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School of Natural Resources and Environment

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.

If you are an affiliate and would like to update your listing, email snre@ifas.ufl.edu.

A-Z Index of Affiliate Faculty

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Acevedo, Miguel
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0575
maacevedo@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Quantitative Population Ecology, Wildlife Disease Ecology, Spatial Ecology, and Theoretical Ecology

Adams, Alison
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-294-0615
alison.adams@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Social Movements, Community Organizations, Environmental Justice, Sociological Theory, Qualitative Research Methods

Adams, Carrie
Environmental Horticulture
352-273-4502
rein0050@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Plant Ecology, Restoration of Ecosystem Structure and Function, Establishment of Native Plant Communities, Invasive Plant Management

Adams, Damian
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-0872
dcadams@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Human values of and impacts on ecosystem goods and services, Economics, Policy

Adams, Peter
Geological Sciences
352-846-0825
adamsp@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Process Geomorphology, Surface Processes, and Landform Evolution

Allen, Micheal
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-273-3624
msal@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Fish population and community dynamics, fishing mortality, fisheries management

Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica
Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management
(352) 392-3992
aalmeyda@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecotourism as a development and conservation strategy in the tropics, Tropical Sustainable Development, Sustainable tourism and land-use dynamics, Ecotourism and natural protected areas

Altieri, Andrew H.
Environmental Engineering Sciences
352-294-7748
altieri@essie.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Human impacts on coastal ecosystems, particularly the ecological interactions that underlie the response of biogenic habitats and their associated communities to those impacts

Anantharam, Anita
Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies
352-273-0383
aanital@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Transnational Feminism, Postcolonial Theory, Food Politics and Sustainability, Women, Business, and Leadership

Andreu, Michael
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-0355
mandreu@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Sustainable Forest Management, Quantification of Ecosystem Services, Restoration Ecology, Silviculture

Angelini, Christine
Environmental Engineering Sciences
352-294-7815
christine.angelini@essie.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Understanding the organization and resilience of natural systems

Ankersen, Thomas
Law
352-392-2237
ankersen@law.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Law, Sustainability

Annable, Michael
Environmental Engineering Sciences
352-392-3294
annable@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Physical-chemical processes related to subsurface remediation, measuring groundwater flow and contaminant flux in aquifers

Asche, Frank
Institute for Sustainable Food Systems and Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-222-8481
frank.asche@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Sustainable Seafood Production, Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Seafood Trade

Ash, Kevin
Geography
352-294-6956
kash78@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental hazards topics such as vulnerability, resilience, risk communication & perception, evacuation, and disaster loss data as well as GIS & geospatial analysis and modeling

 

Austin, James
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0646
austinj@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Conservation Genetics, Phylogeography, Phylogenetics

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Bacon, Allan
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3119
allan.bacon@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Contemporary Environmental Implications of Subsoil Morphology in Spodosols and Ultisols, Drivers and Implications of Inter- and Intra-horizon Variability of Subsoil C Cycle, Utilization of Soil Taxonomy to Predict Soil Physical Properties

Baiser, Benjamin
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-392-1947
bbaiser@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: How Ecological Communities Assemble, Change, and Collapse

Baker, Shirley
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-273-3627
sbaker25@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Physiological Ecology of Bivalve Mollusks

Barnes, Grenville
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-392-4498
gbarnes@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Land Tenure and Property Rights, Governance of Natural Resources in Developing Countries, Cadastral Surveying and Mapping

Barry, Savanna
Nature Coast Biological Station
352-325-6080
savanna.barry@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Seagrasses, coastal ecology, water quality, horseshoe crabs, living shorelines, habitat restoration, management agency collaboration

Bean, Eban
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-294-2277
ezbean@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Stormwater Management, Water Quantity and Quality Issues, Low Impact Development, Sustainable Urban Development to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution

Baweja, Vandana
Architecture
352-294-1465
vbaweja@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Colonial art, architecture, and urbanism in Southern Asia, histories of sustainable architecture, cities and architectures of empires, global sustainable architecture

Bayabil, Haimanote
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
786-217-9253
hbayabil@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Water Resources Management, Soil Hydrology, Irrigation, Evapotranspiration, Soil Moisture Dynamics, Precision Agriculture

Behringer, Donald
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-273-3634
behringer@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Marine Disease Ecology and Epidemiology, Resilience and Restoration of Marine Communities, Ecology and Behavior of Marine Invertebrates

Bhadha, Jehangir
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
561-993-1711
jango@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Phosphorus Biogeochemistry, Role of Biological Transformations in Soils and Sediments, Internal Loading of Nutrients Across Soil-Water Interface, Improving Soil Health and Fertility in Depleted Areas

Binford, Michael
Geography
352-294-7500
mbinford@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Macrosystems Biogeography, Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental Systems, Land-Water Interactions, Landscape Dynamics, Paleoecology, Paleolimnology, Paleoclimatology

Bjorndal, Karen
Biology
352-392-1126
bjorndal@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Nutritional Ecology of Vertebrate Herbivores, Biology of Sea Turtles

Blackburn, David
Biology 
352-273-1943
dblackburn@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Understanding the diversity, evolution, and natural history of amphibians and reptiles 

Blackburn, Jason
Geography, Emerging Pathogens Institute
352-294-7501
jkblackburn@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Zoonotic Diseases, Wildlife Diseases, Disease Transmission Pathways and Spillover Between Species, Ecological Niche Modeling, Spatio-temporal Modeling for Epidemiology, Disease Ecology, Anthrax Transmission Dynamics

Bliznyuk, Nikolay
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 ext 239
nbliznyuk@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Bayesian Statistics, Computational Statistics, Computer Experiments, Environmental Applications, High-dimensional Data, Inverse Problems, Monte Carlo Methods, Spatial and Spatio-temporal Modeling

Bohlman, Stephanie
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-3503
sbohlman@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: How species/functional group composition and forest structure will respond to climate change and the effects of these responses on ecosystem functioning

Boinski, Sue
Anthropology
352-392-2253 ext 237
boinski@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Primate Behavior, Ecology, Social Evolution, and Communication, Neotropics

Bonzongo, Jean-Claude
Environmental Engineering Sciences
352-392-7604
bonzongo@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, Cycling, Regulation, and Biological Role of Trace Metals and Nutrients, Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Aquatic Systems, Isotope Tracers of Hydrologic and Geologic Processes

Borkhataria, Rena
Wildlife and Ecology Conservation
561-993-1599
rrbork@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Monitoring and Telemetry Studies of Wood Storks, Wading Birds, Spatial Modeling

Branch, Lyn
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0564
branchl@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecology and Conservation of South American Mammals, Habitat Fragmentation and Dynamics of Wildlife Populations, Spatial Structuring of Populations, Role of Animals in Altering Landscape Dynamics and Ecosystem Processes

Brandt, Steven
Anthropology
352-294-7599
sbrandt@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: African Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology, Cultural Heritage Management, Historical Ecology

Braswell, Anna
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
(352) 846-0850
a.braswell@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Understanding legacy effects of humans on coastal marsh geomorphology and biogeochemistry, Historical development of coastal towns and communities, Effects of disturbance on coastal marshes, and Coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise

Brenner, Mark
Geological Sciences
352-392-2231
brenner@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Limnology, Paleolimnology, Tropical and Subtropical Lakes and Watersheds

Brown, M. Leann
Political Science
352-392-0262 ext 286
mlbrown@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Organizational Learning and Environmental Policymaking in the European Union

Bruna, Emilio
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0634
embruna@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: How human activities influence plant-animal interactions and plant population dynamics, development of science in Latin America

Buschbacher, Robert
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-273-4706
rbusch@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Economics of seafood, energy, food production, and other natural resource issues

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Camp, Edward 
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences 
352-273-3652
edvcamp@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: His extension and research focuses on the interconnected ecological, socioeconomic and governance dynamics that influence value, market activity, ecosystem function and ultimately stakeholder quality of life

Campbell, Lindsay
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory - Vero Beach
(772) 226-6666
lcampbell2@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Spatial ecology, arthropod vector species, landscape genetics

Campos Krauer, Juan Manuel
Large Animal Clinical Sciences, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-294-4327
jmcampos@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, wildlife ecology, health and conservation, animal microbiota, veterinary parasitology, historical biogeography, phylogeography, biodiversity, and invasive species.

