College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Advisors

Advising Contacts List

Academic advising in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) is provided by faculty and staff in the student’s major. Students should contact the Undergraduate Coordinator or Academic Advisor in their major for more information.

Select your major to reveal its assigned advisors and their contact information.

Agricultural Education & Communication

Becky Cook

Email: rtrammell@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-2573

Dr. Lisa Lundy, Undergraduate Coordinator

Email: lisalundy@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-2588

Agricultural Operations Management

Daphne Flournoy

Email: dflournoy@ufl.edu 

Dr. Adam Watson, Undergraduate Coordinator

Email: Jaw7385@ufl.edu 

Animal Sciences

Renee Parks-James

Advising for Animal Science Graduate Programs.

Email: rpj@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 392-5615

Alexis Strickland-Tilton

Advising for Animal Science Undergraduate Programs.

Book an Appointment

Email: Stricklanda@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 392-9739

Savannah Linzmaier

Advising for Animal Science Undergraduate Programs.

Book an Appointment

E-mail: slinzmaier@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 392-2455

Dr. Albert DeVries, Undergraduate Coordinator

Advising for Animal Science Undergraduate Programs.

E-mail: devries@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-6983

Biology

Zoom waiting rooms will be used. Please email the advisor below.

Carolina Saenz-Failach

Email: casafa@ufl.edu

Botany

Dr. Norm Douglas, Undergraduate Coordinator

Email: nadouglas@ufl.edu

Dietetics

FSHN Advising Team

Email the Food Science and Human Nutrition advising team at fshnadvising@ifas.ufl.edu for quick answers to your questions.

To schedule an advising appointment, use the easy scheduling link under your advisor's name.

Herschel Johnson, Student Services Manager

Advising for Graduate and Undergraduate students.

Schedule an in-person, phone, or Zoom advising appointment.

Email: hdjohnson@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3701 

Jenna Grogan, Academic Adviser II

Advising for Undergraduate students.

Schedule an in-person, phone, or Zoom advising appointment.

Email: jgrogan@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3702

Dr. Laura Acosta, Undergraduate Coordinator

Email: ljacosta@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-3472

Entomology and Nematology

Allyson Fleischer

Email: afleischer@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-3912

Dr. Rebecca Baldwin, Undergraduate Coordinator

Book an appointment.

Dr. Anthony Auletta

Book an appointment.

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Nicole Sloan

Advising for students in the Online MS & Nonprofit Certificate Program.

Email: nsloan@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-3531

Crystal Tisby

Family, Youth and Community Sciences: On-Campus MS and PhD advising.

Email: ctisby@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-3514

Feenix Hartell

Advising for undergraduate students.

Email: fhartell@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-3532

Food and Resource Economics

FRE Adivsing

Email: FRE-advising@ifas.ufl.edu

Dr. Misti Sharp, Undergraduate Coordinator

Advising for undergraduate students.

Email: mistisharp@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-7632

Jessica Herman

Advising for graduate students.

Email: jherman@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-7622

Food Science

FSHN Advising Team

Email the Food Science and Human Nutrition advising team at fshnadvising@ifas.ufl.edu for quick answers to your questions.

To schedule an advising appointment, use the easy scheduling link under your advisor's name.

Herschel Johnson, Student Services Manager

Advising for Graduate and Undergraduate students.

Schedule an in-person, phone, or Zoom advising appointment.

Email: hdjohnson@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3701 

Jenna Grogan, Academic Adviser II

Advising for Undergraduate students.

Schedule an in-person, phone, or Zoom advising appointment.

Email: jgrogan@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3702

Dr. Laura Acosta, Undergraduate Coordinator

Email: ljacosta@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-3472

Horticultural Sciences

For advising remotely, students should contact their advisor first.

Curtis Smyder

Email: curtisr@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-4781

Dr. Tie Liu

Email: tieliu@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 846-2638

Dr. Gerardo Nunez

Email: nunez@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-4765

Dr. Bala Rathinasabapathi

Email: brath@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-4847

Dr. Xin Zhao, Undergraduate Coordinator

Email: zxin@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-4773

Mallory Buchyn, Graduate Program Assistant

Advising for Environmental Horticulture students.

Email: mbuchyn@ufl.edu

Microbiology and Cell Sciences

Monika Oli, Undergraduate Coordinator

Advising for undergraduate students not in UF Online.

Email: moli@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 392-8434

Leandro Teixeira

Advising for undergraduate students not in UF Online.

Email: leandroteixeira@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 392-8350

Dr. Jaysankar De

Advising for UF Online students.

Email: jde@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-4206

Jacqueline Lee

Advising for graduate students.

Email: jlee9@ufl.edu

Nutritional Sciences

FSHN Advising Team

Email the Food Science and Human Nutrition advising team at fshnadvising@ifas.ufl.edu for quick answers to your questions.

To schedule an advising appointment, use the easy scheduling link under your advisor's name.

Herschel Johnson, Student Services Manager

Advising for Graduate and Undergraduate students.

Schedule an in-person, phone, or Zoom advising appointment.

Email: hdjohnson@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3701 

Jenna Grogan, Academic Adviser II

Advising for Undergraduate students.

Schedule an in-person, phone, or Zoom advising appointment.

Email: jgrogan@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3702

Dr. Laura Acosta, Undergraduate Coordinator

Email: ljacosta@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-3472

Plant Science

Amanda Touchton, Academic Program Specialist II

Advising for Plant Molecular & Cellular Biology graduate students.

Email: amandatouchton@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-4808

Jeanie Houk

Advising for undergraduate students.

Email: Jeanie.houk@ufl.edu

Dr. Jianping Wang, Undergraduate Coordinator

Advising for undergraduate students.

Email: wangjp@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-8104 

School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (Includes Forest Resources, Conservation, Marine Sciences, Geomatics, and Natural Resource Conservation.)

Kristina Haselier

Email: khaselier@ufl.edu

Jackie Gilley

Email: Jgilley1@ufl.edu

School of Natural Resources and Environment

Tracy Moorman

Email: tracy.moorman@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 392-9230

Soil, Water, and Ecosystems Sciences (Includes Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Management in Agriculture and Natural Resources (EMANR))

Michael J. Sisk, Academic Advisor III – Undergraduate & Graduate Programs

Advising for Soil, Water, and Ecosystems Sciences undergraduate students and IS - EMANR undergraduate students.

Book an advising session.

Email (preferred): mjsisk@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3152

Dr. James Bonczek, SWS Undergraduate Coordinator

Advising for Soil, Water, and Ecosystems Sciences undergraduate students.

Email: bonczek@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3112 

Heather Enloe

Advising for IS - EMANR undergraduate students.

Email: heather.enloe@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 294-3139

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Dr. Jim Austin, Graduate Coordinator

Advising for graduate students.

Email: austinj@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 846-0646

Michael Dial, Administrative Specialist I

Advising for graduate students.

Email: michael.dial@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 846-0552

Dr. Christina Romagosa, Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Advising for undergraduate students.

Email: cmromagosa@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-3996

Maureen Cox, Academic Advisor III

Advising for undergraduate students.

Email: mjcox@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 846-0554