Faculty Member Directory
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| Name | Title | Department | College | Interests | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixit, Purushottam, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Physics | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Biophysics, Statistical physics, Evolutionary dynamics of bacteria | pdixit@ufl.edu |
| Papp, Bernadett, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Research | Oral Biology | Dentistry | Genome-wide mechanisms of cellular identity in health vs. disease | bpapp@dental.ufl.edu |
| Allen, Josephine, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Materials Science and Engineering | Engineering | Biomaterials, Cell-material interactions, Space biology, and Stem cell differentiation | jallen@mse.ufl.edu |
| Durham, Bryndan, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Marine microbial ecology | b.durham@ufl.edu |
| Molstad, Aaron, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Statistics | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Statistics, Optimization, Genomics, Statistical learning | amolstad@ufl.edu |
| Huo, Zhiguang (Caleb), Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Biostatistics | Medicine | Statistical genomics, Bioinformatics, Statistical learning | zhuo@ufl.edu |
| Cain, Brian D., Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Medicine | Molecular regulation of endothelin pathway genes | bcain@ufl.edu |
| Bungert, Jorg, Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Medicine | The research in our laboratory focuses on understanding gene regulatory mechanisms during differentiation of red blood cells with a particular emphasis on the globin genes. The five beta-globin genes are expressed at high levels in a developmental-stage specific manner only in erythroid cells. High-level expression is mediated by a locus control region (LCR), a powerful DNA regulatory element located far upstream of the beta-globin genes. Recent data demonstrate that the LCR recruits transcription complexes. We test the hypothesis that the LCR is the primary site of transcription complex recruitment and assembly in the beta globin gene locus. We also generate and utilize artificial DNA binding domains to analyze and modulate the function of cis-regulatory DNA elements in the beta-globin gene locus | jbungert@ufl.edu |
| Allen, William L., J.D. | Associate Professor and Director | Community Health and Family Medicine | Medicine | Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Genetics, End of Life Issues | allen@chfm.ufl.edu |
| Atkinson, Mark A., Ph.D. | Professor and Eminent Scholar | Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine | atkinson@ufl.edu | |
| Baker, Henry V., Ph.D. | Professor and Chair | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Functional genomics - genetics regulatory networks | hvbaker@ufl.edu |
| Bloom, David C., Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Medicine | This lab focuses on the epigenetic regulation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) latent gene expression as a means of understanding the viral and cellular processes that mediate HSV latency and reactivation within neurons. Recent work in our lab has implicated several large and small noncoding RNAs as well as CTCF-binding chromatin insulator elements in regulating aspects of this process. | dbloom@ufl.edu |
| Gulig, Paul A., Ph.D. | Professor and Associate Dean | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | My research focuses on bacterial pathogens, specifically molecular pathogenesis aimed at determining how bacteria causes disease in humans. My current studies involve Vibrio vulnificus and Acinetobacter baumannii, two opportunistic pathogens that cause skin infections and often sepsis and death. We use molecular genetic analysis to create mutant strains and examine their ability to cause infection. We also use genomic sequence analysis to compare genomes of highly virulent and less virulent strains to identify candidate virulence genes. Other projects involve the development of phage-display (recombinant) antibodies to detect microbial pathogens and the use of bacteriophages as therapeutic agents to fight bacterial infections. | gulig@ufl.edu |
| Jin, Shouguang, Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Host-pathogen interaction (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Agrobacterium tumefaciens) | sjin@mgm.ufl.edu |
| Berns, Kenneth, M.D. | Emeritus | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Molecular genetics of the AAV life cycle and the use of the virus as a potential vector in human gene therapy. | kberns@ufl.edu |
| Lewin, Alfred S., Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | My lab uses mouse models of retinal disease to develop gene therapies and pharmacologic therapies for blinding diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age related macular degeneration. | lewin@ufl.edu |
| Cohn, Martin J., Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Development of the vertebrate limb, Development of the urogenital system, Evolution and Development, Origin of limbs and fins | mjcohn@ufl.edu |
| McIntyre, Lauren M., Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | The lab is focused on modeling gene regulatory networks. | mcintyre@ufl.edu |
