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Zhanar Abil
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
- Office: 410 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 294-6850
- Email: abilz@ufl.edu
- Interests: Bottom-up synthetic biology, synthetic life, cell-free synthetic biology, experimental in vitro evolution
- Profile: Zhanar Abil (opens in new tab)
- Website: The Abil Lab (opens in new tab)
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Charles Baer
Professor
Professor
- Office: 621 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-3550
- Email: cbaer@ufl.edu
- Interests: Population and Evolutionary Genetics
- Website: The Baer Lab (opens in new tab)
- Profile: Charles F. Baer (opens in new tab)
Xiaofei Bai
Pronouns: he/him/his
Assistant Professor
- Office: 438 Cancer & Genetics Research Complex
- Phone: 352-294-8447
- Lab: 435 Cancer & Genetics Research Complex
- Lab Phone: 352-294-5735
- Email: baixiaofei@ufl.edu
- Interests: Genetics, Precision Disease Modeling, CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing, Developmental and Cell Biology, Mechanobiology, Lipid Biology, and Live-Cell Imaging
- Profile: Xiaofei Bai (opens in new tab)
- Website: The Bai Lab (opens in new tab)
William (Brad) Barbazuk
Professor & Department Chair
Professor & Department Chair
- Office: 407 Cancer & Genetics Research Complex
- Phone: (352) 273-8624
- Email: bbarbazuk@ufl.edu
- Interests: Computational, Comparative and Functional Genomics
- Profile: William (Brad) Barbazuk (opens in new tab)
Karen Bjorndal
Pronouns: she/her
Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor
- Office: 320 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-1126
- Email: bjorndal@ufl.edu
- Interests: Nutritional ecology; ecology of sea turtles
- Website: Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (opens in new tab)
- Profile: Karen Anne Bjorndal (opens in new tab)
Edward Braun
Professor
Professor
- Office: 514 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 846-1124
- Email: ebraun68@ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionary and comparative genomics
- Webpage: Edward L. Braun (opens in new tab)
- CV: Edward Braun 2019
John (Gordon) Burleigh
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
- Office: 218 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-2776
- Email: gburleigh@ufl.edu
- Interests: Computational phylogenetics
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Liming Cai
Pronouns: she/her
- Office: Office: 311A Bartram Hall
- Phone: TBD
- Email: cail@ufl.edu
- Interests: Interests: Plant systematics, evolutionary genomics, species interaction
- Website: Website
Keith Choe
Pronouns: he/him
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
- Office: 321 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-0139
- Email: kchoe@ufl.edu
- Interests: Animal Physiology and Molecular Biology
- Department profile: Keith Choe, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)
- Website: The Choe Lab (opens in new tab)
Martin Cohn
Professor – Joint Faculty
Professor – Joint Faculty
- Office:
- Phone:
- Email: mjcohn@ufl.edu
- Interests: Developmental biology and evolution
- Website:
- Biology profile: Martin J Cohn
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E. Christine Davis
Pronouns: she/her
Instructional Professor, Director, Biology Learning Assistants Program
Instructional Professor, Director, Biology Learning Assistants Program
- Office: 620 Carr Hall
- Email: christine.davis@ufl.edu
- Interests: Inclusive and antiracist teaching practices, collaborative learning, plant diversity, evolution, and systematics; bryology; plant-fungal symbioses
- Profile: E. Christine Davis (opens in new tab)
- Website: Christine Davis (opens in new tab)
Norman A. Douglas
Associate Instructional Professor
Associate Instructional Professor
- Office: 618A Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 294-2842
- Email: nadouglas@ufl.edu
- Interests: Plant systematics & phylogeography, edaphic endemism, and conservation genetics
- Website: Norman A. Douglas (opens in new tab)
Bryndan Durham
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Office: Cancer & Genetics Research Complex | 404
- Phone: (352) 294-6312
- Email: b.durham@ufl.edu
- Interests: Marine microbiology
- Website: Durham Lab
David Duffy
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience & Turtle Hospital
- Phone: (904) 201-8407
- Email: duffy@whitney.ufl.edu
- Interests: Wildlife genomic medicine, cancer research and One Health
- Website: David Duffy – Whitney Lab Page (opens in new tab)
Christopher Dutton
Assistant Professor
- Office: 510 Carr Hall
- Email: duttonc@ufl.edu
- Interests: The role of microbiomes on environmental, animal, and human health. Open source technologies. Conservation. Ecosystem Ecology. Biogeochemistry. Bioinformatics.
