University of South Florida

Postdoctoral opening - Future of SARS-CoV-2 in ecological communities

The Kramer lab is recruiting a postdoc to work on a recently funded Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases grant from USDA.

The lab represents at ESA 2023

Shea, Eva, and Austin all present research at ESA in Portland.

Welcome to Dr. Rajendra Panda

Dr. Panda has joined the Kramer lab from Mississippi State University. He will be working on applying high resolution satellite imagery to models of Aedes aegypti in Florida.

Discussing invasive species on local, live radio

Drew and Austin will be joining the “Sustainable Living” radio show on 88.5 WMNF Tampa for the July 31st show. We will talk about invasive species in Florida, with particular focus on economic costs and invasive birds.

Lab Accomplishments - spring 2023

Eva’s poster received a People’s Choice award and Austin has a dissertation completion fellowship for fall. Congratulations!

Congratulations Eva, Shea and Austin!

Eva Muir, Shea Volkel, and Austin Smith have advanced to candidacy in fall 2022. Great work you all!

Congratulations Grace!

Grace Henderson has successfully completed her Master’s degree and is on to a position with the USGS in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Congratulations Grace, we will miss you.

New paper by lab member Fargam Neinavaie

Congratulations to Fargam on her first publication, a review examining lessons to be shared between genomic studies of cancer and of invasive species. Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.681100/full

Congratulations Lindsey!

Great job by Lindsey Mixer on her graduation and Master’s degree. Best of luck in everything.

New paper by lab member Shea Volkel

Shea has a new publication from her Master’s thesis on slimy sculpin response to round goby invasion in the Great Lakes. Published in Journal of Great Lakes Research. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0380133021001830