Lab Director
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Dr. Basil V. Iannone III, Associate Professor (C.V.)
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences University of Florida PO Box 110410 Gainesville, FL 32611-0410 [email protected] I am also a faculty member in the Center for Land Use Efficiency and an affiliate faculty of the School of Natural Resources and Environment Interests: Ecology of residential and urban landscapes, Urban biodiversity, Ecological restoration, Spatial ecology, and Biological invasions |
Current Lab Members
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Brooke Moffis (Ph.D. Student. School of Natural Resources and Environment, Commercial Horticultural Agent, Lake County)
[email protected] Interests: Sustainable landscaping practices and designs that support biodiversity in suburban areas |
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Chamoda Dissanayake (Ph.D. Student. School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences)
[email protected] Interests: Urban aquatic ecosystems, focusing on water chemistry, nutrient cycling, urban and freshwater ecology, microbial processes, algal dynamics, and wastewater treatment |
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G. N. Tanjina Hasnat (Ph.D. Student. School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences)
[email protected] Interests: Remote sensing and AI applications in urban forestry |
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Grace Clements (MS Forest Resources & Conservation)
[email protected] Interests: Regulatory Scientist passionate about restoring degraded landscapes, preserving land, and optimizing developed environments to improve water conservation. My interests include adaptive management, native plant landscaping, and conservation psychology |
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Samantha Seitz (Research Technician)
[email protected] Interests: Sustainable urban landscaping and design, GIS applications in interdisciplinary ecology and conservation, environmental restoration, ecological engineering |
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Maylet Perez (Research Technician)
[email protected] Interests: Urban watersheds, wetland ecohydrology, GIS applications in water resource management, flooding, and coastal resilience |
Lab Alumni
Postdocs
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Dr. James Sinclair
Interests: Drivers of species movement in human-dominated landscapes |
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Dr. Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos
Interests: Spatial analysis of environmental data |
Graduate Students
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Dylan Humenay (MS Restoration Ecology)
Interests: Wetland restoration, mitigation concepts and design, regulation, native landscaping |
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Brandon Bourassa (MS Restoration Ecology)
Interests: Ecology and conservation of herpetofauna and mitigation of human/rattlesnake conflicts |
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Victoria Cope (MS Forest Resources & Conservation)
Interests: Arthropods and pollinators, biodiversity, urban ecology and conservation, native plant landscaping |
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Kayla Hess
(MS Forest Resources & Conservation) Interests: Protection of urban wetlands and stormwater management |
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Gisele Nighswander (MS Forest Resources & Conservation)
Interests: Ecology of ornamental gardens and ecosystem services |
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Rain Yates
(MS Restoration Ecology) Interests: Efficacy of environmental development regulations |
Technicians
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Jo Walker
Interests: Sustainable urban development, environmental policy |
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Kacey Russo
Interests: Florida plant ecology, native landscaping, interior horticulture |
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Olesya Malakhova
Interests: Ecosystem dynamics and evolutionary relationships |
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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 |
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Gabriela Tateo
Interests: Animal behavior, insect biodiversity, pollinator ecology and conservation, and the protection of endangered wildlife species |
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Mathew King
Interests: Human-wildlife conflicts, native landscaping practices, and wildlife habitat management |