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Graduate Alumni

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Kelly Sweitzer (Jones)

Research Interests: Science education

Advisor: Marta Wayne

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Alexander Abair

Research Interests: Plant systematics and phylogenomics with a focus on the mint family (Lamiaceae)

Advisor: Pam Soltis

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)

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Sarah Allen

Research Interests: Paleobotany

Advisor: Steven Manchester

Degree: Ph.D. (2017)

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Prabha Amarasinghe

Research Interests: Systematics, biogeography and plant evolution

Advisor: Nico Cellinese

Degree: Ph.D.

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David Anderson

Research Interests: Physiology, climate change, theoretical ecology

Advisor: Jamie Gillooly

Degree: Ph.D.

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Carson Arends

Research Interests: Conservation Biology, Stable Isotope Ecology, and Niche Partitioning of Sea Turtles in St. Joe Bay, FL

Advisor: Hannah Vander Zanden

Degree: M.S. (Spring 2022)

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Ian Ausprey

Research Interests: Avian ecology, tropical biology, landscape ecology, conservation biology

Advisor: Scott Robinson

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)

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Leslie S. Babonis

Research Interests: Evolution, development, and the origin of novelty

Advisor: David H. Evans, Martin J. Cohn

Degree: Ph.D. (2011)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience

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Kevin Baldwin

Research Interests: How parasites affect the physiology and behavior of their hosts; psychotropic pharmaceuticals and behavior of aquatic organisms

Advisor: Lou Guillette

Degree: Ph.D. (1999)

Current Position: Professor of Biology, Monmouth College

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Meghan Bentz

Research Interests: Host-parasite interactions, disease ecology, microbiology

Advisor: Marta Wayne

Degree: M.S. (2017)

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Gabriela Blohm

Research Interests: Ecology and Evolution of Virulence

Advisor: Jose Miguel Ponciano

Degree: Ph.D. (2017)

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Dimitri Blondel

Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, mechanisms of social behavior, behavioral endocrinology, science education, conservation biology

Advisor: Steve Phelps, Colette St. Mary, H. Jane Brockmann

Degree: M.S. (2006), Ph.D. (2013)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University

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Lucas Boatwright

Research Interests: Non-model transcriptome assembly, differential expression and functional annotation

Advisor: William Barbazuk

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Nicole Botteri

Research Interests: Developmental and reproductive physiology

Advisor: Louis Guillette

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2014)

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Frank Bouchard

Research Interests: Conservation biology, remote sensing, long-term data, environmental change, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling

Advisor: Marta Wayne

Degree: Ph.D. (2012)

Current Position: National Ecological Observatory Network Tower Technician at Battelle Ecology

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David Boyd

Research Interests: Systematics and biogeography of Southeast Asian freshwater fishes

Advisor: Larry Page

Degree: M.S. (Fall 2021)

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Laura Brenskelle

Research Interests: Biodiversity informatics and scientific data management

Advisor: Robert Guralnick

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2021)

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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Vincent Cannataro

Research Interests: Evolution, Multicellularity, and Cancer

Advisor: Colette St. Mary

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2016)

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Sarah Carey

Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics

Advisor: Stuart McDaniel

Degree: Ph.D.

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Nathan Catlin

Research Interests: Comparative genomics, phylogenomics, polyploidy

Advisor: William Barbazuk

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)

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Carol Chaffee

Research Interests: Population genetics, especially the effects of reproductive mode on gene flow; biology education & student learning

Advisor: Marta Wayne

Degree: Ph.D. (2013)

Current Position: Biology 101 Coordinator & Full-time Lecturer, California State University Fullerton

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Tania Chavarria

Research Interests: Population genetics and adaptive variation in Mangrove Warblers in Costa Rica

Advisor: Rebecca Kimball

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Shweta Chhajed

Research Interests: Glucosinolate metabolism, stomatal defense, guard cell signalling, plant pathogen interaction proteomics, metabolomics and plant molecular biology

