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Past Recipients

Dr. Aline Giroux doing field work with wildlife

 

2024-2026 Ewel Fellow

Dr. Aline Giroux

Aline Giroux, Ph.D., combines animal physiology, movement ecology, and landscape ecology to better understand the impacts of climate and land-use change on wildlife, informing biodiversity conservation. Dr. Giroux’s research explores the importance of forests as thermal refuges, investigating how extreme weather conditions and deforestation affect mammal movement patterns and, ultimately, survival. As an Ewel Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Giroux is mentored by Dr. Denis Valle, faculty member in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation.

Dr. Cindy Cosset holding a bird

 

2022-2024 Ewel Fellow

Dr. Cindy Cosset

Cindy Cosset, Ph.D., works at the intersection of community ecology, movement ecology and landscape ecology to investigate how species move and persist across landscapes. Dr. Cosset’s research aims to understand how species’ ecological traits can be used to inform landscape connectivity models to guide reforestation initiatives in tropical forests. As an Ewel Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Cosset is mentored by UF IFAS faculty, Dr. Brett Scheffers, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Dr. Anya Brown scuba diving

 

2018-2020 Ewel Fellow

Dr. Anya Brown

Anya Brown, Ph.D., combines community ecology, microbial ecology and evolutionary ecology to ask questions about species interactions. Dr. Brown's research aims to understand how host-microbial systems respond to stress to inform conservation decisions. While an Ewel Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Brown was mentored by UF IFAS faculty, Drs. Julie Meyer, Soil and Water Science Department and Thomas Frazer, School of Natural Resources and the Environment. Learn more about Dr. Brown's research.

Dr. Ariana Corales Headshot

 

2016-2018 Ewel Fellow

Dr. Ariana Corrales Osorio

Ariana Corrales Osorio, Ph.D., studies the ecology and evolution of ectomycorrhizal communities associated to tropical tree species and how ectomycorrhizal associations influence ecosystem functioning in tropical forests. While a Ewel Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Cofrales Osorio was mentored by UF IFAS faculty, Dr. Matthew Smith, Department of Plant Pathology. Learn more about Dr. Corrales Osorio's research.