Dr. Cortney Ohs (2005)
Associate Professor
Aquaculture
Room #307
772-577-7348
cohs@ufl.edu

Staff

Audrey Hamner Beany, M. Ag.
Biological Scientist
UF/IFAS IRREC
772-577-7347
ahbeany@ufl.edu | Rm. #306

John Marcellus
Technician
UF/IFAS IRREC
772-468-3922
marcellu@ufl.edu
Hatchery Building

Peter Woodward
Technician
UF/IFAS IRREC
772-468-3922
Hatchery Building  

Graduate Students

Fred Shopnitz
MSc Graduate Student  
Graduate Research Assistant
772-468-3922
UF/IFAS IRREC, Fort Pierce
Aquaculture Hatchery Building

Kathryn "Katie" McCord
MSc Graduate Student
Graduate Research Assistant
772-468-3922
UF/IFAS IRREC, Fort Pierce
Aquaculture Hatchery Building

Bryan Danson 
PhD Candidate
Aquarist, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Inc.
Boca Raton, Florida

Tyler Ferguson
MSc Graduate Student 
State of Florida Richloam Fish Hatchery

Visiting Scholars

Andrea Martínez Fuentes
MSc Visiting Graduate Student
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
772-468-3922
UF/IFAS IRREC, Fort Pierce
Hatchery Building

Ibon Garcia 
MSc Visiting Graduate Student
University of Alicante, Spain
772-468-3922
UF/IFAS IRREC, Fort Pierce
Hatchery Building

Former IRREC Aquaculture Post Doctorate, Graduate Students, and Staff

Former Post Doctorate and/or Graduate Students

Jason Broach, PhD
Assistant Marine Scientist
South Carolina Dept. Natural Resources
Former Post Doctorate and Graduate Student

Carter Cyr, MSc
Production Manager 
Nordic Aquafarms AS
Belfast, Maine
Former Graduate Student

Daniel Elefante, MSc
Aquarist  
Southampton High School 
Southampton, New York
Former Graduate Student

Lindsay Onjukka Joseph, MSc
Medical Technologist
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
Former Graduate Student

Matthew DiMaggio, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor
Tropical Ornamental Aquaculture
UF/IFAS Tropical
Aquaculture Laboratory
Ruskin, Florida
Former Graduate Student

Isaac Lee, MSc
Hatchery Manager 
Bay Shellfish Co.,
Terra Ceia Island, Florida
Former Graduate Student

Eric Cassiano, MSc
Assistant Extension Scientist
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
UF/IFAS Tropical
Aquaculture Laboratory
Ruskin, Florida
Former Graduate Student

Former Staff 

Andrew Palau 
Hatchery Manager 
Proaquatix,
Vero Beach, Florida
Former Staff 

Scott Grabe
Manager
Indian River Aquaculture, LLC
Vero Beach, Florida
Former Staff 

Paul Schlicht