Carlson, Andrew
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, and Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-294-3895
andrew.carlson@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Fisheries ecology and management, stream ecology, river ecology, coupled human and natural systems, social-ecological systems

Carthy, Raymond
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0545
ngosi@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecology of Endangered Species, Reproductive Ecology and Physiology of Coastal Wetland Herpetofauna, Freshwater Turtles

Chagaris, David
Nature Coast Biological Stations
352-394-7844
dchagaris@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecosystem Modeling, Fisheries Ecology and Management

Chalfin, Brenda
Anthropology
352-392-2427
bchalfin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Anthropology of the State, Political Economy, Globalization, Commodities, Materiality, Infrastructure, Development, Bureaucracy, Borders, Interdisciplinary, African Studies

Chapman, Frank
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-392-9617
fchapman@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Reproductive Biology and Larval Development of Sturgeon

Chase, Carlene
Horticulture Sciences
352-273-4770
cachase@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Reducing Environmental Impact of Weed Management, Methyl Bromide Alternatives, Cover Crops and Living Mulches

Child, Brian
Geography
352-294-7503
bchild@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Protected Area Management, Conservation of Natural Resources, Africa

Clark, Mark
Soil and Water Science
352-294-3115
clarkmw@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Wetland Nutrient Assimilation and Storage Processes, Vegetative Succession Dynamics, Wetland Macrophyte Ecophysiology, Ecological Engineering Design Using Wetland Processes

Clarke, Mysha
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
(352) 846.0926
clarke@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: environmental decision-making, human dimensions of forest management

Coenen, Danny
Natural Resources and Environment
352-294-0516
dcoenen@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecological Impacts of Climate Change, Modeling Regional Climate Change

Cohen, Matthew
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-3490
mjc@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Watershed Hydrology and Biogeochemistry, Wetland Processes

Cohn, Martin
Biology
352-273-8099
mjcohn@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Molecular Development of Vertebrate External Genitalia, Evolution of Vertebrate Limb Development, Developmental Genetic Mechanisms of Vertebrate Skeleton Evolution

Correia, Joel E.
Center for Latin American Studies
352-273-4708
correia@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Social & environmental justice; human rights; Indigenous politics & indigeneity; political ecology; land politics; resource rule; legal geographies; collaborative research methods

Court, Christa
Food and Resource Economics
352-294-7675
ccourt@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Regional economic modeling, the energy-water nexus, applied spatial econometrics, environmental accounting, and connections in human and natural systems

Crandall, Raelene 
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences 
352-273-3416
raecrandall@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Disturbance Ecology, Ecological Modelling, Invasive Species, Population & Community Ecology, Restoration & Management

Cropper, Wendell
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-0859
wcropper@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Simulation Modeling of Plantation and Natural Forests, Matrix Population Modeling of Tree and Palm Species, Mechanistic Modeling of Physiological and Ecological Processes, Modeling of Nutrient Uptake in Roots and Mycorrhizae

Cuda, James
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3921
jcuda@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biological Control for Managing Invasive Plants, Identification, Importation, and Screening of Host-specific Arthropods for Biological Control of Weeds

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Daniels, Jaret
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3916
jcdnls@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Insect Ecology, Population Dynamics and Conservation of Lepidoptera and Native Insect Pollinators, Integrated Crop Pollination, Road Ecology, Imperiled Species Recovery

Daroub, Samira
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
561-993-1593
sdaroub@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Phosphorus Chemistry and Transformation in Organic Soils Under Flooded Conditions, Computer Simulation Models to Predict Phosphorous Availability for Plants

Davis, Jack
History
352-273-3398
davisjac@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental History

deFrance, Susan
Anthropology
352-294-7531
sdef@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Zooarchaeology, Coastal Adaptations, Andean Empires, Central Andes, Caribbean

Denslow, Nancy
Physiological Sciences
352-294-4642
ndenslow@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Developing and Using Molecular Biomarkers to Evaluate Changes in Gene Expression Depending on Stress or Exposure to Contaminants

Dewitt, Bon
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-392-6010
bon@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Photogrammetry, Digital Mapping, Hydrographic Mapping

DiMaggio, Matthew
UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory
813-671-5230 x115
mdimaggi@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Culture of ornamental fish species in Florida, Reproductive endocrinology, Stress physiology, and Osmoregulation

Diehl, David
Family, Youth, and Community Sciences
352-273-3526
dcdiehl@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Evaluation Research, Youth in Foster Care, Community Resource Organizations, and Child Welfare

Dukes, Michael
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 ext 205
mddukes@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Water Quantity and Quality Issues, Crop Consumptive Use/Evapotranspiration, Best Management Practices to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution

Dukes, Michael
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 ext 205
mddukes@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Water Quantity and Quality Issues, Crop Consumptive Use/Evapotranspiration, Best Management Practices to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution 

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Emery, Kitty
Anthropology
352-273-1919
kemery@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Archaeology, Central America

Enloe, Stephen
Agronomy
352-392-6841
sfenloe@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Terrestrial and Aquatic Invasive Plant Biology, Ecology, and Management

Ennes, Megan
Natural History
352-273-2006
megan.ennes@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Science Communication, Museum Education

Ernest, Morgan
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-294-2082
skmorgane@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Empirical Community Ecology and Macroecology, Intersection of Theoretical and Empirical Ecology

 

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Ferl, Robert
Horticultural Sciences
352-273-4822
robferl@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Space Biology, Examination of 14-3-3 Proteins, Examination of Chromatin Structure

Fletcher, Robert
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0632
robert.fletcher@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Landscape and Spatial Ecology, Habitat and Resource Selection by Animals, Spatial Demography, Networks, Animal Behavior and Its Influence at Large Scales, Predicting Species Distributions, Habitat Fragmentation and Connectivity, Biodiversity Conservation, Quantitative Ecology

Flocks, Joan
Law
352-273-0837
flocks@law.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Farmworkers, Housing, Migrant Labor, Poverty Law

Flory, S. Luke
Agronomy
352-294-1581
flory@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Invasive Plant Ecology, Habitat Susceptibility to Invasions, Invasion Impact on Community and Ecosystem Processes, Long-term Plant Invasion and Native Dynamics

Francis-Floyd, Ruth
Veterinary Medicine
386-643-8289
rffloyd@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Fish Pathology, Health Management of Ornamental Fish, Reef Fish, Nutritional Management of Captive Atlantic Surgeonfish

Frank, Kathryn
Urban and Regional Planning
352-294-1485
kifrank@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Planning Practices to Improve Regional Resilience and Global Sustainability

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Gao, Bin
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 x285
bg55@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental and water resources engineering, environmental nanotechnology, biochar technology, contaminant hydrology, and hydrologic modeling

Gao, Zhifeng
Food and Resource Economics
352-294-7672
zfgao@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for Selected Attributes of Food Products

