Lab Director
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Dr. Basil V. Iannone III, Assistant Professor (C.V.)
School of Forest Resources and Conservation School of Natural Resources and Environment University of Florida PO Box 110940 2295 Mowry Rd Gainesville, FL 32611-0940 biannone@ufl.edu I am also a member of the Sustainable Human and Ecological Development (SHED) Group, and a faculty member in the Program for Resource Efficient Communities, and the Center for Land Use Efficiency Interests: Ecology of residential landscapes, spatial ecology, biological invasions, and ecological restoration |
Current Lab Members
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Dr. Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos, Assistant Professor, Federal University of ABC, Brazil (Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar) vitorvieiravasco@ufl.edu
Interests: Spatial analysis of environmental data. Currently studying how residential landscape design and management affects spatial patterns of ecosystem services in urban landscapes. |
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Rashelle Deak (Ph.D. Student)
rdeak@ufl.edu Interests: Invasion biology and minimizing the effects of urban landscapes on natural ecosystems. Currently investigating the effects of overusing certain non-invasive horticultural species in residential landscapes on long-term invasion patterns in nearby ecosystems. |
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Jesse Jones (Research/Extension Associate)
jcj9898@ufl.edu Interests: Designing residential landscapes that support biodiversity and provide key ecosystems services such as food, climate regulation, and human well-being, agroecology, biogeography, global change dynamics, and environmental policy. |
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Brandon Bourassa (distance MS Restoration Ecology)
Herpetology Department, ABQ BioPark, bbourassa@ufl.edu Conservation and spatial ecology of crocodilians, iguanas, and other herpetofauna |
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Kacey Russo (Research technician)
kacey.russo@ufl.edu Interests: Florida plant ecology, native landscaping, interior horticulture. |
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Olesya Malakhova (Research technician)
olesyamalakhova@ufl.edu Interests: Ecosystem dynamics and evolutionary relationships. |
Lab Alumni
Postdocs
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Dr. James Sinclair
Interests: Drivers of species movement in human-dominated landscapes. |
Graduate Students
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Gisele Nighswander (MS Forest Resources)
Interests: Ecology of ornamental gardens and ecosystem services |
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Kayla Hess (MS Forest Resources)
Interests: Protection of urban wetlands and stormwater management |
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Rain Yates (distance MS Restoration Ecology)
Interests: Efficacy of environmental development regulations |
Technicians & Volunteers
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Audrey Genest
Interests: Landscape architecture and designing resilient landscapes |
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Tess Flemma
Interests: Environmental Planning, particularly in third world countries |
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Allyson Holmes
Interests: Plant community and ecosystem ecology |
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Alex LoCastro
Interests: Introducing natural habitat into urban landscapes |
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Dr. Haleigh Ray
Interests: Pollination biology of orchids in south Florida |
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Francis Dinsmore
Interests: Analytical chemistry and instrumentation |