Dr. Emily Khazan is an interdisciplinary ecologist with expertise in principles of conservation biology, invertebrate conservation, and management planning. The majority of her research and conservation work has taken place in Central and South America where she studied insect behavior and physiology. With over a decade of experience, Dr. Khazan has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed publications on a diversity of taxa from giant damselflies to macaws to invasive iguanas of Florida to the development of thermal assays under field conditions. Her doctoral work explored the community structure of butterflies and their patterns of thermal physiology across the Colombian Andes.

Dr. Khazan has many years of experience teaching undergraduate courses, from natural resource conservation to human anatomy, and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. She serves as the Director of Research and Conservation for the Caño Palma Biological Station in northeast Costa Rica where she has supervised several students and collaborated with local government to inform conservation measures. Dr. Khazan is also a courtesy faculty member at the University of Florida’s Museum of Natural History. She holds a Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida, a Masters of Science in Biology from the University of Oklahoma, and a Bachelors of the Arts in Environmental Studies with a minor in Anthropology from the University of Michigan.