Arabic
Ahmed Mohamed
Specialty: Geomatics
303 Reed Lab
Gainesville, FL 32611-0565
352-392-3465
amohamed@ufl.edu
Gamal Seedahmed
Specialty: Geomatics
Fort Lauderdale REC
3205 College Ave.
Davie, FL 33314-7719
954-577-6305
gseedahmed@ufl.edu
Bengali
Aliya Momotaz
Specialty: Molecular breeding
Gulf Coast REC
14625 CR 672
Wimauma, FL 33598
813-633-4139
amomotaz@ufl.edu
Chinese
Yuncong Li
Specialty: Ecosystem restoration, South Florida soil
Tropical REC
18905 SW 280th St.
Homestead, FL 33031
305-246-7001, ext. 282
yunli@ufl.edu
http://yuncong.ifas.ufl.edu
Guodong (David) Liu
(post-doctoral associate)
Specialty: Plant physiology, genetics, nutrition
Tropical REC
18905 SW 280th St.
Homestead, FL 33031
305-246-7000, ext. 355
gliu@ifas.ufl.edu
Min Liu
(doctoral student)
Specialty: Turfgrass, fertilization
106 Newell Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1803, ext. 221
layman@ufl.edu
Hui Yi (Heidi) Wang
(post-doctoral associate)
Specialty: Horticulture
2308 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1928, ext. 270
heidiwang@ufl.edu
Xuguo "Joe" Zhou
Specialty: Termites, insecticides
Bldg. 970, Natural Area Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
352-392-1901, ext. 206
joezhou@ufl.edu
http://insecttoxicology.ifas.ufl.edu/joezhou.htm
Dutch
Asja Brunings
(graduate assistant)
Specialty: Fungal plant pathogens, citrus canker
2515 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0680
352-392-7877
brunings@ufl.edu
Albert De Vries
Specialty: Dairy farm management, reproduction economics
Bldg. 499, Room 104F
1812 Shealy Drive
Gainesville, FL 32608
352-392-5594
devries@ufl.edu
http://www.animal.ufl.edu/devries
Annemarie Post
Specialty: Environmental horticulture
Sarasota County Extension
6700 Clark Road
Sarasota, FL 34241
941-861-9815
apost@scgov.net
http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu
Farsi
Reza Ehsani
Specialty: Mechanical harvesting, citrus production technology
Citrus REC
700 Experiment Station Road
Lake Alfred, FL 33850-2299
863-956-1151, ext.1228
ehsani@ufl.edu
http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/academics/faculty/ehsani/ehsani_reza.htm
http://www.abe.ufl.edu/people/faculty/Ehsani_Reza.pdf
French
Seth Bybee
(graduate teaching assistant)
Specialty: Entomology
Bldg. 970, Natural Area Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
352-392-1901, ext. 183
sbybee@ufl.edu
Valérie de Crécy-Lagard
Specialty: Microbial genetics, comparative genomics
Bldg. 981, Museum Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-0700
352-392-9416
vcrecy@ufl.edu
Jean-Gael "JG" Emptaz-Collomb
(doctoral student)
Specialty: Nature-based tourism, resource conservation
4057 NW 13th Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32605-4610
352-377-1914
jg@ufl.edu
Andrew Hanson
Specialty: Plant metabolic engineering, plant biochemistry, drought/salt stress in crops
2143 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0690
