H. Jane Brockmann

H. Jane Brockmann is an emeritus professor at the University of Florida known for her research on animal behavior, especially in the mating and nesting behavior of horseshoe crabs.

In 2008, she was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

[3] In 2011, she became the first faculty Emerita of the biology department at the University of Florida,[4] and there was a symposium given in her honor.

[8] In beetles, she has examined sexual selection in Diaprepes abbreviatus[9][10] which is important in Florida because it causes problems with citrus crops.

Her research on behavior and population biology of horseshoe crabs is conducted at Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, and includes addressing the question of why females select their nesting sites and the nesting tactics of males.