Graduate Research
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Ajayi, Benjamin
I research how plant variation reflects evolutionary diversification and the reconstruction of plant genes' evolutionary histories using molecular systematics and morpho-anatomy
Office: 4055 KIN Building
Email: baa23a@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Austin R. Mast
Alcantara, Fatima
Email: falcantara@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Nora Underwood
Second Major Professor: Dr. Brian D. Inouye
Ales, Penelope
Email: pales@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Nora Underwood
Second Major Professor: Dr. Brian D. Inouye
Anthony, Laura
I am interested in the ecophysiology of habitat-forming deep-sea corals. My dissertation research focuses on the environmental drivers that affect the reproductive biology of several reef-forming deep-sea corals around the globe.
Office: 2024 King Building (4295)
Email: lanthony@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Sandra D. Brooke
Second Major Professor: Dr. Don R. Levitan
Atkins, Erica
Office: 4023 King Building (4295)
Email: eatkins@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Darin Rokyta
Awiaga, Collins
Office: 4055 KIN Building
Email: cawiaga@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Darin R. Rokyta
Baughman, Donaven
My research focuses on the impacts of predators and environmental factors on the physiological processes and allocation of energy to various important life history characteristics (e.g., growth, predation defense, and reproduction) of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica). The goal of my work is to inform the future management of wild oysters and improve aquaculture outcomes by understanding the impacts of biotic (predators) and abiotic (environmental) factors on individual oysters and how these impacts may scale-up to alter population dynamics and oyster harvest outcomes.
Email: dbaughman@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Joel Trexler
Second Major Professor: Dr. Daniel Okamoto
Broussard, Emilie
Email: ebroussard@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Darin R. Rokyta
Buckelew, Cori
Email: crb21a@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Gregory M. Erickson
No grad students
Dittmar, Abigail
I use a combination of mathematical models and field-based experiments to study mechanisms of plant resistance to insect herbivory. I am especially interested in how individual-level interactions scale up to affect the spatial structures of populations and communities and how spatiotemporal variability can shape population and community dynamics. My research lies at the intersection of basic and applied science and I work in both natural and agricultural systems.
Email: adittmar@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Nora Underwood
Second Major Professor: Dr. Brian D. Inouye
Dubel, Alexandra
Email: adubel@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Andrew Rassweiler
No grad students
Field, Laurel
Laurel’s research focuses on the implementation, tracking, management, and socio-ecological aspects of area-based marine conservation tools. She is also interested in the development of sustainable marine food systems and the compatibility of marine conservation and mariculture goals in ocean spaces.
Office: 4004 KIN Building
Email: lcf22a@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Sarah Lester
Gomez Quijano, Juan Felipe
Email: jg26bl@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Emily H. DuVal
Goodman, Adam
Email: ag24bc@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Andrew Rassweiler
Gutierrez, Daniel
I am interested in the evolution of complex social behavior. I study cooperative behavior in Lance-tail Manakins aiming to understand the drivers of behavioral variation in male-male displaying partnerships.
Office: 4004 King Life Science Building Building
Email: dag23@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Emily H. DuVal
No grad students
Melnick, Joshua
Email: jam26h@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
Mercer, Bentley
Email: brm20@fsu.edu
Homepage: https://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty.php?faculty-id=trexler
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Joel Trexler
No grad students
Ochoa, Carlie
I study the proximate mechanisms of speciation in North American chorus frogs. I'm broadly interested in the neural and genomic basis for population-level differences in mating traits that drive macroevolutionary processes.
Office: 242 BRF Building
Email: cba21@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Emily C. Lemmon
Pestereva, Anastasiia
Email: ap26z@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Josh Breithaupt
Second Major Professor: Dr. Sarah Lester
No grad students
Roberts, Olivia
Email: orr26b@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Sandra D. Brooke
Second Major Professor: Dr. Kayla Stoy
Robertson, Miles
I am interested in the mechanisms that drive epidemics. I use mathematical models and computer simulations to analyze such disease systems.
Email: mrobertson@bio.fsu.edu
Homepage: https://www.codingetc.com
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Michael Cortez
Schuster, Simone
Simone studies nutrient cycling in coastal wetlands. Biogeochemical processes are very active in coastal wetlands, especially their soils. She is specifically interested in nutrient stocks and burial rates in wetland soils throughout the coast of Florida. She also focuses on organic and inorganic nitrogen ratios in wetland soils and how nutrient limitation affects this ratio.
Office: 4079 King Building
Email: ses24d@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Josh Breithaupt
Second Major Professor: Dr. Austin Mast
Smith, Cooper
Email: lcs26b@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Brian D. Inouye
Second Major Professor: Dr. Nora Underwood
Soltis, Grace
Email: gs22n@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Nora Underwood
Second Major Professor: Dr. Brian D. Inouye
Stanton, Jasmine
Email: jes23a@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Josh Breithaupt
Second Major Professor: Dr. Andrew Rassweiler
Torrence, Kathleen
Email: kgt14@fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Scott J. Steppan
No grad students
No grad students
Whalen, Niall
Email: nwhalen@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Major Professor: Dr. Gregory M. Erickson
Second Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
No grad students
No grad students