dutton, Christopher

duttonc@ufl.edu

Biology

Ecological/environmental genomics, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, microbial ecology, water resources

Other: Ecosystem Ecology; Microbiomes; Animal Health; Carbon Cycling

Ellington, Hance

e.ellington@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, invasive species, urban ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: Movement Ecology; Population Ecology; Human-Wildlife Conflict; Biodiversity Monitoring; Rangeland Management

Emery, Katherine

kemery@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, paleoecology, socio-ecological systems

Other: environmental archaeology; zooarchaeology; Central American paleoecology; human environmental impact

Enloe, Heather

heather.enloe@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Science communication, urban ecology, water resources

Other: water science

Enloe, Stephen

sfenloe@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Ecological restoration, invasive species

Other: invasive plant management; integrated pest management; invasion ecology; weed science; aquatic plants

Ennes, Megan

megan.ennes@ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Climate change, environmental education, science communication

Other: climate change communication; broadening participation in science; museum education; civic engagement for the environment

Ernst, S.K. Morgan

skmorgane@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, global change ecology, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: Biodiversity dynamics; ecological forecasting; long-term ecology; community ecology

Fletcher, Robert

robert.fletcher@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, conservation biology, ecological restoration, global change ecology, invasive species, landscape ecology, statistics, wetland ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: landscape ecology; ornithology; population biology; quantitative science

Flory, Luke

flory@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Biodiversity, climate change, global change ecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, plant ecology, urban ecology

Other: invasion ecology; forest ecology; fire ecology; urban ecology; interactions among global change drivers; emerging pathogens; disturbance

Francis-Floyd, Ruth

rffloyd@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Marine ecology

Other: aquatic medicine; production aquaculture; clinical fish medicine

Frank, Kathryn

kifrank@ufl.edu

Urban and Regional Planning

Environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, urban and regional planning

Other: Environmental planning; rural; regional; community engagement; resilience

Fu, Rachel

racheljuichifu@ufl.edu

Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, global sustainable development, renewable energy, social science, statistics, sustainability

Other: AI and Data Science in THEM, Business, and Transportation; Economic Impact Assessments; Forecasting Methods and Applications; Consumer/Visitor Behavior Studies; Leadership

Gao, Zhifeng

zfgao@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Agricultural production, ecological economics

Other: Improving profitability and environmental stewardship for small and medium farms by identifying new market opportunities; adapting and expanding high tunnel organic vegetable production for the southeast

Gauthier, Nicolas

nicolas.gauthier@ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Geography

Agroecology, artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, ecological economics, ecological modeling, global change ecology, human geography, landscape ecology, paleoecology, socio-ecological systems, statistics

Other: human ecology; paleoclimate; land use; computational modeling; complex systems

Gerber, Stefan

sgerber@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Biogeochemistry, climate change, ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology

Other: Biogeochemistry Modeling, Climate Change-Biogeochemistry interaction, Earth system Modeling, Carbon Cycle, Macro-element cycle, Terrestrial ecosystems

Gettys, Lyn

lgettys@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Ecological restoration, freshwater ecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, plant ecology

Other: aquatic ecosystem restoration; invasive plant management; native wetland plant culture and production

Gilbert, Robert

ragilber@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Agricultural production, plant ecology, sustainable food systems

Other: sugarcane

Gold, Martin

mgold@ufl.edu

Architecture

Sustainable Infrastructure, Urban & Regional Planning

Other: environmental technologies; infrastructural, civic, and residential projects responsive to climate and character of Florida landscape

Golmohammadi, Golmar

g.golmohammadi@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Sustainable infrastructure, water resources

Other: Developing sustainable water management practices to conserve water and improve water quality in the face of future Climate Change

Good, Ryan

ryangood@ufl.edu

School of Natural Resources and Environment

Environmental education, global sustainable development, human geography, natural resource conservation & management, socio-ecological systems

Other: Human Dimensions of Environmental Change; Socio–spatial Dimensions of Economic Development; Environmental Education and Pedagogy

Gordon, Doria

dgordon@ufl.edu

Biology

Climate change, conservation biology, ecological restoration, invasive species

Other: natural climate solutions; agricultural GHG mitigation; governance of agricultural and environmental biotechnology; forest conservation and restoration; fire ecology; invasive species risk assessment

Goss, Erica

emgoss@ufl.edu

Plant Pathology

Agroecology, ecological economics, evolutionary biology, invasive species, microbial ecology

Other: Emerging plant pathogens; microbial evolution; microbial population genomics.

Graham, Wendy

wgraham@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Climate change, ecological modeling, water resources

Other: integrated hydrologic modeling; groundwater Resources evaluation and remediation; evaluation of impacts of Agricultural Production on surface and groundwater quality; evaluation of impacts of climate variability and Climate Change on hydrologic systems

Grunwald, Sabine

sabgru@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

agroecology, artificial intelligence/machine learning, biogeography, climate change, ecological modeling, ecosystem services, global change ecology, global sustainable development, natural resource conservation & management, soil resources, terrestrial ecology

Other: GeoAI, AI and carbon modeling, pedometrics, AI & soil-ecosystem modeling, climate-smart agricultural management, proximal sensing and remote sensing

Guralnick, Robert

rguralnick@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biology

Biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, ecological modeling, global change ecology

Other: phenology, community science, interactions, macroevolution, macroecology

Guzman Gutierrez, Sandra

sandra.guzmangut@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Indian River Research and Education Center

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, ecological modeling, ecosystem services, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, water resources

Other: smart irrigation, precision irrigation, hydrological modeling, water conservation and sustainability

Hahn, Daniel

dahahn@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Biodiversity, climate change, evolutionary biology, insect ecology, sustainable food systems

Other: Sustainable insect pest management, global change biology, seasonal biology, sexual selection, sterile insect technique

Hahn, Philip

hahnp@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Biodiversity, insect ecology, invasive species, plant ecology, statistics

Other: community ecology; plant-herbivore interactions; biocontrol

Hailegraw, Niguss Solomon

nhailegnaw@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Everglades Research and Education Center

Agricultural production, artificial intelligence/machine learning, environmental science, soil resources, sustainability

Other: Nutrient management, Sustainable Crop production, Soil fertility, Water quality, Precision agriculture

Hallett, Matthew

mhallett2320@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Human dimensions, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems

Other: Tropical ecology & conservation, population dynamics & spatial distribution of medium & large-bodied mammals, human dimensions of wildlife management, participatory research, community-based wildlife conservation & management.

