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Meet the Geographer: Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck

Dr. Gaby Hamerlinck Pronouns: she/her Lecturer University of Florida Focus Areas: GeoSpatial Analysis & Techniques Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Research Statement: Dr. Hamerlinck is a quantitative ecologist broadly interested in ecological modeling of host-parasite interactions. She has additional research interests and postdoc experience in quantitative biology education. At UF, Dr. Hamerlinck teaches many […]

Geography Colloquium: Spatial and temporal evolution of political violence and pastoralists in North and West Africa

Speaker: Matthew Pflaum PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. This presentation is based on a forthcoming OECD report about pastoralist violence in 21 North and West African nations from 1997-2020 using ACLED data. […]

Hispanic Heritage Highlight: Dr. Hannah Herrero

In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth at #UF, we’re highlighting Latina #GeoGators. Next up is Dr. Hannah Herrero, a UF Geography alum (B.A. ’13, M.S. ’15, PhD ’19) of Dominican descent. Hannah is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Tennessee. Find out more about the Hispanic Student Association at https://hispaniclatinoaffairs.multicultural.ufl.edu/connect/hispanic-student-association/

Geography Colloquium: ForestGEO – A Bottom-up Global Forest Research Network

Speaker: Dr. Daniel J. Johnson Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservations, University of Florida Thursday, October 1, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. I will explore the origins, outcomes, and future for the ForestGEO plot network. If ForestGEO was a researcher then […]

Postdoc Appreciation Week

For Postdoc Appreciation Week, the department would like to thank Dr. Chen, Dr. Khatami, Dr. Sippy, and Dr. White for all of their hard work and scholarship! Find out more about how UF is celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week here!        

Geography Colloquium: Working at The National Science Foundation, Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science, and Modeling the Effects of Forest Management at the Continental Scale

Speaker: Dr. Mike Binford Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, September 24, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. This three-part colloquium will describe what it is like to work at the U.S. National Science Foundation as a Program Director, the program that […]