{"id":2,"date":"2012-09-04T13:39:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:06:03","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/files\/josemiponciano.jpg\" alt=\"Jos\u00e9 Miguel Ponciano Castellanos\" class=\"wp-image-109\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/files\/josemiponciano.jpg&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/a&gt; Jos\u00e9 Miguel Ponciano Castellanos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor,<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ph.D. University of Idaho, 2006<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\n<h3><span style=\"min-width: 24px;min-height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=MjoyRTsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google scholar citations<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Open Access metrics: <a href=\"https:\/\/impactstory.org\/u\/0000-0001-8457-7840\">@Impactstory<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8457-7840\">ORCID ID<\/a> (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Office: 309 Carr Hall<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Phone: (352)-392-2784<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"mailto:josemi@ufl.edu\">josemi@ufl.edu<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.josemiponciano.net\/\">Updated (2020) website<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/josemi\/papers\/\">Publications<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.josemiponciano.net\/research-overview\">Research Interests<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My research focuses on the use of stochastic processes in Biology. \u00a0 I view stochastic processes and statistics as the ideal language to translate fundamental questions in Biology into testable hypotheses that can be confronted with real data. \u00a0This research focus grew from the the application of stochastic processes in\u00a0 Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution, to Wildlife Management, Conservation Biology and Fisheries, to Epidemiological modeling, Microbial Community Ecology, Population Genetics and Phylogenetics. Early in my academic formation as a Biologist I recognized the importance of Mathematics in Biology. I traded the field boots for paper, pencils, lots of erasers and countless hours of programming!\u00a0 The journey has been both, fascinating and rewarding. Here you\u2019ll\u00a0find links to publications, projects and working ideas from my Lab at University of Florida. Students in my lab are either mathematicians\/statisticians learning biology or biologists learning math and stats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2006,PhD Bioinformatics and Comp. Bio., Math Dept. at University of Idaho<\/li>\n<li>2004, Ms Statistics, University of Idaho<\/li>\n<li>2001, Ms Ecology, Universidad Austral de Chile<\/li>\n<li>1998, BS Biology and Licenciatura at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Keywords<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Statistical and Theoretical Ecology<\/li>\n<li>Population dynamics and State Space Models<\/li>\n<li>Stochastic processes in Ecology, Evolution and Phylogenetics<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.josemiponciano.net\/\">Personal website<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mailing address:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Biology<br>\nUniversity of Florida<br>\nP.O. 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