Advisor: Sixue Chen

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)

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Stephanie Cinkovich

Research Interests: Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases

Advisor: Juliet Pulliam, Derek Cummings

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Paul Corogin

Research Interests: Systematics of vascular plants; biology of the genus Sideroxylon in North America

Advisor: Walter Judd

Degree: Ph.D. (2015)

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Ondi Crino

Research Interests: Stress physiology, animal behaviour, avian ecology, endocrinology

Advisor: Steve Phelps

Degree: M.S. (2008)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Deakin University

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Tim Crombie

Research Interests: Stress physiology, evolution and phenotypic variation

Advisor: David Julian

Degree: Ph.D. (2015)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, UF Department of Biology

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Andrew Crowl

Research Interests: Plant phylogenetics and Mediterranean biogeography

Advisor: Nicoletta Cellinese

Degree: Ph.D. (2017)

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Lori Cruze

Research Interests: Evolution, development, and reproductive physiology

Advisor: Louis J. Guillette, Jr.

Degree: Ph.D. (2011)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Wofford College

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Katrina Cuddy

Research Interests: Cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, actin dynamics, membrane trafficking, protein-protein interactions

Advisor: David Oppenheimer

Degree: Ph.D.

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Lisa David

Research Interests: Plant molecular biology, guard cell signaling networks, plant pathogen interactions, proteomics, and metabolomics

Advisor: Sixue Chen

Degree: Ph.D. (May 2021)

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Zachary Emberts

Research Interests: Conflict between natural and sexual selection, mate choice, and male-male competition.

Advisor: Colette St. Mary

Degree: Ph.D.

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Tania Pineda Enriquez

Research Interests: Evolution, Phylogenetic and Systematics of ophiuroids (brittle stars)

Advisor: Gustav Paulay

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)

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Nathaniel Evans

Research Interests: Evolutionary history of marine invertebrates, especially crustaceans. Systematics, biogeography, speciation and morphological evolution

Advisor: Gustav Paulay

Degree: Ph.D. (2017)

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Jessica Farrell

Research Interests: Sea turtle fibropapillomatosis and eDNA detection of endangered species and their wildlife pathogens

Advisor: David J Duffy

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)

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Linda Fink

Research Interests: Ecology, insect biology, conservation biology

Advisor: H.J. Brockmann

Degree: M.S. (1984), Ph.D. (1989)

Current Position: Duberg Professor of Ecology, Sweet Briar College

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Adania Flemming

Research Interests: Systematics, biogeography, speciation, and biology of fishes & invertebrates

Advisor: Larry Page

Degree: M.S. (2018)

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Pauline Fontaine

Research Interests: Animal Biology

Advisor: Keith Choe

Degree: Ph.D. (2017)

Current Position: Post-Doc at University of Florida, Department of Biology

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Nicolas Garcia

Advisor: Pamela Soltis

Degree: Ph.D. (2015)

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Mike Gil

Research Interests: Community and behavioral ecology, conservation, and mass science communication

Advisor: Craig Osenberg

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2015)

Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Thomas Gillespie

Research Interests: Disease Ecology, Conservation Biology, Tropical Biology

Advisor: Colin Chapman

Degree: M.S. (2000), Ph.D. (2004)

Current Position: Professor & Chair, Emory University

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Grant Godden

Research Interests: Plant Genomics

Advisor: Pamela Soltis

Degree: Ph.D. (2014)

Current Position: Visiting Research Associate, Michigan State University

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Juan Pablo Gomez-Echeverri

Research Interests: The ecology and evolution of Neotropical Birds

Advisor: Scott Robinson

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2016)

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Elizabeth Gordon

Research Interests: Human physiology, fetal microbiome

Advisor: David Julian

Degree: M.S. (2018)

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Harlan Gough

Research Interests: Evolutionary biology and population genetics

Advisor: Akito Y. Kawahara

Degree: Ph.D.