Gerber, Stefan
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3174
sgerber@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Terrestrial Nutrient Dynamics, Land Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change

Gettys, Lyn
Agronomy
954-577-6331
lgettys@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Aquatic and Wetland Plants in Florida and Southeastern United States, Biology, Ecology, and Control of Introduced Exotic Species, Propagation, Nursery Production, Habitat Restoration, and Phytoremediation of Native Plants

Gilbert, Robert
UF/IFAS Dean for Research
352-294-1583
ragilber@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Sugarcane Agronomy and Biofuels, Sugarcane Cultivar Development, Energy Cane Cultivar Development, Green Cane Harvesting, Transgenic Sugarcane

Gillooly, Jamie
Biology
352-392-2743
gillooly@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Physiological Ecology, Community Ecology, Macroecology and Evolution

Giuliano, William
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0575
docg@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biological and Socio-economic Aspects of Wildlife and Management

Gold, Martin
Architecture
352-294-1474
mgold@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Technologies, Infrastructural, Civic, and Residential Projects Responsive to Climate and Character of Florida Landscape

Goldman, Abe
Geography
352-294-7506
agoldmn@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Tropical Agriculture, Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Geography and Development, Environment and Development, Cultural and Political Ecology, Ethnic Conflicts, Resources, and Development

Gordon, Doria
Biology
352-392-5949
dgordon@tnc.org
Homepage
Research Interests: Plant Ecology, Fire and Species Restoration in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems, Identification and Prediction of Non-indigenous Plant Species, Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Habitats, Rare Species Biology, Demography, and Management

Goss, Erica
Plant Pathology
352-273-4650
emgoss@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Origins, Evolution, Population Genetic Structure, and Migration of Plant Pathogens, Host-Pathogen Coevolution, Molecular Evolution of Virulence

Graham, Wendy
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-5893 ext 2113
wgraham@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Hydrology, Groundwater

Grogan, Kelly
Food and Resource Economics
352-294-7633
kellyagrogan@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Bioeconomic Modeling, Economically Optimal Pest Control Across Time and Space, Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices, Natural Resource Economics, Pest Management, Biological Control, Risk Management

Grunwald, Sabine
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3145
sabgru@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Soil-Landscape Modeling and Pedometrics, Environmetrics, Geographic Information Systems and Landscape Dynamics, Soil and Remote Sensing Applications

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Hahn, Dan
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3968
dahahn@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Rapid adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, and seasonal biology of insects both from basic research and applied agricultural perspectives.

Hahn, Phil
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3960
hahnp@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Plant-herbivore interactions, evolution of plant defense, spatial variation in plant-herbivore interactions, and community ecology.

Hammond, William M.
Agronomy
352-294-3792
williamhammond@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Plant Mortality, Plant Ecophysiology, Plant Hydraulics, Spectral Ecophysiology, Hyperspectral Imaging, Anthropogenic Climate Change, Global Change Ecology, Plant Stress, Controlled Systems Design

Hanson, Rebecca
Center for Latin American Studies
352-294-7191
r.hanson@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Crime and Citizen Security; Political Sociology; Urban Sociology; Policing; Social Movements and Citizen Participation; Gender; Latin America; Qualitative Methods

Harder, Amy
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-273-2569
amharder@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Academic Development of Extension Agents, Competency Development for Extension Agents, Extension Program Development, Development of Human Capacity in Domestic and International Extension, Development of Organizational Capacity in Domestic and International Extension

Hatfield, Kirk
Civil and Coastal Engineering
352-294-7775
kirk.hatfield@essie.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling, Groundwater Remediation, Surface Water and Groundwater Monitoring, Water Resource Allocation Modeling

He, Zhenli
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
561-468-3922 ext 109
zhe@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biogeochemical Processes, Management of Nutrients and Contaminants in Soil-Plant-Water Systems, Waste Management for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Quality, Soil Quality and Ecological Health, Remediation of Contaminated or Degraded Soil and Water Systems

Heckenberger, Michael
Anthropology
352-294-7586
mheck@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Non-Western Cultures of the Humid Tropics, Pre-Industrial Complex Societies, Built Environment, Cultural Memory and Landscape, Historical and Political Ecology, Interdisciplinary Approaches, Anthropology of the Body

Hellgren, Eric
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0552
hellgren@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Ecology of Wildlife Species, Competition, Resource Partitioning, Life History Variation

Hladish, Thomas
Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute
352-392-1107
tjhladish@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Computational epidemiology, stochastic modeling, dengue and influenza dynamics

Hochmair, Hartwig Henry
Geomatics, Surveying, and Mapping
954-577-6317
hhhochmair@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Geo-data using Geographic Information Systems, Travel Behavior, Dispersal Patterns of Invasive Termites, Data Quality Analysis of Free Geo-data

Hoctor, Thomas
Landscape Architecture
352-294-1443
tomh@geoplan.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Application of landscape ecology and conservation biology to: Regional planning, Greenway and wildlife corridor design, Large carnivore ecology and conservation, Focal species habitat modeling, and Geographic information systems applications in conservation planning

Holt, Robert
Biology
352-392-6917
rdholt@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues at Population and Community Levels of Ecological Organization, Linking Ecology with Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology, Habitat Fragmentation

Hostetler, Mark
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0568
hostetm@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Urban Ecology and Environmental Design, Sustainable Development, Urban Wildlife, Resource Efficient Communities

Hull, Vanessa
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0638
vhull@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Large mammal ecology and conservation, coupled human and natural systems, human-wildlife conflict and coexistence, natural resource management

 

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Iannone III, Basil
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences 
352-294-7499
biannone@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Land delevopment and land use change, Spatial analysis, Ecosystem services and functioning, Ecological restoration, Biological invasions 

Inglett, Patrick
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3170
pinglett@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: In Situ Rates of Biogeochemical Processes Involving Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Cycling, Salt and Freshwater Wetland Marshes, Lakes, Rivers, Springs, Cyanobacterial Mat Nitrogenase Activity

Irani, Tracy
Family, Youth, and Community Sciences
352-273-3446
irani@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Public Understanding of Science and Technology, Crisis and Risk Communication, Public Opinion Issues Analysis

 

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Jaeger, John
Geological Sciences
352-846-1381
jmjaeger@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Sedimentary Geology, Continental Margin and Marine Clastic Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Cryosphere Sediment Creation

James, Margaret
Medicinal Chemistry
352-273-7707
mojames@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Factors Affecting Metabolism and Toxicity of Drugs and Xenobiotics in Humans and Animals

Jawitz, James
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3141
jawitz@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Minimizing Human Impacts on Natural Hydrologic Ecosystems, Watersheds, Wetlands, Aquifers, Hydrological Models of Natural and Constructed Wetlands, Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater

Johnson, Daniel J.
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-273-0295
johnson.daniel@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Forest dynamics in a changing world for natural and managed forest ecosystems with a focus on species diversity and tree mortality

Johnson, Steve
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0557
tadpole@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Conservation and Management of Amphibians and Reptiles, Invasive Vertebrate Ecology

Jones, Douglas
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-1902
dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Marine Mollusks as Indicators of Past and Present Environmental Conditions

Jones, Pierce
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-8074
piercejones@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Development and Delivery of Educational Programs and Products Related to Energy and Sustainable Community Development with Emphasis on Housing

 

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Kadyampakeni, Davie
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences/Citrus REC
(863) 956-8843
dkadyampakeni@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: soil and water management and conservation, nutrient management, irrigation and drainage management. Water and nutrient best management practices, crop production, soil and crop modeling

