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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
- Website: The Abil Lab
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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
- Profile: Charles F. Baer
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
- Website: The Bai Lab
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
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
- Profile: Karen Anne Bjorndal
David C. Blackburn
Pronouns: he/him/his
Museum Faculty, Preeminent Scholar
Associate Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
Museum Faculty, Preeminent Scholar
Associate Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
- Office: 262 Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1943
- Email: dblackburn@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Herpetology, Systematics, Africa
- Website: The Blackburn Lab
- Profile: Dr. David C. Blackburn
Jonathan Bloch
Museum Faculty
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Chair of the Department of Natural History
Museum Faculty
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Chair of the Department of Natural History
- Office: 222 Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1938
- Email: jbloch@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Vertebrate paleontology
- Profile: Jonathan I. Bloch | Home
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
- 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
Nico Cellinese
Pronouns: she/her
Museum Faculty – Curator of the Herbarium & Informatics
Museum Faculty – Curator of the Herbarium & Informatics
- Office: 354 Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1979
- Email: ncellinese@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Flowering plant evolution, systematics, phylogenomics, diversification, biogeography, phylogeography, phyloinformatics.
- Profile: Dr. Nico Cellinese
- Website: The Cellinese Lab
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.
- Website: The Choe Lab
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
- Website: Christine Davis
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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
Matt Gitzendanner
Pronouns: he/him
Museum Faculty
Scientist & Collection Manager
Museum Faculty
Scientist & Collection Manager
- Office: 301 C Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1960
- Email: magitz@ufl.edu
- Interests: Population genetics
- Website: Gitzendanner Lab
Robert Guralnick
Museum Faculty, Preeminent Scholar
Curator of Biodiversity Informatics
Museum Faculty, Preeminent Scholar
Curator of Biodiversity Informatics
- Office: 358 Dickinson Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-1980
- Email: rguralnick@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Research Interests: Biodiversity focusing on spatiotemporal changes in genetic and species diversity
- Website: The Guralnick Lab
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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
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
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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
Douglas Jones
Museum Faculty
Professor & Director
Museum Faculty
Professor & Director
- Office: 291 Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1901
- Email: dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Invertebrate paleontology
- Website: Douglas Jones
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
- Profile: David Julian
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Akito Kawahara
Museum Faculty
Associate Curator
Museum Faculty
Associate Curator
- Office: McGuire Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-2018
- Email: kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Phylogenomics, systematics, evolution and behavior of insects
- Website: The Kawahara Lab
- Profile: Akito Y. Kawahara | Home
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
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
- CV: Rebecca Kimball 2019
Michal Kowalewski
Museum Faculty
Professor and Curator
Museum Faculty
Professor and Curator
- Office: Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1944
- Email: kowalewski@ufl.edu
- Interests: Paleoecology, taphonomy, geochronology, stratigraphy, quantitative methods, marine ecology, conservation biology, mollusks, brachiopods
- Website: Michal Kowalewski | Home
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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
- Whitney page: James C. Liao, Ph.D.
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
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
- CV: Ana Longo 2019
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Bruce MacFadden
Museum Faculty
Distinguished Professor & Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
Museum Faculty
Distinguished Professor & Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Office: 218 Dickinson Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-1937
- Email: bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Vertebrate paleontology
- Website: Bruce J. MacFadden | Home
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
Lucas Majure
Assistant Curator of the Herbarium
Assistant Curator of the Herbarium
- Office: 378 Dickinson Hall
- Phone: 352-273-2102
- Email: lmajure@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
- Interests: Plant Systematics, reticulate evolution, morphological evolution, biogeography, Flora of the Neotropics
- Profile: The Majure Lab
Steven Manchester
Museum Faculty
Curator of Paleobotany
Museum Faculty
Curator of Paleobotany
- Office: 214 Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1935
- Email: steven@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Plant paleontology
- Link: Steven R. Manchester | Home
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.
- CV: Mark Martindale 2019
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
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
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
- Profile: Teresa Mutahi
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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
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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
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Larry Page
Museum Faculty
Curator of Fishes
Museum Faculty
Curator of Fishes
- Office: 282 Dickinson Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-1952
- Email: lpage@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Systematics, evolution, and ecology of freshwater fishes; protection of aquatic natural areas.
- Link: Larry M. Page | Home
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
- CV: Todd Palmer 2024
Gustav Paulay
Museum Faculty
Curator of Marine Malacology
Museum Faculty
Curator of Marine Malacology
- Office: 278 Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Phone: (352) 273-1948
- Email: paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Invertebrate evolution & biogeography
- Website: Gustav Paulay | Home
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
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
- CV: Francis (Jack) Putz 2022
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David Reed
Museum Faculty
Curator of Mammals, Associate Director of Research & Collections, Associate Provost for External Faculty Honors and Awards
Museum Faculty
Curator of Mammals, Associate Director of Research & Collections, Associate Provost for External Faculty Honors and Awards
- Office: 350 Dickinson Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-1971
- Email: dreed@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Mammalogy; Host-parasite coevolution
- Website: David L. Reed | Home
Scott Robinson
Museum Faculty
Eminent Scholar & Katharine Ordway Professor of Ecosystem Conservation
Museum Faculty
Eminent Scholar & Katharine Ordway Professor of Ecosystem Conservation
- Office: 305 Dickinson Hall
- Phone: (352) 273-1965
- Email: srobinson@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Interests: Conservation biology; Avian ecology
- Website: Scott K. Robinson | Home
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.
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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.
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.
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
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
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
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
- Whitney Page: Strother Lab
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
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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
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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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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
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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/