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Marissa Gredler

Research Interests: Developmental genetics and morphogenesis

Advisor: Martin Cohn

Degree: Ph.D. (2015)

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Ayress Grinage

Research Interests: Sabal palms, monocot systematics, speciation, tropical conservation

Advisor: Lucas Majure

Degree: M.S.

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Travis Guy

Research Interests: Community ecology, anthropogenic effects on ecosystems, and conservation management

Advisor: Todd Palmer

Degree: M.S. (2017)

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Rebecca Hale

Research Interests: Life history evolution, parental care evolution, maintenance of polymorphisms.

Advisor: Colette St. Mary and Craig Osenberg

Degree: Ph.D. (2006)

Current Position: Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Asheville

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Kin-Lan Han

Research Interests: Avian phylogenetics, evolution, conservation

Advisor: Rebecca Kimball

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2016)

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Natya Hans

Research Interests: Computational Biology, Macroevolutionary modeling, Phylogenetics and Genomics

Advisor: John (Gordon) Burleigh

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)

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Arianna Harrington

Research Interests: Paleontology, comparative anatomy, evolutionary morphology

Advisor: Jonathan Bloch

Degree: M.S. (Spring 2015)

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Justin Havird

Research Interests: Evolution, genomics, physiology

Advisor: David Evans

Degree: M.S. (2008)

Current Position: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University

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Ana Herrera

Research Interests: Developmental biology

Advisor: Martin Cohn

Degree: Ph.D. (2013)

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Fabiany Herrera

Research Interests: The evolutionary origin of the tropical rainforests and angiosperm plant lineages

Advisor: Steven R. Manchester

Degree: Ph.D. (2014)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chicago Botanic Garden

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Joan Herrera

Research Interests: Larval ecology and life history evolution, systematics of echinoderms, and natural history collections

Advisor: Larry McEdward

Degree: Ph.D. (1998)

Current Position: Instructor of Biological Sciences, University of South Florida St. Petersburg

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Richard Hodel

Research Interests: Phylogeography, population genetics and conservation genetics of neotropical mangroves

Advisor: Douglas Soltis

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

Current Position: Postdoc in the Knowles Lab, University of Michigan

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Lauren Holian

Advisor: Jamie Gillooly

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Sharon Holte

Research Interests: Paleontology

Advisor: David Steadman

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Peter Houlihan

Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, Evolutionary processes, Biogeography, Tropical ecosystems and conservation

Advisor: Akito Kawahara

Degree: M.S. (2018)

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Cody Howard

Research Interests: Plant Phylogenetics

Advisor: Nicoletta Cellinese

Degree: Ph.D.

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Angkana Huang

Research Interests: Evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases in relation to human interventions

Advisor: Derek Cummings

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2021)

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Ping Huang

Research Interests: Personality syndromes focusing on Northern Cardinals

Advisor: Colette St. Mary, Rebecca Kimball

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2016)

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Tongyi Huang

Research Interests: Terrestrial ecosystem dynamics

Advisor: Jeremy Lichstein

Degree: Ph.D. (2019)

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Coleman Sheehy III

Research Interests: Ecology, evolution, and systematics of reptiles and amphibians

Advisor: Harvey B. Lillywhite

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Lianne Jacobson

Research Interests: The evolution of coloniality and the growth dynamics of corals

Advisor: Craig Osenberg

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Johanna Jantzen

Research Interests: Plant systematics and biogeography

Advisor: Pam Soltis, Doug Soltis

Degree: Ph.D.

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Jing Jiao

Research Interests: Spatial and Theoretical Ecology

Advisor: Craig Osenberg

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Christopher Johns

Research Interests: Phylogenomics, plant-insect interactions, insular biogeography, tropical biodiversity conservation

Advisor: Akito Kawahara

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Lindsay Johnson

Research Interests: Evolutionary and Population Genetics

Advisor: Charles Baer

Degree: M.S.

