University of Florida Affiliate Faculty
Edward Braun
Invertebrate Zoology
Affiliate Associate Professor of Biology
Contact: ebraun68@ufl.edu
Office: Carr Hall, 514
Interests: molecular biology, genetics, evolutionary biology, systematics, bioinformatics
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E. Christine Davis
Molecular Systematics
Affiliate Lecturer of Biology
Contact: 352-846-1156 | christine.davis@ufl.edu
Office: Carr Hall, 614
Interests: bryophyte diversity and systematics, plant symbiosis, biology and botany pedagogy
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Susan DeFrance
Environmental Archaeology, Anthropology
Affiliate Curator and Professor of Anthropology
352-394-7541 | sdef@anthro.ufl.edu
Office: Turlington Hall, B117
Interests: zooarchaeology, coastal adaptions, Andean
Empires, Central Andes, Caribbean
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Valerie Burke DeLeon
Anthropology
Affiliate Associate Curator, Associate Professor of Anthropology
352-394-7602 | vdeleon@ufl.edu
Office: Turlington Hall, B325
Interests: cranial growth and development, soft tissue influences on skeletal morphology, geometric morphometrics
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Jiri Hulcr
Forest Entomology
Affiliate Associate Curator and Professor of Forest Resources and Conservation
352-273-0299 | hulcr@ufl.edu
Office: Newins-Ziegler Hall, 361
Interests: ambrosia symbiotic complex – beetles, fungi, bacteria
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Rebecca Kimball
Mammalogy
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Biology
Contacts: 352-846-3737 | rkimball@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Interests: ecology and evolution of birds, molecular phylogenetics, speciation, molecular evolution
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John Krigbaum
Anthropology
Affiliate Associate Curator and Professor of Anthropology
Contact: 352-294-7540 | krigbaum@ufl.edu
Office: Turlington Hall Room 1350A
Interests: paleoanthropology, bioarchaeology, human osteology, oaleopathology, paleodiet reconstruction, southeast Asia
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James Liao
Ichthyology
Affiliate Associate Curator, Associate Professor of Biology
Contact: 904-201-8404 | jliao@whitney.ufl.edu
Office: Whitney Lab
Interests: mechanisms of fish behavior
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Robert McCleery
Mammalogy
Affiliate Assistant Curator, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Contact: 352-846-0566 | ramcleery@ufl.edu
Office: Newins-Ziegler Hall Room 314
Interests: mammal conservation, human wildlife interactions
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Stuart McDaniel
Herbarium
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Contact: 352-273-0123 | stuartmcdaniel@ufl.edu
Office: Carr Hall Room 213
Interests: moss diversity, phylogenetics, molecular population genetics, evolutionary genetics
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Jose Miguel Ponciano
Ordway
Affiliate Assistant Curator of Biology
Contact: 352-273-5555 | josemi@ufl.edu
Office: Carr Hall Room 309
Interests: stochastic processes in biology, population dynamics, state space models, statistical and theoretical ecology
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Kenneth Sassaman
Environmental Archaeology
Affiliate Professor
Contact: 352-392-2253 | sassaman@ufl.edu
Office: Turlington Hall Room 1112
Interests: culture history of Archaic Period hunter gatherers, southeast US archaeology
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Emily Sessa
Molecular Lab
Affiliate Assistant Curator, Professor of Biology
Contact: 352-392-1098 | emilysessa@ufl.edu
Office: Bartram Hall Room 521A
Interests: plant systematics and evolution, biogeography, phylogenetics, plant physiological ecology, community assembly, niche modeling, ferns and lycophytes
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Matthew Smith
Herbarium
Affiliate Assistant Curator, Professor of Plant Pathology
Contact: 352-273-2837 | trufflesmith@ufl.edu
Office: Fifield Hall Room 2517
Interests: biology and systematcis of hypogeous fungi, plant-symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi
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Rick Stepp
Environmental Archaeology
Affiliate Associate Curator, Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies
Contact: 352-392-0299 | stepp@ufl.edu
Office: Turlington Hall Room 337
Interests: cultural ecology, ecological anthropology, ethnobotany, medical anthropology,
visual anthropology, Mesoamerica
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Weston Testo
Molecular Lab
Affiliate Assistant Scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher of Biology
Contact: 352-294-3703 | westontesto@gmail.com
Office: Bartram Hall, 527
Interests: ecology and evolution of land plants
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Corey Toler-Franklin
Mammalogy
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering,
iDigBio Visiting Scholar
Contact: 352-505-1574 | ctoler@cise.ufl.edu
Office: CSE Building Room E332
Interests: computer vision and graphics, 3D data acquisition, physically-based
appearance modeling, imaging spectrometry, machine learning
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Samantha Wisely
Mammalogy
Affiliate Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Contact: 352-846-0645 | wisely@ufl.edu
Office: Newins-Ziegler Hall Room 110
Interests: disease ecology, molecular ecology, biogeography, wildlife biology
Courtesy Faculty
Richard Abbott
Herbarium
Arthur Anker
Invertebrate Zoology
Orland Blanchard
Herbarium
Janalee Caldwell
Herpetology
Stephen Chester
Vertebrate Paleontology
Ann Cordell
Ceramic Technology Lab
Laura Cotton
Micropaleontology
Matthew Dean
Ichthyology
Kenneth Dodd Jr.
Herpetology
Ryan Folk
Molecular Systematics
Thomas Fraser
Ichthyology
James Hayden
Lepidoptera
Jason Head
Vertebrate Paleontology
John Heppner
Lepidoptera
Joan Herrera
Ichthyology
Bernadette Holthuis
Herbarium
Collette Jacono
Herbarium
Nathan Jud
Vertebrate Paleontology
Walter Judd
Herbarium
Elizabeth Kowalski
Paleobotany
Kenney Krysko
Herpetology
Bill Marquardt
South Florida Archaeology
Joost Morsink
Anthropology
Jenna Moore
Invertebrate Zoology
Paul Morse
Evolutionary Anthropology
Lee Ann Newsom
Historical Archaeology
Stuart Nielsen
Herpetology
Bret Pasch
Mammalogy
Asa Randall
Anthropology, Florida Archaeology
Elizabeth Reitz
Environmental Archaeology
Mary Silcox
Vertebrate Paleontology
William Smith-Vaniz
Ichthyology
Victor Dominic Thompson
Anthropology, Florida Archaeology, South Florida Archaeology
Erin Thornton
Environmental Archaeology
Keith Tinker
Caribbean Archaeology
Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint
Lepidoptera
Gabrielle Vail
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