| Renne, Rolf, Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Our lab studies how the latency-associated genes of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) contributes to KS and lymphomagenesis. Main emphasis are on LANA and viral microRNAs. | rrenne@ufscc.ufl.edu |
| Resnick, James, Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Our lab is interesting in the molecular mechanisms underlying genetic imprinting at the locus responsible for Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes | resnick@mgm.ufl.edu |
| Scott, Edward W., Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Gene regulation, biology of hematopoietic progenitor cells | escott@ufl.edu |
| Swanson, Maurice S., Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Our research focuses on the regulation of RNA processing in development and disease. | mswanson@ufl.edu |
| Tibbetts, Scott, Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Viral long noncoding RNAs, viral miRNAs, pathogenesis of oncogenic viruses, virus-host interactions. | stibbe@ufl.edu |
| Wallace, Peggy, Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | The lab focuses on molecular genetic studies of a number of single-gene and complex traits, predominantly in humans but also in other species to complement the human studies. This includes genomic and gene/locus-specific analysis of DNA sequence and epigenetics, in germline and tumor DNA. Some work extends into culturing tumor cells for cell biology and xenograft experiments, as well as genetics. | peggyw@ufl.edu |
| Wu, Lizi, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | Signal transduction, mouse models, cancer therapeutics | lzwu@ufl.edu |
| Zhou, Lei, Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | The lab is focused on understanding how cell suicide (apoptosis) is initiated in oncogenic cells or in cells infected by viruses. | leizhou@ufl.edu |
| Agbandje-McKenna, Mavis, Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Medicine | Structural Biology | mckenna@ufl.edu |
| Schultz, Gregory S., Ph.D. | Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine | The lab is focused on molecular and cellular regulation of wound healing, including antiscarring therapies and drugs that enhance healing of chronic wounds. Another focus is on rapid, point-of-care diagnostics using surface plasmon resonanace technologies. | schultzg@ufl.edu |
| Ostrov, David A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine | Our team focuses on developing novel therapeutic approaches to treat esophageal cancer, breast cancer, drug resistant childhood leukemia, colon cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, lymphoma, Type I diabetes, Graft Versus Host Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Autism Spectrum Disorders and drug resistant pathogens including HIV. Our laboratory developed a unique rapid and economical method to combine in silico high-throughput screening with functional structure-activity-relationship testing in vitro and in vivo. | ostroda@pathology.ufl.edu |
| Aris, John P., Ph.D. | Associate Professor,, Departmental Education Program Director | Anatomy and Cell Biology | Medicine | My lab studies mechanisms of aging at the cellular level with a focus on the roles of autophagy and mitochondrial function in determining chronological longevity (i.e., longevity of non-dividing cells). | johnaris@ufl.edu |
| Brantly, Mark L., M.D. | Professor and Chief | Medicine | Medicine | Protein Trafficking, Folding, Genetics of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency | Brantml@medicine.ufl.edu |
| Bubb, Michael R., M.D. | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine | Cell motility, Arthritis, Autoimmunity | bubbmr@medicine.ufl.edu |
| Wang, Gary Ping-Chuan, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Medicine | Medicine | HIV, HCV, viral evolution, drug resistance | Gary.Wang@medicine.ufl.edu |
| Liao, Daiqing, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Anatomy and Cell Biology | Medicine | Our lab focuses on understanding mechanisms underlying adenovirus replication and virus-host interactions as well as the application of such knowledge for designing new oncolytic viruses for cancer gene therapy. We are also interested in discovering small molecule inhibitors to lysine acetyltransferases and deacetylases and studying the effects of such molecules in anticancer applications. | dliao@ufl.edu |
| Ishov, Alexander M., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Anatomy and Cell Biology | Medicine | Drug resistance and epigenetics in carcinogenesis; dynamics of intranuclear proteins distribution and chromatin structure in the context of transcription regulation, stress application and viral infection. | Ishov@ufl.edu |
| Jin, Lingtao, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Anatomy & Cell Biology | Medicine | ljin1@ufl.edu | |
| Xiao, Rui, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Aging and Geriatric Research | Medicine | rxiao@ufl.edu | |
| Lu, Jianrong, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Medicine | The lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying tumor progression. In particular, we are interested in transcription and chromatin regulation of angiogenesis and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). We also investigate the regulation and significance of altered metabolism in cancer | jrlu@ufl.edu |
| Bloom, Linda B., Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | DNA Replication and Repair | lbloom@ufl.edu |
