Graduate Students

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2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011

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	Alexander Abair Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: aabair@ufl.edu Interests: Plant systematics and phylogenomics with a focus on the mint family (Lamiaceae) Advisor: Pam Soltis Top of page ↑
	Prabha Amarasinghe Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · 351 Dickinson Hall Email: pamarasinghe@ufl.edu Interests: Systematics, biogeography and plant evolution Advisor: Nico Cellinese Link: Prabha Amarasinghe Top of page ↑
	David Anderson Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 609 Carr Hall Email: daan4786@ufl.edu Interests: Physiology, climate change, theoretical ecology Advisor: Jamie Gillooly Top of page ↑
	Carson Arends Degree Program: M.S. Office: Email: carends@ufl.edu Interests: Conservation Biology, Stable Isotope Ecology, and Niche Partitioning of Sea Turtles in St. Joe Bay, FL Advisor: Hannah Vander Zanden Top of page ↑
	Ian Ausprey Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: iausprey@ufl.edu Interests: Avian ecology, tropical biology, landscape ecology, conservation biology Advisor: Scott Robinson Link: Avian Ecology and Community Assembly in Fragmented Cloud Forests of the Peruvian Andes Top of page ↑
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	Anna Becker Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: becker.a@ufl.edu Interests: Botany, plant evolution, systematics, taxonomy, phylogenetics. Evolution of endemic Hawaiian Vaccinium (blueberries): origin and dispersal, subsequent speciation and population movement in diverse biogeographical conditions, examining conditions under which plants have adapted to extreme change rapidly. I am curious to compare morphological and ecological patterns of diversification to a molecular phylogeny of this group, hoping to reveal genetic relationships to local adaptions, exposing drivers of evolution. Advisor: Nico Cellinese Top of page ↑
	Michael Belitz Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: mbelitz@ufl.edu Interests: Butterfly conservation, biogeography, and spatiotemporal modeling. Advisor: Robert Guralnick Top of page ↑
	Joshua Benjamin Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: Interests: Macroinvertebrates taxonomy and ecology, Fish ecology, heavy metal concentration, aquatic Food web ecology, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation and Community ecology. Advisor: Amanda Subalusky Top of page ↑
	Tyler Bowling Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: tbowling2@ufl.edu Interests: Epigenetics, behavior, evolution, sharks Advisor: Gavin Naylor Top of page ↑
	Alicia Boyd Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: aliciaboyd@ufl.edu Interests: Regeneration, Genomics, and Developmental Biology Advisor: Elaine Seaver Top of page ↑
	David Boyd Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: dboyd@flmnh.ufl.edu Interests: Systematics and biogeography of Southeast Asian freshwater fishes Advisor: Larry Page Top of page ↑
	Pratush Brahma Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: _ Email: pratush.brahma@ufl.edu Interests: Evolution, sexual and natural selection Advisor: Colette St. Mary Top of page ↑
	Steven Byrum Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: s.byrum@ufl.edu Interests: Chondrichthyan evolutionary developmental biology and paleontology Advisor: Gavin Naylor Top of page ↑
	Laura Brenskelle Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: lbrensk@ufl.edu Interests: Biodiversity informatics and scientific data management Advisor: Robert Guralnick Top of page ↑
	Renato Bruno Degree Program: Office: Email: Interests: Sea turtle ecology and physiology and conservation biology Advisor: Karen Bjorndal & Alan Bolten Top of page ↑
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	Caitlin Campbell Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: _ Email: caitlincampbell@ufl.edu Interests: Spatial Ecology, Conservation Biology, Animal Migration, and Stable Isotope Ecology Advisor: Hannah Vander Zanden Top of page ↑
	Sarah Carey Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 220 Carr Hall Email: sarah.carey@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary genetics Advisor: Stuart McDaniel Link: Sarah B. Carey Top of page ↑
	Steve Cassidy Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: stevencassidy@ufl.edu Interests: Behavioral Ecology, Disease Ecology, Community Ecology, and Evolution of sociality Advisor: Nick Keiser Top of page ↑
