Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, Professor Emeritus
Research Areas: Interactive effects of disturbance and spatial structure on plant community and population dynamics, especially for several rare plant species endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida.
I am a member of the science committee for the COMPADRE & COMADRE database project to create an open-access database of matrix population models for both animals and plants from all over the world to facilitate its usage for scientific and teaching purposes.
Publications CV
Research Areas: Interactive effects of disturbance and spatial structure on plant community and population dynamics, especially for several rare plant species endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida.
I am a member of the science committee for the COMPADRE & COMADRE database project to create an open-access database of matrix population models for both animals and plants from all over the world to facilitate its usage for scientific and teaching purposes.
Publications CV
David G. Jenkins, Professor, James and Annie Ying Eminent Scholar in Biology
Research Areas: Macroecology, ecological biogeography, metacommunity ecology, aquatic & wetland ecology & other fun ideas.
Publications CV
Research Areas: Macroecology, ecological biogeography, metacommunity ecology, aquatic & wetland ecology & other fun ideas.
Publications CV
I. Jack Stout, Professor Emeritus
Research Areas: Conservation biology of Florida, including beach mice, gopher tortoise, and lupines.
Publications
Research Areas: Conservation biology of Florida, including beach mice, gopher tortoise, and lupines.
Publications
Students
Michelle Bardales (MS)
Research: My research explores drivers of global human appropriation of net primary production 1960-2010 and into the future.
Research: My research explores drivers of global human appropriation of net primary production 1960-2010 and into the future.
Jacob D. Hart (PhD)
Research: I work at Manatee County Mosquito Control. My research examines how mosquito populations and diversity vary in time and space at regional scales. I also conducted an experiment on campus (in the picture) on ecological disturbance and productivity.
Research: I work at Manatee County Mosquito Control. My research examines how mosquito populations and diversity vary in time and space at regional scales. I also conducted an experiment on campus (in the picture) on ecological disturbance and productivity.
Alexandria Lacoursière
Research Interests: Evolutionary demography, spatial ecology, plant community structure, speciation processes, global change biology, mathematical ecology, modelling techniques, philosophy of science.
Research Interests: Evolutionary demography, spatial ecology, plant community structure, speciation processes, global change biology, mathematical ecology, modelling techniques, philosophy of science.
Current Projects: Spatial structure in multispecies demography of an endemic plant community, novel math methods to model spatiotemporal demographic shifts, temporal patterns in marine turtle nesting behaviour across scales and long-term consequences for population dynamics.
Alessandra Pandolfi (PhD) email
Research Interests: Understanding how ecological processes in human-dominated ecosystems impact insect biodiversity, with an emphasis on beetles; mechanisms behind their diversity and ecological trait responses to environmental pressures; non-native species in urban areas. I also work in UCF’s Bug Closet and collaborate in various side projects involving beetle taxonomy. UCF Doctoral Trustees Fellowship 2021-2025. CV
Research Interests: Understanding how ecological processes in human-dominated ecosystems impact insect biodiversity, with an emphasis on beetles; mechanisms behind their diversity and ecological trait responses to environmental pressures; non-native species in urban areas. I also work in UCF’s Bug Closet and collaborate in various side projects involving beetle taxonomy. UCF Doctoral Trustees Fellowship 2021-2025. CV
Lab Alumni
| Shireen Alemadi, MS, 2006 | Debra Rinne, MS, 2006 | Alaina Bernard, MS, 2007 | Kristina Horn, MS, 2007 |
| Bonnie Berry, MS, 2008 | Elizabeth Boughton, PhD, 2009 | Camille Collins, MS, 2010 | Jennifer Navarra, MS, 2010 |
| Lisa McCauley, PhD, 2011 | Kim Medley, PhD, 2012 | Sandor Kelly, MS, 2012 | Elizabeth Stephens, PhD, 2013 |
| Matthew Tye, MS, 2014 | Caitlyn Debevec, MS, 2015 | Steffan Pierre, MS, 2015 | Lina Maria Sanchez Clavijo, PhD, 2016 |
| Jason Schroeder, PhD, 2018 | Haoyu Li, MS, 2019 | Ian Biazzo, PhD, 2023 | Fede Borghesi, PhD, 2023 |
| Hannah Bevan, PhD, 2024 |