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Distinguished Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Office: 209 Carr Hall
\nPhone: 352.392.1486
\nEmail: fep@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mailing address:
\nDepartment of Biology
\nUniversity of Florida
\nP.O. Box 118526
\nGainesville, FL 32611-8526, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/strong>
\nOxford University, NATO Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1985
\nCornell University, Ph.D., 1982, Dissertation: Natural history of lianas and their influences on tropical forest dynamics
\nUniversity of Wisconsin, B.S. (Education\/Biology), 1973<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

RECENT ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, University of Florida, 2015-present (Professor 1992-2015; Associate Professor 1987-1992;\u00a0Assistant Professor 1982-1987)<\/li>\n
  • 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<\/li>\n
  • Research Professor, Tropical Forest and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, 2023-2026<\/li>\n
  • U.S. National Academy of Sciences Jefferson Fellow, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C. and Indonesia, 2017-2018<\/li>\n
  • Prince Bernhard Professor of International Conservation, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 2004-2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Areas of Interest\/Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Conservation Biology, Tropical Forestry, Fire Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Economic Botany, Natural Resource Economics, Plant Ecology, Botany, Plant Biomechanics<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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