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People

Faculty


Administration


Lisa House
Lisa House
Department Chair
1171 MCCA
352-294-7653
lahouse@ufl.edu

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Charles Moss

Associate Department Chair & Professor
1175 MCCA
352-294-7630
cbmoss@ufl.edu

 


Faculty


Damian Adams
Damian Adams

Professor and Associate Dean for Research
G040 MCCD
352-392-1784
dcadams@ufl.edu

James Anderson
James Anderson
Professor
Food Systems Institute
352-294-7697
401-480-9488
james.anderson@ufl.edu

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Thomas M. Anderson Jr.
Assistant Professor
1097 MCCB
352-294-7658
thomas.anderson@
ufl.edu

 

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Lijun (Angelia) Chen

Assistant Professor
1103 MCCB
352-294-7678
lijunchen@ufl.edu

 


Jennifer Clark

Instructional Associate Professor
1191 MCCA
352-294-7636
tspartin@ufl.edu

Christa Court
Christa Court

Associate Professor of Regional
Economics & Director
of Economic Impact
Analysis Program

1113 MCCB
352-294-7675
ccourt@ufl.edu

Edward
Edward 'Gilly' Evans

Professor & REC Director
Tropical Research & Education Center
786-217-9263
eaevans@ufl.edu 


Di Fang
Associate Professor
1105 MCCB
352-294-7671
difang@ufl.edu


Derek Farnsworth

Associate Professor
1083 MCCB
352-294-7698
dfarnswo@ufl.edu

Zhifeng Gao

Zhifeng Gao
Professor, Graduate Coordinator
1161 MCCA
352-294-7672
zfgao@ufl.edu

 

 

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Jared Gars
Assistant Professor
1123 MCCB  
352-294-7692
jgars87@ufl.edu

Guan
Zhengfei Guan

Associate Professor
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
Room 133
813-419-6590
guanz@ufl.edu

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Malek Hammami
Assistant Professor
Tropical Research and Education Center
(786) 217-9248
ahammami@ufl.edu

 

James Ji
James Ji

Assistant Professor
1193 MCCA
352-294-7658
xji1@ufl.edu

Bachir Kassas
Bachir Kassas

Assistant Professor
1099 MCCB
352-294-7646
b.kassas@ufl.edu

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Hayk Khachatryan
Professor
Mid-Florida Research
& Education Center
407-410-6951
hayk@ufl.edu

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Young Kim
Assistant Professor
Arriving August 2025 
young.kim@
economics.ox.ac.uk

Jaclyn Kropp
Jaclyn Kropp

Professor
1157 MCCA
352-294-7631
jkropp@ufl.edu

John Lai
John Lai

Assistant Professor
1109 MCCB
352-294-7647
johnlai@ufl.edu

Sherry Larkin
Sherry Larkin
Professor and Director
Director, Florida Sea Grant
352-392-5870
slarkin@ufl.edu

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Kimberly L. Morgan

Associate Professor
Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
239-658-3428
KIMorgan@ufl.edu

Conner Mullally
Conner Mullally
Associate Professor
1107 MCCB
352-294-7680
connerm@ufl.edu

Michael Olexa
Michael Olexa

Professor & Director of Law Center
2126 MCCB
352-294-7693
olexa@ufl.edu

Gulcan Onel
Gulcan Onel

Associate Professor
1091 MCCB
352-294-7657
gulcan.onel@ufl.edu

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Nathan Palardy
Assistant Professor
1087 MCCB
352-294-9045
n.palardy@ufl.edu

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Xiaohui (Sherry) Qiao
Research Assistant Professor
2111 MCCB 
xiaohui.qiao@ufl.edu

 

Andrew Ropicki
Andrew Ropicki

Assistant Professor
1117 MCCB
352-294-7667
aropicki@ufl.edu

Olesya Savchenko
Olesya Savchenko

Assistant Professor
1183 MCCA
352-294-7654
Olesya.Savchenko
@ufl.edu

Andrew Schmitz
Andrew Schmitz

Professor
1130 (C) MCCB
352-294-7685
aschmitz@ufl.edu|

James Seale
James Seale

Professor
1130 (B) MCCB
352-294-7684
jseale@ufl.edu

Misti Sharp
Misti Sharp

Instructional Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
1189 MCCA
352-294-7632
mistisharp@ufl.edu
FRE-advising@ifas.ufl.edu

Ariel Singerman
Ariel Singerman
Associate  Professor
Citrus Research & Education Center
863-956-1151
singerman@ufl.edu