Kahler, Jessica
Sociology and Criminology & Law
jkahler@ufl.edu
352-294-6910
Homepage
Research Interests: Community-based wildlife crime prevention, Conservation criminology, Environmental Justice, Situational Crime Prevention, Wildlife Crime, Wildlife Guardianship

Kainer, Karen
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-0833
kkainer@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Advancement and Application of the Ecological Sciences to Support Conservation of Neotropical Ecosystems Through Sustainable Use, Community-Based Forest Management Systems

Kane, Andrew
Environmental and Global Health
352-273-9090
kane@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Aquatic Pathology and Toxicology, Environmental Health, Low-Level Stress Outcomes in Aquatic Organisms, Behavioral Toxicology, Infectious Diseases Including Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria, Water Quality, Environmental Change, Zoonoses, Global Health, Scientific Outreach

Kaplan, David
Environmental Engineering Sciences
352-392-8439
dkaplan@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Development of Hydrologic and Ecological Models, Ecological Restoration, Feedbacks Between Biological, Hydrological, and Human Systems, Impacts of Altered Hydrology on Structure and Function of Wetlands

Kaplan, John
Journalism
352-392-0435
jkaplan@jou.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Visual Exploration of Cultural Diversity and Its Positive and Negative Effects, Civil Rights, Photojournalism, Design, Ethics, International Journalism, Ethnic Minorities, Internet Content Development

Kaufman, Phillip
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3975
pkaufman@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Development of New Pest Management Tools for Florida's Livestock Operators, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Horses, Insecticide Resistance and Control Failures

Kawahara, Akito
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-2018
kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Evolution and Diversity of Invertebrates, Lepidoptera, Phylogenetic, Behavioral, Functional Genomic, and Biodiversity Informatics Approaches

Keegan, William
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-1921
keegan@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Economic and Ecological Anthropology, Horticultural Societies and Farming Systems, Island Archaeology, West Indian Archaeology

Keiser, C. Nick
Biology
352-273-4981
ckeiser@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Behavioral Ecology, Disease Ecology

Kern, William
Entomology and Nematology
954-577-6329
whk@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Methods of Management for Pests Attacking Ornamental Plants, Turf, and Structures

Kiker, Greg
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 ext 291
gkiker@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecosystem and Hydrological Modeling for South Florida and Southern African Ecosystems, Simulation of Beef Cattle Farming Systems for Ecological and Enterprise Sustainability, Food/Ecology/Marine System Integration into Decision Support and Scenario Analysis Systems for the Caribbean Region

Kimball, Rebecca
Biology
352-846-3737
rkimball@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology, Phylogenetics and the Use of Phylogenies for Comparative Studies, Microevolutionary Processes, Linking Changes in the Genome with Changes at the Organismal Level

Knowles, Hal
Design, Construction, and Planning
352-281-5553
hknowles@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Geospatial and modeling in natural resources

Koeser, Andrew
Landscape Conservation and Ecology
813-633-4150
akoeser@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Sustainable Landscape Management, Urban/Residential Tree Growth and Longevity, Environmental/Economic Costs and Benefits of Landscapes, Role of Plants in Green Infrastructure, Tree Risk Assessment

Kowalewski, Michal
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-1944
kowalewski@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Paleoecology, Taphonomy, Geochronology, Stratigraphy, Quantitative Methods, Marine Ecology, Conservation Biology, Mollusks, Brachiopods

Krigbaum, John
Anthropology
352-294-7540
krigbaum@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Bioarchaeology, Human Osteology, Paleopathology, Paleodiet Reconstruction, Southeast Asia

 

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Lamm, Alexa
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-392-6545
alamm@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: How Individual and Group Level Cognition Impacts the Decision Making and Consensus Building Process, Role of Opinion Leaders, How Educational Initiatives Can Be Targeted

Larkin, Iske
Veterinary Medicine
352-294-4095
lvlarkin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Effectiveness of Online Learning Strategies, Manatee Reproduction, Physiology, and Behavior, Male Manatee Reproductive Anatomy

Larkin, Sherry
Food and Resource Economics
352-392-1784
slarkin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economic Issues Related to Forestry, Precision Farming, Harmful Algal Blooms, and Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Laughinghouse IV, H. Dail
Agronomy Department
954-577-6382
hlaughinghouse@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Cyanobacteria, toxic algae, harmful algal blooms, algae, systematics, cyanotoxins, water quality, biodiversity, remediation, algaecides/herbicides, molecular ecology

Leary, James
Agronomy
352-273-2451
learyj@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Invasive plant species management in natural and managed landscapes

Lecours, Vincent
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-273-3617
vlecours@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: GIS and Remote Sensing, Habitat Mapping and Modeling, Quantitative Ecology, Geomorphometry, Spatial Data Quality, Autonomous and Remotely Operated Vehicles, Geovisualization, and Underwater Image Processing and Analysis

Leibold, Mathew
Biology
352-294-7544
mleibold@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Community ecology and aquatic ecology

Li, Yao
Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
352-294-7197
yaoli1@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Quantitative and qualitative methods to address debates in the fields of social movements, environmental studies, political sociology, and development. 

Li, Yuncong
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
305-246-7000
yunli@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Fertilizer Technology and Management Practices, Plant Nutrition and Water Quality, Nutrient Cycling in Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems, South Florida Ecosystems

Liang, Song
Environmental and Global Health
352-273-9203
songliang@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Epidemiology and Dynamic Modeling of Water- and Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Environmental Determinants and Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Water Quality, Sanitation, Food Safety

Liburd, Oscar
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3918
oeliburd@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Small Fruit and Vegetable Pest Management with Emphasis on Blueberry Pests

Lichstein, Jeremy
Biology
352-392-1540
jlichstein@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Forest Dynamics, Biodiversity, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Forest Ecosystems, Forest Diversity

Lieurance, Deah
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
352-294-1580
dmlieurance@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Invasion risk of alternative crops

Lin, Yang
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3125
ylin2@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecosystem ecology, belowground biogeochemistry, and soil health

Lindner, Angela
Environmental Engineering Sciences
352-392-2177
alind@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Green Engineering, Pollution Prevention, Life Cycle Assessments, Global Engineering, Investigation of Production, Disposal, and Beneficial Use of Coal Combustion Products in Florida

Loiselle, Bette
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0592
loiselleb@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Tropical Ecology/Conservation Biology, Ecology of Seed Dispersal, Population Dynamics of Birds, Spatial Structure and Social Organization of Leks and Consequences for Reproductive Skew and Population Structure in Manakins

Loizzo, Jamie
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-273-1663
jloizzo@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Science communication, non-formal/informal STEM engagement, science literacy, mobile and multimedia, and arts-based research methods

Longo, Ana V.
Biology
352-273-4982
longo@ufl.edu
Homepage 
Research Interests: Amphibian disease ecology, evolution, and conservation; microbial ecology; invasive species

Lord, Cynthia
Entomology and Nematology
772-778-7200 ext 157
clord@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Disease Transmission, Vector-Borne Diseases, Modeling, Ecology and Epidemiology of Pathogens, West Nile Virus in Florida, Pesticide Interactions

Lorenzen, Kai
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-273-3646
klorenzen@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Integrative, Trans-Disciplinary Research in Support of Sustainable Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Conservation, Quantitative Ecology, Human Dimensions, Management Initiatives

Lowerre-Barbieri, Susan
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
(727) 502-4930
slowerrebarbieri@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: marine fisheries, reproductive ecology, population ecology, spatial ecology

Lucky, Andrea
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3952
alucky@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ant systematics, phylogenomics, ecology, impacts of invasive species, science communication, entomology education, public participatory science

