Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Kiker Lab
Led by Gregory Kiker · Agricultural and Biological Engineering
What we study
The Kiker Lab works on ecological modeling and management of natural systems, using simulations and decision analysis for problems from Florida's rivers and coasts to elephant management in African savannas.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Assessing Savanna Ecosystem Resilience through Rangeland Modeling
Preparing and exploring environmental data for savanna model development, from elephant and carnivore management to nomadic pastoralists.
QnD:EleSim
A computer program that simulates elephant behavior in Kruger National Park to help managers make decisions.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Beyond household averages: daily volatility and stability patterns in food waste behavior
2026 · Waste Management
Finds most households have daily food waste changes, not stable patterns.
- Simulation as an approach to pastoral system analyses
2026 · Routledge eBooks
Models pastoral systems to study animal access and climate effects.
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- IFWASTE: An Agent-Based Model for the Estimation of Household Food Waste
2026 · Sustainability
Simulates household food waste with behavior and socioeconomic factors.
- Theory of planned behavior and household food waste change across behavioral segments and food types: A 14-day citizen science panel
2026 · Food Quality and Preference
Links psychological factors to food waste changes in Florida households.
- Operationalizing human factors in critical infrastructure resilience stress testing: a research agenda
2026 · Environment Systems & Decisions
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How to reach out
Gregory Kiker hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.