Caleb Stair
Caleb Stair

Instructional Assistant Professor
1179 MCCA
352-294-7687
cstair@ufl.edu

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Suzanne Thornsbury
Professor
1155 MCCA
352-294-7666
thornsbs@ufl.edu

Pilar Useche
Pilar Useche

Professor
1081 MCCB
352-294-7665
useche@ufl.edu

Tara Wade
Tara Wade
Assistant Professor
Southwest Florida Research & Education Center
239-658-3444
tara.wade@ufl.edu

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Patrick Ward
Associate Professor
1121 MCCB
352-317-1829
wardp@ufl.edu

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Weizhe Weng
Assistant Professor
MCCB 1095
352-294-1752
wweng@ufl.edu

 

Allen Wysocki
Al Wysocki

Associate Dean and Professor
2002 MCCD
352-392-1963
wysocki@ufl.edu

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Sungeun Yoon
Assistant Research Scientist
sungeunyoon@ufl.edu

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Xumin Zhang
Instructional Assistant Professor
1177 MCCA
352-294-7623
xumzxm@ufl.edu

 

 

Adjunct Faculty and Postdoctoral Associates


 

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Ming Ge
Postdoctoral Associate
mge1@ufl.edu

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Samiul (Sami) Haque

samiul.haque@ufl.edu
Mid-Florida REC - Apopka

Google Scholar 

ORCID

 

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Younghyeon Jeon

yjeon1@ufl.edu
Mid-Florida REC - Apopka

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Glory Orivri
Postdoctoral Associate
g.okpiaifo@ufl.edu

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Moon Soh
Postdoctoral Associate
moonwon.soh@ufl.edu

Bixuan Yang

Bixuan Yang
Postdoctoral Associate
yangbixuan@ufl.edu

 
 
 

Staff

David DePatie Jr
David DePatie Jr.
Instructional Design, Web & IT Support
1104B MCCB
Helpful Links
352-294-7641
ddepatie@ufl.edu

FRE Web Update Request Form

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Trey Gifford
Academic Advisor 1
1170A McCarty A
352-294-7640
agifford1@ufl.edu

Book time with
Gifford, Trey

FRE-Advising

 

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Jess Herman
Graduate Academic Advisor
1170B MCCA
352-294-7622
jherman@ufl.edu


Ed Howard

End User Computing Specialist
1104A MCCB
352-294-7645
edhoward@ufl.edu

Candy Kaswinkel
Candy Kaswinkel

Administrative Specialist
1167 MCCA
352-294-7669
ckaswin@ufl.edu|

Kelsey McDaid
Kelsey McDaid
Research Coordinator, Economic Impact Analysis Program
1115 MCCB
352-294-7629
kmcdaid@ufl.edu 

Bill Messina
Bill Messina

Economic Analyst, Cuban Agriculture
1195 MCCA
352-294-7656
wamess@ufl.edu

Hope NelsonHope Nelson, 
Academic Program Specialist 
1197B MCCA
352-294-7686
hope.nelson@ufl.edu

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Alena Poulin

Marketing & Communications Specialist
1197A MCCA
352-294-7662
alenarene@ufl.edu

FRE Web Update Request Form

 

Graduate Students


 

PhD Students

UlrichAdegbola1
Ulrich Adegbola
ulylerich@ufl.edu
Advisor - Savchenko
Gator
Prabin Adhikari
prabinadhikari@ufl.edu
Advisor - Kassas
FaithAiya
Faith Aiya
Faith.aiya@ufl.edu
Advisor - Chen/Morgan
Gator
Kelvin Amon

