Faculty

Paul-Camilo Zalamea

Assistant Professor 

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CONTACT
Tampa campus
Office: SCA 130
Lab: SCA 122
Phone: (813) 974-6273

Email: paulcamiloz@usf.edu

Specialty Area Renent Publications

Ecology & Evolution, Environmental Microbiology

Key Research Words: Plant ecology, seed ecology, plant defenses, plant-microbial interactions, pioneer trees.

EDUCATION
Postdoc, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 2012-2109
Ph.D. Biology, Université Montpellier, France, 2010
M.Sc. Biological Sciences, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia, 2006
B.Sc. Biology, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia, 2004

RESEARCH
I am a tropical plant community ecologist working at the interface of plant-microbial dynamics.

My research integrates large-scale field, greenhouse, and laboratory experiments with molecular techniques to address questions fundamental to understanding the distribution and maintenance of biodiversity in tropical forests and beyond.