Researcher Name:

Amr Abd-Elrahman

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

geomatics, geospatial data collection and analysis

Researcher Name:

Laura Acosta

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

dietetics, nutrition communication skills

Researcher Name:

Alison Adams

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

social science, public trust, scientific communication, natural resource and environmental decisions

Researcher Name:

Chuck Adams

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Sea Grant

Research Specializations:

economic benefits of reef fish, economic impact of marine-dependent industries, aquaculture, costs and feasibility

Researcher Name:

Damian Adams

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

economic valuation of ecosystem goods and services, forest management, choice modeling, survey methods, bioeconomic modeling, natural resource policy and law, invasive species

Researcher Name:

Adegbola Adesogan

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Livestock Innovation Lab

Research Specializations:

sustainable intensive livestock production, improved feeds for ruminant livestock, improved animal health and environmental outcomes

Researcher Name:

Shinsuke Agehara

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

environmental crop physiology, alternative crops

Researcher Name:

Soohyoun (Soo) Ahn

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

food safety, food entrepreneurship, local economic development

Researcher Name:

Robert Ahrens

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

ecosystem modeling, fisheries management, fisheries biology, lionfish

Researcher Name:

Ute Albrecht

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

physiological mechanisms for sustainable crop production systems, alternative management strategies, citrus, vegetables

Researcher Name:

Barry Alto

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

larval ecology and disease transmission by mosquitoes, susceptibility of mosquitoes to arboviruses, public health

Researcher Name:

Fredy Altpeter

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

genetic improvement of grasses, molecular genetics for crop improvement and plant breeding

Researcher Name:

Tony Andenoro

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

innovative educational methodologies, development of self-awareness and emotional intelligence as a precursor to effective leadership practice, Challenge 2050

Researcher Name:

James Anderson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Researcher Affiliation:

Institute of Sustainable Food Systems

Research Specializations:

fishery performance indicators, fishery management, aquaculture, marketing, salmon

Researcher Name:

Michael Andreu

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

urban forests, forest ecology, ecological analysis, restoration of invaded ecosystems

Researcher Name:

Douglas Archer

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

food safety, One Health

Researcher Name:

John Arthington

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Range Cattle REC

Research Specializations:

beef nutrition and management, mineral nutrition, beef cattle reared in tropical and subtropical environments

Researcher Name:

Frank Asche

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Institute of Sustainable Food Systems

Research Specializations:

Aquaculture economics, fishery economics, market efficiency

Researcher Name:

Karim Asghari

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

immunology, immunotherapeutic drugs

Researcher Name:

Senthold Asseng

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

climate change impact, adaptation & food security, managing climate variability

Researcher Name:

James Austin

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

population genetic and genomic research on wildlife and endangered taxa

Researcher Name:

Ali Babar

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

small grain food crop cultivar development, building future human resources to ensure global food security

Researcher Name:

Allan Bacon

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

environmental pedology, soil formation, spatial distribution, soil and water management

Researcher Name:

Brian Bahder

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

ecology of insect vectors, transmission of phytoplasmas, palm trees, Texas Phoenix Palm Decline

Researcher Name:

Benjamin Baiser

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

Pine Rockland community ecology, quantitative community ecology

Researcher Name:

George Baker

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

seafood quality, food safety training, volatile compound identification, seafood

Researcher Name:

Shirley Baker

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

shellfish pysiology and ecology, water quality and shellfish production modeling

Researcher Name:

Rebecca Baldwin

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

integrated pest management (IPM)

Researcher Name:

Zhilong Bao

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

synthetic biology, ploidy technology, growth regulator discovery

Researcher Name:

Grenville Barnes

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

property mapping, forest sampling, land tenure and property rights in developing countries, social-ecological systems, drones (UAS)

Researcher Name:

Rosemary Barnett

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

adolescent, emerging adults, risk behaviors

Researcher Name:

Kirby Barrick

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

teaching and learning enhancement nationally and internationally, peer assessment of teaching, teacher clarity

Researcher Name:

Wendy-Lin Bartels

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

social learning analysis, participatory modeling, application to sustainable water use in agriculture, forestry and rural economies

Researcher Name:

Linda Bartoshuk

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

sweet-enhancing volatiles, bitter-suppressing volatiles

Researcher Name:

Jerry Bartz

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

postharvest handling, marketability, wholesomeness, fresh fruits and vegetables, commercial and small farm tomato marketing, postharvest decay, quality, microbial growth

Researcher Name:

Mathieu Basille

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

spatial ecology of large vertebrates, species response to climate change, wood stork migration and ecology

Researcher Name:

Gilles Basset

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

molecular markers for nutritional improvement of crops, cost effective methods for use of microorganisms to produce plant vitamin and cofactors

Researcher Name:

Ozgur Batuman

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

citrus disease pathogens, IPM strategies, pathogen biology, epidemiology and pathogen-vector-citrus interactions

Researcher Name:

David Bearl

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

culinary instruction that emphasizes resource efficiency, nutrition, convenience, and affordability by working with local growers, schools, and program partners

Researcher Name:

Donald Behringer

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

marine species and communities, disease ecology of crustaceans, restoration of hard-bottom sponges, sand dredging

Researcher Name:

Julien Beuzelin

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

IPM, invasive plants, sugarcane, sweet corn, and leafy vegetables

Researcher Name:

Jehangir Bhadha

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

cultivating flooded rice as a rotation crop, soil amendments, biochar

Researcher Name:

Xiang Bi

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

environmental policy, economic value, natural resources, cost-benefit analysis, climate change, pollution, ecosystem services

Researcher Name:

John Blake

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

ecology, lowland forests, eastern Ecuador, avian ecology, conservation

Researcher Name:

Nikolay Bliznyuk

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

applied statistics, big data, spatio-temporal modeling, inference and prediction

Researcher Name:

Jeffrey Bloomquist

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

insecticides, repellents, bite protection, resistant disease-vectoring arthropods

Researcher Name:

Linda Bobroff

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

human health and wellness, chronic disease prevention, nutrition in aging

Researcher Name:

Susan Boehlein

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

structure-function relationship of ADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase (AGPase), heat tolerance of enzymes in the starch biosynthetic pathway (SBP) of maize

Researcher Name:

Stephanie Bohlman

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest ecology, forest composition, structure and dynamics, remote sensing, tropical forest phenology, hydroelectric dams in the Amazon tropics

Researcher Name:

Tatiana Borisova

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

water resource economics, production costs, urban water conservation, tourism, BMPs

Researcher Name:

Rena Borkhataria

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

wood stork telemetry, diversity and inclusion in conservation

Researcher Name:

Peggy Borum

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

precision ketogenic therapy for epilepsy, Piglet Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Researcher Name:

Raoul Boughton

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Range Cattle REC

Research Specializations:

rangeland wildlife and ecosystems, rangeland management, sustainability in beef production

Researcher Name:

Nathan Boyd

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

integrated weed management, precision pesticide application technology

Researcher Name:

Lyn Branch

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

ecology and conservation of wildlife in changing landscapes, environmental change on wildlife behavior and dynamics

