Life Experts

Wendy Dahl

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Wendy Dahl's current research interests focus on the relationships between fiber, diet quality, probiotics and the gut microbiome.

Dietary FiberNutrition and Disease TreatmentNutrition and Older AdultsProbiotics

Lisa Taylor

Assistant Research ScientistUniversity of Florida

Lisa Taylor researches biodiversity and the extravagant and brilliantly colored displays that arthropods use to communicate.

Animal BehaviorAnimal CognitionAnimal ColorationAnimal CommunicationSpider Biology

Charlie Messina

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Charlie Messina has expertise about crop modeling and plant breeding.

Climate ChangeArtificial IntelligenceSymbolic Artificial IntelligencePlant BreedingMaize

Mary Lusk

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Mary Lusk focuses her research on well water and septic system.

Urban Water Quality, Stormwater, and Low Impact Development for Urban AreasOnsite Wastewater Treatment (Septic Systems)Urban Fertilizer OrdinancesPathogens in Water BodiesUrban Agriculture

Kimberly Wiley

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Kimberly Wiley's work strengthens the nonprofit sector’s role in society through public management and public policy solutions.

Public PolicyVolunteerQualitative MethodologyNonprofit ManagementPublic Administration

Marc Hensel

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Marc Hensel's research focuses on how species interactions and human impacts interact to affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

SeagrassOyster reefMangroveMarshClimate Change

Shirley Baker

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Shirley Baker has expertise in molluscan biology and aquaculture.

Shellfish ProductivityProvision of Ecosystem ServicesProvision of Ecosystem Services by ShellfishEffects of Water Quality on Shellfish ProductivityPhysiological Mechanisms That Underlie the Effects of Water Quality on Shellfish Productivity