	Nathan Catlin Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Cancer & Genetics Research Complex Email: ncatlin@ufl.edu Interests: Comparative genomics, phylogenomics, polyploidy Advisor: William Barbazuk Top of page ↑
	Shweta Chhajed Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 435 Cancer & Genetics Research Complex Email: shwetachhajed@ufl.edu Interests: Glucosinolate metabolism, stomatal defense, guard cell signalling, plant pathogen interaction proteomics, metabolomics and plant molecular biology Advisor: Sixue Chen Top of page ↑
	Scott Cinel Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity Email: cinel1@ufl.edu Interests: Predator-prey ecology, genomics, behavioral ecology, and conservation biology Advisor: Akito Kawahara Link: Scott D. Cinel \| Graduate Student Top of page ↑
	Galen Cobb Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 420 Bartram Hall Email: gcobb@ufl.edu Interests: Ecological genomics, Evolutionary genetics Advisor: Marta Wayne Top of page ↑
	Nerine Constant Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 614 Carr Hall Email: nconstant@ufl.edu Interests: Habitat use and foraging ecology of sea turtles, sea turtle conservation and management Advisor: Karen Bjorndal Top of page ↑
	Jacob Corll Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: jacobcorll@ufl.edu Interests: Molecular Biology, RNA Splicing and the Minor Spliceosome, Genetics Underlying Mammalian Regeneration Advisor: Brad Barbazuk/Malcom Maden Top of page ↑
	Maria Beatriz de Souza Cortez Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: mariacortez@ufl.edu Interests: Population genetics, phylogenetics and phylogeography Advisor: Pam Soltis Top of page ↑
	Katrina Cuddy Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 318 Carr Hall Email: kkcuddy@ufl.edu Interests: Cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, actin dynamics, membrane trafficking, protein-protein interactions Advisor: David Oppenheimer Top of page ↑
	Brittany Cummings Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: bcummings@ufl.edu Interests: _ Advisor: Gustav Paulay Top of page ↑
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	Lisa David Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Cancer & Genetics Research Complex Email: lisaidavid@ufl.edu Interests: Plant molecular biology, guard cell signaling networks, plant pathogen interactions, proteomics, and metabolomics Advisor: Sixue Chen Top of page ↑
	Wesley Dillard Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: wdillard@ufl.edu Interests: Evolution, Genetics, Vertebrate Morphology Advisor: Gareth Fraser Top of page ↑
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	Zachary Emberts Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 611 Bartram Hall Email: emberts@ufl.edu Interests: Conflict between natural and sexual selection, mate choice, and male-male competition. Advisor: Colette St. Mary Top of page ↑
	Carolyn Enloe Degree Program: M.S. Office: _ Email: enloecm@ufl.edu Interests: Ecology, phylogeography, conservation genetics, and population genetics of Ammodramus maritimus (Seaside sparrow) in Florida Advisor: Rebecca Kimball Top of page ↑
	Izuchukwu Ezukanma Degree Program: Ph.D Office: 616 Bartram Hall Email: iezukanma@ufl.edu Interests: Bryophyte Ecology Advisor: Stuart McDaniel Top of page ↑
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	Jessica Farrell Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience · St. Augustine, FL Email: jessicafarrell@ufl.edu Interests: Pathogenesis and epidemiology of fibropapillomatosis in sea turtles; coral bleaching; reef ecology and conservation Advisor: Mark Martindale Top of page ↑
Adania Flemming	Adania Flemming Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: aflemming@ufl.edu Interests: The ecology of fishes, their role and niche in the environment, their life history as well as understanding how form relates to function Advisor: Bruce MacFadden Top of page ↑
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	Michelle Gaynor Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History – Dickinson Hall Email: michellegaynor@ufl.edu Interests: Botany, evolutionary biology, and polyploidy Advisor: Pam Soltis Top of page ↑
	George Glen Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 614 Carr Hall Email: george.glen@ufl.edu Interests: Sea turtle foraging ecology, reproductive biology and population dynamics Advisor: Karen Bjorndal Top of page ↑
	Harlan Gough Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: goughh@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary biology and population genetics Advisor: David Reed Top of page ↑