Researcher Name:

Marc Branham

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

insect biodiversity, phylogenetic trees, evolution of insect behavior

Researcher Name:

Jeffrey Brecht

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

quality maintenance in produce distribution systems, postharvest stress responses

Researcher Name:

Eben Broadbent

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest ecology, drone ecology, UAS

Researcher Name:

John Bromfield

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

uterine infections and fertility in dairy cows, modulating the early pregnant uterus to optimize pregnancy

Researcher Name:

Samantha Brooks

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

mapping the genetic loci controlling disease and performance traits of horse and rare livestock species, genome structure and function

Researcher Name:

Ariena Bruggen

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

Ecosystem, soil, animal and plant health, temporal and spatial modeling, risk assessment

Researcher Name:

Emilio Bruna

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

population dynamics of tropical plants, science and policy, Latin America

Researcher Name:

Ray Bucklin

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

structures to improve housing and cooling methods, postharvest methods and unit operations, farm-to-school produce distribution

Researcher Name:

Nathan Burkett-Cadena

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

transmission ecology of mosquito-borne diseases, sampling and surveillance strategies

Researcher Name:

Jeff Burkhardt

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

public policy, agricultural and natural resource ethics

Researcher Name:

Tom Burks

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

high density citrus production equipment, mass harvesting, robotic citrus harvesting technology

Researcher Name:

Robert Buschbacher

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

family agriculture, resilience, Amazon, collaborative networks, social learning, governance

Researcher Name:

Gloria Cagampang

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

fats and oils technology in food application, cereal science and technology

Researcher Name:

Edward Camp

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

social science, fisheries management, aquaculture, human dimensions

Researcher Name:

Juan Manuel Campos Krauer

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in deer, farmed deer mortality, EHDV, pathogens

Researcher Name:

Randall Cantrell

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

housing, communities, low-income

Researcher Name:

Chad Carr

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

muscle foods, meat-animal agriculture

Researcher Name:

Daniel Carrillo

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

biology and management of Laurel Wilt vectors, invasive pests, tropical fruit crops

Researcher Name:

Douglas Carter

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest management, forest economics, market analysis of timber

Researcher Name:

Hannah Carter

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Researcher Affiliation:

Wedgworth Leadership Institute

Research Specializations:

organizational leadership, adult education, leadership programming

Researcher Name:

Raymond Carthy

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

ecology and conservation of coastal species and habitats, unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), natural resources

Researcher Name:

Eric Cassiano

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

pest snails, aquaculture production

Researcher Name:

Ronald Cave

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Indian River REC

Research Specializations:

biological control agents for managing invasive insect pests

Researcher Name:

Alan Chambers

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

rapid cycle breeding tools for tropical fruit trees, fruit quality and candidate gene-trait relationships

Researcher Name:

José Chaparro

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

peaches adapted to subtropical climates through plant breeding, develop improved citrus cultivars with HLB tolerance

Researcher Name:

Frank Chapman

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

aquaculture, captive breeding, biology of aquatic organisms (e.g. ornamental fishes, groupers, and jurassic fishes like sturgeon, arapaima, arowana)

Researcher Name:

Carlene Chase

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

cover crop, living mulch for weed management, enhancing cropping system sustainability

Researcher Name:

Christine Chase

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

mitochondrial functions in plant reproduction, organelle genomes and horticultural traits

Researcher Name:

Ricardo Chebel

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

dairy cattle health and welfare, early diagnosis of dairy health and improving immune function

Researcher Name:

Ron Cherry

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

sugarcane, rice, turf pest management, IPM

Researcher Name:

Thomas Chouvenc

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

hybrid subterranean termite spread and distribution, termite symbionts and role in colony development and health

Researcher Name:

Brent Christner

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

subglacial aquatic environments, bioprecipitation

Researcher Name:

Chuck Cichra

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

limnology, fish ecology, fisheries biology, fishery management

Researcher Name:

Jennifer Clark

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

agribusiness management, leadership, public-private partnerships, marketing

Researcher Name:

Mark Clark

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

wetlands, water quality

Researcher Name:

Rodney Clouser

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

County Commissioner Training, public policy issues

Researcher Name:

Matt Cohen

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

hydrology, forested landscapes, watersheds, hydrologic connectivity, isolated wetlands, river and spring ecology, patterned landscapes

Researcher Name:

James Collins

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

intestinal iron transport, nutritional sciences

Researcher Name:

Ana Conesa

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

bioinformatics, multiomics data analysis, gene expression

Researcher Name:

Melanie Correll

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

gene-based crop models, high performance computing, undergraduate education

Researcher Name:

Christa Court

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

regional economic modeling, economic impact analysis

Researcher Name:

Robert Cousins

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

zinc metabolism and function in animal systems

Researcher Name:

Raelene Crandall

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

fire ecology and management, successional stage, plant-fire feedbacks, forest resilience and restoration, ecosystem interactions and fire disturbances

Researcher Name:

Jonathan Crane

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

science-based management of avocado laurel wilt, food safety plans for small to medium sized tropical fruit operations

Researcher Name:

Wendell Cropper

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

tree population modeling, matrix and integral models, ecosystem and soil process modeling, statistical analysis fo introduced species

Researcher Name:

William Crow

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

integrated pest management, plant-parasitic nematodes, turfgrasses, ornamental plants

Researcher Name:

James Cuda

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

host-specific arthropods, biological control of weeds, integrated pest management (IPM)

Researcher Name:

Jerry Culen

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

program planning and evaluation, volunteer development, 4-H, shooting sports, curriculum enhancement, online training

Researcher Name:

Robin da Silva

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

immune function in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, protein metabolism

Researcher Name:

Wendy Dahl

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

wellness-promoting food and nutrition strategies, nutritional well-being of frail older adults, populations at risk for malnutrition

Researcher Name:

Adam Dale

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

sustainability of landscape insect pest management, biological control

Researcher Name:

Jaret Daniels

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

at-risk butterfly conservation, native pollinators

Researcher Name:

Michelle Danyluk

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

food safety, food processing, microbiology of fruit juices, fruits and vegetables, and tree nuts

Researcher Name:

Rebecca Darnell

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

nitrogen and iron assimilation in woody plants, blueberry rootstocks to decrease soil inputs

Researcher Name:

Samira Daroub

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

soil, sustainability, Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA)

Researcher Name:

John Davis

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Office of Research

Research Specializations:

genetic and genomics, host-pathogen coevolution, fusiform rust pathogen, pine and oak hosts

Researcher Name:

Bill Dawson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

HLB management, proteins or peptides that provide tolerance or resistance, RNAi for psyllid reproduction

Researcher Name:

Jonathan Day

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

arboviral surveillance methodology, forecasting, sampling techniques, insect population assessments

Researcher Name:

Valérie de Crécy-Lagard

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

nucleic acid modifications, bioinformatics, primary metabolism

Researcher Name:

Albert De Vries

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

dairy farm production technology and decisions

Researcher Name:

Zhanao Deng

Researcher Tenure Home:

Environmental Horticulture

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

plant breeding and genetics in ornamental plants, evaluation and breeding of alternative crops

Researcher Name:

Johan Desaeger

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

emerging nematodes, strawberries, integrated nematode management

Researcher Name:

Megan Dewdney

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

citrus diseases, foliar diseases, foliar pathogen, HLB, huanglongbing epidemiology

Researcher Name:

Bon Dewitt

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

UAV, ecological research, natural resource monitoring

Researcher Name:

Donald Dickson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

tomato Mi-1 gene for root-knot nematode resistance, infestations, peanut

Researcher Name:

David Diehl

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

evidence-based programming, agriculture health and safety

Researcher Name:

Keith Diem

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

program planning and evaluation, underrepresented, diversity and inclusiveness

Researcher Name:

Peter DiGennaro

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

plant parasitic nematodes, root-knot diseases, nematode-host interactions

Researcher Name:

Matthew DiMaggio

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Tropical Aquaculture Lab

Research Specializations:

freshwater and marine aquaculture, culture techniques and domestication, commercial aquaculture

Researcher Name:

Peter Dittmar

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

fallow period weed management, pesticide registration, application education

Researcher Name:

Jennifer Drew

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

genetics, genomics, microbiome

Researcher Name:

John Driver

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

genetics of autoimmune diabetes, natural killer T cells to counteract influenza

Researcher Name:

Nicholas Dufault

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

Plant pathogen genetics, ecology and epidemiology, integrated disease management

Researcher Name:

Dagne Duguma

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

nontarget effects of mosquito control, mosquito-microbiota interactions

Researcher Name:

Michael Dukes

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Researcher Affiliation:

Center for Landscape Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

smart irrigation controllers for landscape irrigation, optimizing agricultural irrigation for water conservation and increased nutrient use efficiency

Researcher Name:

Larry Duncan

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

conservation of native entomopathogenic nematodes, taxonomic revision of regulated plant parasitic nematodes

Researcher Name:

Manjul Dutt

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

engineered citrus resistant to abiotic and biotic stresses, HLB, transgene mediated protection of citrus scions and rootstocks

Researcher Name:

Mariola Edelmann

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

exosomes in innate and adaptive immune responses to bacterial infection, annotation and quantification of novel enzymes using chemical proteomics

Researcher Name:

Choaa El Mohtar

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

CTV infectious clones (HLB/Asian citrus psyllid control), phenotypes in different citrus host species

Researcher Name:

Jamie Ellis

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

sustainability, beekeeping, pollination ecology, managed and unmanaged bee populations

Researcher Name:

Mauricio Elzo

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

cattle multibreed populations, genomic models of straightbred and crossbred cattle populations

Researcher Name:

Stephen Enloe

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

aquatic invasive plant management, riparian and upland invasive plant management

Researcher Name:

John Erickson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

bioenergy cropping system development, developing human capacity to deliver sustainable intensification of global cropping systems

Researcher Name:

S.K. Morgan Ernest

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

patterns of biodiversity change, forecasting

Researcher Name:

Ed Etxeberria

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

anatomical, physiological and morphological aspects of citrus phloem, HLB, laser technologies

Researcher Name:

Edward Evans

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

generating economically viable and environmentally friendly technologies, practices, and production marketing systems, economics of water conservation, IPM practices, and management of invasive species

Researcher Name:

Derek Farnsworth

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

financial management, agribusinesses, excellence in curriculum development

Researcher Name:

Vicente Febres

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

citrus, disease resistance, CRISPR technology

Researcher Name:

Rob Ferl

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

plants in extrememe environments, genomics of living in space

Researcher Name:

Luiz Ferraretto

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

forage and feedstuffs quality and digestibility, macronutrients utilization by dairy cows

Researcher Name:

Jason Ferrell

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Researcher Affiliation:

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

Research Specializations:

weed management in agronomic crops and pastures

Researcher Name:

Fred Fishel

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

certification and recertification of pesticide applicators, principles of pesticides

Researcher Name:

Pamela Fletcher

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

climate change, sea level rise, integrated ecosystem assessments

Researcher Name:

Robert Fletcher

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

landscape ecology, conservation of biodiversity

Researcher Name:

Luke Flory

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

evaluating non-native plant impacts and invasion risk

Researcher Name:

Kate Fogarty

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

youth problems, youth development

Researcher Name:

Svetlana Folimonova

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

viral and bacterial diseases of citrus, citrus tristeza virus (CTV), Candidatus Liberibacter spp., citrus Huanglongbing (HLB)

Researcher Name:

Kevin Folta

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

Light Control of High-Value Crop Traits

Researcher Name:

Larry Forthun

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

adolescent, emerging adult, development, risky behavior

Researcher Name:

Jamie Foster

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

space environment, beneficial host-microbes, biological processes, biologically-induced carbonate mineralization

Researcher Name:

Clyde Fraisse

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

decision support tools to increase resource use efficiency, agricultural climate sicence literacy, resilience to climate variability and change

Researcher Name:

Peter Frederick

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

wetland ecology, management and restoration

Researcher Name:

Masanori Fujimoto

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

aquatic microbial ecology, microbes, biogeochemical cycles, primary production, sediment, limnology

Researcher Name:

Dean Gabriel

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

genetics of host-parasite interactions, bacterial pathogens, HLB control, culturing, PD control, grape cultivation, CVC anticipation

Researcher Name:

Sebastian Galindo

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

creating and implementing program evaluation plans, evaluation toolbox for extension

Researcher Name:

Beth Gankofskie

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

didactic program, dietetics

Researcher Name:

Bin Gao

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

engineered biochar for sustainable environment, applications and impacts of nanotechnology absorbents

Researcher Name:

Zhifeng Gao

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

consumer food choice, market opportunities, economic feasibility, adoption of sustainable technologies

Researcher Name:

Karen Garrett

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

impact network analysis, plant disease epidemiology, phytobiomes

Researcher Name:

Stefan Gerber

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

landscape biogeochemistry, carbon and nutrient cycles, greenhouse gas emissions

Researcher Name:

Lyn Gettys

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

healthy aquatic ecosystems, pesticide applicator training, invasive aquatic weeds

Researcher Name:

Salvador Gezan

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

statistics, forestry, quantitative genetics, data-driven tools, phenotypic and molecular genetic analysis

Researcher Name:

Robin Giblin-Davis

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

nematode species inventories, biodiversity and ecology

Researcher Name:

Martie Gillen

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

personal and family finance, agricultural worker safety

Researcher Name:

Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

IPM, olives

Researcher Name:

Fred Gmitter

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

citrus breeding for grower and consumer value, genetic and genomic research

Researcher Name:

Claudio Gonzalez

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

biochemistry of microbial enzymes, pathways affecting microbe host interactions

Researcher Name:

Renée Goodrich

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

processing, safety and quality of fruit and vegetable products and by-products, juice and beverage processing technology

Researcher Name:

Erica Goss

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

evolution and ecology of plant pathogens, pathways, emergence

Researcher Name:

Siddarame Gowda

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

expression of antimicrobial peptides against HLB pathogen using CTV vector, RNAi against psyllids using V silencing vector

Researcher Name:

Zane Grabau

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

crop productivity, nematode management

Researcher Name:

Jesse Gregory

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

B-vitamin metabolism and function in human nutrition and metabolism, food chemistry

Researcher Name:

Kelly Grogan

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

environmentally sustainable agriculture analysis, optimal management of invasive diseases, technology adoption, conservation, pesticides, water use

Researcher Name:

Jude Grosser

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

citrus variety improvement, emerging biotechnologies, conventional plant breeding, transgenic (GMO) approaches to citrus improvement

Researcher Name:

Sabine Grunwald

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

GIS, spatial modeling, pedometrics, landscape analysis, carbon stocks and sequestration, soil sensing, remote sensing technologies

Researcher Name:

Liwei Gu

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

recovery and enrichment of phytonutrients from agricultural wastes or bioproducts, bioactivity and bioavailability of phytonutrients from fruits and vegetables

Researcher Name:

Jiahn-Chou Guan

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

striga-resistance in maize, genomic basis of flavors in strawberry

Researcher Name:

Zhengfei Guan

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

trade and labor policy analysis, farm management

Researcher Name:

William Gurley

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

plant transcriptional control, engineering plant genomes for pathogen resistance, molecular biology

Researcher Name:

Jeffery Gustin

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

environmental stress tolerance in maize, high throughput machine vision phenotyping systems to collect seed and seedling traits

Researcher Name:

Michael Gutter

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Associate Dean for Extension

Research Specializations:

leadership, 4-H, FCS, community development, behavioral economics, financial decision-making, lifespan

Researcher Name:

Timothy Hackmann

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

gastrointestinal microbial growth, substrate use by uncultured bacteria

Researcher Name:

Daniel Hahn

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

climate change, insect populations, biological control, pest insects, weeds

Researcher Name:

Glenn Hall

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

native bees, nesting behavior, cleptoparasitism

Researcher Name:

William Haller

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

herbicides for aquatics, native plant biology

Researcher Name:

Curtis Hannah

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

manipulation of the starch biosynthetic pathway in cereal endosperms

Researcher Name:

Peter Hansen

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

Determinants of pregnancy success in ruminants

Researcher Name:

Andrew Hanson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

B vitamin deficiency and abiotic stress, metabolite damage in synthetic biology (SynBio)

Researcher Name:

Amy Harder

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

provide leadership for the program development and evaluation center

Researcher Name:

Carrie Harmon

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

diagnosis and management of plant diseases

Researcher Name:

Philip Harmon

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

turfgrass, blueberry, rapid diagnostic, disease

Researcher Name:

Victor Harris

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

parenting, family life education, youth and family, professional development, relationships

Researcher Name:

Willie Harris

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

soil mineralogy, carbon, soil amendments, genetic and transport processes

Researcher Name:

Marta Hartmann

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

global literacy, leadership competencies, strengthen international extension efforts

Researcher Name:

Arie Havelaar

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Institute for Sustainable Food Systems

Research Specializations:

epidemiology and risk assessment of foodborne pathogens and illnesses, global food safety

Researcher Name:

Karl Havens

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Sea Grant, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

lake ecosystems, climate change

Researcher Name:

Zhenli He

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Indian River REC

Research Specializations:

remediation of contaminated soil and water, smart nanoparticles for pesticides and fertilizers efficiency

Researcher Name:

Young Her

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

climate change and sea level rise adapation and mitigation planning, hydrology, water quality, and agricultural conservation practices of South Florida

Researcher Name:

Matt Hersom

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

beef cattle nutrition and feeding management, weaned calf performance in integrated beef production systems

Researcher Name:

Jeff Hill

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Tropical Aquaculture Lab

Research Specializations:

risk assesment and management, non-native aquatic animals, invasive species

Researcher Name:

Hartwig Hochmair

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

mitigate the impact of invasive pests, crowd-sourced geoinformation, geomatics, GIS, data

Researcher Name:

Alan Hodges

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

regional economic impact analysis

Researcher Name:

Mark Hostetler

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

urban, city, conserve biodiversity and natural resources

Researcher Name:

Lisa House

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

consumer marketing, consumer preferences

Researcher Name:

Ray Huffaker

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

data diagnostics, bioeconomic systems, food price volatility, food security

Researcher Name:

Jiri Hulcr

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

insects, fungi, trees, forest health, invasive tree pests and diseases

Researcher Name:

Jiri Hulcr

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest insect pests, insect-fungus and insect-microbe interactions, ecology and evolution of invasive species, national and international management

Researcher Name:

Vanessa Hull

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

interdisciplinary, human-wildlife interactions, coexistence

Researcher Name:

Samuel Hutton

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

compact growth habit, disease resistant, tomatoes

Researcher Name:

Basil Iannone

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

herbivorous anthropod pests, ornamental gardens, wetlands, stormwater ponds, invasive plants, urban water management

Researcher Name:

Kanika Inglett

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

environmental microbiology, molecular and biochemical approaches, enzyme activities, grasslands

Researcher Name:

Patrick Inglett

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

biogeochemistry, ecosystem models, eutrophication, nutrient cycling, isotopic methods

Researcher Name:

Glenn Israel

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

improving measurement of extension outcomes, methods for reducing survey error

Researcher Name:

Susan Jacobson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

human dimensions of wildlife conservation, enviornmental communications, public awareness, wildlife management, attitudes and behaviors, ecological systems

Researcher Name:

James Jawitz

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

hydrology, water resource sustainability

Researcher Name:

KC Jeong

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

chitosan nanoparticles targeting pathogenic escherichia coli in beef and dairy cattle, antibiotic resistance and mitigation strategies in cattle

Researcher Name:

Qiu-Xing Jiang

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

ion channel structure and function, intracellular RNA-binding complexes (RNPs)

Researcher Name:

Tracy Johns

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

surveys, questionnaire design, focus group protocols, population sampling, applied data analysis

Researcher Name:

Dwain Johnson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

fresh meat quality and composition, under-utilized portions of meat producing animals

Researcher Name:

Evan Johnson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

root infection in HLB, novel antimicrobials for canker and HLB control

Researcher Name:

Steve Johnson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

mitigating impacts, nuisance invasive vertebrates, native species and human quality of life

Researcher Name:

Jeffrey Jones

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

bacterial diseases of tomato, pepper and citrus, pathogen diversity in xanthomonads, development of resistance in pepper, bacterial spot

Researcher Name:

Jennifer Jones

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

philanthropic giving, nonprofit management and leadership

Researcher Name:

Melissa Jones

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

norovirus-bacterial interactions on virus survival and transmission, human norovirus, bacterial gene expression

Researcher Name:

Pierce Jones

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

quantitative evaluation of land development impacts on energy, water and other natural resources

Researcher Name:

Jasmeet Judge

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

microwave remote sensing, data assimilation algorithms, spatio-temporal downscaling

Researcher Name:

