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Alexander Abair
Received Ph.D in Summer 2022
Received Ph.D in Summer 2022
- Major Advisor: Pam Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Plant systematics and phylogenomics with a focus on the mint family (Lamiaceae)
Sarah Allen
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisor: Steven Manchester (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Paleobotany
- Link: Blue Rim Paleobotany (opens in new tab)
Prabha Amarasinghe
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Nico Cellinese (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Systematics, biogeography and plant evolution
- Link: Prabha Amarasinghe (opens in new tab)
David Anderson
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Jamie Gillooly (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Physiology, climate change, theoretical ecology
Carson Arends
Received M.S. (Spring 2022)
Received M.S. (Spring 2022)
- Major Advisor: Hannah Vander Zanden (opens in new tab)
- Interests: Conservation Biology, Stable Isotope Ecology, and Niche Partitioning of Sea Turtles in St. Joe Bay, FL
Ian Ausprey
Received Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Received Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
- Major Advisor: Scott Robinson (opens in new tab)
- Interests: Avian ecology, tropical biology, landscape ecology, conservation biology
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Leslie S. Babonis
Received Ph.D. in 2011
Received Ph.D. in 2011
- Major Advisors: David H. Evans (opens in new tab), Martin J. Cohn (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience
- Research Interests: Evolution, development, and the origin of novelty
- Contact: babonis@whitney.ufl.edu
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Kevin Baldwin
Received Ph.D. in 1999
Received Ph.D. in 1999
- Major Advisor: Lou Guillette (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Professor of Biology, Monmouth College
- Research Interests: I am primarily interested in how parasites affect the physiology and behavior of their hosts. I am also interested in how psychotropic pharmaceuticals (e.g., SSRI’s) affect the behavior of aquatic organisms. Teaching duties include Human Anatomy and Physiology, Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, Parasitology, and non-majors Biology (among others). I have also taught Honors courses on Corn and the Mississippi River.
- Link: Monmouth College • Haldeman-Thiessen Science Center (opens in new tab)
- Contact: kbaldwin@monmouthcollege.edu
Michael Belitz
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Email: mbelitz@ufl.edu
- Interests: Butterfly conservation, biogeography, and spatiotemporal modeling.
- Advisor: Robert Guralnick (opens in new tab)
Meghan Bentz
Received Master of Science in 2017
Received Master of Science in 2017
- Major Advisor: Marta Wayne
- Research Interests: Host-parasite interactons, disease ecology, microbiology
- Link: Bentz Research (opens in new tab)
Gabriela Blohm
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisor: José Miguel Ponciano (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Ecology and Evolution of Virulence
Dimitri Blondel
Received Master of Science in 2006 and Ph.D. in 2013
Received Master of Science in 2006 and Ph.D. in 2013
- Major Advisors: Steve Phelps (opens in new tab), Colette St. Mary (opens in new tab), H. Jane Brockmann (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University
- Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, mechanisms of social behavior, behavioral endocrinology, science education, conservation biology. Study systems: prairie voles, meerkats.
- Contact: Dimitri.Blondel AT Duke period edu
Lucas Boatwright
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: William Barbazuk (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Non-model transcriptome assembly, differential expression and functional annotation
Nicole Botteri
Received Ph.D. in Fall of 2014
Received Ph.D. in Fall of 2014
- Major Advisor: Louis Guillette (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Developmental and reproductive physiology
Frank Bouchard
Received Ph.D. in 2012
Received Ph.D. in 2012
- Major Advisor: Marta Wayne (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: National Ecological Observatory Network Tower Technician at Battelle Ecology
- Research Interests: Conservation biology, remote sensing, long-term data, environmental change, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling
- Contact: fabouchard@gmail.com
David Boyd
Received M.S. (Fall 2021)
Received M.S. (Fall 2021)
- Major Advisor: Larry Page (opens in new tab)
- Interests: Systematics and biogeography of Southeast Asian freshwater fishes
Laura Brenskelle
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Received Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
Received Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
- Major Advisor: Robert Guralnick (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Biodiversity informatics and scientific data management
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Caitlin Campbell
Pronouns: she/her
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Email: caitlincampbell@ufl.edu
- Interests: Animal migration and aeroecology, quantitative modeling, bat conservation, stable isotope ecology
- Advisor: Hannah Vander Zanden (opens in new tab)
- Link: Caitlin Campbell
Vincent Cannataro
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
- Major Advisor: Colette St. Mary (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolution, Multicellularity, and Cancer
- Link: Vincent Cannataro – Scientist. Fun Fact Enthusiast. (opens in new tab)
Sarah Carey
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Stuart McDaniel (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics
- Link: Sarah B. Carey (opens in new tab)
Nathan Catlin
Received Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
Received Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
- Major Advisor: William Barbazuk (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Comparative genomics, phylogenomics, polyploidy
Carol Chaffee
Received Ph.D. in 2013
Received Ph.D. in 2013
- Major Advisor: Marta Wayne
- Current Position: Biology 101 Coordinator & Full-time Lecturer, California State University Fullerton
- Research Interests: Population genetics, especially the effects of reproductive mode on gene flow; biology education & student learning