	Ayress Grinage Degree Program: M.S. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History Herbarium Email: ayress97@ufl.edu Interests: Sabal palms, monocot systematics, speciation, tropical conservation Advisor: Lucas Majure Top of page ↑
	Alexandra Gulick Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 614 Carr Hall Email: alexandra.gulick@ufl.edu Interests: Tropical marine biology, foraging and movement ecology of sea turtles Advisor: Karen Bjorndal Link: Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research Top of page ↑
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	Natya Hans Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 217 Carr Hall Email: nhans@ufl.edu Interests: Computational Biology, Macroevolutionary modeling, Phylogenetics and Genomics Advisor: John (Gordon) Burleigh Top of page ↑
	Arik Hartmann Degree Program: M.S. Office: 421 Carr Hall Email: arikhartmann@ufl.edu Interests: Herpetology, Disease Ecology, Conservation Biology Advisor: Ana Longo Top of page ↑
	Lillian Hendrick Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: lhendrick@ufl.edu Interests: Lepidopteran evolution and conservation Advisor: Akito Kawahara Top of page ↑
	Alexandra Hernandez Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience · St. Augustine, FL Email: ahernandez6@ufl.edu Interests: Evolution of marine invertebrates, phylogenetics, and bioinformatics Advisor: Joseph Ryan Top of page ↑
	Lauren Holian Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: lholianuf14@ufl.edu Interests: _ Advisor: Jamie Gillooly Top of page ↑
	Cody Howard Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: cchoward@ufl.edu Interests: Plant Phylogenetics Advisor: Nicoletta Cellinese Link: Cody Coyotee Top of page ↑
	Angkana Huang Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Carr Hall or Emerging Pathogens Institute Email: a.huang@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases in relation to human interventions Advisor: Derek Cummings Top of page ↑
	Indah Huegele Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: indah.huegele@ufl.edu Interests: _ Advisor: Steven Manchester Top of page ↑
	Ellen Humbel Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 510 Carr Hall Email: ehumbel@ufl.edu Interests: Courtship behavior, signal complexity, and the evolution of coloration and vision in jumping spiders Advisors: Rebecca Kimball, Lisa Taylor Top of page ↑
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	Johanna Jantzen Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: jjantzen@ufl.edu Interests: Plant systematics and biogeography Advisor: Pam Soltis, Doug Soltis Top of page ↑
	Aditi Jayarajan Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: aditij@ufl.edu Interests: Population genetics, biogeography and evolutionary biology Advisor: David Reed Top of page ↑
	Lindsay Johnson Degree Program: M.S. Office: 609 Carr Hall Email: lindsaymjohnson@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary and Population Genetics Advisor: Charles Baer Top of page ↑
	Harrison Jones Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · 305 Dickinson Hall Email: harrisonhjones@ufl.edu Interests: Avian mixed-species foraging flocks in fragmented landscapes, behavioral ecology, conservation behavior, ornithology, and tropical ecology Advisors: Todd Palmer, Scott Robinson Top of page ↑
	Gregory Jongsma Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: gjongsma@ufl.edu Interests: African amphibian phylogenetics and biogeography Advisor: David Blackburn Link: Greg Jongsma Top of page ↑
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	Rachel Keeffe Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: rkeeffe@ufl.edu Interests: Morphology, evolution, systematics, amphibians Advisor: David Blackburn Top of page ↑
	Rebecca Key Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: Interests: Biochemical genetics, microbial ecology, phycology, bryology Advisor: Bryndan Durham & Stuart McDaniel Top of page ↑
	Sikander Khare Degree Program: Office: Email: Interests: I am interested broadly in theoretical ecology and ecological modeling. Specifically, I am interested in studying commmunity assembly, food web structure, and metacommunities. I particularly want to explore theoretical and empirical modeling that can have practical applications in ecological management. Advisor: Robert Holt Top of page ↑
	Taliesin Joaquin Kinser Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · 353 Dickinson Hall Email: tkinser@ufl.edu Interests: Phylogenetic diversity, climate change impacts on plant biodiversity patterns, conservation Advisor: Doug Soltis Top of page ↑