| Kilberg, Michael S., Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Medicine | Characterization of the transcription factor networks, the corresponding genomic elements, and epigenetic mechanisms that control hepatic gene expression during dietary protein or amino acid deprivation. Identification of the transcriptional adaptation mechanisms that permit hepatocellular carcinoma cells to proliferate during amino acid limitation. | mkilberg@ufl.edu |
| Kladde, Michael P., Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Medicine | kladde@ufl.edu | |
| Xie, Mingyi, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry | Medicine | Non-coding RNA-regulated gene expression, RNA-processing | mingyi.xie@ufl.edu |
| Mandel, Ron, Ph.D. | Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | Neurodegenerative disorders | rmandel@ufl.edu |
| Harfe, Brian D., Ph.D. | Associate Dean and Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | My lab uses the mouse and chick model systems to investigate how the intervertebral discs and digits form. | bharfe@mgm.ufl.edu |
| Salemi, Marco M., Ph.D. | Professor | Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine | virus evolution and molecular epidemiology | salemi@pathology.ufl.edu |
| Mai, Volker, Ph.D., M.P.H. | Associate Professor | Epidemiology | Medicine | Gut microbiota, diet, cancer epidemiology, enteric disease, bacteriophage, bioinformatics | vmai@ufl.edu |
| Prosperi, Mattia, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Epidemiology | Medicine | Biomedical modeling and big data mining | m.prosperi@ufl.edu |
| Heldermon, Coy., M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Hematology/Oncology | Medicine | Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Sanfilippo Syndrome | coy.heldermon@medicine.ufl.edu |
| Hoffman, Brad E., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Pediatrics/Neurosciences | Medicine | Gene immunotherapy , autoimmunity, neurodegenerative disease, AAV vector technology, immunology, Regulatory T cells, Tolerance induction | bhoffman@ufl.edu |
| Campbell-Thompson, Martha, D.V.M., Ph.D. | Professor | Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine | AAV toxicology and transgene expression | thompmc@pathology.ufl.edu |
| Berglund, Andy, Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Medicine | Regulation of RNA processing and molecular mechanisms of neurological disease | aberglund@ufl.edu |
| Wang, Eric, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | RNA processing, RNA localization, microsatellite repeat diseases, neuromuscular/neurological diseases, myotonic dystrophy | eric.t.wang@ufl.edu |
| Ranum, Laura P.W., Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Medicine | understanding how repeat expansions cause myotonic dystrophy and ataxia | ranum@ufl.edu |
| Kang, Peter, M.D. | Chief and Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine | Genetics of muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular disorders, Cockayne syndrome | pbkang@ufl.edu |
| Li, Yuqing, Ph.D. | Professor | Neurology | Medicine | Pathophysiology and experimental therapeutics of dystonia. Animal models of movement disorders including Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity during development and learning. Conditional mutagenesis in mouse focusing on basal ganglia circuit and its dopaminergic, cholinergic and cerebellar modulations. | yuqingli@ufl.edu |
| Rincon-Limas, Diego E., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Neurology | Medicine | Drosophila and cellular models of neurodegenerative diseases, Prion disorders, Alzheimer's disease, ER stress, molecular chaperones | diego.rincon@neurology.ufl.edu |
| Nick, Harry S., Ph.D. | Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | hnick@ufl.edu | |
| Moroz, Leonid L., Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | epigenetics, genome biology, genomic bases of memory, neuronal identiry and plasticity; animal phylogeny and evolution, phylogenomics, next generation sequencing | moroz@whitney.ufl.edu |
| Sarkisian, Matthew R., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying normal and pathogenetic development of the cerebral cortex. | msarkisian@ufl.edu |
| Semple-Rowland, Susan L., Ph.D. | Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | The lab is focused on studies of retinal photoreceptor bilogy and disease. We are currently interested in understanding the biochemical mechanisms controlling light entrainment of photoreceptor clocks. | rowland@ufl.edu |
| Foster, Thomas C., Ph.D. | Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | foster@mbi.ufl.edu | |
| Abisambra, Jose, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | The overarching goal of my research program is to investigate the molecular mechanisms linking tau alterations with cellular dysfunction, and in particular, with RNA translation. These events contribute to the pathogenesis of more than 20 neurodegenerative disorders that share a common pathological hallmark: intracellular aggregation of tau. Tauopathies include Alzheimer’s disease, fronto-temporal dementia with tau inclusions, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy/traumatic brain injury (CTE/TBI), which are central to the focus of my research. Current projects include studies on the unfolded protein response in tauopathies, alterations to ribosomal function and RNA synthesis, mechanisms of TBI-mediated long term-cognitive disability, and several collaborations investigating the relationship between brain disorders and peripheral organs. My hope is to design effective strategies to improve the quality of life of over 30 million people suffering from tauopathies worldwide. | j.abisambra@ufl.edu |
