We all love a fun night out – a nice restaurant, jamming with a favorite band, or dancing until our feet hurt. But during quarantine, opportunities for a traditional night out were limited. To remedy this, Florida Museum and University of Florida scientists joined forces to showcase some of The B
Andrea Lucky Assistant Professor University of Florida Entomology and Nematology
How do you become a scientist? What’s it like to be a scientist? What do scientists learn about? Can anyone be a scientist? As we kicked off the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read programming on Saturday, Sept. 19th, 2020 with a Lab Blitz, these are the questions we sought out answers to!
Speakers The Lab Blitz scientists included: Pam Soltis, Distinguished Professor
The following videos feature young scientists, their research and why they have decided to pursue a career in science. Fossil bird study describes ripple effect of extinction Meet Jessica Oswald, a Florida Museum NSF predoctoral fellow, as she shows some of the fossils analyzed in a recent study
Lepidopterology Explore Research at the University of Florida: Akito Kawahara, an assistant professor
Our fall 2021 Museum in the Parks explorations were some of our most exciting! We brought Museum specimens and live insects out to several local parks to talk about our natural world and how researchers used scientific collections as well as natural spaces to learn about the past and present, as wel
He studies mushrooms and he’s also a professor and curator.
Plants’ water-to-land leap marks one of the most important milestones in the evolution of life on Earth. But how plants managed this transition when faced with unfamiliar challenges such as drought and bright light has been unclear. Now, a new study shows that the built-in alert system that enabl
co-corresponding author, a Florida Museum of Natural History curator and distinguished professor
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merit award September 20, 2012 Walter Judd, University of Florida distinguished professor
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Resource Repository September 1, 2016 Pamela Soltis, a curator and distinguished professor
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Development Award… Read More Awards & Honors Museum scientist receives UF assistant professor
Evidence from a study led by the Florida Museum of Natural History confirms that the carnivorous, seven-foot-tall „terror bird“ likely arrived in North America from South America several million years before a land bridge connected the two continents. Previously, scientists assumed the 330-pound, fl
other researcher worldwide has applied this technique to date the age of fossils: professor
a 2021 recipient of the University of Florida’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
biodiversity competition Awards & Honors Charles Cobb named UF Research Foundation 2025 professor
