Department Chair
David Blackburn
Herpetology
Department Chair, Associate Director for Research & Collections, and Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, School of Art + Art History
Contact: 352-273-1943 | dblackburn@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 262; Special Collections Building
Interests: Diversity, Evolution, and Conservation of amphibians
Lab Website | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | ORCID
Natural History Department Assistant
Brittany Snipes
Department of Natural History
352-273-1941 | bsnipes@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall 238
Full Time Faculty
Jonathan Bloch
Vertebrate Paleontology
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, Geological Sciences, and Anthropology
Contact: 352-273-1938 | jbloch@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 222
Interests: Eocene mammals, mammalian responses to climate change, phylogenetics, functional morphology
ResearchGate | Google Scholar | ORCID
Nico Cellinese
Herbarium and Informatics
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology
Contact: 352-273-1979 | ncellinese@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 354
Interests: Plant systematics, evolution, biogeography, informatics
Lab Website | Twitter
Charles Cobb
Historical Archaeology
James E. Lockwood Jr., Professor of Historical Archaeology
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Anthropology
Contact: 352-273-1916 | ccobb@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 102
Interests: Archaeology, cultural history, history of art, history of religion
ResearchGate
Jaret Daniels
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Entomology and Nematology
Contact: 352-273-2022 | jdaniels@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Hall
Interests: Imperiled butterfly recovery, native insect pollinator conservation
Lab Website | ResearchGate
Glaucia Del-Rio
Ornithology
Assistant Curator
Contact: 352-273-1968 | g.delrio@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 320
Interests: Avian Speciation, Genomic Architecture, Population Genetics, Systematics, Evo-Devo, Natural History, Spatial Ecology, and Conservation
Google Scholar
Kitty Emery
Environmental Archaeology
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Tropical Conservation and Development, School of Natural Resources and Environment
Contact: 352-273-1919 | kemery@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 114
Interests: Mesoamerican archaeology, zooarchaeology, environmental archaeology
Lab Website | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | ORCID
Megan Ennes
Museum Education
Assistant Curator; Director, Thompson Earth Systems Institute
Affiliate Appointments: School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Museum Studies, and the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
Contact: 352-273-2006 | mennes@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: McGuire 201
Interests: Museum Education, Informal Science Educators, Civic Engagement for the Environment, Science Communication
Lab Website | Google Scholar | ORCID | Twitter
Nick Gauthier
Artificial Intelligence for Cultural and Biological Diversity
Assistant Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Anthropology, Geography
Contact: nicolas.gauthier@ufl.edu
Office: 352-273-1946| Dickinson Hall Room 376
Interests: Human Ecology, Paleoclimate, Land Use, Computational Modeling, Complex Systems
Lab Website | Google Scholar
Rob Guralnick
Biodiversity Informatics
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology
Contact: 352-273-1980 | rguralnick@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 358
Interests: Spatiotemporal changes in genetic and species diversity, occupancy modeling, spatial ecological modeling, landscape genetics, molecular phylogenetics
Lab Website | Google Scholar
Douglas Jones
Invertebrate Paleontology
Director of the Museum
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology and Geology
Contact: 352-273-1901 | dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 291
Interests: Molluscan ecology, paleoecology, stable isotopes, paleoclimate
Google Scholar
Advait Jukar
Vertebrate Paleontology
Assistant Curator
Contact: advaitjukar@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 218
Interests: Evolution of terrestrial ecosystems, megafaunal extinctions, mammalian and dinosaurian paleoecology, mammalian evolution, biogeography and taxonomy
Lab Website | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | ORCID | Twitter
Akito Kawahara
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Curator; Director of McGuire Center
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, Entomology and Nematology, UF Genetics Institute, and the School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Contact: 352-273-2018 | kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Hall Room 218
Interests: Insect evolution and diversity, phylogenomics, host-use evolution, biogeography
Lab Website | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | ORCID | Twitter
Michal Kowalewski
Invertebrate Paleontology
Jon L. and Beverly A. Thompson Chair of Invertebrate Paleontology
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, Geology, and Interdisciplinary Ecology
Contact: 352-273-1944 | kowalewski@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 254
Interests: invertebrate paleontology, paleoecology, taphonomy
Google Scholar | ORCID | Researcher ID
Michelle LeFebvre
South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography
Assistant Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Anthropology
Contact: 352-273-1917 | mlefebvre@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 106
Interests: Historical Ecology, Island and Coastal Archaeology, Environmental Anthropology, Biodiversity
Bruce MacFadden
Vertebrate Paleontology
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, Geological Sciences, and Latin American Studies
Contact: 352-273-1937 | bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 218
Interests: Neogene mammals, stable isotopes, paleoecology, diagenesis of fossils, science education
Google Scholar
Lucas C. Majure
University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)
Associate Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Latin American Studies, Tropical Conservation and Development
