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  • Two deer grazing on green grass, surrounded by trees and dry leaves.
    Key deer and sea level rise!
    I was quoted in an article about the impacts of sea level rise on Key deer. Check out this article here.
  • Three people standing together, smiling. One person is wearing a graduation cap and gown, holding a diploma. The others are dressed casually.
    2018 Graduation!
    Congrats to Jona Dajbabic and Shelly Gaynor for graduating this semester, both completed B.S. in Biology.   Jona has been working in my lab for the last year. She is currently working on a project focus on the population genetics of Silver Porgy, Diplodus argenteus, the Silver Porgy throughout Brazil to Argentina. Jona plans to continue… Read more: 2018 Graduation!
  • A person stands next to a scientific poster presentation about Croaker fish populations, featuring sections on introduction, methods, sampling, current progress, and future directions.
    Bridget joins SURC!
    Congrats to Bridget Vincent for being selected for the Student Undergraduate Research Council (SURC) at UCF. Bridget is Hoffman labs third undergraduate on the council in the last few years. Very proud of my undergraduates for promoting undergraduate research on campus.
  • A group of people pose for a photo with a person in a knight costume in a room with beige walls and a green exit sign.
    Undergrads going to Grad School!
    Very proud of two of the Hoffman lab undergraduates who both will be starting graduate schools in Fall 2o18! Brittany will be starting an M.S. in Biology at UCF with the De Bekker lab. Shelly will be starting a Ph.D. in Botany at the University of Florida with Drs. Pam and Doug Soltis.
  • Two women stand smiling in front of a scientific poster about croaker fish at a conference or exhibition.
    SURE 2018!
    Two Hoffman Lab undergraduates, Shelly Gaynor and Bridget Vincent, presented at UCF’s Showcase for Undergraduate Research this year. Shelly even won Life Science Judges’ Choice for her project!   Shelly presented her project on smooth cordgrass restoration genetics.   Bridget presented her work on Croaker population genetics. I had a good time hanging out with Knightro!