Jonathan Judy

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

soil and water chemistry, bioavailability and transport of contaminants, terrestrial ecosystems

Researcher Name:

Davie Kadyampakeni

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

optimize water management for citrus production, water use efficiency, local and regional water use models, precision agriculture for water

Researcher Name:

Karen Kainer

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest ecology, silviculture, socioeconomic and policy of community-based forest management

Researcher Name:

Phillip Kaufman

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

tick and tick-borne disease risks, IPM, filth flies, livestock

Researcher Name:

Gail Kauwell

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

nutrition and dietetics, metabolic and epigenetic responses to changes in folate intake

Researcher Name:

Kevin Kenworthy

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

breeding of turfgrass and forage cultivars, warm-season turfgrass and ryegrass forage cultivars

Researcher Name:

William Kern

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

insect classification, termite biology and control, urban IPM

Researcher Name:

Nemat Keyhani

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

insect pathogenic fungi, chemical communication in insects

Researcher Name:

Gregory Kiker

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

modeling livestock and wildlife systems in southern africa, sea level rise modeling and decision analysis

Researcher Name:

Nabil Killiny

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

plant pathogen-vector interactions, omics approaches to investigate the tritrophic interaction of vector-borne diseases in citrus, RNAi, vector development and transmission of pathogens

Researcher Name:

Peter Kima

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

molecular mediators of Leishmania pathogenesis, strategies to inhibit parasite-mediated pathogenesis

Researcher Name:

Matias Kirst

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

phylogenomic discovery, nitrogen fixation, bioenergy woody crops, poplar, genome and transcriptome-baseed prediction, regulator inference of molecular and whole-plant phenotypes, pine feedstocks for bioenergy and renewable chemicals, genome-wide selection

Researcher Name:

Harry Klee

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

"flavor and nutrition improvement of tomato fruit, breeding tomatoes for performance in home gardens "

Researcher Name:

Hal Knowles III

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

urban systems ecology, geospatial analytics, home energy time-series analytics

Researcher Name:

Mitchell Knutson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

molecular mechanisms of iron transport and homeostasis (ZIP proteins and iron metabolism), manganese transport

Researcher Name:

Karen Koch

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

functional genomics of C-Partitioning, maize, genomics of strigolactone and striga-resistant, UniformMu National Public Resource for knock-out mutants

Researcher Name:

Philip Koehler

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

filth-breeding flies, homes and food-handling establishments, residential mosquitoes, Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya virus

Researcher Name:

Andrew Koeser

Researcher Tenure Home:

Environmental Horticulture

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

tree risk assessment, hurricane-induced tree failures, urban tree diversity and species selection

Researcher Name:

Bryan Kolaczkowski

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

gene regulation and innate immunity, animals and plants

Researcher Name:

Jaclyn Kropp

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

agricultural support programs, farm income, nutrition assistance programs

Researcher Name:

Muthusami Kumaran

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

organizational capacity, non-profit, management

Researcher Name:

Alexa Lamm

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

understanding decision making of public issues, increase ability to address water issues

Researcher Name:

Bobbi Langkamp-Henken

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

nutritional sciences, dietetics, clinical models of food and dietary supplements, health outcomes in healthy individuals

Researcher Name:

Jimena Laporta

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

climate change and the dairy industry, prevention of hypocalcemia in dairy cows

Researcher Name:

Joseph Larkin III

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

immune regulationstrategies to prevent autoimmunity, diversity in biomedical research workforce

Researcher Name:

Vincent Lecours

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

geomorphometry, marine habitat mapping, spatial analysis

Researcher Name:

Seonghee Lee

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

strawberry, molecular genetics, genomics

Researcher Name:

Tong Geon Lee

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

tomato, genetics , bioinformatics, genomics

Researcher Name:

Won Suk Lee

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

sensing systems for citrus diseases and dropped fruit, detection systems for crop health (fruit, insect, weed, soil and crop nutrients)

Researcher Name:

Norman Leppla

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

sustainable integrated pest management (IPM), invertebrate biological control agents, biopesticides, pests

Researcher Name:

Amit Levy

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

biology of pathogen-host interactions, biology and molecular characteristics of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) infection, citrus greening causal agent, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus

Researcher Name:

Yuncong Li

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

management practices for nutrient use efficiency and crop production, minimizing impacts on ecosystems, development of fertilizers and management practices

Researcher Name:

Oscar Liburd

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

monitoring, small fruit pests, integrated organic strategies, agricultural pests

Researcher Name:

Bill Lindberg

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

marine fisheries, density-dependent habitat selection, reef habitat enhancement, marine fisheries management

Researcher Name:

Angela Lindsey

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

disaster preparedness, disaster recovery

Researcher Name:

G.D. Liu

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

efficient water and nutrient management of vegetable and fruit production, genetics, tomato, lettuce

Researcher Name:

Bette Loiselle

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

population and behavioral ecology studies of birds, including seed dispersal mutualisms, biodiversity conservation

Researcher Name:

Graciela Lorca

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

targeted discovery, antibiotics, Huanglongbing disease, probiotics, prevention, autoimmune diabetes

Researcher Name:

Cynthia Lord

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

transmission Ecology of vector-borne pathogens, moquito control

Researcher Name:

Kai Lorenzen

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

fisheries enhancement (hatcheries, aggregation devices), fisheries management, fishing behavior

Researcher Name:

Susan Lowerre-Barbieri

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

fisheries ecology, recreational fisheries, marine fish

Researcher Name:

Andrea Lucky

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

insect systematics and biodiversity, citizen science, science education, ant populations, ant genetics

Researcher Name:

Lisa Lundy

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

agriculture and natural resource issues, social media

Researcher Name:

Sarah Lynne

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

interdisciplinary, prevention science

Researcher Name:

Paul Lyrene

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

domestication of Florida deerberry, blueberry cultivars using deerberry genes

Researcher Name:

Lena Ma

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

trace metal biogeochemistry, soil contamination, remediation, phytoremediation

Researcher Name:

Greg Macdonald

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

crop and weed management strategies and practices, sustainable peanut based cropping systems

Researcher Name:

Gabriel Maltais-Landry

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

sustainable nutrient management, agroecology and agroecosystems, nutrient cycling, soil fertility, spatial scale

Researcher Name:

Catharine Mannion

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

ornamental plants, identification and management of exotic invasive whiteflies, integrated pest management (IPM)

Researcher Name:

Willm Martens-Habbena

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, marine and terrestrial nitrogen cycle

Researcher Name:

Timothy Martin

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest productivity, nutrient cycles, genetics, management

Researcher Name:

Christopher Martinez

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

water supply, water quality, climate variability

Researcher Name:

James Maruniak

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

viruses transmitted by mosquitoes (West Nile virus, bunyavirus, and other arboviruses), pathogens of insects in(viruses, fungi, and bacteria)

Researcher Name:

Raluca Mateescu

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

genomic tools for florida beef producers, and to increase adaptive capacity of small ruminants

Researcher Name:

Anne Mathews

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

treating nutrition related chronic diseases, develop interventions to support healthy living with nutritional and behavioral strategies, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease

Researcher Name:

Julie Maupin-Furlow

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

metabolic engineering extremophiles, enzymes, fuels and chemicals, human health

Researcher Name:

Frank Mazzotti

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

ecology of alligators, crocodiles, and invasive wildlife

Researcher Name:

Heather McAuslane

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

host plant resistance to horticultural plant pests, behavior-based management of herbivorous insects, chemical ecology

Researcher Name:

Donald McCarty

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

maize, genetics and genomics of seed formation, functional genomics and modeling of B vitamin pathways

Researcher Name:

Robert McCleery

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

anthropogenic influences on animal communities

Researcher Name:

Mabry McCray

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

sugarcane, rice, crop nutrition, soil testing

Researcher Name:

Brandon McFadden

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

future challenges of agriculture, contemporary issues on food production, economic trade-offs

Researcher Name:

Eric McLamore

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

biosensors for food security and human health

Researcher Name:

Joel McQuagge

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

Teaches 6 courses

Researcher Name:

Tesfamariam Mengistu

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

nematode systematics and management

Researcher Name:

Geoffrey Meru

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

development and application of genomic resources, vegetables, capacity building tools for growers

Researcher Name:

Julie Meyer

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, microbial ecology of coral disease and restoration

Researcher Name:

Kati Migliaccio

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

irrigation stratgies and tool development using monitoring and modeling, hydrology

Researcher Name:

Christine Miller

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

insect-plant interactions, sexual selection, fighting behavior, performance, evolution of shape

Researcher Name:

Craig Miller

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

energy and water efficiency in design and construction, building codes, and energy ratings

Researcher Name:

Deborah Miller

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

ecological information, conservation, management, restoration

Researcher Name:

Emily Miller-Cushon

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

dairy calf management and welfare, refining behavioral indicators of welfare

Researcher Name:

Pat Minogue

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest management, silviculture, alternative forest crops, forestry best management practices (BMPs), efficient water use

Researcher Name:

Paul Monaghan

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

evaluating social marketing to improve behavior change outcomes in extension programming, Protect our Ponds, Healthy Gulf, Healthy Communities

Researcher Name:

Martha Monroe

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

communication strategies, landscape protection, social science, conservation behavior and nature appreciation

Researcher Name:

Gloria Moore

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

citurs genetics, rapid cycling breeding

Researcher Name:

Kelly Moore

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

social, economic, communities, research methods, community food systems

Researcher Name:

Kimberly Moore

Researcher Tenure Home:

Environmental Horticulture

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

sustainable ornamental plant production, salt tolerance of container-grown ornamental plants

Researcher Name:

Kelly Morgan

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

nutrient and irrigation management of citrus and vegetables, statewide BMP program

Researcher Name:

Philipe Moriel

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Range Cattle REC

Research Specializations:

beef nutrition and management, nutritional management of heifers and cows in tropical and subtropical environments

Researcher Name:

Charles Moss

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

agricultural policies, interest rates, farm income, farm debt

Researcher Name:

Michael Moulton

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

ecology, introduced Species

Researcher Name:

Conner Mullally

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

extension interventions in developing countries, household-level livestock programs

Researcher Name:

Rachata Muneepeerakul

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

modeling coupled natural-human systems, adaptive systems approach

Researcher Name:

Patricio Munoz

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

breeding process of autopolyploid species, blueberry cultivars and traits

Researcher Name:

Rafael Muñoz-Carpena

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

hydrological and water quality field research, remediation and pesticide exposure

Researcher Name:

Debra Murie

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

fish population dynamics, tropic dynamics, managing fish stocks, sustainable fisheries

Researcher Name:

Brian Myers

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

agriscience curriculum development and implementation, agricultural teacher education

Researcher Name:

Rao Mylavarapu

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

sustainable nutrient management, soil testing, macronutrients, nutrient efficiencies, remote sensing

Researcher Name:

P. K. Nair

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

agroforestry systems, soil carbon sequestration, climate change mitigation

Researcher Name:

Vimala Nair

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

environmental soil chemistry, water quality, carbon sequestration, biochar, legacy phosphorous

Researcher Name:

Corwin Nelson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

nutrition, metabolism and genomic actions of vitamins, and mastitis and milk quality

Researcher Name:

Wayne Nicholson

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

evolution, B. subtilis, extreme environments, microbes, human spaceflight

Researcher Name:

Peter Nkedi-Kizza

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

soil physics, agrochemicals (nutrients and pesticides), transport models

Researcher Name:

Gerardo Nunez

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

plant stress response, hydroponic systems, alternative crops

Researcher Name:

Latoya O'Neal

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

cooperative programs, community health, health equity

Researcher Name:

George O’Connor

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

soil chemistry, land applications of waste, waste and waste constituents in soil, human and ecological risks

Researcher Name:

Holly Ober

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest management, conserve and enhance biodiversity

Researcher Name:

Calvin Odero

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

weed management, herbicide evaluation, soil-herbicide interactions, sugarcane, vegetables

Researcher Name:

Andrew Ogram

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

microbial ecology, methane production, mercury cycling

Researcher Name:

Cortney Ohs

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Indian River REC

Research Specializations:

marine baitfish aquaculture, marine ornamental fish aquaculture

Researcher Name:

Faith Oi

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

IPM, resistance management

Researcher Name:

Michael Olexa

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

agricultural and natural resource law education, agricultural practices and limiting liability exposure

Researcher Name:

Madan Oli

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

ecology and management, wildlife populations

Researcher Name:

Monika Oli

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

Microbiology lab instruction and management

Researcher Name:

Pascal Oltenacu

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

resilience of small ruminants to environmental stressors, food security and nutrition in developing counties

Researcher Name:

Gulcan Onel

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

immigration, agricultural markets, rural development, agricultural prices, demand for food

Researcher Name:

Nicole Owens

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

expanded food and nutrition education, food environments, low-income communities

Researcher Name:

Monica Ozores-Hampton

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

adoption of nutrient BMPs, statewide BMP program, awareness and adoption of new vegetable varieties

Researcher Name:

Aaron Palmateer

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

integrated management of ornamental plant diseases and disorders affecting nurseries and landscapes

Researcher Name:

Joshua Patterson

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Apollo Beach

Research Specializations:

coral reef restoration, sea and bay scallop restoration, oyster reef and marsh grass restoration, aquaculture

Researcher Name:

Will Patterson

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

marine fisheries, fish population dynamics, trophic dynamics, reef fish barotrauma, fishery-independent population estimation, lionfish, Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Researcher Name:

Anna-Lisa Paul

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

plants in space, genomics of living on Mars

Researcher Name:

Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

manipulating microbial communities for management of insect-transmitted plant pathogens, insect-microbe interactions

Researcher Name:

Francisco Peñagaricano

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

animal genetics and genomics for improvement of animal productivity traits, effects maternal nutrition during preganancy on the offspring

Researcher Name:

Roberto Pereira

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

bed bugs, biology, control, pest ants

Researcher Name:

