Lab members

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Andrew Altieri
Assistant Professor at University of Florida
Research Associate at Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst.
Adjunct Professor at McGill University
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Postdoc

Diana Chin
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology
Symbioses and the function of seagrass ecosystems
Co-advised with Julie Meyer (UF) and Laura Reynolds (UF)
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Graduate students

Allison Cauvin
UF School of Nat Resources & Environment PhD student
UF Graduate School Preeminence Awardee
Disease ecology and microbiology of corals
Co-advised with Julie Meyer (UF)

Kathryn Grabowski
STRI-McGill NEO PhD student
Bridging the Americas Marine Conservation Fellow
Island biogeography in mangrove ecosystems
Co-advised with Andy Gonzalez (McGill University)

Nicole Knight
STRI-McGill NEO PhD student
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholar
Landscape and global drivers of biodiversity
Co-advised with Fred Guichard (McGill University)
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Dakota Lewis
UF School of Nat Resources & Environment PhD student
DoD Natl Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellow
Trophic ecology of reef restoration

Joe Marchionno
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Biologist
Avian ecology and island restoration
Co-advised with Christine Angelini (UF)

Adrian Sakr
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics MEng student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Ecological engineering of living shorelines and coastal restoration

Patrick Saldaña
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
Bridging the Americas Marine Conservation Fellow
UF Graduate School Preeminence Awardee
Consumer control of ecological processes in coastal ecosystems

Monica Schul
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
UF Graduate School Preeminence Awardee
Coral reef conservation biology and microbiology

Sara Swaminathan
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
UF Graduate School Preeminence Awardee
Physiological ecology of corals under global change

Technicians

Patrick Norby
Environmental monitoring and invertebrate zoology

Todd van Natta
Environmental engineering and fish ecology

Interns

Claire Hiaasen
Coral ecology and physiology

Alumni

Postdocs
Maggie Johnson (2016-2019), Postdoc, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Matt Leray (2016-2018), Postdoc, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Kirsteen MacKenzie (2016-2017), Researcher, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
Laura Núñez Pons (2016-2017), Faculty, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
Janina Seemann (2015-2017), Manager, International Climate Initiative, Ministry of Environment, Germany
Erica Staaterman (2015-2017), Scientist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Brian Cheng (2014-2017), Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst
Lisa Schile (2014-2016), Senior Associate, Silvestrum Climate Associates
 
Grad student
Caitie Kuempel (MSc, 2013), Postdoc, University of Queensland
Heather Stewart (PhD, 2021), Postdoc, University of the Virgin Islands
 
Research fellows and visiting scholars
Juliana Angarita, Director, Talking Oceans Foundation
Abigail Cannon, Postdoc, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Diana Chin, PhD student, Stonybrook University
Robert Dunn, Postdoc, San Diego State University
Clare Fieseler, PhD student, UNC Chapel Hill
Viktoria Frühling, Panamanian Embassy to Sweden
Austin Gallagher, Director, Beneath the Waves
Seamus Harrison, MSc student, University of Michigan
Irene Kopelman, Independent artist
Lauren Linsmayer, Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, Sea Grant
Hannah Nelson, PhD student, UC Davis
Bryan Nguyen, PhD student, George Washington University
Victoria Reed, MSc student, McGill University
Andria Salas, Postdoc, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Andrew Sellers, PhD student, McGill University
 
Undergraduates and interns
Kelsey Andux
Julius Bright Ross
Amanda Chiachi
Kathryn Cooney
Nilka Gissette Góndola
Natalie Goetz
Cindy Gonzalez
Emily Griffiths
Gwen Griffiths
Alyssa Guariniello
Samantha Hamilton
Michael Hynes
Abbigail Knipp
Giovanna Kupiec
Scott Loranger
Marietta Marroquin
Alina Maruniak
Robyn Mast
Collin McMillan
Lyle McMillan
Nicte-Ha Muñoz
Lyle McMillan
Carl Nellbring
Emily Nixon
Shevonne O’Connor
Tanya Rogers
Elaine Shen
Genevieve Tucker
Nicholas Varley
Alexandra Yingst