- Contact: cchaffee@fullerton.edu
Tania Chavarria
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Rebecca Kimball (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Population genetics and adaptive variation in Mangrove Warblers in Costa Rica
Shweta Chhajed
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Major Advisor: Sixue Chen
- Research Interests: Glucosinolate metabolism, stomatal defense, guard cell signalling, plant pathogen interaction proteomics, metabolomics and plant molecular biology
Stephanie Cinkovich
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisors: Juliet Pulliam, Derek Cummings (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases
Paul Corogin
Received Ph.D. in 2015
Received Ph.D. in 2015
- Major Advisor: Walter Judd
- Research Interests: Systematics of vascular plants; biology of the genus Sideroxylon in North America
Ondi Crino
Received Master of Science in 2008
Received Master of Science in 2008
- Major Advisor: Steve Phelps (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Deakin University
- Research Interests: Stress physiology, animal behaviour, avian ecology, endocrinology, Australian ecology, surfing, and the lindy hop
- Link: Ondi Crino, PhD (opens in new tab)
- Contact: ondicrino@gmail.com
Tim Crombie
Received Ph.D. in 2015
Received Ph.D. in 2015
- Major Advisor: David Julian (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, UF Department of Biology
- Research Interests: Stress physiology, evolution and phenotypic variation
Andrew Crowl
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisor: Nicoletta Cellinese (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Plant phylogenetics and Mediterranean biogeography
Lori Cruze
Received Ph.D. in 2011
Received Ph.D. in 2011
- Major Advisor: Louis J. Guillette, Jr. (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, Wofford College
- Research Interests: Evolution, development, and reproductive physiology
- Contact: cruzel@wofford.edu
Katrina Cuddy
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: David Oppenheimer (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, actin dynamics, membrane trafficking, protein-protein interactions
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Lisa David
Received Ph.D. (May 2021)
Received Ph.D. (May 2021)
- Major Advisor: Sixue Chen
- Research Interests: Plant molecular biology, guard cell signaling networks, plant pathogen interactions, proteomics, and metabolomics
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Zachary Emberts
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Colette St. Mary (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Conflict between natural and sexual selection, mate choice, and male-male competition.
Nathaniel Evans
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisor: Gustav Paulay (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolutionary history of marine invertebrates, especially crustaceans. Systematics, biogeography, speciation and morphological evolution
- Link: Nathaniel Evans (opens in new tab)
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Jessica Farrell
Received Ph.D. Spring 2022
Received Ph.D. Spring 2022
- Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience · St. Augustine, FL
- Major Advisor: David J Duffy
- Interests:Sea turtle fibropapillomatosis and eDNA detection of endangered species and their wildlife pathogens. Immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of oncological tumours and wildlife infectious diseases. Population genetics for marine wildlife conservation.
Linda Fink
Received Master of Science in 1984 and Ph.D. in 1989
Received Master of Science in 1984 and Ph.D. in 1989
- Major Advisor: H.J. Brockmann (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Duberg Professor of Ecology, Sweet Briar College
- Research Interests: Ecology, insect biology, conservation biology
- Link: Sweet Briar College (opens in new tab)
Adania Flemming
Received Master of Science 2018
Received Master of Science 2018
- Major Advisor: Larry Page (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Systematics, biogeography, speciation, and biology of fishes & invertebrates
Pauline Fontaine
Received Ph.D. from UF in 2017
Received Ph.D. from UF in 2017
- Major Advisor: Keith Choe (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Post-Doc at University of Florida, Department of Biology
- Research Interests: Animal Biology
- Contact: pfontaine@ufl.edu
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Mike Gil
Received Ph.D. in Fall 2015
Received Ph.D. in Fall 2015
- Major Advisor: Craig Osenberg (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Research Interests: Community and behavioral ecology, conservation, and mass science communication
- Link 1: Mike Gil, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)
- Link 2: SCI ALL (opens in new tab)
- Contact: mikegil@sciall.org

Thomas Gillespie
Received Master of Science in 2000 and Ph.D. in 2004
Received Master of Science in 2000 and Ph.D. in 2004
- Major Advisor: Colin Chapman
- Current Position: Professor & Chair, Emory University
- Research Interests: Disease Ecology, Conservation Biology, Tropical Biology
- Link: Gillespie Lab | Home (opens in new tab)
- Contact: thomas.gillespie@emory.edu
Grant Godden
Received Ph.D. in 2014
Received Ph.D. in 2014
- Major Advisor: Pamela Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Visiting Research Associate, Michigan State University
- Research Interests: Plant Genomics
- Contact Information: goddengr@msu.edu
Juan Pablo Gomez-Echeverri
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
- Major Advisor: Scott Robinson (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: The ecology and evolution of Neotropical Birds
- Web: Juan Pablo Gomez-Echeverri (opens in new tab)
- Contact: jugomez@ufl.edu
Elizabeth Gordon
Received Master of Science in 2018
Received Master of Science in 2018
- Major Advisor: David Julian (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Human physiology, fetal microbiome
Harlan Gough
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Akito Y. Kawahara (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolutionary biology and population genetics
Marissa Gredler
Received Ph.D. in 2015
Received Ph.D. in 2015
- Major Advisor: Martin Cohn
- Research Interests: Developmental genetics and morphogenesis
Ayress Grinage
Received M.S.
Received M.S.