| Tansey,Maria, Ph.D. | Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | mgtansey@ufl.edu | |
| Zori, Roberto T., M.D. | Professor and Chief | Pediatrics | Medicine | Medical Genetics, Medical Cytogenetics | zori@peds.ufl.edu |
| Byrne, Barry, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine | Cardiovascular disease | bbyrne@ufl.edu |
| Hauswirth, William, Ph.D. | Research Professor | Ophthamology | Medicine | Eye disease | hauswrth@eye1.eye.ufl.edu |
| Srivastava, Arun, Ph.D. | Professor and Division Chief | Pediatrics | Medicine | The laboratory is focused on the following two parvoviruses, the non-pathogenic adeno-associated virus (AAV), and a common human pathogen, the parvovirus B19, and the development of recombinant parvovirus vectors in human gene therapy. The current emphasis is on developing recombinant parvovirus vectors for gene therapy for genetic diseases such as ÌÄ_Ìâå_-thalassemia and sickle cell disease, and malignant disorders such as hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. | aruns@peds.ufl.edu |
| Fletcher, Bradley S., M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine | Non-viral gene delivery, DNA transposons, tumor angiogenesis, gene therapy for hemophilia and cancer | bsfletch@ufl.edu |
| Mathews, Carol, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry | Medicine | camathews@mac.com | |
| Driscoll, Daniel J., M.D., Ph.D. | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine | Genomic imprinting, Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes, mammalian gametogenesis, early onset morbid obesity | driscdj@peds.ufl.edu |
| Schatz, Desmond A., M.D. | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine | Etiology, pathophysiology and prevention of Type 1 diabetes | schatda@peds.ufl.edu |
| Kaye, Frederic J., M.D. | Professor and Director | Oncology | Medicine | The lab is focused on identifying and studying the functional implications of genetic alterations in lung, head, and neck cancers. | fkaye@ufl.edu |
| Zolotukhin, Sergei, Ph.D. | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine | rAAV vectors, gene therapy approaches to treat obesity using neurocytokines | szlt@ufl.edu |
| Traktuev, Dmitry, Ph.D. | Research Associat Professor | Division of Cardiovascular Medicine | Medicine | dmitry.traktuev@medicine.ufl.edu | |
| Cogle, Christopher R. M.D., Ph.D. | Professor | Hematology/Oncology | Medicine | christopher.cogle@medicine.ufl.edu | |
| Concannon, Patrick J., Ph.D. | Professor and UFGI Director | Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine | Genetics of radiation sensitivity; Type 1 diabetes genetics; Genetic epidemiology of second primary breast cancer; Genetics of malnutrition - Genetic factors may contribute to a child's risk of stunting in an environmental context of poor sanitation and endemic disease | patcon@ufl.edu |
| Efron, Philip A. M.D., Ph.D. | Professor | Surgery | Medicine | Philip.efron@surgery.ufl.edu | |
| Esser, Karyn, Ph.D. | Professor | Physiology and Functional Genomic | Medicine | kaesser@ufl.edu | |
| Farrer, Matthew Ph.D. | Professor | Neuroscience | Medicine | m.farrer@ufl.edu | |
| Ghivizzani, Steven, Ph.D. | Professor | Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation | Medicine | ghivisc@ortho.ufl.edu | |
| Kopinke, Daniel, Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Medicine | dkopinke@ufl.edu | |
| Lavoie, Matthew, Ph.D. | Professor | Neurology | Medicine | mlavoie@ufl.edu | |
| Makki, Nadja, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Anatomy & Cell Biology | Medicine | Nadja.makki@ufl.edu | |
| Mendez-Gomez, Hector R., Ph.D. | Research Associate Scientist | Neurosurgery | Medicine | Nanotechnology, immunotherapy, brain tumors, blood-brain barrier | hector. mendezgomez@neurosurgery.ufl.edu |
| Sayour, Elias, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Department of Neurosurgery | Medicine | elias.sayour@neurosurgery.ufl.edu | |
| Wood, Charles E., Ph.D. | Professor and Chair | Physiology and Functional Genomics | Medicine | Fetal development/fetal stress/prematurity | woodc@ufl.edu |
| McMahon, Lance R., Ph.D., M.S. | Professor and Chair | Pharmacodynamics | Pharmacy | The lab integrates principles of behavior and receptor theory to identify central nervous system mechanisms responsible for drug dependence | lance.mcmahon@cop.ufl.edu |
| Zhou, Daohong, Ph.D. | Professor | Department of Pharmacodynamics | Pharmacy | zhoudaohong@cop.ufl.edu | |
| Zhao, Jinying, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Director | Epidemiology | Public Health and Health Professions | Genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics for human complex diseases | jzhao66@ufl.edu |
| Bacher, Rhonda, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Department of Biostatistics | Public Health and Health Professions; Medicine | rbacher@ufl.edu | |
| Dinglasan, Rhoel R. | Associate Professor | Infectious Diseases and Immunology | Veterinary Medicine | rdinglasan@epi.ufl.edu | |