Lusk, Mary
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gulf Coast REC
813-419-6586
mary.lusk@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Urban water quality, stormwater, and low impact development for urban areas; urban fertilizer ordinances; pathogens in water bodies; onsite wastewater treatment; urban agriculture  

 

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MacFadden, Bruce
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-1937
bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Fossil Vertebrates, Stable Isotopes, Global Change, Paleobiology, Macroevolution, and Paleoecology of Neogene Mammals of the Americas, Diagenesis of Fossil Bones and Teeth

Mackowiak, Cheryl
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
850-875-7126
echo13@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Elemental (N, P, C) Cycling in Soils Under Perrenial Pasture-Hay Cropping Systems, Fertility Requirements for Nutrient Best Management Practice Advancement, Development of Soil Nutrient Management Strategies

Main, Martin
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0552
mmain@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Behavioral Ecology, Habitat Management, Environmental Education, Florida Master Naturalist Program

Mallinger, Rachel 
Entomology and Nematology 
352-273-3962
rachel.mallinger@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Bee biology and ecology, Integrating landscape and community ecology 

Maltais-Landry, Gabriel 
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences 
352-294-3159
maltaislandryg@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Nutrient, pesticide and waste management; Carbon dynamics and ecosystem services

Martin, Charles
Chemistry
352-392-8205
crmartin@chem.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Materials and Analytical Chemistry with special emphasis on nanomaterials and the bio/nano interface

Martin, Charles
Nature Coast Biological Station
352-273-3624
charles.martin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Coastal Conservation and Community Ecology

Martin, Ellen
Geological Sciences
352-392-2141
eemartin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology, Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry, Marine Sediments

Martin, Jonathan
Geological Sciences
352-392-6219
jbmartin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Geochemistry of Water, Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology of Carbonate Aquifers, Sea Level Change, and Effects on Coastal Aquifers, Weathering in Deglaciated Watersheds in Greenland

Martin, Julien
US Geological Survey's Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
352-264-3502
julienmartin@usgs.gov
Homepage

Research Interests: ecological modeling, population dynamics and the application of decision theory to natural resource management.  
Martin, Timothy
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-0866
tamartin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Tree Physiology, Physiological Mechanisms Controlling Productivity, and Carbon and Water Flux in Trees and Forests 

Martinez, Christopher
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 ext 279
chrisjm@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Urban Water Resources and Nonpoint Source Pollution, Watershed Modeling, Use of Climate Information in Water Resource, Agricultural, and Ecological Management, Planning, and Decision Making

Matyas, Corene
Geography
352-294-7508
matyas@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Tropical Climatology, Hurricanes, Severe Weather, Remote Sensing of Rainfall, Natural Hazards

Mazzotti, Frank
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
954-577-6300
fjma@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Conservation Planning, Endangered Species, Impacts of Human Activities on Fish and Wildlife Resources, Landscape Ecology, Environmental Education

McAuslane, Heather
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3923
hjmca@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Chemical Ecology of Herbivorous Insects and Interactions with Host Plants, Mechanisms of Resistance to Insect Pests in Various Vegetables, Agronomic, and Horticultural Crops

McCarty, Chris
Anthropology
352-392-2253
ufchris@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Social Network Analysis, Personal Network Analysis, Migrants, Disasters, Hypertension, Substance Abuse, Co-offending

McCleery, Robert
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0566
ramccleery@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Conservation and Ecology of Mammals, Urban Ecology, Wildlife Management

McGowan, Conor
WEC/Florida Coop Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
mcgowan@ufl.edu
352-273-3135
Homepage
Research Interests: Decision support science, especially endangered species decision making; population dynamics; predictive modeling of species status; harvest decision modeling, quantitative methods for population assessment.

McKune, Sarah
Environmental and Global Health
smckune@ufl.edu
(352) 273-9449
Homepage
Research Interests: global health development programs, child growth and nutritional outcomes, global health nutrition and food security

Meyer, Julie
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-273-8189
juliemeyer@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Wetlands and Aquatic Ecosystems, Soil-Water-Plant

Migliaccio, Kati
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 ext 273
klwhite@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: GIS Modeling Linking Landscape Characteristics and Water Resource Data, Evaluation of Automatic Evapotranspiration-based Irrigation Scheduling Controllers, Assessment of Water Savings, Capillary Rise in South Florida Soils

Miller, Christine
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3917
cwmiller@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Diversity and Functional Performance of Animal Weapons, Context-Dependent Sexual Selection

Miller, David
Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
352-273-4306
dmiller@coe.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Psychometrics and Large Scale Assessment, Evaluation, Assessment, and Research Design

Miller, Debbie
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
850-983-2632
dlmi@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Coastal Dune and Wetland Ecology and Restoration, Upland Groundcover Ecology and Restoration, Disturbance Ecology, Invasive Species Ecology, Plant-Animal Interactions

Minogue, Patrick
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
850-875-7142
pminogue@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Silviculture, Herbicide Technology for Reforestation and Improved Productivity and Health of Southern Pine and Hardwood Forests

Monaghan, Paul
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-294-1993
paulf@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Community-Based Social Marketing as a Tool for Environmental Behavior Change, Residential Behavior in Landscaping and the Impact on Natural Resource Sustainability

Monroe, Martha
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-0878
mcmonroe@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Education, Conservation Behavior, Human Dimensions of Wildland-Urban Interface Issues, Development and Evaluation of Curriculum Resources for Educators, Understanding How People Perceive Issues

Morales, Nia
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
(352) 846-0630
morales@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Human Dimensions, Conservation Social Science

Morrison, Elise
Environmental Engineering Sciences
(352) 294-9057
elise.morrison@essie.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, coastal ecosystems, and freshwater wetlands

Mossa, Joann
Geography
352-294-7510
mossa@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Fluvial Geomorphology, Disturbed/Modified Rivers and River Restoration, Fluvial and Coastal Hazards, Riverine-Coastal Interactions

Moulton, Michael
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0571
moultonm@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Introduced Vertebrates, Synanthropy, Introduced Birds and Reptiles

Mueller, Paul
Geological Sciences
352-392-2231
pamueller@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Crustal Evolution, Geochemistry, Isotope Geology, Geochronology, Tectonics, Petrology

Mullally, Conner
Food and Resource Economics
352-294-7680
connerm@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Evaluation of Policy Interventions Related to Agricultural Production, Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption Programs in Developing Countries

Munoz-Carpena, Rafael
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 ext 287
carpena@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Hydrology and Ecological Systems Analysis, Hydrology and Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling, Uncertainty and Sensitivity of Environmental Models

Murie, Debra
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-273-3601
dmurie@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Fisheries Ecology and Population Dynamics, Age and Growth of Exploited Species, Conservation of Protected Species, Reproductive Cycles, Productivity

Myers, Brian
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-273-2567
bmyers@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Agriscience Curriculum Development and Implementation, Agriculture Teacher Education, Design and Delivery of Professional Development

Mylavarapu, Rao
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3113
raom@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes, Remediation of Contaminated Soils, Waters, and Aquifers, Soil Quality/Ecosystem Services, Soil/Landscape Analysis

 

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Nair, Vimala
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3137
vdn@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Fate and Transport of Phosphorus from Agricultural Lands, Animal-Based Agriculture Water Quality, Agroforestry, Soil Carbon Sequestration Potential

Nichols, James
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
301-497-5660
jim_nichols@nbs.gov
Homepage
Research Interests: Animal Population Ecology, Wildlife Ecology, Occupancy Modeling, Biometrics

