Latest Awards + Honors
Roger Portell, collections director of invertebrate paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has retired this month after 42…
Pam and Doug Soltis win society award for public outreach
University of Florida distinguished professors Pam and Doug Soltis were recently selected as this year’s recipients of the Peter Raven…
UF student receives award for best presentation at national biology conference
Benjamin Genter, a senior at the University of Florida, recently received the Henri Seibert Award for best student talk at…
Nico Cellinese named 2026 UF Research Foundation Professor
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum herbarium curator and curator of informatics Nico Cellinese as one…
Michal Kowalewski selected as 2025 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Michal Kowalewski has been selected as a 2025 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s…
Megan Ennes receives Early Career Research Award
The National Association for Research in Science and Technology (NARST) has selected Megan Ennes as this year’s recipient of its…
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Staff and Faculty Teaching
100+ Graduate committees chaired
125+ Independent Studies supervised
Collections and Research
1,250+ Collection loans of 45,253 specimens and artifacts
40+ Million total specimens and artifacts
300+ Undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows working in the collections
~35 Countries including the U.S. where Museum scientists conducted research
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200,000+ New accessions to collections
175,000+ New specimens and artifacts cataloged