J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department ofBiomedical Engineering at the University of FloridaBiomedical Sciences Building JG561275 Center Drive, P.O. Box 116131Gainesville, FL 32611-6131

Phone: 352.273.9222 Website: BME.UFL.EDU

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RESEARCH EXPENDITURES

TEAM DIVERSITY

NATIONAL FACULTY AWARDS

$11.2 Million (FY19)

Faculty: Grad: UG:22% URM 14% URM 34% URM52% Women 47% Women 58% Women

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UF is one of six universities in the country with colleges of medicine, veterinary medicine, engineering, law and agriculture all on one contiguous campus.

COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY

NSF CAREER Awardees:7

PECASEAwardees:2

AIMBEFellows:10

Professional Societies w/Fellows:11

UF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PRIMARY FACULTY

AFFILIATE FACULTY

May MansyLecturer Ph.D., University of Florida

Biomedical signals & systems and engineering leadership

Kyle D. AllenAssociate Professor Ph.D., Rice University

Eric FullerLecturer Ph.D., University of Florida

Wesley E. BolchDistinguished Professor Ph.D., University of Florida

Mingzhou DingDistinguished Professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor Ph.D., University of Maryland

Jon DobsonJ. Crayton Pruitt Family ProfessorPh.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Zurich

Gregory A. HudallaAssociate Professor Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Benjamin G. KeselowskyProfessor & Associate Chair for Graduate StudiesPh.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Peter S. McFetridgeAssociate Professor & Graduate CoordinatorPh.D., University of Bath

Kevin J. OttoProfessor & Senior Associate ChairPh.D., Arizona State University

Novel strategies to diagnose and treat degenerative joint diseases

Engineering design and engineering education

Molecular engineering for immunotherapies and immune modulation

Dosimetry, computational medical physics and dose assessment

Cognitive neuroscience, signal processing and neural imaging

Biomaterials and controlled release systems for vaccines, immunotherapies and implants

Naturally inspired biomaterials for biologically functional implants and organ regeneration

Magnetic micro- and nanoparticle-based biomedical applications

Neural engineering, device-tissue interfaces and neurostimulation

Daniel FerrisRobert W. Adenbaum Professor Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Biomechanics, neuromechanical control, locomotion, mobile brain imaging, robotic exoskeletons and bionic prostheses

Parisa RashidiAssociate Professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow Ph.D., Washington State University

Carlos RinaldiDean’s Leadership Professor & Chemical Engineering Department ChairPh.D., Mass. Institute of Technology

Medical artificial intelligence (AI) and pervasive health

Nanomedicine and magnetic nanoparticles

Ruogu FangAssistant ProfessorPh.D., Cornell University

Artificial intelligence, brain dynamics and medical image analysis

Walter Lee MurfeeAssociate Professor & Associate Chair for Undergraduate StudiesPh.D., University of Virginia

Cell dynamics, microcirculation, angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis and neurogenesis

Jennifer A. Nichols Assistant ProfessorPh.D., Northwestern University

Biomechanics, musculoskeletal modeling, predictive simulation and medical imaging

Cherie StablerProfessor & Integra LifeSciences Term Professor Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Christine E. SchmidtProfessor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair & BME Department Chair Ph.D., University of Illinois

Blanka SharmaAssociate Professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term FellowPh.D., Johns Hopkins University

Biomaterials for neural tissue regeneration and neural interfacing

Nanomedicine, biomaterials, targeted drug/gene delivery and immunoengineering

Biomaterials, controlled release, regenerative medicine and diabetes

Lakiesha N. WilliamsAssociate Professor Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Traumatic brain injury, soft tissue mechanics, bio-inspired design and materials characterization

Meghan Ferrall-FairbanksAssistant ProfessorPh.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Quantitative systems biology, mathematical modeling, cancer heterogeneity, and evolutionary dynamics

Ana Maria Porras Assistant ProfessorPh.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Biomaterials & tissue engineering to study host-microbe interactions and inclusive science communication

Ivana Parker Assistant ProfessorPh.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Trained immunity, systems biology, HIV/TB, host-pathogen interactions and applied proteomics

Brittany Taylor Assistant ProfessorPh.D., Rutgers University

Musculoskeletal tissue engineering, bioactive biomaterials, tendon injury and repair

Edward A. PhelpsAssistant Professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term FellowPh.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Cell & tissue regeneration, islet biology, diabetes and immunoengineering

Sarah FurtneyLecturer & Undergraduate CoordinatorPh.D., Clemson University

BME cellular engineering laboratory and engineering education research

Aysegul GunduzAssociate Professor, UF Research Foundation Professor & Diversity OfficerPh.D., University of Florida

Human brain mapping, neuromodulation and neural interfacing