Natalia Peres

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

management of strawberry diseases, identification and control of diseases on ornamental plants

Researcher Name:

Gary Peter

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

southern pine tree population modeling and dynamics, disease resistance, wood properties, genetic analysis of pest and disease resistance

Researcher Name:

Edward Phlips

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

marine and freshwater ecosystems, primary production, algae blooms

Researcher Name:

Elizabeth Pienaar

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

private landowners, residents, conservation of wildlife and ecosystem services

Researcher Name:

Bill Pine

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

quantitative wildlife ecology, field ecology, river ecology, management exploited populations

Researcher Name:

Randy Ploetz

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

Laurel wilt of avocado, Fusarium wilt (Panama disease) of banana

Researcher Name:

Jane Polston

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

insect-transmitted viruses affecting vegetables and ornamental plants, plant virology, epidenmics, plant viruses, mitigate crop losses

Researcher Name:

Abby Powell

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Coop Unit

Research Specializations:

avian ecology and conservation

Researcher Name:

Dale Pracht

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

organizational change, Land Grant Universities, community based service-learning, formal and nonformal education

Researcher Name:

Pratap Pullammanappallil

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

design, operation and optimization of anaerobic digestion process for conversion of organic residues and wastes to biogas biofuel, sustainable production of algal biomass for waste treatment and as feedstock for biofuel production

Researcher Name:

Jiangxiao Qiu

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

ecosystem services, biological invasions, biodiversity at landscape scale

Researcher Name:

Heidi Radunovich

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

families experiencing stress

Researcher Name:

Bala Rathinasabapathi

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

functional genomics of abiotic stress tolerance, peppers, genetics of fruit quality traits

Researcher Name:

K. Ramesh Reddy

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

wetland biogeochemistry, macro-elemental cycling, soil organic matter, carbon stability, greenhouse gas emissions

Researcher Name:

Christopher Reisch

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

synthetic biology, functional genomics, bacteria, organic sulfur assimilation, marine bacteria

Researcher Name:

Alexander Reisinger

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

urban soil, water systems, landscape management, urban water quality, pharmaceutical and pesticide contaminants

Researcher Name:

Lindsey Reisinger

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

freshwater community ecology, invasive species, crayfish

Researcher Name:

Justin Renkema

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

management strategies, emerging arthropod pests, Florida berry crops, ecosystem services, beneficial arthropods

Researcher Name:

Marcio Resende

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

metabolomic-based breeding for increased flavor in sweet corn, genomic basis of corn resistance to Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB)

Researcher Name:

Jorge Rey

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

ecology of urban mosquitoes, biological control

Researcher Name:

Laura Reynolds

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

coastal ecology, population and community ecology, biogeochemistry, plant physiology, ecosystem functions

Researcher Name:

Kelly Rice

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

novel bacterial adaptation mechanisms to stressful or alternative environments

Researcher Name:

Brantlee Richter

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

emerging specialty crops

Researcher Name:

Mark Ritenour

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Indian River REC

Research Specializations:

Improving pre- and postharvest practices to maximize quality of fresh citrus and maintain market access, Improve produce quality retention through improved postharvest handling

Researcher Name:

Grady Roberts

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

globalizing educational programs, building human and institutional capacity to deliver educational programs

Researcher Name:

Pamela Roberts

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

mitigation of losses in vegetable and specialty crops by endemic and emerging plant pathogens

Researcher Name:

Fritz Roka

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

agricultural labor compliance, cost-benefit analyses, citrus economic sustainability

Researcher Name:

Jeff Rollins

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

"genetics and genomics, fungal plant pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, fungal pathogenicity, host specificity, developmental regulation of fungal lifecycles "

Researcher Name:

Christina Romagosa

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

biological invasions, wildlife trade, biodiversity, ecosystem restoration, management

Researcher Name:

Tony Romeo

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

prokaryotic regulation and physiology, bacterial environmental sensing, molecular regulatory mechanisms

Researcher Name:

Philippe Rott

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

plant-pathogen interactions, sugarcane diseases

Researcher Name:

Diane Rowland

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

physiological research on water use efficiency, drought tolerance, stress memory, and seed quality, and agroecology

Researcher Name:

Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

extension leadership, household and consumer economics

Researcher Name:

Joy Rumble

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

effective communication, assessment of public opinion

Researcher Name:

Kathleen Ruppert

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

housing efficiency (energy, water, residential landscaping, indoor air quality), sustainability behavior change

Researcher Name:

Pedro Sanchez

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

tropical soil management, tropical savannas, Africa

Researcher Name:

Hardev Sandhu

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

genetic improvement, sugarcane, shared germplasm, soil sustainability, yields

Researcher Name:

German Sandoya

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Everglades REC

Research Specializations:

diverse traits, lettuce, plant breeding, Everglades

Researcher Name:

José Eduardo Santos

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

embryo development under normal and abnormal conditions, traits that improve peripartum health and reporduction in dairy cows, nutritional requirments for dairy cows

Researcher Name:

Steven Sargent

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

technologies to extend postharvest quality of fresh fruits and vegetables, feasibility of mechanical and assisted harvest

Researcher Name:

Paul Sarnoski

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

seafood food safety, seafood quality, flavor chemistry

Researcher Name:

Bruce Schaffer

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

root-zone flooding on physiology and growth of subtropical and tropical fruit crops

Researcher Name:

Brett Scheffers

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

ecological problems, optimal conservation management, climate change

Researcher Name:

Jason Scheffler

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

extracellular matrix to beef tenderness and palatability

Researcher Name:

Tracy Scheffler

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

genetic and environmental factors influencing beef composition and muscle quality, regulation of energy metabolism in skeletal muscle of swine

Researcher Name:

Rudolf Scheffrahn

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

invasive terminte identification and spread, termite biology and control, structural fumigation

Researcher Name:

Andrew Schmitz

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

welfare economics, agricultural trade policy

Researcher Name:

Keith Schneider

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

food safety training, foodborne pathogen survival and intervention

Researcher Name:

Arnold Schumann

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

advanced production systems, precision agriculture

Researcher Name:

Dakshina Seal

Researcher Affiliation:

Tropical REC

Research Specializations:

integrated management to control melon thrips (Thrips palmi Karny), vegetable crops, corn silk fly (Euxesta stigmatis Loew)

Researcher Name:

James Seale

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

international trade, China, Russia

Researcher Name:

M. Jennison Kipp Searcy

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

affordable housing policy, utility demand-side management programs

Researcher Name:

Brent Sellers

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Researcher Affiliation:

Range Cattle REC

Research Specializations:

weed science, tropical and sub-tropical pastures and hayfields

Researcher Name:

Mark Settles

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

maize, endosperm development, phenomics

Researcher Name:

Travis Shaddox

Researcher Tenure Home:

Environmental Horticulture

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

turfgrass nutrition and management

Researcher Name:

K. T. Shanmugam

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

metabolic engineering, bacteria, fuels and chemicals, biomass conversion of sugars for fermentation

Researcher Name:

Ajay Sharma

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

applied forest ecology, agroforests, forest stand dynamics, silviculture, native groundcover restoration, multi-objective forest management

Researcher Name:

Karla Shelnutt

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

nutrition education, low-income families, dieticians

Researcher Name:

Dongyoung Shin

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

mosquito pesticide resistance gene, gene pathways, mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases

Researcher Name:

Sanjay Shukla

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

water sustainability of agriculture (vegetable, cattle, citrus), water and nutrient management strategies, payment for ecosystem services, agricultural water storage

Researcher Name:

Blair Siegfried

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

sustainable pest management, resistance management, RNAi, insect pest control

Researcher Name:

Kathryn Sieving

Researcher Tenure Home:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Research Specializations:

behavioral ecology and management, native birds, human-dominated landscapes, avian field research, wildlife behavior

Researcher Name:

Maria Silveira

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Range Cattle REC

Research Specializations:

sustainable soil nutrient management practices, protecting water and atmospheric resources

Researcher Name:

Amy Simonne

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

food safety quality program

Researcher Name:

Charles Sims

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Research Specializations:

food quality, flavor and consumer acceptability, food quality and sensory characteristics

Researcher Name:

Ariel Singerman

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

production economics, risk management, farm management

Researcher Name:

Chelsea Smartt

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

insecticide resistance, gene expression variations in mosquitoes due to infection with virus

Researcher Name:

Samuel Smidt

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Research Specializations:

watershed science

Researcher Name:

Hugh Smith

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

integrated management of arthropod pests of horticultural crops, insecticide resistance monitoring for whiteflies

Researcher Name:

Matthew Smith

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

evolution, ecology, biogeography and systematics of fungi, molecular phylogenetics, molecular ecology, symbiotic Fungi

Researcher Name:

Scot Smith

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Name:

Suzanna Smith

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

changing families, social and cultural context, family resilience

Researcher Name:

Lynn Sollenberger

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

warm-climate grasslands, ecosystem services, new forage cultivars for grassland-livestock systems

Researcher Name:

Wen-Yuan Song

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Research Specializations:

molecular mechanisms of rice innate immunity, protein interaction networks, sensor XA21-mediated

Researcher Name:

Mike Spranger

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

local communities, cultural arts, post-disaster community redevelopment

Researcher Name:

Phil Stansly

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

integrated management of citrus and vegetable pests

Researcher Name:

Charles Staples

Researcher Tenure Home:

Animal Sciences

Research Specializations:

genome selection for feed efficiency of lactating dairy cows, nutrient requirements for dairy animals

Researcher Name:

Nicole Stedman

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

student and stakeholder leadership development

Researcher Name:

Candice Stefanou

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

social science research methods

Researcher Name:

Spiro Stefanou

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

investment and innovation patterns, firm learning, capacity utilization, corporate and social responsibility

Researcher Name:

Taylor Stein

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

nature-based recreation, tourism

Researcher Name:

Lukasz Stelinski

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Citrus REC

Research Specializations:

holistic management of horticultural crops and forestry, insecticide resistance, IPM

Researcher Name:

Ulrich Stingl

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

microbial communities, Everglades, seagrass microbiome

Researcher Name:

Kathryn Stofer

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

public engagement with agriscience

Researcher Name:

Sarah Strauss

Researcher Tenure Home:

Soil and Water Sciences

Researcher Affiliation:

Southwest Florida REC

Research Specializations:

soil microbial community interactions with citrus and vegetable plants and the environment, improving soil microbe management practices

Researcher Name:

Juliane Struve

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Specializations:

coastal fisheries, spatial dynamics, recreational fish and fisheries, cooperative fisheries governance, marine fisheries

Researcher Name:

Leslie Sturmer

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Researcher Name:

Nan-Yao Su

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Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Ft. Lauderdale REC

Research Specializations:

sustainable management of subterranean termites, behavior, ecology and control of termite pests

Researcher Name:

Andres Susaeta

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

forest economics, ecosystem services, landowner sustainability incentives, longleaf pine agrosystems, agricultural water security

Researcher Name:

Masaharu Suzuki

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Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

genetics and genomics of plant embryogenesis, biochemistry of seed maturation regulators

Researcher Name:

Robert Swett

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Sea Grant

Research Specializations:

offshore recreational boating

Researcher Name:

Mickie Swisher

Researcher Tenure Home:

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Research Specializations:

social science research methods, sustainable agricultural methodologies

Researcher Name:

Walter Tabachnick

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Researcher Affiliation:

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Research Specializations:

vector competence for pathogens, public outreach, vector-borne diseases

Researcher Name:

Lisa Taylor

Researcher Tenure Home:

Entomology and Nematology

Research Specializations:

sexual selection, evolution of colorful courtship displays, predator psychology, evolution of prey defenses

Researcher Name:

Nicholas Taylor

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

energy and water conservation program analysis, data management

Researcher Name:

Ricky Telg

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Agricultural Education and Communication

Researcher Affiliation:

PIE Center

Research Specializations:

communication skills and methods of professionals and students

Researcher Name:

Andrew Thoron

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural Education and Communication

Research Specializations:

school-based agriscience education, teacher professional development, teaching and learning through scientific reasoning and argumentation skills

Researcher Name:

Denise Tieman

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

biochemistry and genomic basis of tomato flavor

Researcher Name:

Zhaohui Tong

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research Specializations:

sustainable biopolymer synthesis and self-assembling, conversion of lignocelluloses to high value bioproducts (materials, drop-in fuels, and chemicals)

Researcher Name:

Danielle Treadwell

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

organizational leadership in sustainable agriculture and food systems, USDA Organic & Alternative Specialty Crop Production Systems

Researcher Name:

Eric Triplett

Researcher Tenure Home:

Microbiology and Cell Science

Research Specializations:

role of bacteria in premature birth and type 1 diabetes, culturing the citrus greening pathogen, diazotrophs in natural forest ecosystems

Researcher Name:

Quenton Tuckett

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

invasive species, risk assessment, sportfish in restoration areas, native ornamental fish

Researcher Name:

Pilar Useche

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Researcher Affiliation:

Center for Latin American Studies

Research Specializations:

technology adoption, poverty, vulnerability, food insecurity, developing countries

Researcher Name:

Gary Vallad

Researcher Tenure Home:

Plant Pathology

Researcher Affiliation:

Gulf Coast REC

Research Specializations:

characterization and control of diseases impacting vegetable and alternative crop production

Researcher Name:

Denis Valle

Researcher Tenure Home:

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Research Specializations:

statistical methods, bayesian decision making tools, environmental science, malaria epidemiology

Researcher Name:

Eduardo Vallejos

Researcher Tenure Home:

Horticultural Sciences

Research Specializations:

gene-based crop simulation models, domestication process in the common bean

Researcher Name:

Edzard Van Santen

Researcher Tenure Home:

Agronomy

Research Specializations:

statistical consulting and training

Researcher Name:

John VanSickle

Researcher Tenure Home:

Food and Resource Economics

Research Specializations:

agricultural policy, mitigating agricultural risk