- Major Advisor: Lucas Majure
- Research Interests: Sabal palms, monocot systematics, speciation, tropical conservation
Travis Guy
Received Master of Science in 2017
Received Master of Science in 2017
- Major Advisor: Todd Palmer (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Community ecology, anthropogenic effects on ecosystems, and conservation management
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Rebecca Hale
Received Ph.D. in 2006
Received Ph.D. in 2006
- Major Advisors: Colette St. Mary and Craig Osenberg
- Current Position: Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Asheville
- Research Interests: Life history evolution, parental care evolution, maintenance of polymorphisms.
- Link: rebecca.e.hale (opens in new tab)
- Contact: rhale@unca.edu
Kin-Lan Han
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2016
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2016
- Major Advisor: Rebecca Kimball (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Avian phylogenetics, evolution, conservation
- Web: Kin-Lan Han (opens in new tab)
Natya Hans
Received Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
Received Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
- Major Advisor: John (Gordon) Burleigh (opens in new tab)
- Interests: Computational Biology, Macroevolutionary modeling, Phylogenetics and Genomics
Arianna Harrington
Received Master of Science in Spring 2015
Received Master of Science in Spring 2015
- Major Advisor: Jonathan Bloch (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Paleontology, comparative anatomy, evolutionary morphology
Justin Havird
Received Master of Science in 2008
Received Master of Science in 2008
- Major Advisor: David Evans (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University
- Research Interests: Evolution, genomics, physiology
- Link: Justin C. Havird – EVOLUTION, GENOMICS, & PHYSIOLOGY (opens in new tab)
- Contact: justin.havird@colostate.edu
Alexandra Hernandez
Pronouns: she/her/ella
Received Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
Received Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
- Major Advisor: Joseph Ryan (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolution of marine invertebrates, phylogenetics, and bioinformatics
Ana Herrera
Received Ph.D. in 2013
Received Ph.D. in 2013
- Major Advisor: Martin Cohn
- Research Interests: Developmental biology
Fabiany Herrera
Received Ph.D. in 2014
Received Ph.D. in 2014
- Major Advisor: Steven R. Manchester (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chicago Botanic Garden
- Research Interests: The evolutionary origin of the tropical rainforests and angiosperm plant lineages. Paleobiogeographic and paleoclimatic history of the Cenozoic, especially in the Neotropics and North America. Integrated paleobotanical and neobotanical studies of plant diversity and evolution. The study of mesofossils from the early Cretaceous of Asia to improve understanding of the timing of events in seed plant evolution.
- Contact: fherrera@chicagobotanic.org
Joan Herrera
Received Ph.D. in 1998
Received Ph.D. in 1998
- Major Advisor: Larry McEdward (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Instructor of Biological Sciences University of South Florida St. Petersburg
- Research Interests: Larval ecology and life history evolution, systematics of echinoderms, and natural history collections
- Contact: jcherrera@mail.usf.edu
Richard Hodel
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Douglas Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoc in the Knowles Lab | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan
- Research Interests: Phylogeography, population genetics and conservation genetics of neotropical mangroves (Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa, Rhizophora mangle)
- Link: Richard Hodel (opens in new tab)
- Contact: hodelr@umich.edu
Lauren Holian
Degree Program: _
Degree Program: _
- Major Advisor: Jamie Gillooly (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: _
Sharon Holte
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: David Steadman (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Paleontology
- Link: Fascinated by paleontology, by Sharon Holte (opens in new tab)
Peter Houlihan
Received M.S. in 2018
Received M.S. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Akito Kawahara (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, Evolutionary processes, Biogeography, Tropical ecosystems and conservation
- Link: Peter R. Houlihan (opens in new tab)
Cody Howard
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Nicoletta Cellinese (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Plant Phylogenetics
- Contact: cchoward@ufl.edu
Angkana Huang
Received Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
Received Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
- Major Advisor: Derek Cummings (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases in relation to human interventions
Ping Huang
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
- Major Advisors: Colette St. Mary (opens in new tab), Rebecca Kimball (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Personality syndromes focusing on Northern Cardinals
Tongyi Huang
Received Ph.D. in 2019
Received Ph.D. in 2019
- Major Advisor: Jeremy Lichstein (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Terrestrial ecosystem dynamics
Indah Huegele
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Email: indah.huegele@ufl.edu
- Interests: _
- Advisor: Steven Manchester (opens in new tab)
Ellen Humbel
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Email: ehumbel@ufl.edu
- Interests: Courtship behavior, signal complexity, and the evolution of coloration and vision in jumping spiders
- Advisors: Rebecca Kimball, (opens in new tab) Lisa Taylor (opens in new tab)
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Lianne Jacobson
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Craig Osenberg (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: The evolution of coloniality and the growth dynamics of corals
Johanna Jantzen
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisors: Pam Soltis (opens in new tab), Doug Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Plant systematics and biogeography
Jing Jiao
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Craig Osenberg (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Spatial and Theoretical Ecology
Christopher Johns
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Akito Kawahara (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Phylogenomics, plant-insect interactions, insular biogeography, tropical biodiversity conservation
- Link: Chris A. Johns
- Contact: johns.chris.a@gmail.com
Lindsay Johnson
Received M.S.
Received M.S.
- Major Advisor: Charles Baer (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolutionary and Population Genetics
Robert Johnson
Received Ph.D. in 2019
Received Ph.D. in 2019
- Major Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
- Research Interests: Ecology of sea turtles, role of sea turtles in new habitats
Harrison Jones
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Major Advisors: Todd Palmer (opens in new tab), Scott Robinson (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Avian mixed-species foraging flocks in fragmented landscapes, behavioral ecology, conservation behavior, ornithology, and tropical ecology
Gregory Jongsma
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Interests: African amphibian phylogenetics and biogeography
- Major Advisor: David Blackburn (opens in new tab)
- Link: Greg Jongsma (opens in new tab)
Joanna Joyner-Matos
Received Ph.D. in Zoology, 2007
Received Ph.D. in Zoology, 2007
- Major Advisor: David Julian (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Associate Professor of Biology, Eastern Washington University
- Research Interests: Ecophysiology and stress physiology
- Link: Joanna Joyner-Matos (opens in new tab)
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Barry Kaminsky
Received Master of Science in Spring 2016
Received Master of Science in Spring 2016
- Major Advisors: Michelle Mack, Stuart McDaniel (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Ecosystem function, ecological genetics, lichens
Rachel Keeffe
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Interests: Morphology, evolution, systematics, amphibians
- Major Advisor: David Blackburn (opens in new tab)
John “Andy” Kilmer
Received Ph.D. in 2014
Received Ph.D. in 2014
- Major Advisor: David Steadman (opens in new tab)
Taliesin Joaquin Kinser
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Email: tkinser@ufl.edu
- Interests: Phylogenetic diversity, climate change impacts on plant biodiversity patterns, conservation
- Advisor: Doug Soltis (opens in new tab)
Bonnie Kircher
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
- Major Advisor: Martin Cohn
- Research Interests: Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Rebecca Koll
Received Ph.D. in 2019
Received Ph.D. in 2019
- Major Advisor: Steven Manchester (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Palynology and paleobotany
- Link: Paleobotany & Palynology Group Photos (opens in new tab)
Leslie Kollar
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
- Major Advisor: Stuart McDaniel (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics
- Link: Leslie Kollar (opens in new tab)
Hope Klug
Received Ph.D. in 2007
Received Ph.D. in 2007
- Major Advisor: H. Jane Brockmann (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: UC Foundation Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee — Chattanooga
- Research Interests: Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecology, Parental Care, Mating Dynamics, Evolutionary Traps
- Web: Klug Lab (opens in new tab)
- Contact: hope-klug@utc.edu
Christopher Krieg
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Emily Sessa (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Plant physiological ecology, evolution, and genetics
- Link: People » Christopher Krieg (opens in new tab)
Ambuj Kumar
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2016
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2016
- Major Advisor: Rebecca Kimball (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Molecular Dynamics and Evolution
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Jacob Landis
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2016
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2016
- Major Advisor: Pamela Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Riverside | Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
- Research Interests: Evolutionary Genomics of barley
- Link: Jacob B. Landis (opens in new tab)
- Contact: jlandis@ucr.edu
Alexis Lanza
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Elaine Seaver (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Larval development in marine invertebrates; environmental effects on development
Francisca Leal
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Office:
- Email: fleal@ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionary developmental biology
- Advisor: Martin Cohn
Kelsey Lewis
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Martin Cohn
- Research Interests: Evolutionary developmental biology, developmental biology
Chuwei Lin
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Interests: Proteins involved in stomata movement during stresses
- Major Advisor: Alice Harmon
Xiaoxian Liu
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Douglas Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Plant evolution, polyploidy, and alternative splicing
Melania C. Lopez-Castro
Received Ph.D. in 2013
Received Ph.D. in 2013
- Major Advisor: Karen A. Bjorndal (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Coordinator of the Sea Turtle Conservation Program. Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan, A.C.
- Research Interests: Sea turtle biology and conservation.
- Contact: melanialopez0980@gmail.com
Elias Lunsford
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Interests: Navigation behavior of fishes, sensory biology, and neuroethology
- Major Advisor: James Liao (opens in new tab)
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Lucas C. Majure
Received Ph.D. in 2012
Received Ph.D. in 2012
- Major Advisors: Douglas E. Soltis (opens in new tab), Walter S. Judd (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Biologist of New World Succulents, Desert Botanical Garden
- Research Interests: Biogeography, floristics, morphological plasticity in plants, polyploidy, reticulate evolution, systematics, with special interests in Cactaceae, Melastomataceae, and the Caribbean Flora.
- Link: Majure Lab (opens in new tab)
- Contact: lmajure@dbg.org
Blaine Marchant
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Douglas Soltis (opens in new tab), Pamela Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Plant evolution, polyploidy
- Link: Blaine Marchant (opens in new tab)
Peter May
Received Ph.D. in Zoology in 1985
Received Ph.D. in Zoology in 1985
- Major Advisor: Carmine Lanciani (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Professor, Biology Dept., Stetson University
- Research Interests: Vertebrate natural history, insect ecology
- Link: Volusia Naturalist (opens in new tab)
- Contact: pmay@stetson.edu
Shannon McCauley
Received Master of Science in 1997
Received Master of Science in 1997
- Major Advisor: Karen Bjorndal (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Research Interests: Freshwater community ecology
- Link: McCauley Lab (opens in new tab)
- Contact: shannon.mccauley@utoronto.ca
Simon McClung
Received Master of Science in 2017
Received Master of Science in 2017
- Major Advisor: Michelle Mack
- Research Interests: Forest Ecosystem Ecology
Sarah McGrath-Blaser
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Email: sarah.mcgrath@ufl.edu
- Interests: Herpetology, Microbial Ecology, Disease Ecology
- Advisor: Ana Longo (opens in new tab)
William McKendree
Received Ph.D. in 1991
Received Ph.D. in 1991
- Major Advisor: Rob Ferl
- Current Position: Program Manager, USAF
- Research Interests: Application of biological molecules, organisms, and systems to the detection of materials.
