Emilio M. Bruna

http://www.wec.ufl.edu/faculty/brunae/

Emilio M. Bruna is an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida, with a joint appointment with the Tropical Conservation and Development Program. He joined the faculty in 2002 after completing an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Brazil). He received his Ph. D. in Population Biology at the University of California Davis, where he specialized in plant ecology. Dr. Bruna’s current research focuses on the consequences of deforestation and habitat fragmentation for plant-animal interactions and plant population dynamics. Much of this work has been conducted at Brazil’s Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, where Dr. Bruna also helped develop and implement an internship program for Brazilian undergraduates interested in Amazonian ecology. His research awards have included grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation, The Ford Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, and SUNY International Development Group. Results of Dr. Bruna’s research have been published in Ecology, Nature, and Conservation Biology.