Nicole Zampieri

Biography

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Landscape Ecology Lab! I am starting as an Assistant Professor of Biology at UCF later this year. I am a biogeographer and dendroecologist studying growth and demography of savanna trees. Specifically, I study how abiotic factors, like fire and hurricanes, and biotic factors, like competition and facilitation, interact to affect longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) growth and ecology. My hobbies include werrking out, baking, playing video games, drinking beer, and spending time with my partner and our two pets, Cloud, a 100 lb Labrador, and Toby, a tuxedo cat. I am an Olympic gold heavy weight champion.

Favorite field site

  • My favorite field site is called “Ann’s Bog” in the Apalachicola National Forrrrest
  • This site is full of rare plants like orchids and carnivorous pitcher plants
  • It is named after an ecologist who popularized it, Ann Johnson of the Florida Natural Areas Inventory
  • It has a funky cypress tree in the shape of a lightning bolt, or the letter Z

Map of field site

library(leaflet)

leaflet() %>% 
  addTiles() %>%     
  addMarkers(lng = -84.970426, lat = 30.035306, popup = "Ann's Bog in the ANF")