	Bonnie Kircher Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: kircherb@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary Developmental Biology Advisor: Martin Cohn Top of page ↑
	Travis Klee Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 611 Bartram Hall Email: tklee@ufl.edu Interests: Behavioral Ecology, Evolution, and the influence of Predator-Prey Interactions in fishes Advisor: Colette St. Mary Top of page ↑
	Krista Koeller Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: kkoeller3115@ufl.edu Interests: _ Advisor: Top of page ↑
	Leslie Kollar Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 220 Carr Hall Email: kollarlm@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary genetics Advisor: Stuart McDaniel Link: Leslie Kollar Top of page ↑
	Christopher Krieg Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 521 Bartram Hall Email: ckrieg@ufl.edu Interests: Plant physiological ecology, evolution, and genetics Advisor: Emily Sessa Link: People » Christopher Krieg Top of page ↑
	Shelby Krupar Degree Program: M.S. Office: Email: skrupar@ufl.edu Interests: Florida native epiphytes, evolutionary biology, and climate change Advisor: Nico Cellinese Top of page ↑
	Lauren Kunselman Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: lkunselman@ufl.edu Interests: Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Regeneration, and Marine Biology Advisor: Elaine Seaver Top of page ↑
	Sarah Kurtis Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 318 Carr Hall Email: sarahkurtis@ufl.edu Interests: Ecology and evolution of avian plumage coloration, molecular phylogenetics, and population genetics Advisor: Rebecca Kimball Top of page ↑
	Youl Kwon Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: youlkwon@ufl.edu Interests: Polyploidy in Angiosperms, Pollination Biology Advisor: Doug Soltis Top of page ↑
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	Alexis Lanza Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience · St. Augustine, FL Email: alexislanza@ufl.edu Interests: Larval development in marine invertebrates; environmental effects on development Advisor: Elaine Seaver Top of page ↑
	Alexis Lanza Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: sz.lee@ufl.edu Interests: Evolution, systematics, sharks Advisor: Gavin Naylor Top of page ↑
	Kelsey Lewis Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: lewis23a@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary developmental biology, developmental biology Advisor: Martin Cohn Link: Kelsey Lewis Top of page ↑
	Chuwei Lin Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Carr Hall Email: chuwei.lin@ufl.edu Interests: Proteins involved in stomata movement during stresses Advisor: Alice Harmon Top of page ↑
	Qinyin Ling Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Cancer & Genetics Research Complex Email: lingqinyin@ufl.edu Interests: Alternative splicing, comparative genomics, phylogenomics Advisor: William (Brad) Barbazuk Top of page ↑
	Xiaoxian Liu Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: xiaoxianliu@ufl.edu Interests: Plant evolution, polyploidy, and alternative splicing Advisor: Douglas Soltis Top of page ↑
	Elias Lunsford Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience · St. Augustine, FL Email: elunsford@ufl.edu Interests: Navigation behavior of fishes, sensory biology, and neuroethology Advisor: James Liao Top of page ↑
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	Siddarth Machado Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: siddarthmachado@ufl.edu Interests: _ Advisor: Francis (Jack) Putz Top of page ↑
	Ashley Meade Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: ashleymeade@ufl.edu Interests: Foraging ecology of sea turtles, landscape ecology, and coastal ecosystems Advisor: Karen Bjorndal Top of page ↑
	Anthony Melton Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: aemelton@ufl.edu Interests: Phylogenetics and Plant Systematics Advisor: Pam Soltis, Doug Soltis Top of page ↑
	Sarah McGrath Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: sarah.mcgrath@ufl.edu Interests: Herpetology, Microbial Ecology, Disease Ecology Advisor: Ana Longo Top of page ↑
	Patrick Milligan Degree Program: M.S. Office: 411 Carr Hall Email: pmilligan@ufl.edu Interests: Carbon dynamics and plant physiology in East African savannas Advisor: Todd Palmer Link: Savanna Ecology Top of page ↑
	Mrinal Mishra Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 311 Bartram Hall Email: mrinalmishra@ufl.edu Interests: Molecular Systematics, Phylogenetics and Bioinformatics Advisor: Michael Miyamoto Top of page ↑
