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    Seed Funded Projects

    Our seed funding scheme aims to support innovative research and build new cross-disciplinary teams amongst our affiliates. Here we highlight the newly awarded projects from our 2023 funding call.

    Title: Invasive lizard-mediated risk of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission

    Principal investigator: Nathan Burkett-Cadena, PhD

    Entomology and Nematology Department

    Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL)

    College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

    Co-Principal Investigators:

    Melissa Miller, PhD; Lawrence Reeves, PhD

     

    Title: IPM Working Group: International BEACONS (Biodiversity Enhancement and Control of Non-native Species)

    Principal investigator: Yoosook Lee, PhD

    Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL)

    Co-Principal Investigators:

    Lindsay Campbell, PhD; Carey Minteer, PhD; Nicole, PhD

     

    Title: Testing the theory of parasite accumulation as a modulator of long-term invasion impact on the Atlantic blue crab invasion of the Mediterranean Sea

    Principal investigator: Donald C. Behringer, PhD

    Behringer Lab: Marine and Disease Ecology

    Co-Principal Investigators:

    Lindsey Reisinger, PhD; Sadie Ryan, PhD

     

    Title: A novel harmonic radar system for tracking invasive insect species 

    Principal investigator: Norman C. Leppla, PhD

    Integrated Pest Management (UF)

    Co-Principal investigator: 

    Tan Wong (Electrical and Computer Engineering) 

    Jasmeet Judge (Agricultural and Biological Engineering) 

    Isaac Esquivel (Entomology and Nematology) 

    Marcelo Wallau (Agronomy) 

    Graduate students: 

    David Greene (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. student) 

    William Piwowarek (Entomology and Nematology) 

     

    Title: Utilizing novel molecular technology for eDNA analysis to improve surveillance and monitoring of invasive reptiles 

    Principal investigator: Brian W. Bahder, PhD

    Vector Entomology Lab

    Co-Principal investigator:

    Frank Mazzotti, PhD; Melissa Miller, PhD; Sergio Balaguera Reina, PhD

     

    Title: Developing artificial intelligence tools for monitoring vertebrate invasions in Florida

    Principal Investigator: Marcus Lashley, PhD

    Co-Principal Investigator:

    Hance Ellington, PhD 

    Key Collaborators: 

    David Mason, WEC UF; Raoul Boughton, The Mosaic Company

     

    Title: When biotas collide: How do interactions between native biotas and exotic/invasive species alter coexistence patterns in regional biotas?

    PI: Mathew Leibold, PhD

    Key Collaborators:

    Benjamin Baiser, Robert Holt, Zachary Siders, BingKan Xue,

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