Contact: 352-273-2102 | lmajure@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 378
Interests: Plant Systematics, reticulate evolution, morphological evolution, biogeography, Flora of the Neotropics
ResearchGate | Majure Lab Website
Steven Manchester
Paleobotany
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology
Contact: 352-273-1935 | steven@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 214
Interests: phylogenetic and phytogeographic history of angiosperms, Paleocene and Eocene floras
ResearchGate | Google Scholar
Jonathan Nations
Mammalogy
Assistant Curator
Contact: 352-392-1721 | jnations@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 282
Interests: Evolutionary Ecology, Morphological Evolution, Macroevolution, Biogeography, Community Ecology, Malay Archipelago Mammals
Google Scholar
Gavin Naylor
Florida Program for Shark Research
Program Director, Curator
Contact: 352-273-1954 | gnaylor@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Interests: Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, & comparative anatomy of sharks and rays
Google Scholar | FPSR | sharksrays.org
Gil Nelson
iDigBio
Program Director
Contact: 850-766-2649 | gnelson@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: 105 Building
Interests: Botany, digital photography, biodiversity informatics
ResearchGate
Larry Page
Ichthyology
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Contact: 352-273-1952 | lpage@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Special Collections Building 120
Interests: Systematics, Evolution and Ecology of freshwater fishes, Protection of aquatic natural areas
Lab Website | ResearchGate | Google Scholar
Mariela Pajuelo
Thompson Earth Systems Institute
Assistant Scientist
Contact: 352-214-3060 | mpajuelo@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 216
Interests: Sea turtles, foraging ecology, fisheries bycatch, stable isotopes, science education
Gustav Paulay
Invertebrate Zoology
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology
Contact: 352-273-1948 | paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 278
Interests: Invertebrate zoology, evolution, diversity, biogeography
Lab Website | ResearchGate
Arthur Porto
AI Biodiversity
Assistant Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology
Contact: arthur.porto@ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 226
Interests: Biodiversity, Evolution, and Computer Vision
Lab Website | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | ORCID | GitHub
David Reed
Mammalogy
Associate Provost
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, Entomology, UF Genetics Institute, and the School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Contact: 352-273-1971 | dreed@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 346
Interests: phylogenetics, coevolution, host/parasite evolution, population genetics
Google Scholar | ResearchGate
Scott Robinson
Ordway Lab
Katharine Ordway Professor of Ecosystem Conservation; Eminent Scholar
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, School of Resources and the Natural Environment
Contact: 352-273-1965 | srobinson@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 307
Interests: Avian Behavior and Ecology, Tropical Ecology, Conservation Biology, Elevation and Precipitation Gradients
Lab Website | Google Scholar
Douglas Soltis
Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics
Distinguished Professor of Biology
Contact: 352-273-1963 | dsoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall
Interests: Plant biology, plant phylogeny, genome doubling, floral evolution, angiosperm diversification, phylogeography
Lab Website | ResearchGate | Google Scholar
Pamela Soltis
Molecular Systemics and Evolutionary Genetics; Genetic Resources Repository
Director, UF Biodiversity Institute
Distinguished Professor and Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Biology, Interdisciplinary Ecology; Director of UF Biodiversity Institute
Contact: 352-273-1964 | psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 301F
Interests: Plant molecular systemics, floral evolution, polyploid evolution, phylogeography, conservation genetics
Lab Website | ResearchGate
Edward Stanley
Digital Imaging Division
Associate Research Scientist
Contact: 352-273-1978 | elstanley@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 229a
Interests: Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution of African reptiles and amphibians, Computed Tomography and Digitizing museum collections.
Website | Lab Website | LinkedIn | ResearchGate | Google Scholar
Neill Wallis
Florida Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, and Ceramic Technology Laboratory
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Anthropology
Contact: 352-273-1920 | nwallis@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: Dickinson Hall Room 130
Interests: Southeastern US Archaeology, Pottery, Provenance Studies, precontact networks and communities
Google Scholar
Keith Willmott
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Curator
Affiliate Appointments: Entomology, Biology
Contact: 352-273-2012 | kwillmott@flmnh.ufl.edu
Office: McGuire Hall
Interests: Neotropical butterfly systematics, diversity, evolution, biodiversity conservation
Lab Website
Faculty Emeritus
Kathy Deagan
Archaeology
Curator Emeritus
352-273-1916 | kd@flmnh.ufl.edu
Richard Franz
Herpetology
Emeritus Associate Scientist
352-273-1956 | lrfranz08@gmail.com
William F. Keegan
Caribbean Archaeology
Curator Emeritus
352-273-1921 | keegan@flmnh.ufl.edu
Bruce MacFadden
Vertebrate Paleontology
Curator Emeritus
bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu
William Harrison Marquardt
South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography
Curator Emeritus
bilmarq@flmnh.ufl.edu
Jerald Milanich
Florida Archaeology
Curator Emeritus
jtm@ufl.edu
Susan Milbrath
Latin American Art and Archaeology
Curator Emeritus
352-273-1918 | milbrath@flmnh.ufl.edu
Jacqueline Miller
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Curator Emeritus
352-273-2016 | jmiller@flmnh.ufl.edu
Max Nickerson
Herpetology
Curator Emeritus
352-273-1946 | maxn@flmnh.ufl.edu
David Steadman
Ornithology
Curator Emeritus
dws@flmnh.ufl.edu
Liz Wing
Environmental Archaeology
Curator Emeritus
352-273-2101 | eswing@gator.net
Charles Woods
Mammalogy
Curator Emeritus
hutia@gaw.com