| Toth, Zsolt, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Oral Biology | Dentistry | My lab investigates how viral transcription factors encoded by Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) can hijack components of the host epigenetic machinery and utilize them to reprogram the viral and host genomes to facilitate lytic reactivation in B cells and lytic replication in oral epithelial cells. The goal of our studies is to determine the nuclear host-pathogen interactions, which are required for KSHV-induced reprogramming of infected cells that are critical for KSHV pathogenesis. | ztoth@dental.ufl.edu |
| Thai, My T., Ph.D. | Professor | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | Engineering | Biological Networks | mythai@cise.ufl.edu |
| Kahveci, Tamer, Ph.D. | Professor | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | Engineering | Indexing, retrieval, and mining of biological databases, shotgun sequencing, multiple alignment and motif finding, protein structure similarity, protein classification | tamer@cise.ufl.edu |
| Wu, Dapeng Oliver, Ph.D. | Professor | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering | wu@ece.ufl.edu | |
| Gader, Paul D., Ph.D. | Professor | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | Engineering | pgader@cise.ufl.edu | |
| Ranka, Sanjay, Ph.D. | Professor | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | Engineering | Bioinformatics, Data Intensive Applications, Data Mining, Grid Computing | ranka@cise.ufl.edu |
| Sitharam, Meera, Ph.D. | Professor | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | Engineering | (Symmetric Macro) Molecular structure, Conformational landscapes, Assembly -- specifically the influence of geometric constraints | sitharam@ufl.edu |
| Pardalos, Panos, Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor | Industrial and Systems Engineering | Engineering | global and combinatorial optimization | pardalos@ufl.edu |
| Cellinese, Nico, Ph.D. | Associate Curator | Florida Museum of Natural History | Florida Museum of Natural History | Evolution, Biogeography, Phyloinformatics, Biodiversity Informatics | ncellinese@flmnh.ufl.edu |
| Kawahara, Akito Y., Ph.D. | Associate Curator | Florida Museum of Natural History | Florida Museum of Natural History | kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu | |
| Paulay, Gustav, Ph.D. | Curator | Florida Museum of Natural History | Florida Museum of Natural History | phylogenetics and biodiversity | paulay@ufl.edu |
| Reed, David L., Ph.D. | Associate Curator | Florida Museum of Natural History | Florida Museum of Natural History | Host/parasite coevolution, mammalogy, phylogenetics, bioinformatics | dlreed@ufl.edu |
| Soltis, Pamela S., Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor | Florida Museum of Natural History | Florida Museum of Natural History | polyploidy, angiosperm phylogeny, conservation genetics | psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu |
| Guralnick, Robert Ph.D. | Curator | Natural History | Florida Museum of Natural History | rguralnick@flmnh.ufl.edu | |
| Vaillancourt, David, Ph.D. | Professor & Chair | Physiology & Kinesiology | Health & Human Performance | vcourt@ufl.edu | |
| Riva, Alberto A., Ph.D. | Scientist | Bioinformatics | ICBR | ariva@ufl.edu | |
| Altpeter, Fredy, Dr. sc. agr. | Professor | Agronomy | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Genome editing, CRISPR/Cas9, homologous recombination, cereals, turf and forage grasses, sugarcane, crop improvement | faltpeter@ifas.ufl.edu |
| Borum, Peggy R., Ph.D. | Professor | Food Science and Human Nutrition | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The lab is focused on the metabolic roles of nutrients in neonates and children with chronic disease. | prb@ufl.edu |
| Chaparro, Jose X, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | jchaparro@ifas.ufl.edu | |
| Wong, Adam Chun Nin, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Entomology and Nematology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Insect microbiome interactions, metabolism, behavior | adamcnwong@ufl.edu |
| Miller, Christine W., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Entomology and Nematology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Evolution of behavior and morphology with a focus on the environment's role in trait expression and evolution | cwmiller@ufl.edu |
| Hahn, Daniel A., Ph.D. | Professor | Entomology and Nematology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | What gives some individuals more resistance to environmental stress than others (i.e., greater baseline stress resistance), and why do some individuals have greater plasticity in stress resistance (i.e., greater acclimation capacity or responses to early life experiences)? Are these same biochemical, cellular, and genetic mechanisms that confer greater stress resistance within populations ultimately also involved in diversification of stress responses at a macro-evolutionary scale across species? Our lab addresses these questions through three main areas: 1) seasonal adaptation in the context of invasive species moving into new climatic regions or for populations facing climate change, 2) stress and sexual selection, particularly testing hypotheses about linkages between oxidative stress and sexual performance, and 3) reproductive plasticity, aging, and healthspan. | dahahn@ufl.edu |
| DiGennaro, Peter, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Entomology and Nematology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Molecular basis of nematode parasitism in plants | pdigennaro@ufl.edu |