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Robert Johnson

Research Interests: Ecology of sea turtles, role of sea turtles in new habitats

Advisor: Karen Bjorndal

Degree: Ph.D. (2019)

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Harrison Jones

Research Interests: Avian mixed-species foraging flocks in fragmented landscapes, behavioral ecology, conservation behavior, ornithology, and tropical ecology

Advisor: Todd Palmer, Scott Robinson

Degree: Ph.D.

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Gregory Jongsma

Research Interests: African amphibian phylogenetics and biogeography

Advisor: David Blackburn

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)

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Joanna Joyner-Matos

Research Interests: Ecophysiology and stress physiology

Advisor: David Julian

Degree: Ph.D. (2007)

Current Position: Associate Professor of Biology, Eastern Washington University

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Barry Kaminsky

Research Interests: Ecosystem function, ecological genetics, lichens

Advisor: Michelle Mack, Stuart McDaniel

Degree: M.S. (Spring 2016)

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Rachel Keeffe

Research Interests: Morphology, evolution, systematics, amphibians

Advisor: David Blackburn

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)

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John “Andy” Kilmer

Degree: Ph.D. (2014)

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Bonnie Kircher

Research Interests: Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Advisor: Martin Cohn

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)

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Hope Klug

Research Interests: Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecology, Parental Care, Mating Dynamics, Evolutionary Traps

Advisor: H. Jane Brockmann

Degree: Ph.D. (2007)

Current Position: UC Foundation Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee — Chattanooga

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Rebecca Koll

Research Interests: Palynology and paleobotany

Advisor: Steven Manchester

Degree: Ph.D. (2019)

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Leslie Kollar

Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics

Advisor: Stuart McDaniel

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)

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Christopher Krieg

Research Interests: Plant physiological ecology, evolution, and genetics

Advisor: Emily Sessa

Degree: Ph.D.

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Ambuj Kumar

Research Interests: Molecular Dynamics and Evolution

Advisor: Rebecca Kimball

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2016)

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Jacob Landis

Research Interests: Evolutionary Genomics of barley

Advisor: Pamela Soltis

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2016)

Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Riverside

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Alexis Lanza

Research Interests: Larval development in marine invertebrates; environmental effects on development

Advisor: Elaine Seaver

Degree: Ph.D.

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Julia Tejada Lara

Research Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology

Advisor: Bruce MacFadden

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Ryan St. Laurent

Research Interests: Lepidoptera systematics, phylogenetics, and natural history

Advisor: Akito Kawahara

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Kelsey Lewis

Research Interests: Evolutionary developmental biology, developmental biology

Advisor: Martin Cohn

Degree: Ph.D.

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Chuwei Lin

Research Interests: Proteins involved in stomata movement during stresses

Advisor: Alice Harmon

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)

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Xiaoxian Liu

Research Interests: Plant evolution, polyploidy, and alternative splicing

Advisor: Douglas Soltis

Degree: Ph.D.

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Melania C. Lopez-Castro

Research Interests: Sea turtle biology and conservation.

Advisor: Karen A. Bjorndal

Degree: Ph.D. (2013)

Current Position: Coordinator of the Sea Turtle Conservation Program, Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan, A.C.

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Elias Lunsford

Research Interests: Navigation behavior of fishes, sensory biology, and neuroethology

Advisor: James Liao

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)

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Lucas C. Majure

Research Interests: Biogeography, floristics, morphological plasticity in plants, polyploidy, reticulate evolution, systematics

Advisor: Douglas E. Soltis, Walter S. Judd

Degree: Ph.D. (2012)

Current Position: Biologist of New World Succulents, Desert Botanical Garden

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Blaine Marchant

Research Interests: Plant evolution, polyploidy

Advisor: Douglas Soltis, Pamela Soltis

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Peter May

Research Interests: Vertebrate natural history, insect ecology

Advisor: Carmine Lanciani

Degree: Ph.D. (1985)

Current Position: Professor, Biology Dept., Stetson University

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Shannon McCauley

Research Interests: Freshwater community ecology

Advisor: Karen Bjorndal

Degree: M.S. (1997)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga

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Simon McClung

Research Interests: Forest Ecosystem Ecology

Advisor: Michelle Mack

Degree: M.S. (2017)

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Sarah McGrath-Blaser

Research Interests: Herpetology, Microbial Ecology, Disease Ecology

Advisor: Ana Longo

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2023)

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William McKendree

Research Interests: Application of biological molecules, organisms, and systems to the detection of materials.