	Dorothy Mitchell Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: dorothy.mitchell@ufl.edu Interests: _ Advisor: Mark Martindale Top of page ↑
	Luis Montalvo Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: ldmontalvo@ufl.edu Interests: Community ecology, avian ecology, landscape ecology Advisor: Scott Robinson Top of page ↑
	Jenna Moore Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · 262 Dickinson Hall Email: jmoore@ufl.edu Interests: Polychaete phylogenetics, biodiversity, & systematics Advisor: Gustav Paulay Link: Jenna Moore, PhD student Top of page ↑
	Sean Moran Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: smmoran@ufl.edu Interests: Vertebrate paleontology, mammalian evolution, stable isotope paleoecology Advisor: Bruce MacFadden Top of page ↑
	Vanessa Muhl Degree Program: M.S. Office: Email: vanessa.muhl@ufl.edu 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. Advisor: David Julian Top of page ↑
	Thomas Murphy Degree Program: Office: Email: Interests: Plant systematics, species delimitation, hybridization, and biogeography. Current groups of interest include Amorpheae (Fabaceae) and Clematis (Ranunculaceae). Advisor: Lucas Majure Top of page ↑
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	Andre Naranjo Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: aanaranjo@ufl.edu Interests: Comparative Phylogeography, Conservation and Population Genetics Advisor: Pamela Soltis Top of page ↑
	Rachel Narducci Degree Program: M.S. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: renarducci@ufl.edu Interests: Evolution, ecology, and functional morphology of armadillos and their closest relatives, with an emphasis on fossil taxa Advisor: Jonathan Bloch Top of page ↑
	Julian Correa Narvaez Degree Program: Ph.D Office: Email: j.correanarvaez@ufl.edu Interests: Advisor: Steven Manchester Top of page ↑
	Felicity Newell Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: fnewell@ufl.edu Interests: Avian ecology, tropical ecology, forest ecology Advisor: Scott Robinson Top of page ↑
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	Daniel Paluh Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: dpaluh@ufl.edu Interests: Morphological evolution, herpetology, systematics Advisor: David Blackburn Top of page ↑
	Akanksha Pandey Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 618 Carr Hall Email: a.pandey@ufl.edu Interests: Phylogenetics Advisor: Edward Braun Top of page ↑
	John Yong Park Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 310 Carr Hall Email: g2njoy@ufl.edu Interests: Terrestrial ecosystem, forest ecosystem, global climate change, phenology, near-surface remote sensing, plant functional traits, image processing, pattern recognition Advisor: Jeremy Lichstein Top of page ↑
	Jessie Pelosi Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 521 Bartram Hall Email: jessiepelosi@ufl.edu Interests: Gene flow, population genomics, and plant evolution Advisor: Emily Sessa / Brad Barbazuk Top of page ↑
	James Peniston Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 110 Bartram Hall Email: jimmpen@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary and ecological theory, more specifically the origin and maintenance of biodiversity over long time scales Advisor: Robert Holt Top of page ↑
	Kasey Pham Degree Program: Ph.D Office: Email: kasey.pham@ufl.edu Interests: phylogenomics and hybridization biology Advisor: Doug Soltis Top of page ↑
	Tania Pineda Enriquez Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: pinedae@ufl.edu Interests: Evolution, Phylogenetic and Systematics of ophiuroids (brittle stars) Advisor: Gustav Paulay Top of page ↑
	Yuley Encarnación Piñeyro Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · 379 Dickinson Hall Email: yuleyencarnacion@ufl.edu Interests: Cactus family, systematics, biogeography, phylogenetics, evolution, conservation and plant diversity in the West Indies Advisor: Lucas Majure Top of page ↑
	Jerald Pinson Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 521 Bartram Hall Email: jbp4166@ufl.edu Interests: Fern phylogenetics and systematics Advisor: Emily Sessa Profile: People » Jerald Pinson Blog: All Is Leaf Top of page ↑
	Jeanette Pirlo Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: jpirlo@flmnh.ufl.edu Interests: Shark Paleoecology and Integration of Paleontology in the K-12 Classroom Advisor: Bruce MacFadden Top of page ↑
	Trey Polvadore Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Cancer & Genetics Research Complex Email: polvadore@ufl.edu Interests: Vertebrate wound healing and regeneration Advisor: Malcolm Maden Top of page ↑
