Environmental Physiology of Subtropical & Tropical Crops Staff
Bruce Schaffer, Professor
Bruce's research focuses on environmental physiology, primarily of subtropical and tropical crop plants. He supervises postdoctoral associates, biologists, technicians, and graduate students studying plant physiology and tropical horticulture in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at the University of Florida. He is also involved in several collaborative research and editing projects with colleagues at other institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
Chunfang "Daisy" Li, Senior Biologist
Daisy received a B.S. degree in Crop Science and an M.S. degree in Crop Physiology from Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha, China. Prior to working at TREC, she worked as a Senior Editor, Journalist, and Visiting Scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Prior to that she was a Lecturer at Hunan Agricultural University.
Michael Gutierrez, Biologist
Michael is a Florida State University graduate with a B.S. in biological sciences. He is currently working in Dr. Kati Migliaccio's program on several water resources engineering projects focusing on irrigation and water quality. In Bruce Schaffer's lab he continues to work on two projects in cooperation with the USDA-ARS (Atmospheric Transport of Agricultural Chemicals, and Protecting Ground and Surface Water from Agricultural Chemicals in Florida's South Dade Basin). He is also assisting with assessing foliar acid applications for reducing iron deficiency of tropical fruit trees and studying the influence of soil water content on re-establishment of Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata in a native pine rockland.