352-392-1928, ext. 334
adha@ufl.edu
Marta Hartmann
Specialty: Gender, agriculture and the environment
305 Rolfs Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0540
352-392-0502, ext. 222
mmh@ifas.ufl.edu
Keith T. Ingram
Specialty: Climate forecasting, water management
281 Frazier Rogers Hall
352-392-1864, ext. 283
352-284-4009 (cell)
ktingram@ifas.ufl.edu
Magalie Laniel
(doctoral student)
Specialty: RFID technology, food transport/distribution
222 Frazier Rogers Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1864
maglan@ufl.edu
José I. Reyes De Corcuera
Specialty: Food process engineering
Citrus REC
700 Experiment Station Road
Lake Alfred, FL 33850
863-956-1151, ext. 1344
jireyes@ufl.edu
Florence Sergile
Specialty: International conservation, biodiversity management
307 Newins-Ziegler Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-226-1251
fsergile@ufl.edu
http://wild.ifas.ufl.edu/
Eric Simonne
Specialty: Vegetable production, water/nutrient management
1241 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0690
352-392-1928, ext. 208
esimonne@ufl.edu
Mickie Swisher
Specialty: Organic agriculture, sustainable agriculture
3031 McCarty Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0310
352-392-2201, ext. 256
mesw@ufl.edu
German
Rudolf (Rudi) Scheffrahn
Specialty: Pest control trends
Fort Lauderdale REC
3205 College Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
954-577-6312
rhsc@ufl.edu
Gujarati
Bhuvan Pathak
(graduate assistant)
Specialty: Agronomy, peanuts
330-G Cancer & Genetics Research Center
1376 Mowry Road
Gainesville, FL 32610-6310
352-273-8197
bhuvan81@ufl.edu
Haitian Creole
Michael E. Bannister
Specialty: Tree planting, agroforestry
Bldg. 191, Room 3, Mowry Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-0831
352-846-0146
mikebann@ufl.edu
Florence Sergile
Specialty: International conservation, biodiversity management
307 Newins-Ziegler Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-226-1251
fsergile@ufl.edu
http://wild.ifas.ufl.edu/
Hindi
Megh Singh
Specialty: Weed science
Citrus REC
700 Experiment Station Road
Lake Alfred, FL 33850-2299
863-956-1151, ext. 1265
msingh@ufl.edu
http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/singh
Bhuvan Pathak
(graduate researcher)
Specialty: agronomy, peanuts
330-G Cancer & Genetics Research Center
1376 Mowry Road
Gainesville, FL 32610-6310
352-273-8197
bhuvan81@ufl.edu
Hungarian
Sylvia Lang
(pre-doctoral fellow)
Specialty: Green roofs, ecoroofs
106 Newell Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1803, ext. 351
slang@ufl.edu
Japanese
Aliya Momotaz
Specialty: Plant molecular breeding
Gulf Coast REC
14625 CR 672
Wimauma, FL 33598
813-633-4139
amomotaz@ufl.edu
Nan-Yao Su
Specialty: Termite biology, control
Fort Lauderdale REC
3205 College Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
954-577-6339
nysu@ufl.edu
Nepali
Ananta Acharya
(graduate researcher)
