Current Postdocs
Craig Bateman
Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Contact: batemanc@ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Center
Sahale Casebolt
Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
scasebolt@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
John Denton
Ichthyology
Advisor: Gavin Naylor
Contact: jdenton@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Grant Godden
Herbarium
Advisor: Nico Cellinese
Contact:g0ddengr@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Jaimi Gray
Herpetology
Advisor: David Blackburn
Contact: jaimigray@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Maggie Hantak
Advisor: Rob Guralnick
Contact: mhantak@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Heather Rose Kates
Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Soltis
Contact: 215-588-8694 | hkates@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall, Room 301B
Interests: Bioinformatics, phylogenomics, genetic basis of adaptation, population genomics, botany
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Chase Kimmel
Lepidoptera
Advisor: Jaret Daniels
Contact: cbkimmel@ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Center
Xuankun Li
Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Contact: xuankun.li@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Center
Makenzie Mabry
Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisors: Doug Soltis and Pam Solits
Contact: kenziemabry@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Aida Miro
Mammalogy
Advisor: David Reed
Contact: 352-273-8091 | amiro@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
David Plotkin
Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Contact: dplotkin@ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Center
Shengchen Shan
Molecular 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
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Jonathan Spoelhof
Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisors: Doug Soltis and Pam Solits
Contact: spoelhof.jon@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
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Former Post-docs
Julie Allen
Bioinformatics
Advisor: Rob Guralnick
Current Position: University of Nevada, Reno
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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
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Jennifer Bauer
Vertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
Interests: Macroevolutionary trends in the Paleozoic with a focus on extinct echinoderms
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Jesse Breinholt
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
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Ana Paula Carvalho
Lepidoptera
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Patrick Ciccotto
Ichthyology
Advisor: Larry Page
Contact: p.ciccotto@gmail.com
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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
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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
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Nicolas Garcia Berguecio
Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Soltis
Contact: nicogarciab@gmail.com
Current Position: Universidad de Chile
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Charlotte Germain-Aubrey
Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Soltis
Current Position: Climate and Environmental Integration Advisor, USAID
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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
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Lauren Gonzales
Vertebrate Paleontology & Herpetology
Advisor: Jonathan Bloch & David Blackburn
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Chris Hamilton
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
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Peter Hosner
Ornithology
Contact: idioptilon@gmail.com
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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
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Adiel Klompmaker
Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
Contact: aklompma@berkeley.edu
Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Integrative Biology, UC-Berkeley
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Ronny Leder
Ichthyology
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden
Contact: leder.ronnymaik@gmail.com
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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
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Jessica E. Light
Mammalogy
Advisor: David Reed
Contact: jlight2@tamu.edu
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
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Stephan Mayor
Informatics
smayor@flmnh.ufl.edu
Paulette McFadden
Florida Archaeology
Advisor: Neill Wallis
Contact: pmcfadden@ufl.edu
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Francois Michonneau
Invertebrate Zoology
Advisor: Gustav Paulay
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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
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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
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Stella Palii
Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Advisor: Soltis
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Elizabeth Petsios
Invertebrate Paleontology
Advisor: Michal Kowalewski
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University
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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
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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
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Emmanuel Toussaint
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
Contact: emmanuel.touss1@gmail.com
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Deb Triant
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Advisor: Akito Kawahara
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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 | ggvaidya@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall