Dr. Bernie Machen
President

Dr. Win Phillips
Vice President for Research

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C. David Brown, Orlando
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Joelen Merkel, Boca Raton
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Kim Tanzer, Gainesville
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Extracts

Research Briefs

Microbes And Plants Can Clean Up Toxic Spills

Students Build Smaller, Smarter Heart Pump

Discovery Challenges "Out of Africa" Theory

Ideas About Fossil Horses Evolve

Live Oral Bacteria Found in Arterial Plaque

Detectors Used On Shuttle's Fuel Tanks

Bowls of Liquid Light

UF Researchers are seeking to understand and protect Florida's springs, which are threatened by massive withdrawals from the aquifer and pollution from nitrates and other substances.

Lakewatch Legacy

Decades of data on Florida's lakes open the door to insights — and questions — about their current and future health.

A New Tune

Years of research on nitrate pollution and agricultural solutions to combat it all spell relief for the historic Suwannee River.

Exchange

Technology Transfer

Expertise