{"id":142,"date":"2012-05-20T22:46:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T02:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josemiguelponciano.wordpress.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:06:04","slug":"thelab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/thelab\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Here’s the updated lab page with the Ponciano lab alumni and current students! \ud83d\ude42<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Current (May 2020) participation in Dissertation committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. \n

    Alcala Briseno,Ricardo Ivan, Ph.D. Plant Pathology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Anderson,David M, Ph.D. Zoology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Chaudhary,Vratika. Ph.D. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Fisch,Nicholas C, Ph.D. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Hans,Natya Member, Ph.D. Botany<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \n

    Iruegas Bocardo,Fernanda, Ph.D. Plant Pathology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Montalvo,Luis Daniel, Ph.D. Zoology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Park,John Y Member, Ph.D. Botany<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Peniston,James H, Ph.D. Zoology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  10. \n

    Smith,Thomas Arthur, Ph.D. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  11. \n

    Talla Kouete,Marcel, Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Ecology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  12. \n

    Welker,Jonathan S, Ph.D. Mathematics<\/p>\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Past participation in Dissertation committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    1. \n

      Lindsay Johnson, PhD, Biology (May 2020). “Phenotypic Effects of Spontaneous Mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans<\/em>.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. \n

      Miroslaw Binder, PhD, Mathematics (Dec 2019). “Model of a Co-Circulation of Two Vector Borne Diseases (Zika \/ Dengue).”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. \n

      Simona Picardi, PhD, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (Dec 2019).“Movement Ecology of Wood Storks in the Southeastern U.S.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. \n

      Rashidah Farid, PhD, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (May 2019). “Demography and Population Dynamics of the Gunnison’s Prairie Dog (Cynomys Gunnisoni) in the Southwest United States.’<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. \n

      Arthur Rudolph, PhD, Zoology (May 2019). “Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Flocculation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    6. \n

      Morgan A. Walker, Ms, Geography (May 2019).“Ungulate Use of Locally Infectious Zones (Lizs) in a Re-Emerging Anthrax Risk Area.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    7. \n

      Anni Yang, PhD, Geography (May 2019). “Multi-Scale Modeling of Zoonoses: Exploring Two Indirectly Transmitted Pathogens in Southwestern Montana.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    8. \n

      Jennifer F. Moore, PhD, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (Aug 2018).“Ecology and Conservation of Mammalian Communities and the Impact of Illegal Human Activities in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    9. \n

      Tania Chavarria Pizarro, PhD, Biology (May 2018).“Genetic and Phenotypic Population Structure of an Endemic Mangrove Warbler Subspecies (Setophaga petechia xanthotera) along an Environmental Gradient in Costa Rica.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    10. \n

      Kristen Sauby, PhD, Biology (Dec 2017).“The Demographic Consequences of Native and Invasive Insect Herbivory for Native Cacti in Florida.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    11. \n

      Rebecca Borchering, PhD, Biology (May 2017).“Population Thresholds and Disease Ecology.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    12. \n

      Ruslandi Ruslandi, PhD Biology, (June 2016). “Silvicultural Intensification in Natural Forests in Indonesia: Consequences for Timber Yields, Carbon Dynamics, Tree Species Composition, and Profits.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    13. \n

      Gonzalo Rivas, PhD Wildlife Ecology and conservation (August 2015).“Ecological and Socioeconomic Effects of an Invasive Canopy Tree in the Galapagos Islands.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    14. \n

      Juan Torres, PhD Mathematics, University of Florida (Spring 2015).“Dynamics of Low and High Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Birds.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    15. \n

      Oscar Murillo Garc\\’ia, PhD Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida (Aug 2014).“Demography of Population Recovery: Discerning Pesticide Effects on Survival, Territory Occupancy and Breeding Success of Peregrine Falcons (Falco Peregrinus) in South Scotland.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    16. \n

      Alexander Shenkin, PhD, Interdisciplinary Ecology (May 2014).“Fates of Trees and Forests in Boliva Subjected to Selective Logging, Fire, and Climate Change.”
      \n\\item Carrie Vath, PhD, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida (May 2014).“Social and Economic Dimensions of the Bushmeat Trade in Cross River State Nigeria: An Ethno-Biological Appraoch to Conservation.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    17. \n

      Andrew Barbour, PhD, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida (Dec 2013).“Processes Affecting Nursery Habitat Value of an Estuarine-Dependent Fish.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    18. \n

      Ari Martinez, PhD, Biology (May 2013).“Interspecific Communication and Its Consequences for the Organization of Permanent Mixed-Species Bird Flocks.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    19. \n

      Olivia Prosper, PhD, Mathematics (May 2012). “`Modeling heterogeneities in Malaria.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    20. \n

      M\u00f3nica Itzuri Delgado Carrillo, Undergraduate Thesis, Mathematics (Dec 2009). “Mathematical modeling of bacterial growth curves for heavy-metal resistant strains”.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    21. \n

      Cristina Garc\u00eda Arboleda, Ms, Probability and Statistics (Dec 2008) “Unified estimation for the Galton-Watson process with immigration.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    22. \n

      Lidia Ery Toledo Rodriguez Ms, Probability and Statistics (Dec 2008). “Modeling of Cerambicids population dynamics in Agave<\/em> plantations.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    23. \n

      Jos\u00e9 Arturo Montoya Laos, PhD, Probability and Statistics (Dec 2008). “ The Likelihood profile in statistical inference.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    24. \n

      Juan Carlos Hern\\’andez G\\’omez, PhD, Applied Mathematics (Dec 2008). “$R_{0}$ and some generalizations in cellular automata.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    25. \n

      Francisco Javier Rubio \\’Alvarez, Ms Probability and Statistics (Dec 2008).“Statistical modeling of the ratio of two means from two normal random variables.”<\/p>\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}