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    • Why Manage Plants?
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          • Florida’s Most Invasive Plants
          • Why Manage Plants? It’s the Law
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    Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants

    Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants

    Who We Are

    Dr. Jason Ferrell

    Dr. Jason Ferrell

    Center Director and
    Agronomy Department Chair

    jferrell@ufl.edu
    (352) 273-3408

     
     
     
     
     
    Dr. Stephen Enloe

    Dr. Stephen Enloe

    Professor
    sfenloe@ufl.edu
    (352) 392-6841

     
     
     
     
     
    Dr. Eli Russell

    Dr. Eli Russell

    Assistant Professor
    elirussell@ufl.edu
    (352) 392-9614

     
     
     
     
     
    Dr. Benjamin Sperry

    Dr. Benjamin Sperry

    Courtesy Faculty
    Benjamin.P.Sperry@usace.army.mil
    (352) 392-0335

     
     
     
     
     
    Michael Durham

    Michael Durham

    Biological Scientist
    Michael.W.Durham@usace.army.mil
    (352) 359-3415

     
     
     
     
     
    Jonathan Glueckert

    Jonathan Glueckert

    Biological Scientist
    jglueckert@ufl.edu
    (352) 392-6807

     
     
     
     
     
    Cayla Romano-Freeman

    Cayla Romano-Freeman

    Communications Manager
    caylaromano@ufl.edu
    (352) 273-3667

     
     
     
     
     
    Kim Lottinville

    Kim Lottinville

    Administrative Specialist
    agrap@ufl.edu
    (352) 392-6807

     
     
     
     
     

    Affiliate Faculty

    Affiliate faculty are UF/IFAS experts that serve as collaborators in research,
    teaching, and Extension with the Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.

    Carrie Adams, Ph.D.
    Environmental Horticulture

    rein0050@ufl.edu

    Joseph Bisesi, Ph.D.
    Environmental and Global Health

    jbisesi@phhp.ufl.edu

    Luke Flory, Ph.D.
    Agronomy
    Invasive Plant Ecology

    flory@ufl.edu

    Lyn Gettys, Ph.D.
    Fort Lauderdale Research
    and Education Center
    Invasive Plant Ecology

    lgettys@ufl.edu

    William T. Haller, Ph.D.
    Professor Emeritus

    whaller@ufl.edu

    Dail Laughinghouse, Ph.D.
    Fort Lauderdale Research
    and Education Center
    Phycology

    hlaughinghouse@ufl.edu

    Gretchen Lescord, Ph.D.
    Florida LAKEWATCH

    lescord.g@ufl.edu 

    Jamie Loizzo, Ph.D.
    Agricultural Education
    and Communication

    jloizzo@ufl.edu

    Gregory MacDonald, Ph.D.
    Agronomy

    pineacre@ufl.edu

    Carey Minteer, Ph.D.
    Indian River Research
    and Education Center
    Biological Control

    c.minteerkillian@ufl.edu

    Olesya M. Savchenko, Ph.D.
    Food and Resource Economics

    Olesya.Savchenko@ufl.edu

    Brent Sellers, Ph.D.
    Agronomy
    Pastures and Rangeland

    sellersb@ufl.edu

    Sandra B. Wilson, Ph.D.
    Environmental Horticulture

    sbwilson@ufl.edu

     

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