Graduate

Hybrid Defense on October 29, 2026 in SCA 333 and via Microsoft Teams at 2:00pm 

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Blake Blaskowski

Ph.D. Defense

Title of dissertation is; 

“Interactions of the invasive, Australian tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia, and its insect biological control agents in Florida, USA”

Peter Stiling, Ph.D., Mark Lajeunesse, Ph.D., Deby Cassill,  Ph.D.,  Melissa Smith, Ph.D. 

MS Defense on October 21, 2026 at 11:30 am in SCA 202

Kotomi Buth

MS Defense

Title of the thesis is; 

"Using Reciprocal Transplants of Three Mangrove Species To Study Local Adaptation and Post-Hurricane Survivorship”

Peter Stiling Ph.D., David Lewis, Ph.D. and Christina Richards, Ph.D.