Hammond, William

williamhammond@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Climate change, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology, plant ecology

Other: tree mortality; forest health; ecophysiology; plant hydraulics; global change ecology

Hanson, Rebecca

r.hanson@ufl.edu

Sociology and Criminology and Law

Socio-ecological systems, sociology

Other: crime and citizen security; political sociology; urban sociology; social movements and citizen participation

Harley, Joel

joel.harley@ufl.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Data science

Other: Signal Processing, Data Science, Acoustics, Nondestructive Evaluation, Structural Health Monitoring, Speech Processing

Hatfield, Kirk

kirk.hatfield@essie.ufl.edu

Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment

Ecological modeling, water resources

Other: groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling; groundwater remediation; surface water and groundwater modeling; water resource allocation modeling

He, Zhenli

zhe@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Indian River Research and Education Center

Biogeochemistry, natural resource conservation and management, soil resources

Other: biogeochemical processes; management of nutrients and contaminants in soil-plant-water systems; water management for sustainable agriculture

Heckenberger, Michael

mheck@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Anthropology, socio-ecological systems

Other: pre-industrial complex societies; historical and political ecology; interdisciplinary approaches; anthropology of the body

Hellgren, Eric

hellgren@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Conservation biology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology

Other: Wildlife Nutrition and Physiology; Wildlife Demography; Mammalian Ecology

Hensel, Marc

mhensel@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Science

Nature Coast Biological Station

Biodiversity, coastal ecology, global change ecology, marine ecology

Other: predator-prey dynamics, tropicalization, megafauna, predictive ecology

Her, Young Gu

yher@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Tropical Research and Education Center

Climate change, ecological modeling, natural resource conservation and management, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, water resources

Other: hydrological modeling; impact assessment; adaptation plan and practice development; water quality; sea level rise

Hill, Jeffrey

jeffhill@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences

Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory

Coastal ecology, freshwater ecology, invasive species

Other: Non-native and invasive species; risk assessment; risk management; fish ecology; aquaculture-environment interaction

Hochmair, Hartwig Henry

hhochmair@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Geography, natural resource conservation and management, urban and regional planning

Other: spatio-temporal analysis of geo-data using GIS, travel behavior, data quality analysis of geo-data

Hoctor, Thomas

tomh@geoplan.ufl.edu

Landscape Architecture

Biodiversity, climate change, coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecological restoration, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, environmental governance and policy, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology

Other: Reserve design; wildlife corridors; ecological connectivity; regional landscape conservation; spatial conservation prioritization; ecosystem services

Holt, Robert

rdholt@ufl.edu

Biology

Biodiversity, biogeography, conservation biology, ecological modeling, evolutionary biology

Other: theoretical ecology, interspecific interactions, habitat fragmentation, spatial ecology, eco-evolutionary dynamics, range limits, niche conservatism and evolution, infectious disease ecology.

Hoogenboom, Gerrit

gerrit@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Agricultural production, agroecology, climate change, sustainable food systems

Other: Crop Modeling; Decision Support Systems; Food and Nutrition Security; Resource Management; Sustainability; Climate Smart Agriculture

Horton, Robert

rhorton3@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Data science, environmental governance and policy, renewable energy

Other: Complex Systems Resilience; Critical Infrastructure; Risk Management; Resilience; Engineered Systems

Hostetler, Mark

hostetm@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, sustainable infrastructure, urban ecology, urban and regional planning

Other: design and management of “green” communities; biodiversity conservation; resource efficient communities

Hull, Vanessa

vhull@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, conservation biology, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, wildlife ecology

Other: coupled human and natural systems, protected areas, wildlife ecology

Hundemer, Sarah

shundemer@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Climate change, environmental education, natural resource conservation and management, science communication, water resources

Other: Human dimensions of ag and natural resources; communication strategy; stakeholder engagement and conflict; partisanship; ethics; behavior change

Iannone, Basil

biannone@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Biodiversity, ecological restoration, plant ecology, urban ecology

Other: Urban ecology; Sustainable development; Ecological restoration; Designed ecosystems; Plant ecology

Inglett, Patrick

pinglett@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Ecology

Biogeochemistry, ecological restoration, soil resources, wetland ecology

Other: Nitrogen Cycling; Phosphorus Cycling; Greenhouse Gases; Stable Isotopic Ratios; Nitrogen Fixation; Constructed Wetlands; Carbon Sequestration; Water Quality and Nutrient Limitation; Periphyton Communities; Everglades Restoration

Jawitz, James

jawitz@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Climate change, ecological modeling, water resources

Others: Water quality, Sea level rise, Ecohydrological modeling, Groundwater, Wetlands

Ji, Xinde

xji1@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, ecological economics, environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, public health, water resources

Other: Climate Impact and Adaptation; Water Scarcity; Environment and Health; Environmental economics; Air Pollution

John, Grace

gracejohn@ufl.edu

Biology

Ecosystem services, environmental science, plant ecology, urban ecology, water resources

Other: Plant-Environment Interactions; Ecological Physiology; Plant Structural and Functional Diversity; Abiotic Stress; Water Use Efficiency; Sustainable Urban Landscapes

Johnson, Daniel

johnson.daniel@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, biogeography, ecological modeling, global change ecology, natural resource conservation and management, plant ecology, terrestrial ecology

Other: Forest Management, Forest Community Ecology, Species Diversity, Species Coexistence

Johnson, Steven

tadpole@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Conservation biology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, science communication, wildlife ecology

Other: Conservation, ecology, and management of amphibians and reptiles, especially imperiled species; ecology and management of introduced and invasive terrestrial vertebrates

Jones, Douglas

dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Marine ecology, paleoecology

Other: marine mollusks as indicators of past and present environmental conditions

Judge, Jasmeet

jasmeet@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Agricultural production, artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, ecosystem services, soil resources, statistics

Other: Satellite remote sensing and machine learning applications for near-real time crop and soil conditions; Remote Sensing; Hydrology; Hydrology modeling

Judy, Jonathan

jonathan.judy@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Agroecology, soil resources, terrestrial ecology

Other: contaminants (e.g. nanomaterials, metals, microplastics, nitrogen transported from areas used for intensive agriculture/grazing) and their effects on terrestrial biota

Kadyampakeni, Davie Mayeso

dkadyampakeni@ufl.edu

Citrus Research and Education Center

Agricultural production, agroecology, plant ecology, soil resources, sustainability, sustainable food systems, water resources

Other: Water quantity/quality, Soil quality and management, Crop/soil modeling

Kahler, Jessica Siders

jkahler@ufl.edu

Sociology and Criminology and Law

Human dimensions, socio-ecological systems, sociology

Other: community-based wildlife crime prevention; conservation criminology; environmental justice; situational crime prevention; wildlife crime; wildlife guardianship

Kainer, Karen A

kkainer@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Center for Latin American Studies

Ecosystem ecology, human dimensions, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, sustainability

Other: community-based forest management systems; advancement and application of the ecological science to support conservation of neotropical systems through sustainable use

Kane, Andrew S

kane@ufl.edu

Environmental and Global Health

Ecological/environmental genomics, public health, socio-ecological systems, water resources