- Website: Christopher L Dutton (opens in new tab)
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Gareth Fraser
Pronouns: he/him
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
- Office: 512 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-4758
- Email: g.fraser@ufl.edu
- Interests: EvoDevo
- Profile: Gareth Fraser
- Website: Fraser Lab (opens in new tab)
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Stefanie K. Gazda
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Associate Instructional Professor, Biology Online Major Coordinator
Associate Instructional Professor, Biology Online Major Coordinator
- Office: 214A Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-0114
- Email: stefanie.gazda@ufl.edu
- Interests: Online student engagement, dolphin behavioral and foraging ecology, predator-prey spatial dynamics
- Website: Stefanie Gazda (opens in new tab)
Nicole Gerlach
Pronouns: she/her
Associate Instructional Professor, Coordinator of Introductory Biology
Associate Instructional Professor, Coordinator of Introductory Biology
- Office: 520 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-2419
- Email: ngerlach@ufl.edu
- Interests: Behavioral ecology; mating behavior and sexual selection
- Website: Nicole M. Gerlach (opens in new tab)
Jamie Gillooly
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
- Office: 409 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-2743
- Email: gillooly@ufl.edu
- Interests: Physiological ecology, community and ecosystem ecology, macroecology
- Website: Gillooly Lab (opens in new tab)
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Bernard Hauser
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
- Office: 516A Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-0009
- Email: bahauser@ufl.edu
- Interests: Reproductive biology
- Profile: Bernard Hauser (opens in new tab)
Robert Holt
Eminent Scholar & Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecology
Eminent Scholar & Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecology
- Office: 111 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-6917
- Email: rdholt@ufl.edu
- Interests: Theoretical Ecology
- Website: Robert D. Holt (opens in new tab)
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Meiyan Jin
Research Assistant Scientist
- Office: –
- Phone: –
- Email: meiyan.jin@ufl.edu
- Interests: autophagy, membrane trafficking, branched actin assembly, CRISPR genome-editing, cell imaging
Grace John
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Office: 310A Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 294-6314
- Email: gracejohn@ufl.edu
- Interests: Plant physiology, functional anatomy, and ecology
- Website: The John Lab (opens in new tab)
David Julian
Pronouns: he/his
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
- Office: 123 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-5878
- Email: djulian@ufl.edu
- Interests: Comparative and ecological physiology
- Website: The Julian Lab (opens in new tab)
- Profile: David Julian (opens in new tab)
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Nick Keiser
Pronouns: he/him/his
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Office: 622A Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-4981
- Email: ckeiser@ufl.edu
- Interests: Behavioral Ecology, Disease Ecology
- Website: Keiser Lab (opens in new tab)
Rebecca Kimball
Pronouns: she/her
Professor
Professor
- Office: 528 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 846-3737
- Email: rkimball@ufl.edu
- Interests: Behavioral ecology; Molecular phylogenetics
- Website: Rebecca T Kimball (opens in new tab)
- CV: Rebecca Kimball 2019
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Mathew Leibold
Pronouns: he/him
Professor
Professor
- Office: 627 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 294-7544
- Email: mleibold@ufl.edu
- Interests: Community ecology, aquatic ecology
- Website: LEIBOLD LAB
James Liao
Whitney Faculty
Professor of Biology – UF Term Professor 2016-2019
Whitney Faculty
Professor of Biology – UF Term Professor 2016-2019
- Location: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
- Phone: (904) 461-4011
- Email: jliao@whitney.ufl.edu
- Interests: Biomechanics and neurobiology of fish behavior
- Website: www.liaolab.com (opens in new tab)
- Whitney page: James C. Liao, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)
Jeremy Lichstein
Professor
Professor
- Office: 317 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-1540
- Email: jlichstein@ufl.edu
- Interests: Forest dynamics; biodiversity; carbon cycle; climate change
- Website: Lichstein Lab (opens in new tab)
Ana V. Longo
Pronouns: she/hers
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
- Office: 412 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-4982
- Email: ana.longo@ufl.edu
- Interests: Disease Ecology; Microbial Ecology; Amphibians
