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The faculty of the department are listed alphabetically below. Each individual faculty member's name is a link to a more detailed profile.


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Alejandro Barbieri

Assistant Professor of Biology

 

Endocytosis and phagocytosis; intracellular transport; small GTP-ases and lipid kinases, membrane trafficking and signaling, neuron growth and maintenance, rab protein activation.

 

Office: HLS 419B, (305) 348-7535

barbieri@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brad Bennett

Associate Professor of Biology

 

Ethnobotany in neotropic medicinal plants; Flora and vegetation dynamics of southern Florida sustainable use of forest resources.

 

Office: HLS 319B, (305) 348-3586

bennett@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Bigger

Professor of Biology
& Director of MBRS Program

 

Comparative Immunology, Invertebrate pathology and disease, Invertebrate cytology, Histocompatibility and population genetics, Environmental influences on immunity.

 

Office: HLS 319C, (305) 348-3100

biggerc@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Brinn

Instructor of Biology

 

 

 

Office: AC1 382 (BBC), (305) 919-5348

brinnr@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Deron Burkepile

Assistant Professor of Biology

 

Community Ecology, Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function, Grazing Ecosystems, Predator-prey interactions, Chemical Ecology

 

Office: MS 359 (BBC), (305) 919-4017

deron.burkepile@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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C.F. Chen

Instructor of Biology

 

Office: OE 224, (305) 348-3509

chencf@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

Ligia Collado

 

 

 

 

Ligia Collado-Vides

Lecturer & Research Faculty of Biology

 

Tropical marine macroalgae ecology. Studies of macroalgae ecology in seagrass beds and coral reefs on the coasts of Florida and Mexican Caribbean.

 

Office: OE 210, (305) 348-2274

colladol@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laurel Collins

 

 

 

 

Laurel Collins

Associate Professor of Biology

 

I investigate environmental changes of the past and the extent to which they have affected evolution, including changes in evolutionary rates, communities, and organismal morphology. The originations and extinctions of fossil taxa and their ecology/paleoecology are used to identify evolutionary, paleoceanographic, paleoclimatic and tectonic trends through time.

 

Office: PC 435, (305) 348-1732

collinsl@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timothy Collins

Associate Professor of Biology

 

The application of molecular data to address systematic and evolutionary questions, particularly within the Mollusca.

 

Office: HLS 419D, (305) 348-1730

collinst@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Maureen Donnelly

Professor of Biology
& Associate Dean of CAS

 

Ecology and evolutionary biology of tropical amphibians and reptiles; declining amphibians in the Neotropics; restoration of alluvial forest in northeastern Costa Rica.

 

Office: OE 225, (305) 348-1235

donnelly@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

   

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Jim Fourqurean

Professor of Biology

 

Biogeochemistry of the coastal ocean, Nutrient cycling in the marine environment , Primary productivity of aquatic systems; Seagrass physiological ecology, Ecosystem modeling.

 

Office: ECS 114, (305) 348-4084

fourqure@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Javier Francisco-Ortega

Associate Professor of Biology

 

Origin and evolution of plant species from tropical and subtropical islands; Molecular markers in plant conservation, plant evolution and plant systematic studies; Molecular systematic studies with cycads and palms.

 

Office: OE 242, (305) 348-2080

ortegaj@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Evelyn Gaiser

Associate Professor of Biology

 

Aquatic community ecology, algal biology, Everglades periphyton, Paleoecology of lakes and wetlands, Diatom taxonomy.

 

Office: OE 211, (305) 348-6145

gaisere@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miroslav Gantar

Lecturer & Research Faculty of Biology

 

Physiology and taxonomy of cyanobacteria; Isolation and culture collection of freshwater and marine cyanobacteria from Florida; Screening cyanobacterial strains for biological activity – antibacterial, antialgal, and anticancer compounds; Bioassays for cyanobacterial toxins.

 

Office: OE 208, (305) 348-4030

gantarm@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Robert George

Instructor of Biology

 

 

 

Office: OE 209, (305) 348-4028

georger@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walter Goldberg

Professor of Biology

 

Coral biology, especially cell biology and skeletogenesis; selected aspects of coral reef ecology.

 

Office: OE 229, (305) 348-3659

goldber@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferdinand Gomez

Instructor of Biology

 

 

 

Office: OE 215, (305) 348-1275

gomezf@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Michael Heithaus

Associate Professor of Biology &
Marine Sciences Director

 

Behavioral ecology, anti-predator behavior, community consequences of behavioral decisions, behavior and ecology of marine mammals, elasmobranch fishes, and sea turtles.

 

Office: MS 358 (BBC), (305) 919-5234

heithaus@fiu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jim Heffernan

Assistant Professor of Biology and SERC

 

Aquatic and wetland ecosystems; Disturbance ecology, regime shifts, and multiple-state ecosystems; Ecohydrology; Landscape ecology and self-organized of patterning; Nutrient enrichment and biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems; Effects of vegetation on geomorphic and hydrologic processes; Adaptive management and urban ecology.

 

Office: OE 236, (305) 348-3101

j.heffernan@UFL.EDU