- Contact: william.mckendree@us.af.mil
Wenbin Mei
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
- Major Advisor: William Barbazuk (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Comparative genomics, alternative splicing, phylogenomics
Paula Mejia-Velasquez
Received Ph.D. in 2015
Received Ph.D. in 2015
- Major Advisor: Steven Manchester (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Paleobotany and paleopalynology
Anthony Melton
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisors: Pam Soltis (opens in new tab), Doug Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Phylogenetics and Plant Systematics
François Michonneau
Received Ph.D. in 2014
Received Ph.D. in 2014
- Major Advisor: Gustav Paulay (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience at the University of Florida
- Research Interests: Systematics, evolution and ecology of marine invertebrates
- Link: François Michonneau (opens in new tab)
Patrick Milligan
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
- Major Advisor: Todd Palmer (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Carbon dynamics and plant physiology in East African savannas
- Link: Savanna Ecology (opens in new tab)
Mrinal Mishra
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
- Major Advisor: Michael Miyamoto (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Molecular Systematics, Phylogenetics and Bioinformatics
Iwan Molgo
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisors: Pamela Soltis (opens in new tab), Douglas Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Systematics of Vascular plants and polyploidy in the Callisia graminea complex
Luis Montalvo
Received Ph.D.
Received Ph.D.
- Office: FMNH · Dickinson Hall
- Email: ldmontalvo@ufl.edu
- Interests: Community ecology, avian ecology, landscape ecology
- Advisor: Scott Robinson (opens in new tab)
Jenna Moore
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Gustav Paulay (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Polychaete phylogenetics, biodiversity, & systematics
- Link: Jenna Moore, PhD student (opens in new tab)
Vanessa Muhl
Degree Program: M.S. (Summer 2022)
- Interests: Cell & molecular biology. Cell & molecular adaptations of different organism, such as C. teleta and C. elegans , to environmental stressors; and its effect on physiological activities.
- Major Advisor: David Julian (opens in new tab)
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Andre Naranjo
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Pamela Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Comparative Phylogeography, Conservation and Population Genetics
Felicity Newell
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
- Major Advisor: Scott Robinson (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Avian ecology, tropical ecology, forest ecology
Patrick Norby
Received Master of Science 2017
Received Master of Science 2017
- Major Advisor: Gustav Paulay (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: The evolution of marine invertebrate biodiversity
- Link: Patrick Norby (opens in new tab)
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Jessica A. Oswald
Received Ph.D. in 2014
Received Ph.D. in 2014
- Major Advisor: David Steadman (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Florida
- Research Interests: Ornithology, historical diversity and distributions, paleontology, phylogenetics, hybridization
- Link: http://jessicaoswald.weebly.com/ (opens in new tab)
- Contact: oswaldj3@gmail.com
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Akanksha Pandey
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Edward Braun (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Phylogenetics
John Yong Park
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
- Major Advisor: Jeremy Lichstein (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Terrestrial ecosystem, forest ecosystem, global climate change, phenology, near-surface remote sensing, plant functional traits, image processing, pattern recognition
James Peniston
Pronouns: he/him/his
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2021)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2021)
- Major Advisor: Robert Holt (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolutionary and ecological theory, more specifically the origin and maintenance of biodiversity over long time scales
Joe Pfaller
Received Ph.D. in 2016
Received Ph.D. in 2016
- Major Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
- Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of rafting crabs; biology and conservation of sea turtles; epibiosis of marine vertebrates
- Contact: jpfaller@ufl.edu
John Pfeiffer
Received Ph.D. in 2019
Received Ph.D. in 2019
- Major Advisor: Larry Page (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolution, Biogeography, Freshwater Bivalves
- Contact: jpfeiffer@ufl.edu
Catalina Pimiento
Received Ph.D. in 2015
Received Ph.D. in 2015
- Major Advisor: Bruce MacFadden (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zürich
- Research Interests: Macroecologist. Interested in the ecology of sharks in deep time. Particularly nursery habitats, long-term diversity dynamics, environmental constraints, biogeography, body size, extinction and conservation. Also interested in formal and informal science education, educational technology, blended teaching and learning, and public outreach.
- Link: Dr. Catalina Pimiento Hernandez (opens in new tab)
Tania Pineda Enriquez
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
- Interests: Evolution, Phylogenetic and Systematics of ophiuroids (brittle stars)
- Major Advisor: Gustav Paulay (opens in new tab)
Jorge Pino
Received Ph.D in 2015
Received Ph.D in 2015
- Major Advisor: Steven Phelps (opens in new tab)
- Current position: Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Chiriqui
- Research Interests: Tropical ecology, neotropical mammalogy and phylogeography
- Contact: jorge.pino@unachi.ac.pa
- Link: Jorge Pino
Jerald Pinson
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Emily Sessa (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Fern phylogenetics and systematics
- Profile: People » Jerald Pinson (opens in new tab)
- Blog: All Is Leaf (opens in new tab)
Jeanette Pirlo
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Research Interests: Proboscidean evolution and paleoecology, paleoecology reconstruction, broadening representation in natural history careers
- Major Advisor: Bruce MacFadden (opens in new tab)
Trey Polvadore
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
- Major Advisor: Malcolm Maden
- Research Interests: Vertebrate wound healing and regeneration
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Moein Rajaei
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
- Research Interests: Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Major Advisor: Charles Baer (opens in new tab)
Kimberly Reich
Received Ph.D. in 2009
Received Ph.D. in 2009
- Major Advisor: Karen Bjorndal (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Assistant Professor Palm Beach Atlantic University
- Research Interests: Stable isotope, sea turtle, manatee, and coastal ecosystem ecology.
