Juan Pablo Gomez PhD, Graduated Spring 2016, now postdoc fellow in Gainesville, FL. Species interact with the environment and with other species through their functional traits. However, species and, ultimately, functional traits are the result of an evolutionary history that can also be responsib
Gustavo Londoño PhD, Graduated Spring 2013, postdoc at UC Riverside, now professor
Move over, Linnaeus: There’s a new way of naming organisms. Scientists have formalized an alternative set of rules 285 years after the publication of the first edition of “Systema Naturae,” the landmark volume marking the beginning of the rank-based system for categorizing and naming life. Known
zoologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and Philip Cantino, professor
A new paper published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life. Using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code from over 9,500 species covering almost 8,00
insight into plant evolutionary history,” said co-author Pam Soltis, a distinguished professor
Move over, Linnaeus: There’s a new way of naming organisms. Scientists have formalized an alternative set of rules 285 years after the publication of the first edition of “Systema Naturae,” the landmark volume marking the beginning of the rank-based system for categorizing and naming life. Known
zoologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and Philip Cantino, professor
It’s in your heart and liver, in the vegetables you eat, in the rogue cells that cause cancer. Those who live in temperate regions are surrounded by more of it than people who live in the tropics, and without it, humans wouldn’t exist. It’s called polyploidy, and only within the last few years ha
biological processes that hardly anybody knows about,” said Doug Soltis, a distinguished professor
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
For… Read More News in Brief Tree of Life August 25, 2016 Distinguished professor
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
April 25, 2025 Awards & Honors Charles Cobb named UF Research Foundation 2025 professor
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
merit award September 20, 2012 Walter Judd, University of Florida distinguished professor
The University of Florida and the Florida Museum invite you to honor the 2017 recipients of the Archie F. Carr Medal. We will be presenting to two esteemed scientists: Dr. Karen Anne Bjorndal, University of Florida Dr. Peter C. H. Pritchard, Chelonian Research Institute Invitation-Only Receptio
Medal The Carr Medal honors the late Archie Carr, University of Florida zoology professor
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
Archaeology Awards & Honors Charles Cobb named UF Research Foundation 2025 professor
