Current Postdocs

Katie Allen

Herpetology
Advisor: David Blackburn
Contact: kallen@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Darcy Bird

Informatics
Advisor: Nick Gauthier
Contact:

Sahale Casebolt

Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
Contact: scasebolt@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Natalie Claunch

Informatics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick & Ana Longo
nmclaunch@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Andy Crowl

Herbarium and Informatics
Advisor: Nico Cellinese
Contact: andy.crowl@ufl.edu

Ivone de Bem Oliveira

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Jaret Daniels
Contact: idebem.oliveira@ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Center

Aaron Ellrich

Anthropology
Advisor: Charlie Cobb
Contact: ellricham@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Nicolas Delsol

Anthropology
Advisor: Charlie Cobb & Rob Guralnick
Contact: ndelsol@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Bert Foquet

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Contact: bfoquet@ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Center

Keating Godfrey

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Contact: rkgodfrey@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Center

Jaimi Gray

Herpetology
Advisor: Ed Stanley & David Blackburn
Contact: jaimigray@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Niyomi House

Digital Imaging
Advisor: Ed Stanley
Contact: nwijewardena@ufl.edu

Moritz Lurig

Moritz LurigAI Biodiversity
Advisor: Arthur Porto
Contact: mlurig@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 228

 

Makenzie Mabry

Makenzie Mabry

Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisors: Doug Soltis and Pam Solits
Contact: kenziemabry@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

 

Dana Reuter

Informatics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick
Contact: dana.reuter@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Monique Romeiro-Brito

Monique Romeiro BritoHerbarium
Advisor: Lucas Majure
Contact: mromeirobrito@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Lab Website

Shengchen Shan

Shengchen ShanMolecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisors: Doug Soltis and Pam Solits
Contact: 352-293-1976 | shan158538@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall, Room 357
Interests:
Polyploidy; genome editing
Lab Group

Vaughn Shirey

Informatics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick
Contact: vaughnshirey@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Yash Sondhi

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Contact: yashsondhi@ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Center

Jonathan Spoelhof

Jon Spoelhof

Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisors: Doug Soltis and Pam Solits
Contact: spoelhof.jon@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Lab Group

Michael Storozum

Informatics
Advisor: Nick Gauthier
Contact:

Marcel Talla Kouete

Herpetology
Advisor: David Blackburn
Contact: m.tkouete@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall

Walter Tapondjou

Herpetology
Advisor: David Blackburn
Contact: w.tapondjounkonm@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall


Former Post-docs

Julie Allen

Bioinformatics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick
Current Position: University of Nevada, Reno
Google Scholar

Arthur Anker

Invertebrate Zoology
aanker@flmnh.ufl.edu

Marina S. Ascunce

Mammalogy
Advisor: David Reed

Narayani Barve

Informatics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick

Vijay Barve

Informatics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick
Interests: Biodiversity informatics; citizen science; Lepidoptera
Research Gate     LinkedIn     Google Scholar     GitHub

Jennifer Bauer

Vertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
Interests: Macroevolutionary trends in the Paleozoic with a focus on extinct echinoderms
Research Gate     Google Scholar

Jesse Breinholt

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Research Gate     LinkedIn     Google Scholar

Ana Paula Carvalho

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara

Patrick Ciccotto

Ichthyology
Advisor: Larry Page
Contact: p.ciccotto@gmail.com
Research Gate     Google Scholar

Stephanie Clark

Invertebrate Paleontology

Troy Dexter

Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
Current Position: Director of Gerace Research Centre, College of the Bahamas, San Salvador, Bahamas

Emily Ellis

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara

Marianne Espeland

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Keith Willmott
Contact: marianne.espeland@gmail.com
Current Position: Curator of Lepidoptera at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
ZFMK Profile      Research Gate     Google Scholar

Ryan Folk

Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick
Interests: Ecological niche modeling, phylogenomics, molecular detection of hybridization, collections-based research, systematics and taxonomy
Research Gate     Google Scholar

Nicolas Garcia Berguecio

Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Soltis
Contact: nicogarciab@gmail.com
Current Position:
Universidad de Chile
Research Gate     LinkedIn