| Conesa, Ana, Ph.D. | Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Functional genomics, Next Generation Sequencing, RNA-seq, functional annotation, statistical analysis of gene expression data, data integration, Blast2GO, Bioinformatics. | aconesa@ufl.edu |
| de Crecy-Lagard, Valerie, Ph.D. | Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The lab focuses on using comparative genomics analyses to predict gene function and then experimentally validated those by a combination of genetic and biochemical approaches | vcrecy@ufl.edu |
| Foster, Jamie S., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The lab is focused on examining the molecular mechanisms underlying carbonate mineralization in modern lithifying microbial mats. | foster@ufl.edu |
| Gonzalez, Claudio F., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Gene expression and regulation, protein engineering, enzyme production and characterization | cfgonzalez@ufl.edu |
| Gurley, William, Ph.D. | Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Transcriptional regulation in plants, Heat stress response, Heat shock transcription factors, General transcription factors such as TBP, TAFs, and TFIIB | wgurley@ufl.edu |
| Keyhani, Nemat O., Ph.D. | Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Fungal genetics and biology, arthropod biological control | keyhani@ufl.edu |
| Kolaczkowski, Bryan, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The primary focus of our lab is 1) understanding the functional evolution of antiviral immune receptors, 2) developing therapeutic approaches to activate/inhibit these receptors and 3) predicting factors contributing to type 1 diabetes risk. | bryank@ufl.edu |
| Lorca, Graciela L., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Chemical biology of one-component transcriptional regulators, high throughput screen of small molecule binding modules, development of live vectors | glorca@ufl.edu |
| Maupin-Furlow, Julie A., Ph.D. | Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Microbial biochemistry and physiology; global regulatory mechanisms; mechanisms of proteolysis including proteasomes; post-translational modifications (acetylation, phosphorylation, ubiquitin-like proteins); molecular genetics, genomics and proteomics; archaea (methogens, halophiles, thermophiles); enzyme structure and function; biotechnology; metabolic engineering; microbial conversion of biomass to renewable fuels & chemicals. | jmaupin@ufl.edu |
| Mou, Zhonglin, Ph.D. | Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Plant Defense Responses | zhlmou@ufl.edu |
| Romeo, Tony, Ph.D. | Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Bacterial global regulatory circuits, RNA-based regulation, molecular genetics of biofilm development | tromeo@ufl.edu |
| Triplett, Eric W., Ph.D. | Professor and Chair | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Genetic and proteomic analysis of plant colonization by endophytic bacteria; | ewt@ufl.edu |
| Vermerris, Wilfred, Ph.D. | Professor | Microbiology and Cell Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | plant cell wall chemistry, sorghum breeding and genetics, nanomaterials from plant biomass, biofuels | wev@ufl.edu |
| Wang, Jianping, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Agronomy | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The lab is focused on identifying the genetic components underling the agronomically and economically important traits of biofuel (sugarcane and elephant grass) and row crops (peanut) and understanding the molecular functions of the identified genetic components in the plant system. The targeted characters of biofuel crops include the plant architecture, sugar/fiber conversion, cell wall thickness, cell wall composition, abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. Of the row crops, disease resistance and drought tolerance are the major research foci. A multidiscipline approach integrating cutting edge genomics, bioinformatics, forward and reverse genetics, molecular biology, and breeding is employed in the research program. | wangjp@ufl.edu |
| Davis, John M., Ph.D. | Professor and Associate Director | Forest Resources and Conservation | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | jmdavis@ufl.edu | |
| Kirst, Matias, Ph.D. | Professor | Forest Resources and Conservation | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The lab is focused is focused in three areas: (1) Fundamental Genomic Research in the genetic regulation of gene expression and gene expression networks; (2) Applied Genomic Research for the discovery of genes, metabolic and regulatory networks that control variation in wood quality, growth and other important traits for the forestry and agronomic industry; and (3) Technology and genomic tool development. | mkirst@ufl.edu |
| Peter, Gary F., Ph.D. | Professor | Forest Resources and Conservation | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Breeding, carbon allocation, cellular and developmental biology, metabolism, quantitative genetics | gfpeter@ufl.edu |
| Kenworthy, Kevin E., Ph.D. | Professor | Agronomy | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Turfgrass breeding and genetics | kkenworthy@ifas.ufl.edu |
