Dr. David Beilman
Professor
Focus Area
Research Statement
Dr. David W. Beilman is a Full Professor of Biogeography at the University of Florida Department of Geography. Dr. Beilman is an internationally recognized biogeographer and Earth system scientist whose research bridges biogeography, ecology, paleoecology, and global carbon cycling, with particular emphasis on terrestrial ecosystems and wetlands, and long term ecosystem–climate interactions. He earned his PhD Geography from UCLA and held a postdoctoral appointment at Queen's University Belfast as a Marie Curie Fellow before joining the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where he served as Professor and Chair. His work has been published in leading journals including Science, Nature Climate Change, Geophysical Research Letters, and Biogeosciences.
Recent Courses
- GEO4300: Environmental Biogeography
- GEO5305: Environmental Biogeography
- GEO6119: Proposal Writing in Geography (upcoming)
Recent Funded Projects
NSF-DEB-2434962 Long-term causes and consequences of changing fire regimes in the Hawaiian Islands (9/1/2026-)
Recent Publications
Handley, J., Fewster, R.E., Sim, T.G., Hodson, S., Parker, B., Crichton, K., Charman, D., Anderson, K., Garneau, M., Väliranta, M. and Beilman, D.W. (2026). Pan‐Arctic Peatlands Have Expanded During Recent Warming. Global Change Biology, 32(2), e70684.
Groff, D. V., & Beilman, D. W. (2026). Antarctic Peninsula moss and water isotopes influenced by high evaporative conditions and topography. Antarctic Science, 38(2), 139-145.
Educational Background
Ph.D. in Geography, University of California Los Angeles, 2006
M.Sc. in Environmental Biology & Ecology, University of Alberta, 2001
B.Sc. in Environmental Biology, University of Alberta, 1996
Current Graduate Students
- Jacqueline Hernandez
- Alexa Buskirk
Recent Graduate Students
- Dr. Yuko Stender
- Taylor Warner