Graduate Students

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

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	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 ↑
	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 ↑
	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 ↑
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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 ↑
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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 ↑
	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: 425E Cancer & Genetics Research Complex 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: Martin Cohn 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 ↑
	Kelsey Lewis Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: 425F Cancer & Genetics Research Complex 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 ↑
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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 ↑
	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 ↑
	Luis Soto Degree Program: Ph.D. Office: Florida Museum of Natural History Email: lso2010@ufl.edu Interests: Systematics and Paleobiology Advisor: Bruce MacFadden 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 ↑
	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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	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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