| Hansen, Peter J., Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor | Animal Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Preimplantation embryonic development, cellular responses to heat shock, embryo transfer, reproductive immunology | hansen@animal.ufl.edu |
| Folta, Kevin M., Ph.D. | Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | 1. The genetic and biochemical networks that connect the light environment to physiological changes in plants. 2. The compounds that define fruit flavors and connect consumers to higher quality fruits. 3. Connecting novel genes to their functions using transgenics. 4. Connecting undergraduates to meaningful research experiences. | kfolta@ufl.edu |
| Handler, Alfred M., Ph.D. | Research Geneticist USDA | Entomology and Nematology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Transgenic insect strain development for improved biological control . | ahandler@ufl.edu |
| Ferl, Robert J., Ph.D. | Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | robferl@ufl.edu | |
| Klee, Harry J., Ph.D. | Eminent Scholar | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Signal transduction, Plant secondary metabolism, Flavor, Carotenoids | hjklee@ifas.ufl.edu |
| Koch, Karen E., Ph.D. | Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | kek@ifas.ufL.edu | |
| Bliznyuk, Nikolay, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Agricultural and Biological Engineering | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | nbliznyuk@ufl.edu | |
| Santos, Jose Eduardo P., Ph.D., D.V.M. | Professor | Animal Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The lab is focused on understanding how nutrients and hormonal manipulation of the estrous cycle influence establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in dairy cattle | jepsantos@ufl.edu |
| Austin, James D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Wildlife Ecology and Conservation | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Our lab conducts research that emphasize molecular genetics of rare and endangered species. Projects have included estimating level and timing of population isolation, the impact of landscape structure and management (e.g. fire regimes) on animal genetics, and higher-level examinations of intra-specific (phylogeographic analysis) and inter-specific (phylogenetics) relationships. | austinj@ufl.edu |
| Smartt, Chelsea T., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Entomology and Nematology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Molecular biology and biochemistry of disease transmitting mosquitoes. Medical entomology. Gene expression and regulation. | ctsmart@ufl.edu |
| Cousins, Robert J., Ph.D. | Eminent Scholar | Food Science and Human Nutrition | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Molecular and Cell Biology of Zinc Metabolism and Function | cousins@ufl.edu |
| Clark, David G., Ph.D. | Professor | Environmental Horticulture | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Biotechnology of Floriculture Crops | geranium@ufl.edu |
| Paul, Anna-Lisa, Ph.D. | Research Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Plant space biology; plant molecular responses to novel abiotic stress | alp@ufl.edu |
| Rathinasabapathi, Bala, Ph.D. | Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The lab is focused on understanding metabolic adaptations of plants to various abiotic stress factors especially those that generate oxidative damage. We develop biotechnologies for improving the tolerance of crop plants to high temperature, and cold stress and for minimizing food safety concerns from arsenic contamination of the environment. | brath@ufl.edu |
| Vallejos, Carlos E., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Genetics of Phaseolus vulgaris; Bean genetics and genomics | vallejos@ufl.edu |
| Chase, Christine D., Ph.D. | Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Our research is focused on the molecular-genetic dissection of mitochondrial biogenesis and function in plants. We investigate the mitochondria-encoded cytoplasmic male sterility trait and nuclear-encoded fertility restoration genes to understand mitochondria-signaled programmed cell death in plants and the ways in which nuclear genes influence the organization, inheritance and expression of mitochondrial genomes. | cdchase@ufl.edu |
| McCarty, Donald R., Ph.D. | Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Seed development, Maize, Arabidopsis, Abscisic acid biosynthesis, B3 domain transcription factors, Carotenoid dioxygenases | drm@ufl.edu |
| Settles, Mark A., Ph.D. | Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | The lab uses transposon-tagged seed mutants to study genes and biological processes required for maize seed development. We focus on mutants with unusual inheritance patterns that give insight into the developmental biology of the seed such as maternal-effect mutants or mutants that impact endosperm-embryo interactions. These mutants impact epigenetic regulation and RNA splicing. We are also developing high-throughput methods to characterize seed phenotypes using spectroscopy and optical machine vision approaches. | settles@ufl.edu |
| Gabriel, Dean W., Ph.D. | Professor | Plant Pathology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Microbial pathogenesis, plant host recognition and defenses, bacterial genomics, functional genomics, gene engineering | dgabr@ufl.edu |
| Goss, Erica M., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Plant Pathology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Plant pathogen evolution | emgoss@ufl.edu |
