Biological Science Faculty Member
Dr. Scott Burgess
- Office: 4021 King Life Sciences
- Office: (850) 645-9563
- Area: Ecology & Evolution
- Lab: King Life Sciences
- Lab: (850) 645-9564
- E-mail: sburgess@bio.fsu.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D, University of Queensland, Australia, 2011
Graduate Faculty Status
Research and Professional Interests:
My research combines ecological and evolutionary principles to study the population biology of coastal marine invertebrates (such as corals, bryozoans, and gastropods). One main focus is on the evolution of dispersal, reproductive strategies, and life histories. Another main focus is on the ecology and evolution of cryptic species of corals in the genus Pocillopora. We typically use some combination of field and laboratory experiments, population, quantitative, and molecular genetics, and mathematical modeling/theory.