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Geography Colloquium: Spatial patterns in mosquito characteristics that mediate vector control effectiveness and disease risk in Florida

Speaker: Stephanie Mundis PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 22, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. In recent years, deaths and illnesses from mosquito-borne and other vector-borne diseases have been on the rise in areas around the world. In my […]

Meet the Geographer: Mike Waylen

Mike Waylen Pronouns: he/him University of Florida Adviser: Dr. Cynthia Simmons Focus Area: Global Environmental and Social Change Research Statement: My research interests broadly encompass human-environment interaction with a focus on quantitative and qualitative approaches to political ecology research. I incorporate mixed methodological approaches including spatial econometric techniques, geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing […]

Latest SEER Lab and QDEC Lab publication defines sex-specific anthrax risk for elk

SEER Lab and QDEC Lab‘s latest publication in the Journal of Wildlife Management examines resource selection and anthrax risk in female elk in southwestern Montana. This paper, led by SEER Lab and Geography #MedGeo alum Dr. Anni Yang, builds on previous work defining male elk resource selection in the same study area and compares females […]

Alumni Adventures: Dr. Keith Yearwood

Dr. Keith Yearwood, Lecturer, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland Who are you? Keith Yearwood. I am a lecturer at the University of Maryland in College Park in the Department of Geographical Sciences. I am also employed on a seasonal basis by the National Geographic Association to do two things. I am a Steward for National […]

Geography Colloquium: LAGOS-US – Leveraging open science, ecoinformatics, and geography to build research capacity for national-scale environmental research

Speaker: Dr. Patricia A. Soranno Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University Thursday, October 15, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Ecosystems across the globe are being subject to unprecedented rates of change in climate, fire, and land use; and, there […]

Hispanic Heritage Highlight: Dr. Andrea Birgit Chavez

In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth at #UF, we’re highlighting Latina #GeoGators. Next up is Dr. Andrea Birgit Chavez, a UF Geography alum (PhD ’09) from Peru. Andrea is the Co-Coordinator Pan-Amazon Infrastructure Governance Community of Practice and Assistant Scientist at the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies and the University of Florida’s Tropical Conservation […]