Other: aquatic pathology and toxicology; behavioral toxicology of infectious diseases; environmental change; environmental health; zoonoses

Kaplan, David A

dkaplan@ufl.edu

Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment

Agroecology, artificial intelligence/machine learning, biogeochemistry, climate change, coastal ecology, ecological modeling, ecological restoration, ecosystem services, freshwater ecology, global change ecology, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, sustainable infrastructure, water resources, wetland ecology

Other: wetland ecology and management; watershed hydrology; climate and land-use change; coastal ecosystems; ecological modeling

Kawahara, Akito

kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, ecological/environmental genomics, evolutionary biology, insect ecology

Other: macroevolution, genomics, lepidoptera, predator-prey interactions

Keellings, David James

djkeellings@ufl.edu

Geography

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, climate science

Other: Earth System Science; Climatology; Extreme Events; Global Environmental Change

Keiser, Carl (Nick)

ckeiser@ufl.edu

Biology

Insect ecology

Other: Behavioral disease ecology, parisitology, animal behavior

Kiker, Gregory A

gkiker@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Agroecology, climate change, ecological modeling, environmental science, landscape ecology, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems, sustainable infrastructure

Other: Resilience Analysis and Stress-Testing; Savanna Ecological Modeling; Decision Analysis; Pastoralist agroecosystems

Kimball, Rebecca T

rkimball@ufl.edu

Biology

Biodiversity, ecological/environmental genomics, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics

Other: Avian evolution and behavior, population genomics, genome evolution, behavioral ecology

Klein, Ryan William

ryanwklein@ufl.edu

Environmental Horticulture

Human dimensions

Other: Arboriculture; Urban Forestry; Risk Assessment; Natural Disasters; Arboricultural best management practices; Urban tree risk; Urban tree establishment and survivability;

Klizentyte, Kotryna

kklizentyte@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences

Ecological economics, ecosystem services, environmental governance and policy, natural resource conservation and management

Other: Ecosystem Service Valuation; Socio-Economic Impact Analysis; Forest Economics and Policy

Knowles, Harold S

hknowles@ufl.edu

Sustainability and the Built Environment

Global sustainable development, renewable energy, socio-ecological systems, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure. urban and regional planning

Other: adaptive capacity across the nature-to-urban transect, social justice in community development, improving human and community health in the built environment

Koeser, Andrew K

akoeser@ufl.edu

Environmental Horticulture

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

Biodiversity, environmental governance and policy, urban ecology, urban and regional planning

Other: tree biomechanics; urban tree diversity; trees and development; urban forest governance; wind and trees

Kowalewski, Michal

kowalewski@ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, coastal ecology, conservation biology, marine ecology, paleoecology

Other: conservation paleobiology, paleoecology, biostatistics, aquatic invertebrates (mollusks, echinoderms, brachiopods), aquatic benthic ecosystems, R programming

Krigbaum, John

krigbaum@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Anthropology, archaeology, biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, human geography, paleoecology, wildlife ecology

Other: Biological Anthropology; Isotopic Analysis; Human-Environment Interactions; Prehistoric Subsistence

Lamb, Robert Wellington

robert.lamb@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences

Nature Coast Biological Station

Biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology, global change ecology, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management, statistics

Other: food webs; trophic ecology; biogeography; marine ecology; climate change

Lamino Jarmillo, Pablo

pablo.lamino@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Agricultural production, environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, human dimensions, sustainable food systems

Other: agricultural leadership, indigenous leadership, food security, migration and agriculture

Larkin, Iskande V

ivlarkin@ufl.edu

Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Artifical intelligence/machine learning, environmental education

Other: aquatic animal health; effectiveness of online learning strategies; AI in teaching and learning; Machine learning in tissue analysis; manatee reproduction, physiology and behavior

Larkin, Sherry L

slarkin@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Ecological economics, natural resource conservation and management

Other: natural resource and environmental economics; environmental policy and law; economic issues related to forestry; harmful algal blooms; precision farming

Lashley, Marcus Alan

marcus.lashley@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Disturbance ecology, ecosystem ecology, plant ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: disturbance ecology, predator-prey dynamics

Laughinghouse, Dail

hlaughinghouse@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Coastal ecology, ecological/environmental genomics, freshwater ecology, microbial ecology, phylogenetics

Other: harmful algal blooms, cyanobacteria, algae, toxins, systematics

LeFebvre, Michelle J

mlefebvre@floridamuseum.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Anthropology, archaeology, biodiversity, socio-ecological systems, sustainability

Other: Heritage conservation; Archaeology of human-environment relationships; Conservation paleobiology; Cultural and biological heritage resilience; Community engaged museum science

Leibold, Mathew

mleibold@ufl.edu

Biology

Biodiversity, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology

Other: Aquatic ecology; food webs; eutrophication; community assembly; ecosystem functioning

Lescord, Gretchen

lescord.g@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Ecological/environmental genomics, freshwater ecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, water resources

Other: modeling contaminant accumulation in freshwater fish and food webs; food web modeling; participatory science

Li, Jiayang

jiayangli@ufl.edu

Landscape Architecture

Socio-ecological systems, sustainable infrastructure

Other: nature-based solutions; landscape architecture; climate change adaptation; resilient design

Li, Yue

yueli2@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, environmental education, social science, sustainability

Other: AI in environmental education; Professional development for environmental educators; Environmental behavior change; Community engagement

Li, Yuncong

yunli@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Tropical Research and Education Center

Soil resources, water resources

Other: saltwater intrusion; controlled-release fertilizers; bio-fertilizers; soil testing calibration for calcareous soils; Tropical Ecosystems

Liao, Hui-Ling

sunny.liao@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

North Florida Research and Education Center

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, biogechemistry, biogeography, ecological/environmental genomics, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, evolutionary biology, global change ecology, microbial ecology

Other: microbial evolution, fungal genomics, fungal genetics, bioinformatics, soil health, microbial symbiosis

Liburd, Oscar Emanuel

oeliburd@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Invasive species

Other: small fruit and vegetable pest management with an emphasis on blueberry pests

Lichstein, Jeremy W

jlichstein@ufl.edu

Biology

Biodiversity, biogeochemistry, climate change, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology, plant ecology, terrestrial ecology

Other: forest ecology, carbon cycle, climate change, ecosystem ecology, biodiversity

Lin, Yang

ylin2@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Agroecology, biogeochemistry, climate change, ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, global change ecology, landscape ecology, soil resources, terrestrial ecology, wetland ecology

Other: Soil organic matter persistence and decomposition; soil health assessment; redox biogeochemistry

Loiselle, Bette Ann

loiselleb@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Center for Latin American Studies

Biodiversity, conservation biology, socio-ecological systems, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: frugivory and seed dispersal ecology; ecology and evolution of lek-mating systems; population and spatial ecology of tropical birds; interdisciplinary approaches to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development