Advisor: Rob Ferl

Degree: Ph.D. (1991)

Current Position: Program Manager, USAF

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Wenbin Mei

Research Interests: Comparative genomics, alternative splicing, phylogenomics

Advisor: William Barbazuk

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2016)

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Paula Mejia-Velasquez

Research Interests: Paleobotany and paleopalynology

Advisor: Steven Manchester

Degree: Ph.D. (2015)

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Anthony Melton

Research Interests: Phylogenetics and Plant Systematics

Advisor: Pam Soltis, Doug Soltis

Degree: Ph.D.

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François Michonneau

Research Interests: Systematics, evolution and ecology of marine invertebrates

Advisor: Gustav Paulay

Degree: Ph.D. (2014)

Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience

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Patrick Milligan

Research Interests: Carbon dynamics and plant physiology in East African savannas

Advisor: Todd Palmer

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)

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Mrinal Mishra

Research Interests: Molecular Systematics, Phylogenetics and Bioinformatics

Advisor: Michael Miyamoto

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2021)

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Iwan Molgo

Research Interests: Systematics of Vascular plants and polyploidy in the Callisia graminea complex

Advisor: Pamela Soltis, Douglas Soltis

Degree: Ph.D. (2018)

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Luis Montalvo

Research Interests: Community ecology, avian ecology, landscape ecology

Advisor: Scott Robinson

Degree: Ph.D.

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Jenna Moore

Research Interests: Polychaete phylogenetics, biodiversity, & systematics

Advisor: Gustav Paulay

Degree: Ph.D.

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Vanessa Muhl

Research Interests: Cell & molecular biology, adaptations to environmental stressors

Advisor: David Julian

Degree: M.S. (Summer 2022)

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Andre Naranjo

Research Interests: Comparative Phylogeography, Conservation and Population Genetics

Advisor: Pamela Soltis

Degree: Ph.D.

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Felicity Newell

Research Interests: Avian ecology, tropical ecology, forest ecology

Advisor: Scott Robinson

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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Patrick Norby

Research Interests: The evolution of marine invertebrate biodiversity

Advisor: Gustav Paulay

Degree: M.S. (2017)

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Jessica A. Oswald

Research Interests: Ornithology, historical diversity and distributions, paleontology, phylogenetics, hybridization

Advisor: David Steadman

Degree: Ph.D. (2014)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Florida

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Danielle Palow

Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima

Degree: Ph.D. (2011)

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Akanksha Pandey

Research Interests: Phylogenetics

Advisor: Edward Braun

Degree: Ph.D.

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John Yong Park

Research Interests: Terrestrial ecosystem, forest ecosystem, global climate change, phenology, near-surface remote sensing, plant functional traits

Advisor: Jeremy Lichstein

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2020)

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James Peniston

Research Interests: Evolutionary and ecological theory, the origin and maintenance of biodiversity over long time scales

Advisor: Robert Holt

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2021)

Pronouns: he/him/his

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John Pfeiffer

Research Interests: Evolution, Biogeography, Freshwater Bivalves

Advisor: Larry Page

Degree: Ph.D. (2019)

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Catalina Pimiento

Research Interests: Macroecology of sharks in deep time, diversity dynamics, biogeography, body size, extinction and conservation

Advisor: Bruce MacFadden

Degree: Ph.D. (2015)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zürich

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Jorge Pino

Research Interests: Tropical ecology, neotropical mammalogy and phylogeography

Advisor: Steven Phelps

Degree: Ph.D. (2015)

Current Position: Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Chiriqui

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Jerald Pinson

Research Interests: Fern phylogenetics and systematics

Advisor: Emily Sessa

Degree: Ph.D.

