People: Faculty & Staff
Staff & Administration
Whom to Contact
Dr. Matias Kirst
Director
Research interests include Genomics, Bioenergy, Quantitative Genetics, Technology and Genomic Tool Development, and Forestry.
Dr. Svetlana Folimonova
Graduate Coordinator
Research interests are Plant Pathogens-Host Interactions, Disease Management, and Citrus Greening.
Eliana Kampf
Program Coordinator
Responsible for overall program coordination, including recruitment, admissions, student services and administration.
PMCB Faculty
Affiliated UF Faculty
Gul Shad Ali
Mid-FL Res. & Educ. Center
Plant-Microbe Interaction, Effectors, Pathology, Nanobiotechnology.
Fredy Altpeter
Agronomy
Genome Editing, Homologous Recombination, Crop Biotechnology and Breeding.
W. Brad Barbazuk
Biology
Bioinformatics, Comparative and Functional Genomics, RNA Splicing.
Gilles Basset
Horticultural Sciences
Systems Biology, Metabolic Biochemistry, Biological Networks.
Elias Bassil
Tropical Res. & Educ. Center
Stress Physiology, Ion Homeostasis, Endomembrane Trafficking.
Christine D. Chase
Horticultural Sciences
Organelle Genetics, Pollen Development, Programmed Cell Death.
Alan Chambers
Horticultural Sciences
Tropical Fruit, Genetics, Breeding.
David Clark
Environmental Horticulture
Floriculture, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding.
Thomas Colquhoun
Environmental Horticulture
Biotechnology, Floriculture, Biochemistry
John Davis
SFRC-Forestry
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Functional Genomics, Disease Resistance, Tree Species
Robert J. Ferl
Horticultural Sciences
14-3-3's, Space Biology, Chromatin Structure.
Kevin Folta
Horticultural Sciences
Biotechnology, Photoperiod, Strawberry.
Dean W. Gabriel
Plant Pathology
Citrus Greening and Canker, Disease Resistance, Microbial Genetics
Fred Gmitter, Jr.
Hort. Sciences-Citrus Res. Ctr.
Breeding and Genetics, Citrus, Genomics
William Gurley
Microbiology & Cell Sciences
Transcriptional Regulation, Heat Shock Response,
Charles Guy
Environmental Horticulture
Temperature Stress, Cold Acclimation, Heat Shock, Metabolomics and Physiology
L. Curt Hannah
Horticultural Sciences
Temperature Stress, Cold Acclimation, Heat Shock, Metabolomics and Physiology
Andrew Hanson
Horticultural Sciences
Metabolic Biochemistry, Metabolic Engineering, Plant-Prokaryote Phylogenomics.
Alice Harmon
Biology
Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases, Cysteine Synthesis Pathway, Arabidopsis and Soybean
Bernard Hauser
Biology
Seed Development, Stress Physiology, Arabidopsis, Soybean.
Jeffrey B. Jones
Plant Pathology
Microbial Pathogenesis, Virulence, Disease Management.
Harry Klee
Horticultural Sciences
Flavor, Fruit Ripening, Genomics, Tomato
Karen Koch
Horticultural Sciences
Sugar Metabolism, Kernel Development, Functional Genomics
Seonghee Lee
Gulf Coast Res. & Educ. Center
Strawberry Genetics, Disease Resistance, Functional Genomics
Donald R. McCarty
Horticultural Sciences
Functional Genomics, Seed Development, Transposon Mutagenesis
Stuart McDaniel
Biology
Genetic Basis of Adaptation and Reproductive Isolation
Lauren McIntyre
Molec. Genetics & Microbiology
Genetic Genomics, Complex Phenotypes
Zhonglin Mou
Microbiology & Cell Science
Plant Defense, Salicylic Acid, Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR)
Patricio Munoz
Horticultural Sciences
Blueberry, Breeding and Genomics, and Quantitative Genetics.
David G. Oppenheimer
Biology
Plant Cell Shape, Cytoskeleton, Membrane Trafficking
Anna-Lisa Paul
Horticultural Sciences
Space Biology, Transcriptomics, Chromatin Structure
Bala Rathinasabapathi
Horticultural Sciences
Metabolic Adaptations to Stress, Functional Genomics of Stress Adaptations
Jeffrey Rollins
Plant Pathology
Host-Pathogen Interactions, Developmental Biology, Signal Transduction
A. Mark Settles
Horticultural Sciences
Seed Development, Maize Genetics, Functional Genomics
Doug Soltis
Biology-FL Museum
Angiosperm Phylogeny, Genome Doubling, Phylogeography
Pam Soltis
Biology-FL Museum
Plant Phylogenetics, Polyploidy, Gene Family Evolution
Wen-Yuan Song
Plant Pathology
Kinase, Ubiquitin, Protein-Protein Interaction,
C. Eduardo Vallejos
Horticultural Sciences
Genetics and Genomics, Genetics of Disease Resistance
Wilfred Vermerris
Microbiology & Cell Science
Cell Wall Development, Bioenergy, Genomics
Retired Faculty
Kenneth Cline
Horticultural Sciences
Chloroplast Biology, Protein Trafficking, Membrane Biogenesis.
Gloria A. Moore
Horticultural Sciences
Genetic Improvement, Genetic Transformation, Citrus