- Contact: Kim_reich@pba.edu
Julian Resasco
Received Ph.D. in 2013
Received Ph.D. in 2013
- Major Advisor: Doug Levey (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow University of Colorado
- Research Interests: Corridors, habitat fragmentation, community ecology, conservation biology
- Link: Julian Resasco (opens in new tab)
- Contact: jresasco@colorado.edu
Elise Richardson
Degree Program: M.S. (Summer 2021)
Degree Program: M.S. (Summer 2021)
- Major Advisor: Nick Keiser (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Behavioral disease ecology, entomology, wildlife ecology, conservation biology, vector borne diseases
Lindsey Riibe
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Fall 2021)
- Major Advisor: Emily Sessa (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Systematics, biogeography and plant conservation
Anand Roopsind
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisor: Francis Putz (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Tropical Forest Management and Conservation
Lauren Rowan
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2021)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2021)
- Major Advisor: David Reed (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Evolution, biogeography, and conservation
Juliette Rubin
Pronouns: she/her
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Email: julietterubin@ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology
- Advisor: Akito Kawahara (opens in new tab)
- Link: Juliette Rubin
Arthur Rudolph
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Colette St. Mary (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Zoology
F. Javiera Rudolph
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
- Research Interests: Stochastic processes, metacommunity ecology, movement and dispersal.
- Major Advisor: José Miguel Ponciano (opens in new tab)
- Link: javirudolph.com
Nick Ruktanonchai
Received Ph.D. in 2014
Received Ph.D. in 2014
- Major Advisor: David L. Smooth
- Current Position: Research Fellow, University of Southampton
- Contact: nrukt00@gmail.com
Ruslandi Ruslandi
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2016
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2016
- Major Advisor: Francis Putz (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Tropical Forest Ecology and Management
- Contact: r.ruslandi@ufl.edu
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Miguel Salinas Saavedra
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Mark Martindale (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Experimental Embryology, Evo-Devo and cell biology
Sayran Saber
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
- Research Interests: Quantitative evolutionary biology
- Major Advisor: Charles Baer (opens in new tab)
Mark Sandfoss
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Harvey Lillywhite (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Herpetology, conservation
Daniel Sasson
Received Ph.D. in 2013
Received Ph.D. in 2013
- Major Advisor: H. Jane Brockmann (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
- Research Interests: Evolution, behavioral ecology, sexual selection
- Link: Daniel A. Sasson (opens in new tab)
- Contact: dsasson@ufl.edu
Ayush Saxena
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Charles Baer (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: How quantitative traits evolve in experimental lines of C.elegans and other organisms
Horst Schwassmann
Received Ph.D. in 1962
Received Ph.D. in 1962
- Major Advisor: Arthur Hasler
- Current Position: Retired Professor Emeritus, University of Florida
- Research Interests: Sensory Physiology, electric fishes, Amazon estuary
- Contact: hoschwassmann@att.net | tel: (352) 373-7926
Maria Claudia Segovia
Received Ph.D. in 2014
Received Ph.D. in 2014
- Major Advisors: Pamela Soltis (opens in new tab), Douglas Soltis (opens in new tab)
Samantha Shablin
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Email: samanthashablin@ufl.edu
- Interests: Disease ecology, behavioral ecology, herpetology
- Advisor: Nick Keiser (opens in new tab) / Ana Longo (opens in new tab)
Coleman Sheehy III
Pronouns: he/his
Received Master of Science in Zoology in 2006
Received Master of Science in Zoology in 2006
- Major Advisor: Harvey B. Lillywhite (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, University of Florida
- Research Interests: Ecology, evolution, and systematics of reptiles and amphibians
- Contact: coleman3@ufl.edu
Philip Shirk
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Craig Osenberg (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Vertebrate responses to anthropogenic changes, herpetology
Laura Sirot
Received Ph.D. in 2004
Received Ph.D. in 2004
- Major Advisor: H. Jane Brockmann (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Associate Professor, The College of Wooster
- Research Interests: Sexual Selection, Reproductive Molecules, Applied Animal Behavior
- Link: Sirot Lab (opens in new tab)
- Contact: lsirot@wooster.edu
Martijn Slot
Received Ph.D. in 2013
Received Ph.D. in 2013
- Major Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Research Interests: Plant ecophysiology, Tropical forest ecology, Plant reproduction, Climate Change
- Link: Martijn Slot, Plant ecophysiologist (opens in new tab)
- Contact: slotm@si.edu
MacKenzie Smith
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Office: FMNH · Dickinson Hall
- Email: mackenziesmith@ufl.edu
