Distinguished Professor
Contact Information
Office: 209 Carr Hall
Phone: 352.392.1486
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
- Research Professor, Tropical Forest and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, 2023-2026
- U.S. National Academy of Sciences Jefferson Fellow, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C. and Indonesia, 2017-2018
- 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