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	Moein Rajaei Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 609 Carr Hall Email: moeinraja@ufl.edu Interests: Genomics and Bioinformatics Advisor: Charles Baer Top of page ↑
	Elise Richardson Degree Program: M.S. Office: Email: ear6296@ufl.edu Interests: Behavioral disease ecology, entomology, wildlife ecology, conservation biology, vector borne diseases Advisor: Nick Keiser Top of page ↑
	Lindsey Riibe Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 521 Bartram Hall Email: la.riibe@ufl.edu Interests: Systematics, biogeography and plant conservation Advisor: Emily Sessa Top of page ↑
	Lauren Rowan Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: larowan@ufl.edu Interests: Evolution, biogeography, and conservation Advisor: David Reed Top of page ↑
	Arthur Rudolph Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 616 Bartram Hall Email: rudolph3@ufl.edu Interests: Zoology Advisor: Colette St. Mary Top of page ↑
	Javiera Rudolph Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 318 Carr Hall Email: javiera.av@ufl.edu Interests: Disease ecology and population dynamics Advisor: José Miguel Ponciano Top of page ↑
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	Sayran Saber Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 616 Bartram Hall Email: ssaber@ufl.edu Interests: Quantitative evolutionary biology Advisor: Charles Baer Top of page ↑
	Miguel Salinas Saavedra Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Email: mssaavedra@ufl.edu Interests: Experimental Embryology, Evo-Devo and cell biology Advisor: Mark Martindale Top of page ↑
	Mark Sandfoss Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 609 Carr Hall Email: mrsandfo@ufl.edu Interests: Herpetology, conservation Advisor: Harvey Lillywhite Top of page ↑
	Ayush Saxena Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 609 Carr Hall Email: s.ayush@ufl.edu Interests: How quantitative traits evolve in experimental lines of C.elegans and other organisms Advisor: Charles Baer Top of page ↑
	Neeka Sewnath Degree Program: M.S. Office: Email: nsewnath@ufl.edu Interests: Bioinformatics, Genomics, Phylogenetics Advisor: Robert Guralnick Top of page ↑
	Samantha Shablin Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: samanthashablin@ufl.edu Interests: Disease ecology, behavioral ecology, herpetology Advisor: Nick Keiser / Ana Longo Top of page ↑
	Philip Shirk Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 616 Bartram Hall Email: plshirk@ufl.edu Interests: Vertebrate responses to anthropogenic changes, herpetology Advisor: Craig Osenberg Top of page ↑
	Kayli Sieber Degree Program: Office: Email: Interests: I have a broad interest in insect genetics, particularly regarding social insects. I am interested in how an insect’s genetic system can regulate important social traits, such as communication and caste-specific development and behavior. Advisor: Hua Yan Top of page ↑
	Annika Smith Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: annikals@ufl.edu Interests: Floral evolution Advisor: Pamela Soltis, Doug Soltis Top of page ↑
	MacKenzie Smith Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · 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 Top of page ↑
	Gabriel Somarriba Degree Program: Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: Interests: I have a broad interest in organismal biology with a focus on phenotypic plasticity and how it allows organisms to adapt to rapid change. Specific interest in the effect of genome size on the biology of an organism and how its lineage adapts to environmental changes in the future. Currently studying tetraodontiform fishes as a model group. Advisor: Larry Page Top of page ↑
	Luis Soto Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History Email: lso2010@ufl.edu Interests: Systematics and Paleobiology Advisor: Colette St. Mary & Robert Guralnick Top of page ↑
	David Sparks Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: david.sparks@ufl.edu Interests: Ichthyology, behavior, biomechanics, morphology, sensory systems, comparative biology, interactions between domains of knowledge Advisor: Jimmy Liao Top of page ↑
	Jonathan Spoelhof Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History Email: spoelhof.jon@ufl.edu Interests: Autopolyploidy and the consequences of whole-genome duplication in plants Advisor: Pam Soltis, Doug Soltis Top of page ↑
	Ryan St. Laurent Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · McGuire Hall Email: rstlaurent@flmnh.ufl.edu Interests: Systematics, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography of Lepidoptera Advisor: Akito Kawahara Top of page ↑