- Interests: The fossil flora of the Clarno Formation of Oregon which spans from about 50-35 million years ago to reconstruct the local environment and make inferences about global climate
- Advisor: Steven Manchester (opens in new tab)
Luciano Soares
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
- Research Interests: Hybridization in sea turtle populations

Kylee Soltez
Pronouns: she/her
Received M.Sc. (Summer 2023)
Received M.Sc. (Summer 2023)
- Email: ksoltez@ufl.edu
- Interests:The habits and host range of the fungal plant pathogen Colletotrichum camelliae. I am specifically looking at the survival of this pathogen on defoliated tea leaves, its potential appearance on other hosts surrounding tea plants, and the phylogenetic relationships between the Colletotrichum species found in these studies
- Advisor: Doug Soltis
Gabriel Somarriba
Received M.Sc. (Spring 2023)
- Office: FMNH · 273 Dickinson Hall
- Email: gabe.somarriba@ufl.edu
- Interests: Evolutionry biology, systematics, taxonomy, art in science, teaching, demonstrating the importance of natural history information in areas dominated by molecular methods
- Advisor: Larry Page (opens in new tab)
David Sparks
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)
- Research Interests: Ichthyology, behavior, biomechanics, morphology, sensory systems, comparative biology, interactions between domains of knowledge
- Major Advisor: Jimmy Liao (opens in new tab)
Kelly Speer
Received Master of Science in 2015
Received Master of Science in 2015
- Major Advisor: David Reed (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Biogeography of small mammals, host-parasite coevolution, and conservation
Robert Spielbauer
Received M.S. in 2019
Received M.S. in 2019
- Major Advisor: Steven Manchester (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Paleobotany, Evolutionary Biology, and Phylogenetics
- Contact: spielbar@ufl.edu
Jonathan Spoelhof
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2020)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2020)
- Major Advisor: Pam Soltis (opens in new tab), Doug Soltis (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Autopolyploidy and the consequences of whole-genome duplication in plants
Ryan St. Laurent
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2021
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2021
- Major Advisor: Akito Kawahara (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoc, Smithsonian (Fall 2021)
- Research Interests: Lepidoptera systematics, phylogenetics, and natural history; primarily interested in Bombycoidea, Mimallonidae, and Notodontidae.
- Link: Ryan St. Laurent
- Contact: ryanstlaurent93@gmail.com
Adrian Stier
Received Ph.D. in 2012
Received Ph.D. in 2012
- Major Advisor: Craig Osenberg (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara
- Research Interests: My research examines the processes that drive the, biodiversity, recovery and resilience of harvested ecosystems.
- Contact: adrian.stier@gmail.com
Rebecca Stubbs
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Nicoletta Cellinese (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Biogeography, systematics, and plant evolution
- Contact: stubbsrl@ufl.edu
Gregory Stull
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisors: Pamela Soltis (opens in new tab), Steven Manchester (opens in new tab)
Kelly Sweitzer (Jones)
Received Master of Science in 2006
Received Master of Science in 2006
- Major Advisor: Marta Wayne (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Science Teacher at Davidson Middle School
- Research Interests: Eight years as a science educator and 2 years as science coach/coordinator. Mother of 2 beautiful girls and wife to a sweet and loving husband.
- Contact: Kmjucf@gmail.com
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Lanlan Tang
Received Ph.D. in 2015
Received Ph.D. in 2015
- Major Advisor: Alice Harmon (opens in new tab), Keith Choe (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Post Doctoral Associate; Institute on Aging, UF
- Research Interests: Aging and geriatric research
- Link: Lanlan Tang, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)
- Contact: lanlantang@ufl.edu
Oscar Tarazona
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2015
Received Ph.D. in Summer 2015
- Major Advisor: Martin Cohn
- Research Interests: Evolutionary developmental biology
Emilie-Kate Tavernier
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Email: e.tavernier@ufl.edu
- Interests: I am studying bryophyte dioecy and sexual dimorphism. Specifically, I am comparing the molecular evolution of two moss species, Physcomitrella patens and Ceratodon purpureus, to view how dioecy has evolved.
- Advisor: Stuart McDaniel (opens in new tab)
Julia Tejada Lara
Received Master of Science in 2015
Received Master of Science in 2015
- Major Advisor: Bruce MacFadden (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology
Shamindri Tennakoon
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Research Interests: Invertebrate paleontology
- Major Advisor: Michal Kowalewski (opens in new tab)
George Tiley
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisor: John Burleigh
- Research Interests: Molecular Evolution, Genome Evolution, Computational Phylogenetics
Kathryn Totten
Received M.S. in 2018
Received M.S. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Marta Wayne (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Parasite host co-evolution
Luke Trimmer-Smith
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Degree Program: Ph.D.