Specialty: Agronomy
2197 McCarty Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0500
352-392-1823, ext. 202
aacharya@ufl.edu
Polish
Georgene Bender
Specialty: General agriculture
5339 South County Road 579
Seffner, FL 33584
813-744-5519, ext. 119
gmbender@ifas.ufl.edu
http://hillsborough4h.ifas.ufl.edu
Eva Czarnecka-Verner
Specialty: Plant molecular biology
Bldg. 981
Gainesville, FL 32611-0700
352-392-2400
evaczar@ufl.edu
Teresa Olczyk
Specialty: Vegetable evaluation, cover crops, nutrition, irrigation
Miami-Dade County Extension
18710 SW 288th St.
Homestead, FL 33030-2309
305-248-3311, ext. 232
twol@ufl.edu
Portuguese
Emilio M. Bruna
Specialty: Latin American wildlife ecology
316 Newins-Ziegler Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0430
352-846-0634
embruna@ufl.edu
www.wec.ufl.edu/faculty/BrunaE
Nicholas Comerford
Specialty: Tree nutrition, tropical soils
2169 McCarty Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0290
352-392-1951, ext. 248
nbc@ufl.edu
Jonathan Dain
Specialty: Tropical conservation, conflict and collaboration management
Natural Resources Leadership Institute
304 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5531
352-392-6548
jdain@latam.ufl.edu
Lawrence Datnoff
Specialty: Plant pathology
1453 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0680
352-392-3631, ext. 383
leda1234@ufl.edu
Clyde W. Fraisse
Specialty: Agriculture climate forecasts
239 Frazier Rogers Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0570
352-392-1864, ext. 239
cfraisse@ufl.edu
http://www.agclimate.org
Rosa Muchovej
Specialty: Soil microbiology, plant nutrition, pathology
Southwest Florida REC
2686 SR 29N
Immokalee, FL 34142
239-658-3400
rmm1@ufl.edu
Natalia Peres
Specialty: Plant pathology
Gulf Coast REC
14625 CR 672
Wimauma, FL 33598
813-633-4133
nperes@ufl.edu
Geovanne (Gio) Stinghen
Specialty: Soils, citrus
2150 NE Roan St.
Arcadia, FL 34266
863-993-4846
863-634-7830
stinghen@ufl.edu
http://citrusbmp.ifas.ufl.edu/
Art Teixeira
Specialty: Sustainable energy, biomass feedstock-to-energy, food process engineering
207 Frazier Rogers Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0570
352-392-1864, ext. 207
atex@ufl.edu
Romanian
Angelica Cretu
(graduate student)
Specialty: Environmental horticulture
1549 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0670
352-392-1831
acretu@ufl.edu
Marian Marinescu
Specialty: Forestry, energy from biomass
5988 Hwy. 90, Bldg. 4900
Milton, FL 32583
850-983-5216, ext. 114
marinescu@ufl.edu
Gabriela Phillips
(graduate student)
Specialty: Bacteria microbiology and genetics
Microbiology & Cell Science Building, Room 1280
Museum Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-0700
352-846-0959
afn18721@ufl.edu
Russian
Igor Kostenyuk
(scientific research manager)
Specialty: Citrus, harvesting
Citrus REC
700 Experiment Station Road
Lake Alfred, FL 33850
863-956-4311, ext. 1387
igorkos@ufl.edu
Mike Ryabin
Specialty: Information technology
Fort Lauderdale REC
3205 College Ave.
Davie, FL 33314-7719
954-577-6365
mryabin@ufl.edu
Serbian
Vladimir Orbovic
(senior scientist)
Specialty: Plant biotechnology, genetically modified plants
Citrus REC
700 Experiment Station Road
Lake Alfred, FL 33850
863-956-1151, ext.1373
orbovic@ufl.edu
Spanish
Cesar Asuaje
Specialty: General agriculture
559 N Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33415
561-233-1727
crasuaje@ifas.ufl.edu
Guillermo Baigorria
(post-doctoral associate)
Specialty: Crop yield forecasting
256 Frazier Rogers Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0570
352-392-1864
gbaigorr@ifas.ufl.edu
http://plaza.ufl.edu/gbaigorr/GB/index.htm
Christian Barrientos
(OPS worker)