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Jeanette Pirlo

Research Interests: Proboscidean evolution and paleoecology, paleoecology reconstruction

Advisor: Bruce MacFadden

Degree: Ph.D. (Summer 2022)

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Trey Polvadore

Research Interests: Vertebrate wound healing and regeneration

Advisor: Malcolm Maden

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2021)

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Fan Qiu

Advisor: Michael Miyamoto

Degree: Ph.D. (2015)

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Moein Rajaei

Advisor: Charles Baer

Degree: Ph.D. (Spring 2022)

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Kimberly Reich

Research Interests: Stable isotope, sea turtle, manatee, and coastal ecosystem ecology.

Advisor: Karen Bjorndal

Degree: Ph.D. (2009)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Palm Beach Atlantic University

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Julian Resasco

Research Interests: Corridors, habitat fragmentation, community ecology, conservation biology

Advisor: Doug Levey

Degree: Ph.D. (2013)

Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado

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Elise Richardson

Research Interests: Behavioral disease ecology, entomology, wildlife ecology, conservation biology, vector borne diseases

Advisor: Nick Keiser

Degree: M.S. (Summer 2021)

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Lindsey Riibe

Research Interests: Systematics, biogeography and plant conservation

Advisor: Emily Sessa

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2021)

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Anand Roopsind

Research Interests: Tropical Forest Management and Conservation

Advisor: Francis Putz

Degree: Ph.D. (2017)

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Lauren Rowan

Research Interests: Evolution, biogeography, and conservation

Advisor: David Reed

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Arthur Rudolph

Research Interests: Zoology

Advisor: Colette St. Mary

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F. Javiera Rudolph

Advisor: Jose Miguel Ponciano

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Nick Ruktanonchai

Advisor: David L. Smooth

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Ruslandi Ruslandi

Research Interests: Tropical Forest Ecology and Management

Advisor: Francis Putz

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Miguel Salinas Saavedra

Research Interests: Experimental Embryology, Evo-Devo and cell biology

Advisor: Mark Martindale

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Sayran Saber

Research Interests: Quantitative evolutionary biology

Advisor: Charles Baer

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Verity Salmon

Advisor: Edward Schuur

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Mark Sandfoss

Research Interests: Herpetology, conservation

Advisor: Harvey Lillywhite

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Daniel Sasson

Research Interests: Evolution, behavioral ecology, sexual selection

Advisor: H. Jane Brockmann

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Ayush Saxena

Research Interests: How quantitative traits evolve in experimental lines of C.elegans and other organisms

Advisor: Charles Baer

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Horst Schwassmann

Research Interests: Sensory Physiology, electric fishes, Amazon estuary

Advisor: Arthur Hasler

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Maria Claudia Segovia

Advisor: Pamela Soltis, Douglas Soltis

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Samantha Shablin

Research Interests: Disease ecology, behavioral ecology, herpetology

Advisor: Nick Keiser / Ana Longo

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Philip Shirk

Research Interests: Vertebrate responses to anthropogenic changes, herpetology

Advisor: Craig Osenberg

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Laura Sirot

Research Interests: Sexual Selection, Reproductive Molecules, Applied Animal Behavior

Advisor: H. Jane Brockmann

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Martijn Slot

Research Interests: Plant ecophysiology, Tropical forest ecology, Plant reproduction, Climate Change

Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima

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MacKenzie Smith

Research Interests: The fossil flora of the Clarno Formation of Oregon

Advisor: Steven Manchester

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Luciano Soares

Research Interests: Hybridization in sea turtle populations

Advisor: Karen Bjorndal

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Kylee Soltez

Research Interests: Fungal plant pathogen Colletotrichum camelliae, phylogenetic relationships between Colletotrichum species

Advisor: Doug Soltis

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Gabriel Somarriba

Research Interests: Evolutionary biology, systematics, taxonomy, art in science, natural history