- Website: The Longo Lab (opens in new tab)
- CV: Ana Longo 2019
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Malcolm Maden
Professor
Professor
- Office: 326 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-5856
- Email: malcmaden@ufl.edu
- Interests: Developmental and Regenerative Biology
- Profile: Malcolm Maden
- CV: Malcolm Maden 2019
Mark Martindale
Whitney Faculty
Professor of Biology – Director of the Whitney Laboratory
Whitney Faculty
Professor of Biology – Director of the Whitney Laboratory
- Location: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
- Phone: (904) 461-4051
- Email: mqmartin@whitney.ufl.edu
- Interests: Experimental Embryology and Evo-Devo
- Whitney page: Mark Q. Martindale, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)
- CV: Mark Martindale 2019
Kyle J McCulloch
Assistant Professor
- Location: Carr 422
- Phone: TBD
- Email: k.mcculloch1@ufl.edu
- Interests: Animal light sensing systems, sensory systems, evolutionary development, neurophysiology, animal behavior
Stuart McDaniel
Pronouns: he/him
Professor
Professor
- Office: 213 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-0123
- Email: stuartmcdaniel@ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionary genetics
- Website: McDaniel Lab (opens in new tab)
Melissa Meadows
Pronouns: she/her
Assistant Instructional Professor
Assistant Instructional Professor
- Office: 522B Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 294-6310
- Email: melissa.meadows@ufl.edu
- Interests:
- Website:
Stephen Mulkey
Assistant Instructional Professor
Assistant Instructional Professor
- Office: 621 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 294-6313
- Email: smulkey@ufl.edu
- Interests:
- Webpage: Stephen Mulkey (opens in new tab)
Teresa Mutahi
Associate Instructional Professor & Undergraduate Coordinator for the UF Biology Major
Associate Instructional Professor & Undergraduate Coordinator for the UF Biology Major
- Office: 214B Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-0115
- Email: tmutahi@ufl.edu
- Interests: With an expertise in biology, science and mathematics education, Dr. Mutahi is interested in research and initiatives geared towards biology/STEM curriculum development, diverse learners and active learning strategies in higher education institutions. Another area of interest is enhancing inclusion and success of underrepresented groups in STEM programs.
- Program Website: UF Biology Major (opens in new tab)
- Profile: Teresa Mutahi (opens in new tab)
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Gavin Naylor
Director of Florida Program for Shark Research
Director of Florida Program for Shark Research
- Office: Dickinson Hall
- Phone: 352-273-1954
- Email: gnaylor@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Molecular phylogenetics, Biogeography, & Comparative anatomy of sharks and rays
- Webpage: Sharks Rays (opens in new tab)
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David Oppenheimer
Pronouns: he/him/his
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
- Office: 115 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-0121
- Email: oppenhe@ufl.edu
- Interests: Cell biology, genetics, and plant development
- Website: The Oppenheimer Lab (opens in new tab)
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Todd Palmer
Professor
Professor
- Office: 411 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-6357
- Email: tmp@ufl.edu
- Interests: Mutualism, tropical ecology; community ecology; plant-animal interactions
- Website: The Palmer Lab (opens in new tab)
- CV: Todd Palmer 2024 (opens in new tab)
José Miguel Ponciano
Associate Chair, Professor
Associate Chair, Professor
- Office: 309 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-2784
- Email: josemi@ufl.edu
- Interests: Stochastic processes in ecology, evolution and population genetics
- Webpage: José Miguel Ponciano Castellanos (opens in new tab)
Francis E. (Jack) Putz
Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor
- Office: 209 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-1486
- Email: fep@ufl.edu
- Interests: Conservation Biology, Tropical Forestry, Fire Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Economic Botany, Natural Resource Economics, Plant Ecology, Botany, Plant Biomechanics
- Webpage: Francis E. (Jack) Putz (opens in new tab)
- CV: Francis (Jack) Putz 2025
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Joseph Ryan
Pronouns: he/him/his
Whitney Faculty
Associate Professor of Biology
Whitney Faculty
Associate Professor of Biology
- Location: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
- Phone: (904) 461-4046
- Email: jfryan@ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionary Genomics using experimental biology and bioinformatic techniques to address questions at the intersection of evolutionary biology, developmental biology, and ecology
