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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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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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
Ian Ausprey
Ornithology
Jesse Barber
Lepidoptera
Nareerat Boonchai
Paleobotany
Jesse Breinholt
Lepidoptera
Stephen Chester
Vertebrate Paleontology
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
Thomas Fraser
Ichthyology
James Hayden
Lepidoptera
Jason Head
Vertebrate Paleontology
John Heppner
Lepidoptera
Carlos Jaramillo
Vertebrate Paleontology
Walter Judd
Herbarium
George Luer
Florida Archaeology
Jenna Moore
Invertebrate Zoology
Paul Morse
Evolutionary Anthropology
Felicity Newell
Ornithology
Elena Ortiz Acevedo
Lepidoptera
Hannah Owens
Informatics
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
John Terborgh
Ornithology
Erin Thornton
Environmental Archaeology
Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint
Lepidoptera
Judit Ungvari-Martin
Ornithology
Natasha Vitek
Vertebrate Paleontology
Debra Walker
Florida Archaeology
James Williams
Ichthyology
Scott Wing
Vertebrate Paleontology