Loizzo, Jamie Lynn

jloizzo@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, environmental education, natural resource conservation and management, science communication

Other: science communication social science; arts-based research; online engagement; science-based decision-making

Longo Berrios, Ana Veronica

ana.longo@ufl.edu

Biology

Conservation biology, ecological/environmental genomics, evolutionary biology, invasive species, microbial ecology

Other: disease ecology, herpetology, host-pathogen/parasite interactions

Lord, Cynthia C

clord@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

Ecological modeling, insect ecology, microbial ecology

Other: disease transmission; vector-borne disease; ecology and epidemiology of pathogens; pesticide interactions

Lorenzen, Kai

klorenzen@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: assessing and improving the use of hatchery and habitat enhancement and restoration measures in fisheries management; fish population biology; conservation of aquatic resources in agricultural landscapes; domestication effects and interactions between cultured and wild fish; epidemiology of fish diseases

Lowerre-Barbieri, Susan K

slowerrebarbieri@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences

Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: reproductive resilience in marine fish; reproductive ecology; population ecology; spatial ecology; movement ecology; fisheries ecology

Lucky, Andrea

alucky@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Biodiversity, evolutionary biology, environmental education, invasive species

Other: Ant systematics; invasive ants; entomology education

Luo, Yi

yi.luo@ufl.edu

Landscape Architecture

Biodiversity, climate change, coastal ecology, ecological economics, ecosystem services, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, public health, socio-ecological problems, sustainable infrastructure, urban ecology, urban and regional planning

Other: sustainability assessment; microclimate and health; therapeutic landscapes; stormwater management; landscape performance evaluation; sustainability assessment; evaluation metrics and methods; climate change, microclimate, and health; therapeutic landscapes

Lusk, Mary G

mary.lusk@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Science

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

Biogeochemistry, global systainable development, urban ecology, water resources

Other: stormwater ponds; urban stormwater runoff; wastewater reuse and recycling

Macdonald, Gregory E

pineacre@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Agroecology, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, sustainable food systems

Other: weed science; invasive species management; plant/herbicide interaction; stakeholder engagement

Mackowiak, Cheryl

echo13@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

North Florida Research and Education Center

Agricultural production, agroecology, soil resources, sustainable food systems, water resources

Other: Soil nutrient cycling; water quantity and quality

Main, Martin B

mmain@ufl.edu

WIldlife Ecology and Conservation

Conservation biology, human dimensions, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology

Other: behavioral ecology; outreach and education; habitat management; citizen education and engagement; Florida Master Naturalist Program

Majure, Lucas C

lmajure@ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics

Other: Biodiversity Discovery; Caribbean Biodiversity and Biogeography; Evolution of the Dryland Flora of the Americas; Montane Tropical Speciation; Reticulate Evolution and Whole Genome Duplication

Mallinger, Rachel

rachel.mallinger@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Disturbance ecology, insect ecology, landscape ecology, plant ecology, urban ecology

Other: pollinator community dynamics; plant-pollinator interactions at multiple spatial scales

Maltais Landry, Gabriel

maltaislandryg@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Agricultural production, agroecology, biogeochemistry, ecosystem services, microbial ecology, soil resources, sustainable food systems

Other: Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and nutrient cycling; soil health, quality, and fertility; organic, regenerative, and sustainable agriculture; plant-soil-microbe interactions; agroecosystems and agroecological practices

Martin, Ellen Eckels

eemartin@ufl.edu

Geological Sciences

Climate science, paleoecology

Other: paleoceanography; paleoclimatology; radiogenic isotope geochemistry; marine sediments

Martin, Jonathan Bowman

jbmartin@ufl.edu

Geological Sciences

Biogeochemistry, climate science, coastal ecology, environmental science, hydrology

Other: Surface water - groundwater interaction; karst aquifers; coastal aquifers; hydrogeochemistry at high latitudes

Martin, Julien

julienmartin@usgs.gov

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center

Ecological modeling, natural resource conservation and management

Other: population ecology; ecological forecasting; statistical modeling; decision science

Martin, Timothy A

tamartin@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Climate change, ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management, plant ecology, terrestrial ecology

Other: tree physiology, forest ecology, forest management

Matyas, Corene J

matyas@ufl.edu

Geography

Climate change

Other: Precipitation; Tropical Cyclones; Spatial Analysis

Mazzotti, Frank J

fjma@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Environmental education, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: conservation planning; endangered species; human impacts on fish and wildlife resources

McCarty, Christopher

ufchris@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Anthropology, public health, socio-ecological systems, sociology

Other: social network analysis; personal network analysis; migrants; disasters; hypertension; substance abuse

McCleery, Robert Alan

ramccleery@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Conservation biology, global change ecology, invasive species, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: mammal conservation, savanna ecology, megafauna, endangered species, mammal communities

McGowan, Conor Patrick

conor.mcgowan@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology

Other: population assessment and predictive modeling to support decision making for both harvested species and imperiled species

McKune, Sarah Lindley

smckune@ufl.edu

Environmental and Global Health

Center for African Studies

Climate change, public health, sustainable food systems

Other: maternal and child nutrition; food security; systems thinking; social determinants of health; coupled human-natural systems

Messina, Carlos

cmessina@ufl.edu

Horticultural Sciences

Agroecology, Artificial intelligence/machine learning, Climate science, Ecological modeling, Evolutionary biology

Other: My research program advances predictive breeding and AI-enabled crop improvement to accelerate genetic gain, improve sustainability, and strengthen food, nutritional, and national security. We research problems at the nexus between biotechnology and AI to address problems with nitrogen use in maize, citrus greening and management, crop improvement of broccoli, tea, sorghum and sweet potatoes that circularizes production systems. Our research is transdisciplinary and takes place across continents and institutions.

Meyer, Julie

juliemeyer@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Ecological.environmental genomics, marine ecology, microbial ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: microbiomes; microbiome engineering; microbial genomics; bioinformatics

Migliaccio, Kati White

klwhite@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Agroecology, water resources

Other: Irrigation; watershed hydrology, water quality, water conservation

Miller, David

dmiller@coe.ufl.edu

Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education

Environmental education

Other: Psychometrics and Large-Scale Assessment, Evaluation, Assessment, and Research Design

Miller, Deborah Louise

dlmi@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

West Florida Research and Education Center

Coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecological restoration, plant ecology

Other: Disturbance ecology and restoration; plant/animal interactions; barrier island, wetland and grassland community ecology

Miller, Melissa A

melissamiller@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Landscape ecology, invasive species, evolutionary biology, natural resource conservation and management, global change ecology

Other: herpetology, molecular ecology

Minogue, Patrick J

pminogue@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

North Florida Research and Education Center

Ecological restoration, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, soil resources, water resources, wetland ecology

Other: sustainable forest management; fertilization best management practices; management of invasive plants; restoration ecology,

Minteer-Killian, Carey R

c.minteerkillian@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Indian River Research and Education Center

Biodiversity, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, natural science, plant ecology

Other: Invasive plant management; Biological control; Integrated Pest Management; Invasion Science; Remote Sensing

Monaghan, Paul F

paulf@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Agricultural production, climate change, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, public health, socio-ecological systems, water resources

Other: Social features of urban landscape management; water quality and quantity; climate change and agricultural worker safety; disaster preparedness and minority communities.

