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
Research Gate      Google Scholar

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
Research Gate      Google Scholar      Academia.edu

Valerie Burke DeLeon

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

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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Walter Judd

Walter JuddHerbarium
Distinguished Professor, Emeritus
Contact: 352-273-1983 | lyonia@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 378
Interests: systematics and evolution of flowering plants, with specific interest in the Ericaceae and Melastomataceae, phylogenetic relationships within temperate/tropical family pairs, and the floras of the West Indies and southeastern U.S

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
Research Gate     Google Scholar     ORCID      Academia.edu

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
Research Gate      Academia.edu

James Liao

James LiaoIchthyology
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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Harvey Lillywhite

Harvey LillyWhiteHerpetology
Professor; Director, Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory
Contact: 352-392-1101 | hblill@ufl.edu
Office: Bartram Room 122
Interests: physiological ecology of amphibians and reptiles, biology of snakes and tree frogs, conservation biology, fire ecology, and animal collection

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
Research Gate      Google Scholar      ORCiD

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
Lab Website     Research Gate     Google Scholar

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
Research Gate      Google Scholar      Academia.edu

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
Lab Webpage      Research Gate      Academia.edu

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
Google Scholar

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
Lab Webpage      Research Gate

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
Lab Webpage      Research Gate     Academia.edu

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

Ian Ausprey
Ornithology

Jesse Barber
Lepidoptera

Narayani Barve
Informatics

Nareerat Boonchai  
Paleobotany

Lindsay Bloch  
Ceramic Technology Lab

Jesse Breinholt
Lepidoptera

Patrick Ciccotto
Ichthyology

Paul Corogin
Herbarium

Shannon Corrigan
Ichthyology

Charles Covell, Jr.
Lepidoptera

Philip DeVries, Jr.
Lepidoptera

Ana Paula dos Santos de Carvalho 
Lepidoptera

Nathaniel Evans 
Invertebrate Zoology

Ryan Folk
Molecular Systematics

James Hayden
Lepidoptera

Jason Head   
Vertebrate Paleontology

Indah Huegele   
Paleobotany

Carlos Jaramillo
Vertebrate Paleontology

Nathan Johnson
Ichthyology 

Gregory Jongsma
Herpetology

Harrison Jones
Ornithology

Walter Judd
Herbarium

Emily Khazan
Lepidoptera 

George Luer
Florida Archaeology

Jenna Moore
Invertebrate Zoology

Paul Morse
Evolutionary Anthropology

Jonathan Nations
Mammalogy

Elena Ortiz Acevedo
Lepidoptera

Hannah Owens
Informatics

Frank Pezold
Herpetology

Elizabeth Reitz 
Environmental Archaeology

Don Rice
Ceramic Technology Lab

Pru Rice 
Ceramic Technology Lab

Ashley Sharpe
Environmental Archaeology

Mary Silcox
Vertebrate Paleontology

William Smith-Vaniz 
Ichthyology

David Swofford
Ichthyology

Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint
Lepidoptera

Natasha Vitek  
Vertebrate Paleontology

Debra Walker  
Florida Archaeology

James Williams  
Ichthyology

Scott Wing  
Vertebrate Paleontology