Our Impact By the Numbers for FY 2016/2017
Staff and Faculty Teaching
35 Courses taught by Museum faculty
93 Independent Studies supervised
93 Independent Studies supervised
105 Graduate committees chaired
166 Graduate committees served
166 Graduate committees served
Collections and Research
19 States including Florida where Museum scientists conducted research
24 Countries including the U.S. where Museum scientists conducted research
40+ Million total specimens
65 Grants and contracts worth $8.3 million
260 Undergraduates and postdoctoral
fellows working in collections
24 Countries including the U.S. where Museum scientists conducted research
40+ Million total specimens
65 Grants and contracts worth $8.3 million
260 Undergraduates and postdoctoral
fellows working in collections
189 Peer-reviewed publications
495 Collection loans of 85,029 specimens and artifacts
940 Scientific and other visitors to collections
21,274 Accessions to collections
329,633 New specimens and artifacts cataloged
495 Collection loans of 85,029 specimens and artifacts
940 Scientific and other visitors to collections
21,274 Accessions to collections
329,633 New specimens and artifacts cataloged
Latest Awards + Honors
Nov 26, 2019
Two Florida Museum scientists elected 2019 AAAS fellows
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis have been named 2019 fellows of the American Association…
Oct 23, 2019
Museum team’s data tool wins second place in Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
A data citation and tracking tool created by Florida Museum of Natural History researchers has won second place in the…
Jul 16, 2019
Pamela Soltis named president of American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Florida Museum of Natural History curator and distinguished professor Pamela Soltis has been elected to serve as president of the…
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Faculty Special Achievements in FY 2016/2017
Dr. Jonathan Bloch
- Received a University of Florida Term Professorship Award
Dr. Jaret Daniels
- Received a University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award
Dr. Douglas S. Jones
- Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Association of Museums
Dr. Akito Kawahara
- Received a University of Florida Term Professorship Award
Dr. William Keegan
- Named the Doris Stone Endowment Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America National Speakers Program
Dr. Michal Kowalewski- Appointed as a 2017-2018 Distinguished Speaker by the Paleontological Society Council
Dr. Bruce MacFadden- Selected as president-elect of the Paleontological Society
Darcie MacMahon- Became president of the Southeastern Museums Conference
Dr. Steven Manchester
- Elected president of the International Organisation of Palaeobotany
Dr. William Marquardt- Received the Southeastern Archaeological Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Douglas Soltis- Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Neill Wallis- Received a University of Florida Term Professorship Award