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Departmental orientation and meeting Gainesville academic staff:

  • You should email/call your departmental Graduate Coordinator and graduate program advisor in Gainesville as soon as you arrive at your REC (see table below).  
  • Attend the Gainesville department’s orientation by Zoom or in person, as required for your department.  
  • Download or bookmark the link to your departmental graduate student handbook.
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Research and Education Center Staff/Graduate Coordinator Contacts 

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Location 

Faculty/Staff 

E-mail 

Natural Coast Biological Center 

Cedar Key 

Cassandra Key 

c.key@ufl.edu 

West Florida REC 

Jay 

 

woodwes@ufl.edu 

Range Cattle REC 

Ona 

Andrea Dunlap 

dunlap73@ufl.edu 

Tropical REC 

Homestead 

Maria Bernal   

mariaebernal@ufl.edu 

Indian River REC 

Ft. Pierce 

 

rdcave@ufl.edu 

Everglades REC 

Belle Glade 

Maria Lara Zavala  

mlarazavala@ufl.edu 

 

 

Brandi Schoenfeld  

brandis@ufl.edu  

Southwest Florida REC 

Immokalee 

Rebecca Decker 

rdecker54@ufl.edu  

 

 

Dr. Sanjay Shukla 

sshukla@ufl.edu 

Citrus REC 

Lake Alfred 

Dr. Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski  

pelzstelinski@ufl.edu 

Florida Medical Entomology Lab 

 Vero Beach 

Dr. Lindsay Campbell 

lcampbell2@ufl.edu 

North Florida REC 

Quincy 

Dr. Barry Tillman 

tpgwin@ufl.edu 

 

Marianna 

Tina Gwin 

btillman@ufl.edu 

Fort Lauderdale REC 

Davie 

Dr. Thoumas Chouvenc 

tomchouv@ufl.edu 

Gulf Coast REC 

Wimauma 

Dr. Sriyana Lahiri 

lahiris@ufl.edu 

Mid-Florida REC 

Apopka 

Dr. Brian Pearson 

bpearson@ufl.edu 

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