	Bailey Steinworth Degree Program: M.S. Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience · St. Augustine, FL Email: bsteinworth@ufl.edu Interests: Development and evolution of cnidarians Advisor: Mark Martindale Top of page ↑
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	Bowen Tan Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 437 Cancer and Genetics Research Email: tanbowen@ufl.edu Interests: Plant Proteomics Advisor: Sixue Chen Top of page ↑
	Emilie-Kate Tavernier Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: _ 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 Top of page ↑
	Shamindri Tennakoon Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History Email: stennakoon@ufl.edu Interests: Invertebrate paleontology Advisor: Michal Kowalewski Top of page ↑
	Luke Trimmer-Smith Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 609 Carr Hall Email: trimmersmith@ufl.edu Interests: Disease emergence Advisor: Juliet Pulliam Link: Luke Trimmer-Smith Top of page ↑
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	Maria Vallejo Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: maria.vallejo@ufl.edu Interests: Herpetology, vertebrate paleontology, morphological evolution. Advisor: Jonathan Bloch Top of page ↑
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	Justin Waletich Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: justin.waletich@ufl.edu Interests: _ Advisor: Christine Schnitzler Top of page ↑
	Mitch Walters Received Master of Science in Spring 2016 Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History Email: mjw246@ufl.edu Interests: Behavioral ecology, conservation biology, and ornithology Advisor: Scott Robinson Top of page ↑
	Zhuolun Wang Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 318 Carr Hall 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 Top of page ↑
	Manasee Weerathunga Degree Program: Office: Email: Interests: As an early-stage graduate student, my research interests still spans across a very broad range. When starting off my career as a researcher I was enthusiastic of doing laboratory and field based research on animal physiology and climate resilience. Now my interests are more inclined towards dry lab based bioinformatics, involving evolutionary biology and computational phylogenomics of biological communities. Advisor: Gordon Burleigh Top of page ↑
	Stephanie Wheeler Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History Email: swheele2@ufl.edu Interests: Ornithology, ecology and conservation, which has lead me to my more specific interest in elevational migration Advisor: Scott Robinson Top of page ↑
	Jessica Whelpley Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience · St. Augustine, FL Email: jwhelpley@ufl.edu Interests: Evolution of marine invertebrates in the deep-sea, Genome Evolution, Computational Phylogenetics Advisor: Joseph Ryan Top of page ↑
	Lauren Whitehurst Degree Program: _ Office: _ Email: laurenwhitehurst@ufl.edu Interests: _ Advisor: Doug Soltis Top of page ↑
	Niyomi Wijewardena Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History · Dickinson Hall Email: nwijewardena@ufl.edu Interests: Host-parasite interactions, Biogeography, Systematics, Molecular evolution and Population genetics Advisor: David Reed Top of page ↑
	Joni Wright Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 318 Carr Hall Email: jwright1855@ufl.edu Interests: Evolutionary Neurophysiology, Physiological Ecology, and Renal Physiology Advisor: Rebecca Kimball Link: Joni Wright Top of page ↑
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	Qingyuan Xiang Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 437 Cancer & Genetics Research Complex Email: qingyuanxiang@ufl.edu Interests: Stomatal disease triangle, single cell metabolomics and network analysis Advisor: Sixue Chen Top of page ↑
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	Min Zhao Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 510 Carr Hall Email: zhao.min@ufl.edu Interests: Birds phylogenetics and biogeography Advisor: Rebecca Kimball Top of page ↑
	Wenyi Zhou Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: wenyi.zhou@ufl.edu Interests: Avian mixed-species flocks, tropical ecology, ornithology, spatial ecology. Advisor: Scott Robinson Top of page ↑
	Bethany Ann Zumwalde Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Email: bzumwalde@ufl.edu Interests: Plant systematics, phylogenomics, population genetics and conservation Advisor: Lucas Majure Top of page ↑
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