Lab members

​Andrew Altieri
Assistant Professor at University of Florida
Research Associate at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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)
Personal website

Graduate students

Allison Cauvin
UF School of Nat Resources & Environment PhD student
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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Patrick Saldaña
UF Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics PhD student
Bridging the Americas Marine Conservation Fellow
Consumer control of ecological processes in coastal ecosystems

Heather Stewart
STRI-McGill NEO PhD student
Bridging the Americas Marine Conservation Fellow
Ecology of mangrove ecosystems and fish conservation biology
Co-advised with Lauren Chapman (McGill University)
Personal website

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

Technicians

Patrick Norby
Environmental monitoring and invertebrate zoology

Todd van Natta
Environmental engineering and fish ecology

Interns

Kelsey Andux
Intertidal community ecology

Emily Griffiths
Intertidal community ecology

Alyssa Guariniello
Coral physiological ecology

Alina Maruniak
Facilitation cascades

Adrian Sakr
Intertidal community ecology

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, NCEAS
 
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
Julius Bright Ross
Amanda Chiachi
Kathryn Cooney
Nilka Gissette Góndola
Natalie Goetz
Cindy Gonzalez
Gwen Griffiths
Samantha Hamilton
Michael Hynes
Abbigail Knipp
Giovanna Kupiec
Scott Loranger
Marietta Marroquin
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