Past Tame Melaleuca Team Members
*TAME Team Disbanded Upon Project Completion. For additional information, contact Ken Gioeli, Natural Resources Extension Agent, University of Florida/IFAS - St Lucie County Cooperative Extension.
- Principal Investigators
- Project Coordinator
- USDA-ARS National Program Leaders
- Oversight Committee
- Research
- Demonstration
- Socioeconomic Evaluation
- Melaleuca Distribution
- Educational Outreach
Principal Investigators
Paul D. Pratt
USDA-ARS
Invasive Plant Research Laboratory
3225 College Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
Amy Ferriter
Boise State University
Project Coordinator
Cressida Silvers
USDA-ARS National Program Leaders
Robert M. Faust
USDA-ARS
Ernest Delfosse
USDA-ARS
Oversight Committee
Dan Thayer
Committee Chair
South Florida Water Management District
Vegetation Management Division
Charles Ashton
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Aquatic Plant Center
Ted Center
USDA-ARS
Invasive Plant Research Laboratory
Robert Doren
National Parks Service -EOD
Florida International University, SERC- OE148
Tony Pernas
Florida/Caribbean Exotic Plant Management Team
National Park Service, Florida and Caribbean Office
Randall Stocker
University of Florida
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Research
Paul Pratt
Team Leader
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
3205 College Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
(954) 475-6549
Cressida Silvers
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Phillip Tipping
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Greg Wheeler
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Thai Van
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Min Rayamajhi
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Allen Dray
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Paul Madeira
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Demonstration
Paul Pratt, Team Leader
Research Entomologist
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
3225 College Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
(954) 475-6549
Thai Van
Research Plant Physiologist
United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS)
Invasive Plant Research Lab
Min Rayamajhi
Plant Pathologist
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Dorota Porazinska
Soil Ecologist
University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Services
Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center
Kristina Serbesoff-King
Invasive Species Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
Blowing Rocks Preserve
Socioeconomic Evaluation
Alan Hodges
Assistant-In
University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Services (UF/IFAS)
Food and Resource Economics Department
Fritz M. Roka
Assistant Professor, Economist
UF/IFAS, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
Melaleuca Distribution
Amy Ferriter
Team Leader
Tony Pernas
Florida/Caribbean Exotic Plant Management Team
National Park Service, Florida and Caribbean Office
Bob Doren
Senior Ecological Science Advisor
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
Department of the Interior
Florida International University
Doria Gordon
Senior Ecologist
The Nature Conservancy, Florida chapter
Department of Botany
Jon Lane
US Army Corps of Engineers - Invasive Species Management Section
Educational Outreach
Ken Langeland
Team Leader
Extension Specialist, Professor
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
University of Florida
7922 N.W. 71st Street
Gainesville, Florida 32653
(352) 392-9613, Suncom: 622-9614, Fax: (352) 392-3462
Jim Cuda
Associate Professor
Department of Entomology and Nematology
University of Florida
Win Everham
Professor
Division of Ecological Studies
Florida Gulf Coast University
Amy Ferriter
Boise State University
Ken Gioeli
Extension Agent III
St. Lucie County - District IV
Michael Meisenburg
Biological Technician
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
University of Florida
Bill Overholt
Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology and Nematology
University of Florida
Indian River REC - Ft. Pierce
John Scoles
Writer
Invasive Plant Research Lab
USDA-ARS
Kristina Serbesoff-King
Invasive Species Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
Blowing Rocks Preserve