John Davis

Interim UF/IFAS Dean for Research
Interim Director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
352-392-1784
jmdavis@ufl.edu
Assisted By: Kristin Knopf (k.knopf@ufl.edu)

Dr. Davis became interim dean in 2024. He specializes in forest ecosystem health, tree-pathogen coevolution, forest genomics, and is tenured in the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences. Dr. Davis earned his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics-forestry from Michigan State University in 1989. Read more...

Damian Adams

Associate Dean for Research
Associate Director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
352-392-1784
dcadams@ufl.edu
Assisted By: Kristin Knopf (k.knopf@ufl.edu)

Dr. Adams is a natural resource economist tenured in the School of Forest, Fisheries & Geomatics Sciences with a joint appointment in the Food and Resource Economics Department at UF. He earned his Ph.D. (2007) in Food and Resource Economics and his J.D. (2001) from the University of Florida, and an M.Phil. (2004) in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge in England. Read more...

Jerry Fankhauser

Associate Director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
352-294-0466
gfankhauser@ufl.edu
Assisted By: Kristin Knopf (k.knopf@ufl.edu)

Jerry Fankhauser provides administrative support for the UF/IFAS Research enterprise including facilitating programmatic impact for the FAES’ statewide agricultural land resources, research activities, and investment. He engages with statewide commodity organizations, state agencies, and other stakeholders across Florida. Read more...

Robin Barber

Research Administrator III

352-294-7515
rbarber7582@ufl.edu

Tammy Siegel

Research Administrator III

863-332-9140
tlsiegel@ufl.edu

Sheeja George

Research Coordinator III

850-875-7136

sheejageorge@ufl.edu

Christine Frank

Research Administrator III

352-294-6958

cafrank@ufl.edu