Nickerson, Max
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-1946
maxn@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecology and Systematics of Amphibians and Reptiles, Vertebrate Populations in Lotic Habitats, Cryptobranchid Salamander Biology, Mirco-fungi Relationships with Amphibians and Reptiles, Reptilian Venom Glands

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Ogram, Andrew
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3138
aogram@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Adaptation of Microbial Communities to Human Impacts, Shifts in Microbial Community Structure in Upland and Wetland Soils, Molecular Evolution of Xenobiotic-Degrading Genes and Mobile DNA Elements in Soil Bacteria 

Olexa, Michael
Food and Resource Economics
352-294-7693
olexa@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Agricultural and Natural Resource Law and Policy

Oli, Madan
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0561
olim@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Population Ecology, Population Modeling, Life-History, Wildlife Ecology and Management

Osborne, Edward
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-273-2613
ewo@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Science-Based Problem-Solving Teaching

Osborne, Todd
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
904-461-4047
osbornet@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biogeochemical Cycling of Organic Carbon and Other Nutrients in Wetland Soils and Aquatic Ecosystems, Role of Organic Matter as Driver and Modulator of Wetland Ecosystem Functions

Ossiboff, Rob
College of Veterinary Medicine, Aquatic Pathology/Anatomic Pathology
352-392-2235
rossiboff@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Diagnostic anatomic pathology of non-domestic animals, with emphasis on amphibian, reptile, and aquatic species; Molecular diagnostics and pathogen discovery, with emphasis on diseases of amphibians and reptiles; and Establishing cell lines from non-domestic species

Overdevest, Christine
Sociology
352-294-7184
coverdev@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Economic Sociology, Regulation, New Governance, Environmental Certification and Sustainability Standards

Oyuela-Caycedo, Augusto
Anthropology
352-294-7590
caycedo@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Historical Ecology, Evolution of Ideology, Ecology of Religion, Indigenous Peoples of South America, Origins of Technology and Food Production, History and Theory of Latin American Archaeology and Anthropology 

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Page, Larry
Biology
352-273-1952
lpage@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Freshwater Fishes, Protection of Aquatic Natural Areas, Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Relationships, Speciation Processes in Freshwater Organisms

Palmer, Todd
Biology
352-392-6357
tmp@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Species Coexistence, Ecology and Evolution of Mutualisms, Role of Ecosystem Engineers in Structuring Rangeland Communities, East Africa

Patterson, Joshua
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
813-419-4917
joshpatterson@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Use of aquaculture in coral reef restoration (corals, sponges, Diadema sea urchins), restoration and protection of seagrasses, bay scallop population enhancement, fisheries aspects of large-scale habitat restorations, and oyster reef restoration

Patterson, Will
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-273-3647
will.patterson@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Population Dynamics, Habitat Utilization, Population Connectivity, Food Web Structure, Fisheries Assessment, Fisheries Management

Paula-Moraes, Silvana V.
Entomology-West Florida REC
850-983-7101
moraes@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Crop Pest Management, Insect ecology, Integrated Pest Management and Insect resistance management

Paulay, Gustav
Biology
352-273-1948
paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biogeography, Evolution, Systematics, and Natural History of Invertebrates, Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography, Dynamics of Species Diversity and Distributions, Marine Speciation, Island Biology

Paulson, Susan
Latin American Studies
352-273-4730
spaulson@latam.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Political Ecology, Gender/Class/Race/Ethnicity, Research Methodologies, Sustainable Science, Degrowth

Pennington-Gray, Lori
Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management
352-294-1657
penngray@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Tourism Crisis Management, Tourism Marketing, Visitor Benefits and Destination Marketing Organization Policy

Percival, H. Franklin
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
percivaf@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Wetlands Wildlife Ecology, Alligator Research, Team and Collaborative Research, Unmanned Aerial Systems Research

Perez, Hector
Environmental Horticulture
352-273-4503
heperez@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Seed Biology, Seed Viability in Soil or in Germplasm Storage, Seed Interaction with Environmental Change, Seed Response to Applied Germination Enhancement

Perz, Stephen
Sociology
352-294-7186
sperz@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Development, Sociology of Latin America, Global and Transnational Sociology, Rural Sociology, Demography, Social and Ecological Impacts of Infrastructure in the Amazon

Peterson, Anna
Religion
352-273-2936
annap@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Religion and Social Change in Latin America, Environmental and Social Ethics, Animal Studies, Politics and Ethics of Companion Animal Rescue, Social and Ecological Context of Outdoor Cats

Phlips, Edward
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-273-3603
phlips@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Planktonic Primary Production in the Suwannee River Estuary and Indian River Lagoon, Toxic Algae, Optimization of Algae Species for Biofuels

Pilyugin, Sergei
Mathematics
352-294-2326
pilyugin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Mathematical Biology, Population Dynamics, Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations

Pine, Bill
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-273-3650
billpine@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Quantitative Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Adaptive Management

Ponciano Castellanos, Jose
Biology
352-392-2784
josemi@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Statistical and Theoretical Ecology, Population Dynamics and State Space Models, Stochastic Processes in Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics

Porazinska, Dorota
Entomology and Nematology
352-273-3936
dorotalp@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Nematode Diversity and Ecology, Soil Biodiversity, and Plant-Soil Biotic Interactions

Porter, Wendell
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-392-1864 ext 113
waporter@ifas.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Energy and Resource Efficient Building and Processing Systems, IEQ and Sick Building Investigations, Heat and Mass Transfer

Porzecanski, Ignacio
Natural Resources and Environment
352-273-1073
igna@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: How the Biological Sciences Can Devise Means of Understanding Natural Resource Utilization and Management in Contexts of Social and Economic Development

Powell, Abby 
Wildlife Ecology & Conservation
352-846-0543
abbypowell@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Avian ecology and conservation, endangered species management 

Putz, Francis "Jack"
Biology
352-392-1486
fep@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Conservation Biology, Tropical Forestry, Fire Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Economic Botany, Natural Resource Economics, Plant Ecology, Botany, Plant Biomechanics 

 

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Qui, Jiangxiao
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
954-577-6337
qiuj@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Landscape ecology, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology, conservation biology, and sustainability science


 

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Radunovich, Heidi
Family, Youth, and Community Sciences
352-273-3534
hliss@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Stress and Family Stress, Motivational Interviewing, College Preparation, Childcare Provider Information, Youth Risk Behavior, Academic Integrity

Rechcigl, Jack
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
813-633-4111
rechcigl@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Soil Fertility of Pasture grasses and Legumes, Impact of Fertilizers on Surface and Ground Water Quality, Fertilizer Requirements for Tropical Grasses with Emphasis on Sustainable Agriculture

Reddy, K. Ramesh
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3154
krr@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles in Natural Ecosystems, Wetlands, Shallow Lakes, Estuaries, Constructed Wetlands, Water Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change 

Reed, David
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-1971
dreed@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ectoparasites on Mammals, Coevolution, Phylogenetics, Population Genetics, Coalescent Simulations/Modeling, Ecological Niche Modeling

Reisinger, Alexander (AJ)
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3108
reisingera@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Nutrient, pesticide and waste management; Soil, water, and aquifer remediation; Wetlands and aquatic ecosystems 

Reisinger, Lindsey
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-294-1355
lreisinger1@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Freshwater ecology, Community ecology, invasion ecology, parasitism, intraspecies behavioral variation

Reynolds, Laura
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3165
lkreynolds@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Population and Community Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Plant Physiology, How Environmental and Individual Variability Influences the Functions and Stability of Nearshore Marine Ecosystems

Ries, Robert
Construction Management
352-273-1155
rries@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Life Cycle Assessment and Optimization, Green Building Construction, Environmental Impact Assessment of Buildings

