Current Projects:

Courses taught:

Undergraduate :

Integrated Principles of Biology (ecology and evolution sections)

Graduate :

Macroecology

Physiological Ecology

CV

e-mail: gillooly"at"ufl"dot"edu

Post Doctoral Associates

April Hayward

e-mail: april.hayward"at"ufl"dot"edu

Graduate Students

Andrew Hein

I am interested in how spatial and temporal processes interact to drive patterns in biological networks. Among other things, I study spatial and temporal dynamics of ephemeral pond metacommunities in Florida. I am interested in determining whether the spatial arrangement of ephemeral pools creates predictable patterns of local community structure across the landscape. Additionally, I study how immigration and in situ reproduction interact to determine the timing of changes in food web structure.

Andrew's Website

e-mail: amhein"at"ufl"dot"edu

Ariel Zimmerman

I am broadly interested in how resource distribution generates patterns in behavioral and reproductive ecology across species. In particular, I am interested in how organisms solve the problem of temporally or spatially clustered resources (i.e. food, mates, social groups). I use a combination of theoretical modeling and empirical research to address these questions in a variety of organisms, though my empirical research relies heavily on terrestrial invertebrates.

e-mail: ariel.zimmerman"at"ufl"dot"edu

Undergraduate Students

Steven Schrader

Stephen studies the relationship between calling rate and metabolic rate in birds, mammals, amphibians and insects.

Katrina Keirsted

Current Projects:

Katrina is interested in animal migration and foraging. She is currently working on a project that seeks to explore the energetic basis of animal movements.

Ashkaan Fahimipour

Ashkaan is interested in how local and regional processes affect food web structure. He is leading a research project to relate habitat age, isolation, and nutrient levels to food web structure in ephemeral ponds in north central Florida.

Chelsea Heatherington

Gillooly Lab Alumni:

Mike McCoy - postdoctoral associate

Alex Ophir - postdoctoral associate

Chen Hou - postdoctoral associate

Julia Greene - undergraduate researcher