Monroe, Martha Carrie

mcmonroe@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Climate change, environmental education, human dimensions, social science

Other: environmental education program design

Morales, Nia

n.morales@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Environmental education, human dimensions, natural resource conservation and management, science communication

Other: conservation social science

Morrison, Elise S

elise.morrison@essie.ufl.edu

Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment

Biogeochemistry, coastal ecology, microbial ecology, wetland ecology

Other: carbon dynamics; wetland biogeochemistry; biomarkers

Mossa, Joann

mossa@ufl.edu

Geography

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, ecological restoration, natural resource conservation and management, water resources

Other: Fluvial Geomorphology; Disturbed Rivers; Restoration: Floods and Droughts; Anthropogenic Impacts

Moulton, Michael P

moultonm@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Ecosystem ecology, invasive species

Other: introduced vertebrates; introduced birds and reptiles; synanthrope

Mullally, Conner

connerm@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Statistics

Other: Development economics; agricultural economics; impact evaluation

Mullens, Esther D

emullens@ufl.edu

Geography

Climate science, human dimensions, socio-ecological systems

Other: precipitation variability, stakeholder science, climate data interpretation,

Munoz-Carpena, Rafael

carpena@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Ecological modeling, ecosystem ecology, water resources

Other: indicator species; vegetation buffers; contaminants transport; uncertainty and sensitivity of environmental models

Murie, Debra Jean

dmurie@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Conservation biology, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: Life history of fishes (primarily age and growth, reproduction, and mortality); Marine fisheries ecology (trophic ecology, environmental and human-induced impacts related to fisheries sustainability and conservation)

Myers, Brian E

bmyers@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Environmental education

Other: Curriculum Development and Implementation, Teacher Education, Design and Delivery of Professional Development

Nadakuduti, Satya Swathi

s.nadakuduti@ufl.edu

Horticultural Sciences

Agricultural production, Biodiversity, Ecological/environmental genomics, ecosystem ecology, Plant ecology

Other: Plant specialized metabolism; chemical diversity - lipids and alkaloids; DNA barcoding and genomics; Ecological systems; impact of geography on plant metabolites; Florida natives

Nair, Vimala D

vdn@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Agroecology, soil resources, water resources

Other: sustainable nutrient management; water quality; soil chemistry

Nations, Jonathan Allen

jnations@floridamuseum.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, wildlife ecology

Other: Mammals, Evolution at different levels and scales, Ecomorphology, Islands, Functional Traits, Systematics, Evolutionary Ecology

Nunes, Marcio

marcionunes@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

TBA

Other:

Oh, Chamteut

chamteutoh@ufl.edu

Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment

Ecological/environmental genomics, Environmental science, Microbial ecology, Public health

Other: Microbial water quality; environmental DNA/RNA surveillance; pathogen fate and decay in aquatic systems; antimicrobial resistance in environmental waters; microbial source tracking

Olexa, Michael T

olexa@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Environmental governance and policy

Other: bell-weather issues of water quality and quantity, pesticide use and impact, Invasive Species and hazardous waste management

Oli, Madan Kumar

olim@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Climate change, conservation biology, ecological modeling, evolutionary biology, statistics

Other: population ecology, ecological and management of wildlife populations, conservation biology, carnivore conservation

Osborne, Todd Z

osbornet@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience

Biogeochemistry, ecosystem services, landscape ecology, soil resources, wetland ecology

Other: carbon dynamics; nutrient cycling; estuarine Biogeochemistry; fire effects on biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus; spatial variability of Soil Nutrients at the landscape scale

Ossiboff, Robert J

rossiboff@ufl.edu

Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine

Invasive species

Other: Infectious diseases of wildlife, Wildlife pathology, Reptile and amphibian disease, Wildlife Disease, Invasive infectious diseases

Overdevest, Christine A

coverdev@ufl.edu

Sociology and Criminology and Law

Environmental governance and policy, natural resource conservation and management, sociology

Other: environmental sociology; economic sociology; regulation and governance; environmental certification and sustainability standards

Oyuela-Caycedo, Augusto

caycedo@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Coastal ecology, landscape ecology, terrestrial biology

Other: Historical Ecology, Plants & Humans. Anthropic environments

Page, Larry M

lpage1@ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biology

Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, freshwater ecology, phylogenetics

Other: Systematics, evolution, and ecology of freshwater fishes; protection of aquatic natural areas

Palmer, Todd

tmp@ufl.edu

Biology

Biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem services, insect ecology, invasive species, plant ecology, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: Ecology of East African savannas; evolution and ecology of mutualism; plant-herbivore interactions

Patterson, Joshua T

joshpatterson@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory

Conservation biology, ecological restoration, natural resource conservation and management

Other: restoration aquaculture; coral reefs; physiology of aquatic organisms

Patterson, William Frank

will.patterson@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Ecosystem ecology, marine ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: population structure of marine fishes; population connectivity; fisheries assessment and management; population dynamics

Paulay, Gustav

paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, biogeography

Other: evolution, systematics, and natural history of invertebrates; dynamics of species diversity and distributions; large-scale marine biodiversity surveys

Paulson, Susan

spaulson@latam.ufl.edu

Center for Latin American Studies

Climate change, ecological economics, environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, human geography, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems

Perez, Hector E

heperez@ufl.edu

Environmental Horticulture

Agricultural production, agroecology climate change, invasive species, plant ecology

Other: seed biology; endangered species conservation; plant conservation; native plants; at-risk species

Perz, Stephen

sperz@ufl.edu

Sociology and Criminology and Law

Environmental governance and policy, human geography, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, sustainable infrastructure

Other: Infrastructure Impacts, Sustainable Development, Latin America, Collaboration, Participatory Research Methods, Environmental Governance

Peterson, Anna

annap@ufl.edu

Religion

Climate change, environmental education

Other: environmental ethics, climate ethics, animal ethics

Phlips, Edward J

phlips@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Freshwater ecology, marine ecology, microbial ecology

Other: optimization of algae species for biofuels production; planktonic primary production; causes and consequences of harmful algae in both freshwater and marine ecosystems

Pilyugin, Sergei S

pilyugin@ufl.edu

Mathematics

Ecological modeling, microbial ecology

Other: mathematical biology; population dynamics; stochastic processes; dynamical systems; differential equations

Ponciano Castellanos, Jose Miguel

josemi@ufl.edu

Biology

Ecological modeling, phylogenetics

Other: statistical and theoretical ecology; population dynamics and state space models; stochastic processes in ecology, evolution, and phylogenetics

