The BioGator Team

The following faculty lead the BioGator project at the University of Florida:

  • Dr. David C. Blackburn, Lead PI for BioGator project, Curator of Amphibians & Reptiles, Florida Museum of Natural History
  • Dr. Akito Y. Kawahara, Curator of Lepidoptera, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History
  • Dr. Andrea Lucky, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
  • Dr. Lucas C. Majure, Curator and Keeper of the University of Florida Herbarium, Florida Museum of Natural History
  • Dr. Matthew E. Smith, Associate Professor and Curator of the University of Florida Fungal Herbarium, Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
  • Dr. Pamela S. Soltis, Curator and Distinguished Professor, Florida Museum of Natural History; Director, UF Biodiversity Institute
  • Dr. Douglas E. Soltis, Curator and Distinguished Professor, Florida Museum of Natural History

Graduate Research Assistants:

  • Yuley Encarnación Piñeyro, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida
  • Dr. Greg Jongsma, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida (now Assistant Curator of Zoology, New Brunswick Museum)
  • José Esteban Jiménez, PhD student, Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida

Undergraduate Research Assistants:

  • Colin Connealy, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History
  • Natalie Heaton, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History
  • Ella O’Brien, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
  • Cecil Page, Undergraduate Research Assistant, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History

BioGator Logo designed by Kasey Khanh Pham, PhD student, Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida