Distinguished Professor
Contact Information
Office: 209 Carr Hall
Phone: 352.392.1486
Fax: 352.392.3704
Email: fep@ufl.edu
Mailing address:
Department of Biology
University of Florida
P.O. Box 118526
Gainesville, FL 32611-8526, USA
Background
EDUCATION
Oxford University, NATO Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1985
Cornell University, Ph.D., 1982, Dissertation: Natural history of lianas and their influences on tropical forest dynamics
University of Wisconsin, B.S. (Education/Biology), 1973
RECENT ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
- Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, University of Florida, 2015-present (Professor 1992-2015; Associate Professor 1987-1992; Assistant Professor 1982-1987)
- Affiliate Faculty: School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC): School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE); Center for Latin American Studies; Center for African Studies
- Senior Research Associate, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
- Prince Bernhard Professor of International Conservation, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 2004-2019
Areas of Interest/Research
Conservation Biology, Tropical Forestry, Fire Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Economic Botany, Natural Resource Economics, Plant Ecology, Botany, Plant Biomechanics
Current Graduate Students
| Name | Research Interests | |
| Ana Carolina Fiorini | anacarolinafiorini@gmail.com | Conservation Biology (Brazil) |
| Siddarth Machado | siddarthmachado@ufl.edu | Plant Functional Traits and Ecological Restoration (India) |
| Milton Diaz Toribio | miltonhdiazt@ufl.edu | Ecological Restoration and Savanna Ecology (Mexico) |