- Major Advisor: Juliet Pulliam
- Research Interests: Disease emergence
Scarlett Tudor
Received Ph.D. in 2018
Received Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Colette St. Mary (opens in new tab)
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Judit Ungvari-Martin
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
- Major Advisor: Scott Robinson (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
- Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of tropical bird communities
- Link: Judit Ungvari Martin (opens in new tab)
- Contact: jungvari@gmail.com
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Hannah Vander Zanden
Received Ph.D. in 2012
Received Ph.D. in 2012
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- Major Advisor: Karen Bjorndal
- Current Position: Assistant Professor University of Florida
- Research Interests: Animal migration, stable isotopes, ecology, sea turtles, individual specialization
- Link: Vander Zanden Lab (opens in new tab)
- Contact: hvz@ufl.edu
Carrie Vath
Received Ph.D. in 2014
Received Ph.D. in 2014
- Major Advisor: Scott Robinson (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Associate Vice Chancellor/Dean of Students Affairs, Montana Tech University
- Research Interests: Student success, academic policy, enrollment management
- Contact: Cvath@mtech.edu
Clayton Visger
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisor: Doug Soltis
- Research Interests: Autopolyploidy in Angiosperms
Natasha Vitek
Received Ph.D. in 2019
Received Ph.D. in 2019
- Major Advisor: Jonathan Bloch (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Intra-lineage morphological evolution
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Jieying “Jane” Wang
Received Master of Science in 2017
Received Master of Science in 2017
- Major Advisor: Bernard Hauser
- Research Interests: Reproductive Biology
Zhuolun Wang
Received Ph.D. (Spring 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Spring 2023)
- Email: doro5hy@ufl.edu
- Interests: I am interested in plant biology, and I also have some confidence in my computer programming skills.
- Advisor: Bernard Hauser
Lucille Watkins
Graduated with M.S. in 2018
Graduated with M.S. in 2018
- Major Advisor: Jamie Gillooly (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Flora/fauna interactions under changing climate conditions, ecological disturbance and wildlife epidemiology
Thales West
Received Ph.D. in Fall 2016
Received Ph.D. in Fall 2016
- Major Advisor: Francis Putz (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
- Research Interests: Interdisciplinary Research on Coupled Human-Natural Systems
- Link: Thales A.P. West’s Magical Mystery Page (opens in new tab)
Niyomi Wijewardena
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Resrach Interests: Host-parasite interactions, Biogeography, Systematics, Molecular evolution and Population genetics
- Major Advisor: David Reed (opens in new tab)
Emily Woodruff
Graduated with Ph.D. in 2018
Graduated with Ph.D. in 2018
- Major Advisors: Jonathan Bloch (opens in new tab), Martin Cohn
- Research Interests: Evolution and development, paleontology, and phylogenetics of mammals.
Cedric Worman – Deceased (1973 – 2014)
Received Master of Science in 2004 and Ph.D. in 2012
Received Master of Science in 2004 and Ph.D. in 2012
- Major Advisor: Robert Holt (opens in new tab)
- Last Position: Assistant Professor at Francis Marion University
- Research Interests: Community ecology, conservation biology, evolution, nutritional ecology, mammalian behavior, primatology, restoration ecology, tropical ecology.
Joni Wright
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Research Interests: Evolutionary Neurophysiology, Physiological Ecology, and Renal Physiology
- Major Advisor: Rebecca Kimball (opens in new tab)
- Link: Joni Wright (opens in new tab)
Natalie Wright
Received Master of Science in 2009
Received Master of Science in 2009
- Major Advisor: David Steadman (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoc Fellow, University of Montana
- Research Interests: Avian ecology, evolution, and functional morphology
- Link: Natalie A. Wright (opens in new tab)
- Contact: nataliestudiesbirds@gmail.com
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Qingyuan Xiang
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
Received Ph.D. (Summer 2023)
- Email: qingyuanxiang@ufl.edu
- Interests: Stomatal disease triangle, single cell metabolomics and network analysis
- Advisor: Sixue Chen
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Yuzo Yanagitsuru
Received Ph.D. in 2017
Received Ph.D. in 2017
- Major Advisor: James Liao (opens in new tab)
- Research Interests: Fish swimming, sensory biology, biomechanics
Nicole Yetke
Received M.S. (Spring 2023)
Received M.S. (Spring 2023)
- Email: nyetke@ufl.edu
- Interests: Predator ecology, herpetology, food web dynamics, ecotoxicology, wetland ecology, wildlife conservation, crocodilians, canids, human-wildlife interactions, use of domestic/working dogs for conservation, public engagement and education about predators and conservation, animal behavior, movement, habitat use, and their influence on ecosystem function
- Advisor: Amanda Subalusky (opens in new tab)
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Amy Zanne
Received Master of Science in 1998 and Ph.D. in 2003
Received Master of Science in 1998 and Ph.D. in 2003
- Major Advisor: Colin Chapman (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Associate Professor, George Washington University
- Research Interests: Plant and microbe ecophysiology, macroecology, and macroevolution; Plant and microbe functional traits and structure function relationships; Woody decay; Controls on plant carbon pool sizes and flux rates
- Link: Welcome to the Zanne Lab! (opens in new tab)
- Contact: aezanne@gmail.com
- Twitter: @AmyZanne
Rosana Zenil-Ferguson
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
- Major Advisor: José Miguel Ponciano (opens in new tab)
- Current Position: Postdoc at University of Idaho
- Research Interests: Chromosome Number and Genome Size Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Methods, Statistics
- Link: Rosana Zenil-Ferguson (opens in new tab)
Tong Zhang
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
Received Ph.D. in Spring 2016
- Major Advisor: Sixue Chen
- Research Interests: Guard cell redox signaling
Min Zhao
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
Degree Program: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)
- Research Interests: Birds phylogenetics and biogeography
- Major Advisor: Rebecca Kimball (opens in new tab)