Rios, Esteban
Agronomy
352-301-2244
estebanrios@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Plant breeding, Genetics, Genetic Diversity, Genomic-Enabled Breeding, Forage and Cover Crop Improvement

Roberts, Stephen M.
Environmental and Global Health
352-294-4514
smroberts@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Mechanisms of Drug and Chemical Toxicity, Cell Defense Mechanisms Against Toxicity, Toxicokinetics, Bioavailability of Environmental Contaminants, Risk Assessment, Nanomaterial Toxicity, Novel Gene Therapy Approaches for Cancer

Roberts, T. Grady
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-273-2568
groberts@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Global Education, Experiential Learning, Teaching and Learning in University Settings

Robinson, Scott
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-1965
srobinson@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of Birds, Effects of Forest and Grassland Conservation on Birds in the American Midwest, Effects of Urbanization on Bird Communities, Avian Brood Parasitism, Tropical Forest Bird Community Organization

Romagosa, Christina
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-273-3996
cmromagosa@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biological Invasions: Process Through the Influence of Wildlife Trade, Prevention Through Risk Assessment, Ecological Impacts, and Policy and Management

Russo, Sandra
International Center
352-273-1533
srusso@ufic.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Animal Science, Agronomy, Development, Gender, Environment, Tropical Research, Small Ruminants, Women’s Studies, Ecofeminism, Agroforestry

Ryan, Sadie
Geography
352-294-7513
sjryan@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Medical Geography, Disease Ecology, Tropical Conservation, Human-Wildlife Interface, Spatial Models 

 

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Salemi, Marco
Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
352-273-9567
salemi@pathology.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Molecular Evolution and Phylogeography of Pathogenic Bacteria, MRSA, V. Cholera

Sandoval, Hector
Economics
352-392-2908 ext 219
hsandoval@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Social interactions, Applied Microeconomics, Education, Poverty, and Program evaluation

Sansalone, John
Environmental Engineering Sciences
352-392-0841
jsansal@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Hydrology and Urban Hydrologic Cycling, Green Materials and Infrastructure Systems in the Urban Environment, Soil and Water Science, Stormwater, Wastewater

Sassaman, Ken
Anthropology
352-294-7601
sassaman@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Archaeology, Archaic and Woodland Periods of the American Southeast, Technological Change, Community Patterning

Schaffer, Bruce
Horticultural Sciences
786-217-9265
bas56@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: How Physiology, Growth, and Productivity of Subtropical and Tropical Horticultural Crops are Impacted by Biotic and Environmental Stresses, Sustainability

Scheffers, Brett
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0570
brett.scheffers@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Urban Ecology, Global Change Biology, Ecophysiology, Multidimensional Species Distributions in Rainforest Canopy Environments, Microhabitat Buffering in Structurally Complex Environments

Sharma, Ajay
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
850-983-7129
ajay.sharma@ufl.edu
Homepage / webpage
Research interests: Silviculture, Forest Ecology, Disturbance ecology, Forest Restoration, Floodplain Forests and Hydrology, Southern US Forests

Sharma, Lakesh
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3167
lakesh.sharma@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research interests: Nutrient, Pesticide, and Waste Management, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

Sharma, Vivek
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
352-294-6725
vsharma1@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Precision Irrigation Management, Water Quantity and Quality, Evapotranspiration, Integrated Water and Fertilizer Best Management Practices, Crop water and nutrient use efficiency, Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration

Sieving, Kathryn
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0569
chucao@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Avian Community and Landscape Ecology, Forest Biodiversity Conservation

Simmons, Cynthia
Geography
352-294-7511
cssimmons@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Political Ecology, Economic Development and Environmental Policy, Agrarian Reform, Land Conflict, Social Processes

Smidt, Samuel
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3120
ssmidt@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Coupled human and natural systems with applications in sustainable agriculture and land management, water resources management, food and water development, and applied hydrology and hydrogeology

Smith, Benjamin
Political Science
352-273-2345
bbsmith@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Separatist Conflicts, Regime Change and Democratization, Politics of Resource Wealth

Smith, Hugh
Entomology and Nematology
813-633-4124
hughasmith@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Insect and Mite Pests of Horticultural Crops in Florida Agriculture, Chemical, Biological, and Cultural Approaches to Pest Suppression

Smith, Matthew
Plant Pathology
352-273-2837
trufflesmith@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biology and Systematics of Hypogeous Fungi (Truffles), Ecology of Plant-Symbiotic Ectomycorrhizal Fungi

Smith, Scot
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-392-4990
sesmith@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Application of Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles to Natural Resource Inventories, Hurricane Damage Assessment, Monitoring Regrowth After Forest Fires, and Wildlife Habitat Mapping

Smith, Suzanna
Family, Youth, and Community Sciences
352-273-3537
sdsmith@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience in Daily Life and During Hard Times

Smyth, Ashley
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
786-217-9291
ashley.smyth@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Nutrient, pesticide and waste management; carbon dynamics and ecosystem services; and wetlands and aquatic ecosystems

Sollenberger, Lynn
Agronomy
352-273-3420
lesollen@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Grassland Agroecosystems, Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Production, Interactions of Plants, Animals, and the Environment

Soltis, Pamela
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-1964
psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Molecular Systematics of Plants, Angiosperms, Morphological and Molecular Evolution of the Flower, Polyploid Evolution, Comparative Phylogeography, Conservation Genetics of Rare Plant Species

Southworth, Jane
Geography
352-294-7512
jsouthwo@geog.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Land Change Science, Climate Variability and Climate Change, Savanna Systems, Coupled human-natural systems analysis, Remote Sensing, Environmental Modeling

St. Mary, Colette
Biology
352-392-1107
stmary@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology, Reproductive Life History Evolution, Phenotypic Plasticity, Sexual Selection, Evolutionary Aspects of Cancer, Marine Fisheries Management, Reproduction and Evolution in Hatcheries 

Stein, Taylor
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-0860
tstein@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Ecotourism, Economic and Non-Economic Benefits of Natural or Near-Natural Landscapes

Steiner, Ruth
Design, Construction, and Planning
352-294-1492
rsteiner@dcp.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Transportation Policy and Planning, Land Use and Transportation Interactions, Multi-Modal Transportation Planning, Growth Management, Transportation Concurrency, Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Design

Stepp, John Richard
Anthropology
352-392-0299
stepp@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Cultural Ecology, Ecological Anthropology, Ethnobotany, Medical Anthropology, Visual Anthropology, Mesoamerica

Stofer, Katie
Agricultural Education and Communication 
352-273-3690
stofer@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Public engagement with science, data visualization and modeling, marking STEM evident in agriculture, supporting scientists in public engagement 

Subalusky, Amanda
Biology
352-294-6311
asubalusky@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Community and ecosystem ecology; animal effects on ecosystems; aquatic ecology

Swett, Robert
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
352-392-6233
rswett@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Waterway Resource Sustainability in the Face of Increasing Coastal Activity

Swisher, Marilyn "Mickie"
Family, Youth, and Community Sciences
352-273-3538
mesw@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Impact of Contemporary Food Movement on Class, Gender, and Ethnic Stratification Among Producers and Consumers, Theory-Based Development and Evaluation of Educational Programs in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

 

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Taylor, Bron
Religion
352-273-2942
bron@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Emotional, Spiritual, Ethical and Political Dimensions of Environmental Movements, Both Historically and in the Contemporary World

Telg, Ricky
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-273-2094
rwtelg@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Agricultural Communication (Television/Video Production, Print Media, Media Relations), Distance Education (Instructional Design, Instructional Media)

