Welcome
Matt Gitzendanner
My background is in plant evolutionary genetics and genomics, where I used genetic tools to study plant conservation, evolution, and diversity. The field is generally computationally intensive, and I have worked for over a decade training users how to use HiPerGator and other high-performance computing systems to do the amazing research that is done across the University of Florida campus. I now work full-time with UFIT Research Computing, managing our training and regulated data teams.
I enjoy spending time outdoors, hiking, backpacking and kayaking.
Matt Gitzendanner
UF Information Technology, Research Computing.magitz@ufl.edu
(352)273-1202
Some additional details:
- My main appointment is now with UFIT, managing the Training and Regulated Data teams in Research Computing.
I co-develop the Practicum AI training curriculum–a hands-on applied Artificial Intelligence training program focused on non-STEM learners with limited technology and math background.- I am an NVIDIAUniversity Ambassador and Certified Instructor for these Deep Learning Institute courses:
- My research spanned a broad array of topics generally related to evolutionary genomics. I studied topics ranging from population and conservation genetics to genomics and bioinformatics.
- Until 2024, I was a lab manager for Pam and Doug Soltis’ Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics.
- I teach the following courses:
- IDS1703: Frontiers of AI (most Fall semesters)
- BSC4452/6451: Computational Tools for Research in Biology (Usually even-numbered years, Fall semester (I alternate with a different instructor))
- BSC4892/6895 : AI in Biology (most Spring Semesters)
- I am not currently taking any new graduate students and do not have any post-doc positions. I am able to serve on graduate student committees if appropriate–please email me.
- I do not update this page frequently enough to keep up with publications, so please see my Google Scholar Profile for a list of my publications.