- Whitney page: Joseph F. Ryan, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)
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Christine E. Schnitzler
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Whitney Faculty
Associate Professor of Biology
Whitney Faculty
Associate Professor of Biology
- Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience · St. Augustine, FL
- Phone: (904) 461-4050
- Email: christine.schnitzler@whitney.ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionary, comparative, and functional genomics; stem cells and regeneration
- Whitney page: Christine E. Schnitzler, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)
Elaine Seaver
Whitney Faculty
Professor of Biology
Whitney Faculty
Professor of Biology
- Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Room 27
- Phone: (904) 461-4030
- Email: seaver@whitney.ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolution and development of marine invertebrates
- Whitney page: Elaine C. Seaver, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)
Vassiliki (Betty) Smocovitis
Professor
Professor
- Office: 617 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-9647
- Email: bsmocovi@ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionary theory, systematics, and history
- Website: Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis (opens in new tab)
Doug Soltis
Pronouns: he/him
Museum Faculty
Distinguished Professor
Museum Faculty
Distinguished Professor
- Location: Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1963
- Email: dsoltis@ufl.edu
- Interests: Systematics
- Webpage: Laboratory of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics | Doug Soltis (opens in new tab)
Pam Soltis
Museum Faculty
Distinguished Professor & Curator
Museum Faculty
Distinguished Professor & Curator
- Office: 301 Dickinson Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-1964
- Email: psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Polyploidy and plant phylogenetics
- Webpage: Pamela S. Soltis | Home (opens in new tab)
James Strother
Pronouns: he/him/his
Whitney Faculty
Assistant Professor
Whitney Faculty
Assistant Professor
- Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
- Phone: (904) 201-8410
- Email: james.strother@whitney.ufl.edu
- Interests: Neuroscience, Physiology, Biomechanics, Fishes
- Website: The Strother Lab (opens in new tab)
- Whitney Page: Strother Lab (opens in new tab)
Amanda Subalusky
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Office: 518A Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 294-6311
- Email: asubalusky@ufl.edu
- Interests: Community and ecosystem ecology; animal effects on ecosystems; aquatic ecology
- Website: The Subalusky Lab (opens in new tab)
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Scott Taylor
Pronouns: he/him/his
Instructional Assistant Professor
Instructional Assistant Professor
- Office: 417 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 846-3949
- Email: sm.taylor@ufl.edu
- Interests: Neurobiology, genetics, physiology, developmental biology, immunology, virology; understanding the mechanisms that govern neurogenesis, neuronal regeneration, and neuroinflammation in the brain and retina
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Hannah Vander Zanden
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Office: 420 Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 294-0438
- Email: hvz@ufl.edu
- Interests: Animal ecology, stable isotope ecology
- Website: Vander Zanden Lab (opens in new tab)
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Marta Wayne
Pronouns: she/her
Professor
Professor
- Office: 427 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-9925
- Email: mlwayne@ufl.edu
- Interests: Host-parasite coevolution; evolutionary genetics and genomics
- Profile: Marta L. Wayne
- Website: Under construction – coming soon
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Hua Yan
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
- Office: 511A Carr Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-4983
- Email: hua.yan@ufl.edu
- Interests: Social behavior, neural development, chemosensory system, aging
- Profile: Hua Yan
- Website: Yan Lab (opens in new tab)
Zepeng Yao
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Office: 521 Bartram Hall
- Phone: (352) 392-1098
- Email: zepengyao@ufl.edu
- Interests: Neural circuits; Chemosensation and interoception; Brain-body interactions; Feeding regulation and energy homeostasis.
- Website: Yao Lab (opens in new tab)
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Juannan Zhou
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Office: 110 Bartram Hall
- Phone:_
- Email: juannanzhou@ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionary genetics; Genotype-phenotype maps; Machine learning
- Profile: Juannan Zhou
- Website: http://jzhoulab.org/