Thapa, Brijesh
Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management
352-294-1656
bthapa@hhp.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: People, Parks and Protected Areas Management, World Heritage Sites and Tourism, Tourist Behaviors and Impacts: Socio-cultural, Environmental, and Economic, Ecotourism, Sustainability, Conservation

Thetford, Mack
West Florida Research and Education Center
850-983-7130
thetford@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Plant Propagation, Annual and Perennial Gardening, Dendrology, Pomegranate and Olive Fruit Production

Thiele, Leslie
Political Science
352-273-2380
thiele@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Sustainability, Intersection of Philosophy and Natural Sciences, Responsibilities of Citizenship and Opportunities for Leadership in a World of Rapid Technological, Social, and Ecological Change

Thompson, Kevin
Landscape Architecture
352-294-1447
gday@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Community Planning, Contemporary Technologies, Cross-cultural Design, Cultural Landscapes, Global Contexts, International Planning, Participatory Community Development

Townsend, Timothy
Environmental Engineering Sciences
352-392-0846
ttown@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Landfill Design and Operation, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management and Design

Treadwell, Danielle
Horticultural Sciences
352-273-4775
ddtreadw@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Organic Farming Systems, Cover Crop Management, Vegetable Production, Conservation Tillage

Treise, Deborah
Journalism and Communications
352-392-6557
dtreise@jou.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Science and Health Communication, Preventative Health Messages, Health Behavior, Advertising, Public Service Announcements, Direct-to-Consumer Advertising, Warning Labels, Mass Communication, Mass Media

Tucker, Catherine
Anthropology
352-392-0690
tuckerc@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Economic and Environmental Anthropology, Environmental Governance, Community-based Conservation, Institutional Analysis, Climate Change Adaptation, Coffee Production and Consumption, Value Chains, Belief Systems, Sustainability

 

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Useche, Pilar
Food and Resource Economics
352-294-7665
useche@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Sustainable Economic Development, Latin American Development, Inequality and Gender, Agriculture, Innovation and Technology Adoption, Adoption of GMOs, Natural Resource Management, Cooperation, Conservation and Experimental Economics

 

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Valenta, Kim
Anthropology
352-283-0121
kimvalenta@ufl.edu
Personal Homepage and Project Homepage
Research Interests: The evolutionary ecology of plant-animal interactions, particularly seed dispersal, and applied conservation in Madagascar and mainland Africa.

Valle, Denis
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-392-3806
drvalle@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Environmental Health, Plant Demography, Tropical Forest Management, Simulation Models, Bayesian Statistical Models

Vincent, Christopher
Horticultural Sciences
863-956-8757
civince@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Production Methods and Biological Understanding to Improve Productivity of Citrus Crops and Additional Crops and Cropping Systems in the Traditional Citrus Region, Plant Adaptive and Acclimative Characteristics Impact on Crop Health and Productivity in the Humid Sub-tropics

Vogel, Jason
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-846-0879
jvogel@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Forest Nutrient Cycling, Structure, and Growth

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Walker, Robert
Geography
352-392-0494
roberttwalker@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: GeoSpatial Analysis and Techniques, Global Environmental and Social Change, Nature-Society Studies, Land Change, Amazon

Walsh-Childers, Kim
Journalism and Communications
352-392-3924
kwchilders@jou.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Health Journalism, Science Journalism, Newspapers, Magazines, Mass Media and Adolescent Health, Media and Public Health, Health Policy, Content Analysis, Mass Communication, Mass Media, Print Media, Journalism Ethics, Media Ethics, Women Journalist Challenges

Waltzek, Thomas
Infectious Diseases and Pathology
352-273-5202
tbwaltzek@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Characterization of Emerging Aquatic Animal Viruses (EAAVs) Using Metagenomics, Phylogenomics to Study the Biology, Epidemiology, and Evolution of EAAVs, Diagnostic Methodologies to Track EAAVs, International Commerce and EAAVs

Warner, Laura
Agricultural Education and Communication
352-273-0202
lsanagorski@ufl.edu 
Homepage
Research Interests: Strategies to elicit behavior change in Florida urban landscapes; Factors that influence sustainable behavior change; Social marketing principles applied to Extension programming; Responsible agriculture and horticulture practices as a function of individual perceptions and values; Audience segmentation and needs assessments of diverse audience segments; Urban Extension; and Message testing to discover what messaging resonates with specific audiences

Whiles, Matt
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3161
mwhiles@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Freshwater Ecosystem Ecology

White, Ethan
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-294-2081
ethanwhite@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Data-Intensive Ecology, Ecological Forecasting, Computational Ecology, Quantitative Ecology, Macroecology

Wilkie, Ann
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-392-8699
acwilkie@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Carbon Dynamics and Ecosystem Services, Soil, Water, and Aquifer Remediation, Nutrient, Pesticide, and Waste Management, Microbial and Environmental Factors Influencing Biodegradation

Willmott, Keith
Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-2012
kwillmott@flmnh.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Neotropical Butterfly Systematics, Butterfly Diversity: Spatial and Temporal Patterns, Evolution and Maintenance, and Biodiversity Conservation

Wilson, Chris
Agronomy
(352) 273-2217
chwilson@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Global change, Pasture and rangeland improvements, Enhance rural livelihood, Climate change mitigation and ecosystem resilience

Wilson, P. Chris
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
352-294-3166
pcwilson@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes, Bioremediation/Phytoremediation of Agrichemicals in Contaminated Surface Water, Agrichemical Loadings in Surface Water

Wilson, Sandra
Environmental Horticulture
352-273-4576
sbwilson@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Invasive Potential of Ornamental Plants and Cultivars: Seed Bank Existence, Seed Viability, and Germination

Wisely, Samantha
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
352-846-0645
wisely@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Disease Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Biogeography, Wildlife Biology, How Host Populations Maintain Reservoirs of Pathogens in a Changing Landscape

Wright, Alan
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
772-577-7410
alwr@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Carbon Dynamics and Ecosystem Services, Nutrient, Pesticide and Waste Management, Wetlands and Aquatic Systems, Soil Biogeochemical Cycles 

Wurdig Roesch, Luiz Fernando
Microbiology and Cell Science
352-294-9136 
roesch@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Biomarkers of health and disease in human samples, Biomarkers of homeostasis and perturbation in environmental samples, Development of user-friendly bioinformatics tools  

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Yang, Huiping
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
352-294-0671
huipingyang@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Molluscan Shellfish Aquaculture and Genetics, and Germplasm Cryopreservation

Yost, Richard
Chemistry
352-392-0557
ryost@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Analytical Mass Spectrometry: Instrumentation, Fundamentals, and Applications 

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Zare, Alina
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(352) 273-2604
azare@ece.ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: artificial intelligence, machine learning, pattern recognition, computational intelligence, signal processing, and information fusion methods for application to sensing

Zhao, Xin
Horticultural Sciences
352-273-4773
zxin@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Organic and Sustainable Crop Production, Integrated Use of Grafting in Vegetable Production, High Tunnel Systems for Vegetables, Nutrient Management in Organic Cropping Systems, Quality Attributes of Vegetables as Affected by Cultural Practices

Zimmerman, Andrew
Geological Sciences
352-392-0070
azimmer@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Marine Geochemistry, Organic Geochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Aquatic Paleoecology, Geomicrobiology, Estuarine Research, Biochar, Black Carbon, Biocementation

Zwick, Paul
Design, Construction, and Planning
352-294-1483
pdzwick@ufl.edu
Homepage
Research Interests: Urban and Regional Planning, Land Use Planning, Environmental Planning, Geodesign, Geographic Information System