Advisor: Larry Page

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Kelly Speer

Research Interests: Biogeography of small mammals, host-parasite coevolution, and conservation

Advisor: David Reed

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Robert Spielbauer

Research Interests: Paleobotany, Evolutionary Biology, and Phylogenetics

Advisor: Steven Manchester

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Jonathan Spoelhof

Research Interests: Autopolyploidy and the consequences of whole-genome duplication in plants

Advisor: Pam Soltis, Doug Soltis

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Adrian Stier

Research Interests: Biodiversity, recovery and resilience of harvested ecosystems

Advisor: Craig Osenberg

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Rebecca Stubbs

Research Interests: Biogeography, systematics, and plant evolution

Advisor: Nicoletta Cellinese

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Gregory Stull

Advisor: Pamela Soltis, Steven Manchester

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Lanlan Tang

Research Interests: Aging and geriatric research

Advisor: Alice Harmon, Keith Choe

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Oscar Tarazona

Research Interests: Evolutionary developmental biology

Advisor: Martin Cohn

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Emilie-Kate Tavernier

Research Interests: Bryophyte dioecy and sexual dimorphism, molecular evolution of mosses

Advisor: Stuart McDaniel

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Shamindri Tennakoon

Research Interests: Invertebrate paleontology

Advisor: Michal Kowalewski

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George Tiley

Research Interests: Molecular Evolution, Genome Evolution, Computational Phylogenetics

Advisor: John Burleigh

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Kathryn Totten

Research Interests: Parasite host co-evolution

Advisor: Marta Wayne

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Scarlett Tudor

Advisor: Colette St. Mary

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Judit Ungvari-Martin

Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of tropical bird communities

Advisor: Scott Robinson

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Carrie Vath

Research Interests: Student success, academic policy, enrollment management

Advisor: Scott Robinson

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Clayton Visger

Research Interests: Autopolyploidy in Angiosperms

Advisor: Doug Soltis

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Natasha Vitek

Research Interests: Intra-lineage morphological evolution

Advisor: Jonathan Bloch

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Jieying “Jane” Wang

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Zhuolun Wang

Research Interests: Plant biology

Advisor: Bernard Hauser

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Lucille Watkins

Research Interests: Flora/fauna interactions under changing climate conditions, ecological disturbance and wildlife epidemiology

Advisor: Jamie Gillooly

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Thales West

Research Interests: Interdisciplinary Research on Coupled Human-Natural Systems

Advisor: Francis Putz

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Niyomi Wijewardena

Advisor: David Reed

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Emily Woodruff

Research Interests: Evolution and development, paleontology, and phylogenetics of mammals.

Advisor: Jonathan Bloch, Martin Cohn

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Cedric Worman

Research Interests: Community ecology, conservation biology, evolution, nutritional ecology, mammalian behavior, primatology, restoration ecology, tropical ecology.

Advisor: Robert Holt

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Joni Wright

Research Interests: Evolutionary Neurophysiology, Physiological Ecology, and Renal Physiology

Advisor: Rebecca Kimball

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Natalie Wright

Research Interests: Avian ecology, evolution, and functional morphology

Advisor: David Steadman

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Qingyuan Xiang

Research Interests: Stomatal disease triangle, single cell metabolomics and network analysis

Advisor: Sixue Chen

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Yuzo Yanagitsuru

Research Interests: Fish swimming, sensory biology, biomechanics

Advisor: James Liao

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Nicole Yetke

Research Interests: Predator ecology, herpetology, food web dynamics, ecotoxicology, wetland ecology, wildlife conservation

Advisor: Amanda Subalusky

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Amy Zanne

Research Interests: Plant and microbe ecophysiology, macroecology, and macroevolution

Advisor: Colin Chapman

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Rosana Zenil-Ferguson

Research Interests: Chromosome Number and Genome Size Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Methods, Statistics

Advisor: Jose Miguel Ponciano

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Min Zhao

Research Interests: Birds phylogenetics and biogeography

Advisor: Rebecca Kimball