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Rob Fletcher, Assistant Professor and leader of the lab...
I am a member of the Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Department (WEC), and I am also affiliated with the School of Natural Resources & Environment (SNRE). I got a B.A. from the University of Colorado and a Ph.D. from Iowa State University. I did a postdoc at the University of Montana and was subsequently a Research Assistant Professor there. I am a big fan of laughter, critical thinking, and integrating diverse perspectives into ecology, conservation, and management.
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Kyle McCarthy, postdoctoral associate.
Kyle received his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts. He is working on a project funded through the National Park Service that aims to understand the role of human activities on spatio-temporal changes in movement and distribution of Florida Panthers. |
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Miguel Acevedo, Ph.D. Student.
Miguel got his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Puerto Rico. He has diverse interests, including species distribution modeling, ecological informatics, and bird song. His dissertation focuses on the use of network theory in spatial ecology and conservation. Miguel is co-advised by Cole Smith in Industrial and Systems Engineering. |
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Nate Marcy, M.S. student.
Nate is working on testing hypotheses for matrix use by forest birds inhabitating cloud forests in Central America. He is also helping out on a PPL project that will be estimating variation in extinction/colonization dynamics of riparian birds. |
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Raya Pruner, M.S. student.
Raya is working on a USFWS project on the state-listed snowy plover in the panhandle of Florida, including issues of habitat selection behaviors, human-disturbance effects, and spatial pattern analysis. Raya is co-advised by Steve Johnson.
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Irina Skinner, M.S. student.
Irina is working on predation risk and predator management issues, including a field experiment that assesses how prey communities alter their behavior and distribution in response to heightened predation risk.
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Divya Vasudev, Ph.D. student.
Divya is interested in social behavior, dispersal, and habitat fragmentation, particularly in how primates respond to forest fragmentation. Her dissertation will address the landscape consequences of mating systems using molecular tools.
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Will Maxwell, undergraduate student.
Will is working on a project as part of the University Scholar's Program. Will is conducting field work on the spatial ecology and behavior of cactus bugs. He is a finance major on the pre-med track. He is co-advised by Christine Miller in Entomology.
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John Andrews, undergraduate technician.
John is an undergraduate in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. He is helping out on a variety of projects in the lab. |
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Erin Murphy, undergraduate student.
Erin is an undergraduate majoring in Environmental Science. She is helping out on a project aimed to estimate the potential ecological footprint of an increase in biofuels production across the United States. |
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Lab Alumni: |
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Chris Rota received his M.S. degree in the lab and is now at University of Missouri working on a Ph.D.
Jason Evans was a postdoctoral associate in the lab and is now a postdoc in the Soil and Water Sciences Department, University of Florida.
Marlena Wietlisbach did an undergraduate research project in the lab and is now working in Oregon, after receiving her B.S. degree.
Nikie Gentry was an undergraduate technician in the lab and is now in her final year in WEC.
Josh Kjer was an undergraduate technician in the lab and is now in his final year in WEC. Amanda Pendleton was an undergraduate technician in the lab and is now in her final year at UF. |