Charlotte Germain-Aubrey

Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Soltis
Current Position: Climate and Environmental Integration Advisor, USAID
Research Gate     LinkedIn

Zak Gezon

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Jaret Daniels
Contact: zak.gezon@disney.com
Current Position: Conservation Program Manager – Butterflies and Pollinators; Disney’s Animal Kingdom
LinkedIn

Lauren Gonzales

Vertebrate Paleontology & Herpetology
Advisor: Jonathan Bloch & David Blackburn
Research Gate

Chris Hamilton

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Lab Group     Research Gate     Google Scholar

Peter Hosner

Ornithology
Contact: idioptilon@gmail.com
Research Gate     Google Scholar

Nathan Jud

Vertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Jonathan Bloch
Years Active: 2014-2016
Contact:
 nathan.jud@cornell.edu
Current Position: Post Doctoral Associate, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
Research Gate     LinkedIn     Google Scholar

Adiel Klompmaker

Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
Contact: aklompma@berkeley.edu
Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Integrative Biology, UC-Berkeley
LinkedIn     Google Scholar

Ronny Leder

Ichthyology
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
Contact: leder.ronnymaik@gmail.com
Research Gate     LinkedIn

Michelle LeFebvre

Caribbean and Environmental Archaeology
Advisor: William Keegan and Kitty Emery
Contact: mlefebvre@flmnh.ufl.edu
Current Position:
Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History
Academia.edu      Research Gate     Google Scholar

Jessica E. Light

Mammalogy
Advisor: David Reed
Contact: jlight2@tamu.edu
Current Position: 
Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
Lab Website

Yunpeng Liu

Molecular Systematics
Advisor: Pam and Doug Soltis
Contact: yunpeng.liu@ufl.edu

Stephan Mayor

Informatics
smayor@flmnh.ufl.edu

Paulette McFadden

Florida Archaeology
Advisor:
Neill Wallis
Contact: pmcfadden@ufl.edu
Academia.edu     LinkedIn     ORCID

Francois Michonneau

Invertebrate Zoology
Advisor: Gustav Paulay
Research Gate     Google Scholar     ORCID

Luis Felipe Opazo Mella

Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski

Rafał Nawrot

Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
Interests: Biodiversity and macroecology of Cenozoic marine mollusks, conservation paleobiology
Research Gate     ORCID

Stuart Nielsen

Herpetology
Advisor: David Blackburn
Office: Dickinson Hall

Jessica Oswald

Paleontology, Phylogenetics, Ornithology
Advisor: David Steadman, Rob Guralnick, David Blackburn
Interests: Historical diversity and distributions

Hannah Owens

Informatics
Advisors: Rob Guralnick and Akito Kawahara
Interests: Biodiversity; species distribution modeling; biogeography; geographical ecology; comparative phylogenetics
Research Gate     LinkedIn     Google Scholar     ORCID     Twitter

Stella Palii

Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Soltis
Lab Group

Shashank Pathour

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Current Position: Professor, Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Elizabeth Petsios

Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University
Research Gate     Google Scholar

Cristina Robins

Vertebrate Paleontology – PCP PIRE
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
Years Active: 2014-2016
Contact:
 cristina.robins@sjsu.edu
Current Position: Lecturer, Geology Department, San Jose State University
Research Gate     LinkedIn     Google Scholar

Patricio Salazar

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Keith Willmott

Brian Stucky

Informatics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick
Contact: stucky.brian@gmail.com

Miao Sun

Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Soltis
Interests: Tree of life, phylogenetic analysis, taxonomy, bioinformatics, evolution, historical biogeography
Research Gate     Google Scholar

Emmanuel Toussaint

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Contact: emmanuel.touss1@gmail.com
Research Gate     Google Scholar

Deb Triant

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Lab Group

Carrie Tyler

Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
Contact: tylercl@miamioh.edu
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University

Gaurav Vaidya

Herbarium and Informatics
Advisor: Nico Cellinese
Contact: 303-416-6421

YiMing Weng

Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara