UF School of Natural Resources and Environment

🤩🎉The School of Natural Resources and Environment is excited to welcome our Summer and Fall 2026 Master’s and PhD students to the Interdisciplinary Ecology Program.

From conservation and biodiversity to water resources, climate resilience, and ecosystem science, these students are bringing new discoveries to us🌱🧪

Welcome to SNRE and the UF Gator Community🧡💙🐊

Mark your calendar! 📅 Join us for the 4th Annual SNRE Research Symposium on Wednesday, October, 2026, at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom🧡💙🐊

We are bringing together our experts in natural sciences and environmental science. Come explore innovative student research projects, connect with researchers, and tune in to our experts’ talk on their research and discoveries! 🌱🧪

Whether you’re looking to present your research or support fellow students, make sure to register by September 7th! Attendance is free and open to the public. ✒️🆙

🔗Click the link to register: https://lnkd.in/eDgnmBx8

Off with a great start to the semester! We had our SNRE New Student Orientation and it was a pleasure to meet all of our new graduate students from Summer and Fall 2026. It was so interesting to hear what every one is working on and the different disciplines we have here at SNRE. 🌱☀️

Also, a big shoutout to our SNRE crew:
- IEC Connectors
- SNRE GSC
- Student volunteers

Thank you all for helping with the orientation and bringing the students together!🤩🫶🏻

We are hiring! Seeking a Lecturer / Instructional Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at UF's School of Natural Resources and Environment for Fall 2026.

📍 UF Main Campus | Gainesville, FL
🎓 Full-time | 100% teaching appointment
🗓️ Please apply by June 26, 2026, for full consideration

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://lnkd.in/ejTD_KGJ

If you know someone who is a good fit for this role, please invite and share this opportunity!

The Spring 2026 edition of the SNRE niche is finally out! Read about what's happening across the School of Natural Resources and Environment, from student and faculty achievements to research, events, and community highlights.

Read the newsletter using this link: https://lnkd.in/eBevHT9F

This semester’s photo contest had two winners and for our other winner, after deliberating amongst the hefty photo submission we had….🥁

Congratulations Olivia Hargreaves for winning the SNRE Photo Contest!!🎉📸

Title: Alpine Repose
Olivia took this photo in Gimmelwald, Switzerland on vacation last summer. It is a car-free town, meaning it is only accessible to the public by a steep hike up the mountain or by cable car. The population of the town is only a bit over 100, and residents rely on tourism and dairy farming to make money. In this photo, a few dairy goats can be seen, nestled amongst the Alpine chalets before the notorious Jungfrau peak.

Hello, hello! The long awaited winners of this semester’s photo contest has been decided.

This time we had the most entries since our first contest and it was real difficult to pick our winners….drumrolllll🥁

Congratulations Aleida Iriarte, one of our winners for the SNRE photo contest! 🏆📸

Title: Frog Paparazzi
Aleida took this photo is of René Carpio Real, a Bolivian herpatologist, photographing a frog called Microkayla Illimani as it crawls across its Andean microgravity. Microkayla frogs are endangered and micro-endemic to the Andes, with this species only being found in the Illimani Mountain region of La Paz, Bolivia. René is a member of the Bolivian Amphibian Initiative, a non-profit conservation organization, and worked as a field technician for Aleida’s dissertation project on Microkayla conservation this past summer.

Wow, this semester flew by so fast! Ending the last week of the semester with one last seminar with Guli!
📆 Monday, April 20th
📍 McCarty D, room G-001
🕰️ 1:55 - 2:45 pm

Guli will be presenting her research titled, “The Exposome and Child Cognitive Development: Investigating the Environment’s Role in Child Health.”

🔗 use the link in our bio to join us on Zoom

Join us for another seminar on Monday, April 13th in McCarty D, Room G-001

Beatrice will be sharing her research titled, “Alternative livelihoods, enabling conditions and community attitudes towards conservation: insights from the Queen Elizabeth conservation area, Uganda”

🔗 Use the link in our bio to join us via Zoom

Congratulations Dani! 🙌🏅🐢🌊

Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Ecology, has been awarded the Archie Carr Award to best Conservation Poster at the 44th International Sea Turtle Symposium, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

This award helps showcase Dani’s research and highlights her potential as an emerging leader in sea turtle biology and conservation.

Swipe through the photos celebrate:
• Archie Carr Award Certificate to best Conservation Poster
• Dani with her poster titled, “Beyond the shell: Exploring the dimensions of sea turtle take in Bocas del Toro, Panama.”
• Dani with her co-advisor, Dr. Ray Carthy
• Dr. Róldan A Valverde (left), Dani’s Master advisor and Dr. Héctorr Barrios-Garrido (right), Dani’s undergraduate advisor who is currently a member of her PhD committee.