Porazinska, Dorota

dorotalp@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Biodiversity, climate change, microbial ecology, soil resources, terrestrial ecology

Other: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, Microbial Community Assembly, Molecular/Omics Tools, Nematode Bioindicators, Plant-Soil Interactions

Powell, Abby

abbypowell@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Coastal ecology, conservation biology, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology

Other: Avian ecology; species of conservation concern; migration ecology

Putz, Francis E

fep@ufl.edu

Biology

Conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, plant ecology

Other: fire ecology; botany; plant biomechanics; economic botany; natural resource economics

Qiao, Xiaohui

xiaohui.qiao@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Agricultural production, urban and regional planning, water resources

Other: Disaster impact analysis; Web GIS development; Agroinformatics

Qiu, Jiangxiao

qiuj@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Agroecology, artificial intelligence/machine learning, biogeochemistry, ecosystem services, global change ecology, landscape ecology, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems, terrestrial ecology

Other: Landscape Ecology; Ecosystem Service; Sustainability; Global Change Ecology; Social-ecological systems; Urban Agriculture

Radunovich, Heidi Liss

hliss@ufl.edu

Family, Youth, and Community Sciences

Public health

Other: Stress, disaster recovery, military and Veteran mental health, rural mental health, College student mental health

Rechcigl, John Edward

rechcigl@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

Soil resources, sustainable food systems, water resources

Other: soil fertility of pasture grasses and legumes; impact of fertilizers on surface and groundwater quality; fertilizer requirements for tropical grasses with emphasis on sustainable agriculture

Reddy, Rameshwer

krr@ufl.edu

School of Natural Resources and Environment

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Agroecology, biogeochemistry, soil resources, water resources, wetland ecology

Other: Constructed wetlands, Water Quality, Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles, flooded soils, shallow lakes

Reisinger, Alexander J

reisingera@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, socio-ecological systems, urban ecology

Other: urban biogeochemistry; freshwater ecosystem ecology; stream ecology; nutrient cycling

Reisinger, Lindsey Sargent

lreisinger1@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Biogeochemistry, invasive species, urban ecology

Other: parasitism; intraspecies behavioral variation; invasion ecology; community ecology

Reynolds, Laura

lkreynolds@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Biodiversity, biogeochemistry, climate change, coastal ecology, conservation biology, ecological restoration, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, global change ecology, marine ecology, plant ecology

Other: coastal and marine ecology; biodiversity; population genetics; ecosystem restoration

Ribeiro Do Valle, Denis

drvalle@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biogeochemistry, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology, environmental governance and policy, global change ecology, landscape ecology, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, statistics, sustainable infrastructure, wildlife ecology

Other: LiDAR; Bayesian models; Uncertainty quantification; machine learning; remote sensing

Ries, Robert

rries@ufl.edu

Construction Management

Ecological modeling, sustainable infrastructure, urban and regional planning

Other: Life cycle assessment and optimization; green building construction; environmental impact assessment of buildings

Rios, Esteban Fernando

estebanrios@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Agricultural production, agroecology, plant ecology

Other: Plant breeding; genetics; genetic diversity; genomic-enabled breeding; forage and cover crop improvement

Roberts, Grady

groberts@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Environmental education, global sustainable development

Other: education; training; capacity building; extension; adult learning; agricultural development

Robertson, Ellen

ellen.robertson@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

TBA

Other:

Robinson, Scott K

srobinson@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, conservation biology, global change ecology, urban ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: Avian community and conservation ecology; habitat fragmentation; community change on environmental gradients

Rolando, Jose L

jlrolando@ufl.edu

Microbiology and Cell Science

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Biogeochemistry, climate change, ecological/environmental genomics, global change ecology, microbial ecology

Other: Plant and Soil Microbiomes; Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles; Coastal Wetlands

Romagosa, Christina M

cmromagosa@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology

Rossi, Lorenzo

l.rossi@ufl.edu

Indian River Research and Education Center

Agricultural production, agroecology, climate change, ecological/environmental genomics

Other: genetic and environmental stresses on roots, citrus greening, development of disease-resistant trees

Ruiz, Jorge

jorgerm@ufl.edu

Family, Youth, and Community Services

Socio-ecological systems, human dimensions, social science

Other: financial decision-making and outcomes; behavioral and psychological predictors of financial well-being among households, consumers, and farmers; application of quantitative and qualitative social and behavioral research methodologies to support the adoption of economically viable and practical strategies in agriculture

Ryan, Sadie J

sjryan@ufl.edu

Geography

Center for African Studies

Climate change, ecological modeling, global change ecology, landscape ecology public health, socio-ecological systems

Other: Vector borne diseases; climate sensitive diseases; geospatial modeling; disease ecology; disease emergence; invasion ecology; dengue; malaria; ticks; mosquitoes

Salemi, Marco

salemi@pathology.ufl.edu

Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine

Biogeography, phylogenetics

Other: Molecular evolution and phylogeography or pathogenic bacteria, MSRA, V. Cholera

Sandoval Gutierrez, Hector Hugo

hsandoval@ufl.edu

Economics

Renewable energy, statistics

Other: Applied microeconomics; Energy economics; Energy efficiency; Economics of solar power, energy efficiency

Sassaman, Kenneth Edward

sassaman@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Archaeology, disturbance ecology

Other: Archaic and woodland periods of the American Southeast, technological change, community patterning, coastal archaeology

Schaffer, Bruce A

bas56@ufl.edu

Horticultural Sciences

Tropical Research and Education Center

Other: Ecophysiology of subtropical and tropical horticultural crops

Scheffers, Brett Ryan

brett.scheffers@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, ecological restoration, global change ecology, urban ecology

Other: Tropical ecology and conservation; ecophysiology; multidimensional species distributions in rainforest canopy environments; microhabitat buffering in structurally complex environments

Serra, Renata

rserra@ufl.edu

Center for African Studies

Environmental governance and policy, socio-ecological systems

Other: Political economy of agriculture; vulnerability and resilience to Climate Change; gender and intersectionality; women’s empowerment; livestock sector development; social capital and collective action; microfinance

Sharma, Lakesh Kumar

lakesh.sharma@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Agricultural production, agroecology, soil resources

Other: Nutrient, pesticide, and waste management; precision agriculture; soil health

Sharma, Vivek

vsharma1@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Agricultural production, natural resource conservation and management, water resources

Other: Precision Water and Nutrient Management; Irrigation; Evapotranspiration; Remote Sensing; Water Quality

Sharp, Misti

mistisharp@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Ecological economics, natural resource conservation and management, sustainable food systems, water resources

Other: Natural Resource Economics; Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy; Teaching

Shirey, Vaughn Michael

vaughnshirey@ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Biodiversity, conservation biology, ecological modeling, global change ecology, insect ecology