Specialty: Fisheries
7922 NW 71st St.
Gainesville, FL 32653
352-392-9617, ext. 285
cabc@ufl.edu
Norman Breuer
Specialty: Climate variability, natural resource management
Southeast Climate Consortium
256 Frazier Rogers Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0570
352-392-1864, ext. 180
nbreuer@ifas.ufl.edu
http://plaza.ufl.edu/nebreuer
Emilio M. Bruna
Specialty: Latin American wildlife ecology
316 Newins-Ziegler Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0430
352-846-0634
embruna@ufl.edu
www.wec.ufl.edu/faculty/BrunaE
Jonathan Dain
Specialty: Tropical conservation, conflict and collaboration management
Natural Resources Leadership Institute
304 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5531
352-392-6548
jdain@latam.ufl.edu
Francisco Escobedo
Specialty: Hurricane effects, urban forests
Bldg. 164, Mowry Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-0806
352-378-2169
fescobed@ufl.edu
http://sfrc.ufl.edu/urbanforestry
www.interfacesouth.org
Paul Fisher
Specialty: Greenhouse, nursery production
2549 Fifield Hall
Gainesville FL 32611-0670
352-392-1831, ext. 375
pfisher@ufl.edu
Marta Hartmann
Specialty: Gender, agriculture and the environment
305 Rolfs Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0540
352-392-0502, ext. 222
mmh@ifas.ufl.edu
F. W. “Bill” Howard
Specialty: Tropical tree/palm insects
Fort Lauderdale REC
3205 College Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
954-577-6332
fwhoward@ufl.edu
Mary Agnes Keith
Specialty: Food safety, nutrition
5339 S County Road 579
Seffner, FL 33584-3334
813-744-5519, ext. 136
mkeith@ufl.edu
Robert Knight
Specialty: Tropical fruit crops
18905 SW 280th St.
Homestead, FL 33031-3314
305-246-7001, ext. 265
rjknight@ufl.edu
Sylvia Lang
(pre-doctoral fellow)
Specialty: Green roofs, ecoroofs
106 Newell Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1803, ext. 351
slang@ufl.edu
Jon Lizaso
(post-doctoral associate)
Specialty: Crop physiology/crop modeling in field corn, sweet corn, potatoes
288 Frazier Rogers Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0500
352-392-1864, ext. 298
jlizaso@ufl.edu
Elena Lon Kan
(OPS professional)
Specialty: Post-harvest quality, vegetables
1223 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0690
352-392-1928, ext. 264
elonkan@ufl.edu
Mirian Medina Hay-Roe
(post-doctoral associate)
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Specialty: Butterflies, neotropics
SW 34th Street and Hull Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-2710
(352) 846-2000, ext. 478
mmhr@ufl.edu
Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
Specialty: Hydrology, water quality
101 Frazier Rogers Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0570
352-392-1864, ext. 101
carpena@ufl.edu
http://carpena.ifas.ufl.edu/
Yoana Newman
Specialty: Livestock feed grasses
305 Newell Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1811, ext. 212
ycnew@ufl.edu
Monica Ozores-Hampton
(post-doctoral associate)
Specialty: Vegetable cultivation
Southwest Florida REC
2686 State Road 29 N
Immokalee, FL 34142-9515
239-658-3400
305-318-9949
ozores@ifas.ufl.edu
www.Imok.ufl.edu/Compost
Maria del Pilar Paz
(graduate research assistant)
Specialty: Trees, shrubs, floriculture
100A Mehrhof
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1831, ext. 366
352-281-6700
mpaz@ifas.ufl.edu
Jorge Peña
Specialty: Tropical fruit pest control
Tropical REC
18905 SW 280th St.
Homestead, FL 33031-3314
305-246-7001, ext. 223
jepena@ufl.edu
Jorge Rey
Specialty: Wetlands and estuarine ecology, mosquito control
Florida Medical Entomology Lab
200 9th St SE
Vero Beach, FL 32962-4657
772-778-7200, ext. 136
jrey@ufl.edu
José I. Reyes De Corcuera
Specialty: Food process engineering
Citrus REC
700 Experiment Station Road
Lake Alfred, FL 33850-2299
863-956-1151
jireyes@ufl.edu
Christian Salcedo
(graduate assistant)
Specialty: Tropical butterflies
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Florida Museum of Natural History
SW 34th Street and Hull Road
Gainesville, Fl 32611-8525
352-846-2000, ext. 244
salcedo@ufl.edu
http://plaza.ufl.edu/salcedo/index.htm
Eric Simonne
Specialty: Vegetable production, water/nutrient management
1241 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0690
352-392-1928, ext. 208
esimonne@ufl.edu
Geovanne (Gio) Stinghen
Specialty: Soils, citrus
2150 NE Roan St.
Arcadia, FL 34266
863-993-4846
863-634-7830
stinghen@ufl.edu
http://citrusbmp.ifas.ufl.edu/
Mickie Swisher
Specialty: Organic agriculture, sustainable agriculture
3031 McCarty Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0310
352-392-2201, ext. 256
mesw@ufl.edu
Art Teixeira
Specialty: Sustainable energy, biomass feedstock-to- energy, food process engineering
207 Frazier Rogers Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0570
352-392-1864, ext. 207
atex@ufl.edu
Elena Toro
Specialty: Livestock
Columbia County Extension Service
164 SW Mary Ethel Lane
Lake City, FL 32025
386-752-5384
Fedro Zazueta
Specialty: Applying information technology to agriculture
1012 Turlington Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0345
352-392-0365
fsz@ufl.edu
Taiwanese
Hui Yi (Heidi) Wang
(post-doctoral associate)
Specialty: Horticulture
2308 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL
392-1928, ext. 270
heidiwang@ufl.edu
Tamil (southern India)
Bala Rathinasabapathi
Specialty: Plant physiology
2231 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0690
352-392-1928, ext. 323
352-392-1928, ext. 266
brath@ufl.edu
http://www.hos.ufl.edu/sabaweb
Ukrainian
Igor Kostenyuk
(scientific research manager)
Specialty: Citrus, harvesting
Citrus REC
700 Experiment Station Road
Lake Alfred, FL 33850
863-956-4311, ext. 1387
igorkos@ufl.edu
Mike Ryabin
Specialty: information technology
Fort Lauderdale REC
3205 College Ave.
Davie, FL 33314-7719
954-577-6365
mryabin@ufl.edu