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

Paul D. Pratt
USDA-ARS
Invasive Plant Research Laboratory
3225 College Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314

Amy Ferriter
Boise State University

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Project Coordinator

Cressida Silvers

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USDA-ARS National Program Leaders

Robert M. Faust
USDA-ARS

Ernest Delfosse
USDA-ARS

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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