Other: Butterfly and moth ecology; desert ecology; Arctic ecology; AI and statistical modeling; conservation policy; statistical models and artificial intelligence for natural history collections and archives

Short, Andrew E

andrew.short@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, insect ecology, phylogenetics

Siders, Zachary

zsiders@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Biodiversity, Ecological modeling, Marine ecology, Natural resource conservation and management, Statistics

Other: fisheries, population ecology, community ecology, quantitative ecology, endangered species, stock assessment

Sieving, Kathryn E

chucao@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity, landscape ecology

Other: Avian community and landscape ecology; forest Biodiversity conservation

Simmons, Cynthia S

cssimmons@ufl.edu

Geography

Ecological economics, ecological/environmental genomics, socio-ecological systems

Other: Political ecology; economic development and environmental policy; agrarian reform; land conflict; social processes

Smith, Benjamin B

bbsmith@ufl.edu

Political Science

Global sustainable development, natural resource conservation and management

Other: resource wealth, resource curse, politics of development

Smith, Daniel J

djs3@ufl.edu

Landscape Architecture

Conservation biology, human dimensions, landscape ecology, urban and regional planning, wildlife ecology

Other: studying movement patterns and habitat use of terrestrial vertebrates; integrating conservation, transportation, and land-use planning; design and planning of greenways and trails networks; assessing the ecological impacts of roads and traffic; ecological hotspots modeling; performing landscape fragmentation and connectivity assessments

Smith, Matthew E

Trufflesmith@ufl.edu

Plant Pathology

Biodiversity, evolutionary biology, microbial ecology, phylogenetics

Other: fungal ecology, plant-fungal interactions, animal-fungal interactions, truffles and truffle-like fungi, fungal systematics and biodiversity

Smyth, Ashley R

ashley.smyth@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Tropical Research and Education Center

Biogeochemistry, climate change, coastal ecology, ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management

Other: Nitrogen Biogeochemistry; Aquaculture; Water Quality; Nutrients

Soltis, Pamela S

psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Conservation biology, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics

Other: Plant molecular systematics; polyploid evolution; conservation genetics; use of natural history collections in ecology and evolutionary biology

Sounny-Slitine, Moulay M

Southworth, Jane

jsouthworth@geog.ufl.edu

Geography

Biogeography, climate change, ecological modeling, human geography, socio-ecological systems

Other: Land change science; climate variability and Climate Change; savanna systems; coupled human-natural systems analysis; remote sensing; environmental modeling

Stein, Taylor Verne

tstein@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems

Other: Sustainable outdoor recreation; ecotourism; community-based planning

Steiner, Ruth Lorraine

rsteiner@ufl.edu

Urban and Regional Planning

Climate change, environmental governance and policy, global sustainable development, public health, sustainable food systems, sustainable infrastructure, urban ecology, urban and regional planning

Other: sustainable transportation; land use planning; bicycle and pedestrian planning; urban sustainability; health and the built environment; research design

Stepp, John Richard

stepp@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Center for Latin American Studies

Agroecology, biodiversity, ecosystem ecology, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems, sustainable food systems

Other: Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Biocultural Diversity, Indigenous Food Systems, Ethnoecology

Stofer, Kathryn Anne

stofer@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Environmental education, science communication

Other: Professional development in engagement for researchers; new methods and models of public engagement

Strauss, Sarah L

strauss@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Microbiology and Cell Science

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

Agricultural production, agroecology, ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology, soil resources

Other: soil microbial ecology; citrus and vegetable agroecosystems; soil health and resiliency for agricultural production

Subalusky, Amanda L

asubalusky@ufl.edu

Biology

Biodiversity, biogeochemistry, conservation biology, freshwater ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: animal effects on biogeochemical cycling, food webs, ecosystem ecology, land-water connections

Sutton, Lerah K

lerahsutton@ufl.edu

Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine

Other: forensic medicine, forensic taphonomy; clandestine gravesite detection and excavation; comparative osteology; human decomposition; estimation of the postmortem interval

Tabay Zambon, Flavia

Taylor, Bron R

bron@ufl.edu

Religion

Environmental governance and policy, history, socio-ecological systems

Other: Emotional, spiritual, and political dimensions of historical and contemporary environmental movements

Telg, Ricky W

rwtelg@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Science communication

Other: Agricultural communication, distance education, multimedia development, public relations, media relations

Thetford, Mack

thetford@ufl.edu

Environmental Horticulture

Coastal ecology, ecological restoration, plant ecology, sustainable food systems

Other: Plant propagation; annual and perennial gardening; dendrology; pomegranate and olive fruit production

Thiele, Leslie Paul

thiele@ufl.edu

Political Science

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, sustainability

Other: sustainability and emerging technologies

Thomas, Matthew Brian

matthewthomas1@ufl.edu

Entomology and Nematology

Agroecology, insect ecology

Other: Ecology and control of insects and diseases; environmental factors affecting the dynamics and distribution of vector-borne diseases, development of novel chemical and biological tools for control of malaria, mosquitos, and other urban pests

Thomas, Travis Michael

travis.thomas@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Nature Coast Biological Station

Coastal ecology, conservation biology, data science, ecological modeling, freshwater ecology, landscape ecology, natural science, statistics, terrestrial ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: Capture-recapture studies; Bayesian thinking & modeling; Movement patterns & processes; Estimation of survival, occupancy, and population parameters; Developing & utilizing open-source platforms

Townsend, Timothy G

ttown@ufl.edu

Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment

Sustainable infrastructure, urban and regional planning

Other: Sustainable materials management, geosystems engineering, sustainable construction engineering, solid and hazardous waste management

Tucker, Catherine May

tuckerc@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Center for Latin American Studies

Agroecology, biodiversity, climate change, conservation biology, environmental governance and policy, water resources

Other: environmental governance, mountain socio-ecological systems, coffee agroforestry, community-based natural resource management (forests, watersheds), transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge

Tuckett, Quenton

qtuckett@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory

Invasive species, disturbance ecology, freshwater ecology

Other: aquaculture, eutrophication, eco-evolutionary dynamics, ecological stoichiometry theory

Tziolas, Nikolaos

ntziolas@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, global sustainable development, soil resources, statistics

Other: Remote Sensing; Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Land Degradation; GHGs monitoring

Valenta, Kim L

kimvalenta@ufl.edu

Anthropology

Anthropology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology

Other: Evolutionary ecology of plant-animal interactions; applied conservation in Madagascar and mainland Africa; plant-animal co-evolution

Vander Zanden, Hannah B

hvz@ufl.edu

Biology

Biogeochemistry, coastal ecology, conservation biology, marine ecology, wildlife ecology

Other: animal ecology; migration; stable isotopes; sea turtles

Vieira de Paula Moraes, Silvana

paula.moraes@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

West Florida Research and Education Center

Insect ecology, invasive species, sustainable food systems

Other: integrated pest management; insect resistance management; crop pest management

