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Courtesy and Adjunct Faculty

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Christopher Baraloto

Principle Investigator – Courtesy Faculty

+594 594 32 92 91

UMR Ecologie des Forets de Guyane

Research Interests: Community ecology and tropical forest conservation

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Michael Barfield

Courtesy Assistant Scientist

Research Interests: Theoretical ecology

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Mary Christman

Associate Professor – Courtesy Faculty

(352) 371-4093

110 Bartram Hall

Research Interests: Development and application of statistical methods for spatial modeling

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Matt Gitzendanner

Scientist

352-273-1202

UFIT Research Computing

Research Interests: High-performance computing and AI with biological applications

Pronouns: he/him

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Doria Gordon

Courtesy Scientist

352-362-4845

Remote

Research Interests: Conservation biology, restoration, and non-native invasive species prediction and management

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Alexandra Gulick

Courtesy Faculty

614 Carr Hall

Research Interests: Marine ecology, food-web interactions, sea turtle foraging ecology, green turtle grazing dynamics and foraging behavior in seagrass ecosystems.

Pronouns: she/her

Additional Email: alexandra.gulick@ufl.edu

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Mary Hart

Courtesy Faculty

(352) 392-1180

316A Bartram Hall

Research Interests: Behavioral ecology of mating systems, marine biology, fisheries conservation

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Fatma Kaplan

Adjunct Lecturer – Courtesy Faculty

310A Bartram Hall

Research Interests: Plant abiotic and biotic stress

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Katherine Kirkman

Courtesy Faculty

(229) 889-9537

Joseph W. Jones Research Center

Research Interests: Vegetation dynamics in response to disturbance, restoration of species diversity of the native ground cover, and conservation biology of rare plant species

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Kaoru Kitajima

Former UF Botany Professor

Research Interests: Plant functional ecology

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Vertigo Moody

Courtesy Faculty

UF Biology, Department of Natural Sciences, Santa Fe College

Research Interests: Increasing participation of under-represented minorities in STEM majors.

Additional Email: vertigo.moody@sfcollege.edu

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Jeanne A. Mortimer

Courtesy Faculty

Republic of Seychelles

Research Interests: Biology and conservation of turtles and their coastal and marine habitats in Seychelles and the wider Western Indian Ocean, with a focus on sea turtles, seagrass habitats, and giant tortoises.

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Carolina Murcia

Courtesy Faculty

Research Interests: Tropical ecological restoration and conservation. Transfer of science to policy and decision makers.

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Joseph Pfaller

Courtesy Faculty

(352) 283-5568

Research Interests: Sea turtle biology and conservation; population biology

Pronouns: he/him

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Claudia Romero

Courtesy Faculty

511 Bartram Hall

Research Interests: Evolution and ecophysiology of plant defenses; conservation biology

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Emily Sessa

Courtesy Professor

Research Interests: Plant systematics and evolution; ferns and lycophytes

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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Jeffery Shima

Courtesy Faculty

+64 4 463 6494

610 New Kirk Building, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Research Interests: Quantitative ecology

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David Sparks

Adjunct Lecturer

Bartram 610

Research Interests: Ichthyology, behavior, biomechanics, morphology, sensory systems, comparative biology, interactions between domains of knowledge

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Robert Ulanowicz

Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Ecology – Courtesy Faculty

(352) 378-7355

110 Bartram Hall

Research Interests: I have spent my career on Chesapeake Bay creating quantitative methods to analyze networks of trophic transfers

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Gordon Ultsch

Courtesy Faculty

(239) 283-7910

Research Interests: Physiological ecology and comparative physiology.

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Elizabeth Webb

Courtesy Faculty

310 Carr Hall

Research Interests: Feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and global climate change

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