An academic research lab is not a facility or a collection of equipment, it is a group of smart and dedicated people joining forces to tackle challenging and ambitious projects. The only reason our lab is able to tackle fundamental and deeply interesting ecological and evolutionary questions is because of the passion, dedication, and commitment of our research team. They are the chemical ecology lab…
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Chris is interested to understand the relationship between plant chemistry and species diversification in oceanic island systems.

Mayra’s project investigates the links between plant defense investment and plant reproduction.
Jordan is an M.S. student from the Agroecology program under Dr. Jay Krishnaswamy. She works with us as part of the FIUs Industrial Hemp Pilot Program.
Ana is studying the links between climate change and plant chemical defenses in endemic and endangered species from the Florida Keys.
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Tamieka’s project studies the diversity of defense metabolites across the order Cycadales.