Vincent, Christopher I

civince@ufl.edu

Horticultural Sciences

Citrus Research and Education Center

Agricultural production, agroecology, sustainable food systems

Other: Multi-species production systems; tree environmental physiology; carbon fixation and transport; water transport in plants

Vogel, Jason

jvogel@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Climate change, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, natural resource conservation and management, terrestrial ecology

Other: nutrient cycling, structure, and growth; silviculture

Walden, Heather D

hdstockdale@ufl.edu

Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine

Other: Diagnostic parasitology; Parasites of invasive species; Zoonotic parasites; Veterinary Parasitology

Walsh-Childers, Kimberly B

kwchilders@jou.ufl.edu

Journalism

Public health, science communication

Other: Health journalism, science journalism, newspapers, mass media and adolescent health, media and Public Health, health policy, mass media, multimedia approaches

Wan, Ho Yi

wanhoyi@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, Conservation biology, Ecological modeling, Landscape ecology, Wildlife ecology

Other: Conversational AI agents with LLMs; Model-based reinforcement learning; Habitat and connectivity modeling; animal movement; human-wildlife conflicts

Wang, Dengjun

dengjun.wang@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Biogeochemistry, ecological restoration, environmental science, hydrology, soil resources, water resources

Other: Fate and Transport; Emerging Contaminants; Environmental Remediation; Biochar-Enabled Technology; and Environmental Nanotechnology

Warner, Laura Anne

lsanagorski@ufl.edu

Agricultural Education and Communication

Environmental education, natural resource conservation and management, science communication, social science

Other: Public perceptions; factors that influence adoption of environmentally desirable behaviors; social norms; barriers to adoption

Wells, Randall Stewart

randallswells@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Conservation biology, evolutionary biology, marine ecology

Other: Conservation of marine mammals; behavioral ecology of cetaceans; cetacean social structure and behavior; population biology, life history, and health assessment of small cetaceans; development of innovative field research techniques, including radio telemetry

Weng, Weizhe

wweng@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics

Climate change, ecological economics, ecosystem services, environmental governance and policy, water resources

Other: Water Quality, Water Policy, Valuation of Ecosystem Services, Air Pollution, Coupled human and natural systems

Whiles, Matthew R

Mwhiles@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Ecological restoration, ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, insect ecology, wetland ecology

Other: Ecosystem ecology with a focus on the roles of animals in stream and wetland ecosystem processes and functions

White, Ethan P

ethanwhite@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, conservation biology, ecological modeling, global change ecology, natural resource conservation and management, statistics

Other: Environmental Data Science; Conservation AI; Ecological Forecasting

Wilkie, Ann Christina

acwilkie@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Renewable energy, soil resources, water resources

Other: Carbon dynamics and Ecosystem Services; soil, water, and aquifer remediation; Sustainable waste management; microbial and environmental factors influencing biodegradation

Wilkinson, Benjamin E

benew@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Other: photogrammetry; lidar; sensor modelling; spatial accuracy assessment; UAS/drones applied to natural resource applications; geospatial sensor modelling and uncertainty estimation; novel photogrammetric algorithm approaches to natural resource applications

Willmott, Keith Richard

kwillmott@flmnh.ufl.edu

Florida Museum of Natural History

Entomology and Nematology

Biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary biology, insect ecology, phylogenetics

Other: Systematics of Neotropical butterflies; evolutionary ecology of mimetic butterflies; biogeography and conservation of tropical Andean butterflies

Wilson, Chris H

chwilson@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Agricultural production, agroecology, biogeochemistry, ecological modeling, statistics

Other: grassland ecology and management, carbon and nutrient cycles in agroecosystems, statistical modeling

Wilson, Patrick Christopher

pcwilson@ufl.edu

Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

Agroecology, soil resources, water resources

Other: Management of nutrients, pesticides, and wastes; bioremediation/phytoremediation of agrichemicals in contaminated surface water; agrichemical loadings in surface water

Wilson, Sandra Barbour

sbwilson@ufl.edu

Environmental Horticulture

Ecosystem services, environmental education, invasive species, landscape ecology

Other: evaluation of alternatives to ornamental invasive plants; ornamental native plant propagation, production and landscape use

Wisely, Samantha M

wisely@ufl.edu

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, wildlife ecology

Other: applied wildlife disease ecology; pathogen pollution; transmission dynamics at the wildlife-livestock interface; One Health

Wonkka, Carissa L

c.wonkka@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

West Florida Research and Education Center

Disturbance ecology, ecological restoration, environmental governance and polity, human dimensions, invasive species, natural resource conservation and management, socio-ecological systems

Other: process-based ecosystem restoration; wildland fire literacy; social barriers to ecosystem management; plant-soil feedbacks; invasive species ecology

Wurdig Roesch, Luiz Fernando

roesch@ufl.edu

Microbiology and Cell Science

Microbial ecology

Other: Biomarkers of health and disease in human samples; biomarkers of homeostasis and perturbation in environmental samples; development of user-friendly bioinformatics tools

Yang, Huiping

huipinguang@ufl.edu

Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Conservation biology, ecological restoration, freshwater ecology

Other: Aquaculture, germplasm preservation, cytogenetics of molluscan shellfish

Yoon, Seonkyoo

yoon.s@ufl.edu

Geological Sciences

Biogeochemistry, water resources

Other: Karst Hydrology; Nutrient Cycling; Hydrogeologic Modeling; Fluid-Rock Interaction; Microfluidics

Young, Alyson Gail

alys.yng@ufl.edu

Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics

Anthropology, human dimensions, public health, socio-ecological systems

Other: Community-based participatory approaches, eco-social epidemiology, implementation science research, global and environmental health, person-centered education practices in Public Health

Zare, Alina

azare@ufl.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, climate change, ecosystem services, statistics

Other: Computer Vision, Automated Sensor Data Analysis, Hyperspectral Analysis

Zhao, Chang

changzhao@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Artificial intelligence/machine learning, biodiversity, ecological modeling, ecosystem services, landscape ecology

Other: Ecosystem Services; Landscape Ecology; GIScience; Remote Sensing; Machine Learning

Zhao, Xin

zxin@ufl.edu

Agronomy

Agricultural production, agroecology, soil resources, sustainable food systems, water resources

Other: Organic and sustainable vegetable systems

Zhuang, Yilin

yilinz@ufl.edu

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Mid Florida Research and Education Center

Environmental Education, Science Communication, Socio-ecological Systems, Water Resources

Other: Integrated water resources management; groundwater and water quality; agricultural and residential water use; stakeholder engagement and science communication

Zimmerman, Andrew R

azimmer@ufl.edu

Geological Sciences

Biogeochemistry, climate change, soil resources, sustainable food systems, water resources