kamon@ufl.edu
Advisor - Chen/Morgan
Gator
Fernando Brito

f.britogonzalez@ufl.edu
Advisor - Onel/Gars
Gator
Yetian Cai

cai.yetian@ufl.edu
Advisor - Weng/Guan

AdamsCeballos
Adams Ceballos
aceballos@ufl.edu

Advisor - Ropicki/Asche

Corcrain
Liam Corcoran

w.corcoran@ufl.edu
Advisor - Court

Gator
Julio Cruz

cruz.julio@ufl.edu
Advisor - House/Court

Iris Cui
Iris Cui
xiurui.cui@ufl.edu
Advisor - Guan
Gator
Shangze Dai

shangzedai@ufl.edu
Advisor - Ji
DinglinDuan
Dinglin Duan

d.duan@ufl.edu
Advisor - Gao
SheikhEmran
Sheikh Emran
emran.s@ufl.edu
Advisor - Schmitz
YujuanGao
Yujuan Gao
yujuan.gao@ufl.edu
Advisor - Mullally
SurajGurung
Suraj Gurung
surajgurung@ufl.edu
Advisor - Chen
Gator
Nicholas Haley
nhaley@ufl.edu
Advisor - Savchenko
MeriHambaryan
Meri Hambaryan
m.hambaryan@ufl.edu
Advisor - Lai/Kassas
Gator
Chenxi Hu
chenxi.hu@ufl.edu
Advisor - Gao
RobertoKoeneke
Roberto Koeneke
rkoeneke@ufl.edu
Advisor - Court
Gator
Candace Lantz
candace.lantz@ufl.edu
Advisor - Palardy
Gator
Dongso Lee
dongso.lee@ufl.edu
Advisor - Moss
Gator
Youmin Li
liyoumin@ufl.edu
Advisor - Qiao/Weng
Gator
Jinyang Li
li.jinyang@ufl.edu
Advisor - Fang
YiLi
Yi Li
yi.li1@ufl.edu
Advisor - Guan
Gator
Hanwen Lui
h.liu1@ufl.edu
Advisor - Gars
JianhuiLiu
Jianhui Liu
jianhuiliu@ufl.edu
Advisor - Kassas/Lai
LijunLiu
Lijun Liu
LL2700@ufl.edu
Advisor - Anderson/Asche

WenLiu
Wen Liu
wliu3@ufl.edu
Advisor - Onel/Kropp

Moor
Jordan Moor
jordanmoor@ufl.edu
Advisor - Ropicki/Asche
Gator
Ephraim Muyombo
e.muyombo@ufl.edu
Advisor - Thornsbury
AbhishekRajan
Abhishek Rajan
a.rajan@ufl.edu
Advisor - Savchenko
MdRoknuzzaman
Md Roknuzzaman
md.roknuzzaman@ufl.edu
Advisor - Mullally
Gator
Qianxi Wang
qianxiwang@ufl.edu
Advisor - Onel
Gator
Lei Xu
lei.xu@ufl.edu
Advisor - Singerman
Gator
Yingchen Xu
yingchenxu@ufl.edu
Advisor - Ward
 

Master of Science (MS)doc

First and Last Name Contact Research Area Chair
Solomon Ajoseh      

Ikeoluwa Aregbu

ikeoluwa.aregbe@ufl.edu   Farnsworth

Andres Bejarano

Andres Bejarano

     
Victor Contreras      

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Liam Corcoran

w.corcoran@ufl.edu

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  Savchenko

William Gendron

     

Christian Ruiz

     

Christiana Ukaoha

     

Ashley Wilder

     

Lei Xu

     

 


Master of Agribusiness (MAB)

First and Last Name Emails & Links Research Area Chair

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Shyanne Bell

shyanne.bell@ufl.edu    

Ian Bennett

     

Dennis Carpenter

     

Jacob Dorland

     

Madelon Enneking

     

Joshua Jantz

Joshua Jantz

jjantz@ufl.edu    
David Jeffries      
Austin Keel austin.keel@ufl.edu    
Jessica Maestas      
Tate Mayo      

Latonya Middleton

LaTonya Middleton

middletonlatonya@ufl.edu

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Hope Nelson      
Juan Salva      

Gavin Scott

Gavin Scott

     
Kamryn Smith      
Marco Zuccolillo      

 


Emeritus and Courtesy Faculty


Emeritus Faculty

Please call 352-392-1826 to be put in contact with Emeritus Faculty.

Emeritus Faculty Name, Email & Phone number
Chuck Adams
E-mail

Jeff Burkhardt
E-mail

Roy Carriker
E-mail
James (Jim) Cato
E-mail
Rod Clouser
E-mail
Henry Cothran
E-mail
Evan Drummond
E-mail
Bob Emerson
E-mail
John Gordon
E-mail
Alan Hodges
E-mail
John Holt
E-mail
Richard Kilmer
E-mail
David Mulkey
E-mail
James R.Simpson
E-mail
Thomas Spreen
E-mail
P.J.  VanBlokland
E-mail
John VanSickle
E-mail
Ronald Ward
E-mail
Rick Weldon
E-mail
   

Courtesy Faculty

Courtesy Faculty Name, Email & Phone number
Matthew J Salois  MyVmg.Com
President of the Veterinary Study Groups, Inc. (VSG)
E-mail
Marisa L Zansler  FloridaCitrus.Org
Director of Economic and Market Research Department, Florida Department of Citrus
E-mail