| Jones, Jeffrey B., Ph.D. | Professor | Plant Pathology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Plant-microbe interactions, host plant resistance | jbjones@ufl.edu |
| Rollins, Jeffrey A., Ph.D. | Professor | Plant Pathology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | My program is primarily focused on elucidating the molecular mechanishms underlying pathogenesis and multicellular development in plant pathogenic fungi. Tools of molecular genetics, functional gene analyses, genomics, transcriptomics and microscopy are primarily used. | rollinsj@ufl.edu |
| Harmon, Philip F., Ph.D. | Professor | Plant Pathology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Fungal genetics and metagenomics | pfharmon@ufl.edu |
| Song, Wen-Yuan, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Plant Pathology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Host-Parasite interactions, plant signal transduction, protein networks | wsong@ufl.edu |
| Ogram, Andrew, Ph.D. | Professor | Soil and Water Science | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Microbial Ecology; genetics of biodegradation of xenobiotics | avo@mail.ifas.ufl.edu |
| Chourey, Prem, Ph.D. | Ctsy. Professor | Agronomy | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Biochemical and Physiological Genetics, Seed development, Pollen development, Programmed Cell death | pschourey@ifas.ufl.edu |
| Bonning, Bryony C. | Eminent Scholar and Professor | Entomology and Nematology | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | bbonning@ufl.edu | |
| Liu, Tie, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | tieliu@ufl.edu | |
| Meyer, Julie L. | Assistant Professor | Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | Soil and Water Sciences | juliemeyer@ufl.edu |
| Resende, Marcio, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Department of Horticultural Sciences | Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences | mresende@ufl.edu | |
| Burleigh, Gordon, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | gburleigh@ufl.edu | |
| Hagen, Stephen J., Ph.D. | Professor | Physics | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Our lab is focused on biological physics, with current emphasis on the dynamics of biological systems, including especially bacterial quorum signaling, noise, and dynamics properties of bacterial communication | sjhagen@ufl.edu |
| Gravlee, Clarence C., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Anthropology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Ethnicity, race, and racism, human biological variation, cardiovascular disease, cultural dimensions of psychosocial stress | cgravlee@ufl.edu |
| Mulligan (Kolman), Connie J., Ph.D. | Professor | Anthropology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | The lab studies human evolution in terms of population history as well as human adaptation. We analyze neutral variation in order to reconstruct human population history and variation that is subject to natural selection in order to study the origin and spread of human disease and human pathogens. | cmulligan@ufl.edu |
| Hauser, Bernard A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | During seed formation, the maternal tissues surrounding the growing embryo participate in critical processes, including fertilization, and nutrient uptake. In the mature seeds, these same maternal tissues are critical for regulating germination, seed dormancy, seed stability and resistance to pathogen attach. Genetic mutations that alter the development of this maternal tissue, leading to specific loss of see structures and reduced seed set were found. Based on the seed structure and physiology of mutants, the function of genetic loci can be determined.There are a number of genes that are induced during environmental stress that cause seed failure. These loci are being evaluated so they can be used to ameliorate the effects of temperature and water stress in crop plants. | bahauser@ufl.edu |
| Barbazuk, (William) Brad, Ph.D. | Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | bbarbazuk@botany.ufl.edu | |
| Choe, Keith P., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Cellular stress responses, Animal Physiology, Aging, and Cell SIgnaling | kchoe@ufl.edu |
| Maden, Malcolm, Ph.D. | Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | The lab is focused on inducing regeneration in mammals by a) discovering the mechanisms of regeneration in organisms that can already regenerate perfectly such as salamanders; b) re-inducing crucial developmental signalling pathways such as the retinoic acid pathway in a regenerative context. | malmaden@ufl.edu |
| Wayne, Marta L., Ph.D. | Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | The unifying theme of the lab is explaining the maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations. While genetic variation is contributed constantly by mutation, it is also constantly removed by natural selection, and by sampling processes such as genetic drift. Thus, the variation that we see when we go out into nature must be the outcome of an interaction among these forces. We use quantitative and population genetics and genomics to address this question, primarily in Drosophila melanogaster and its parasite sigma virus, but also in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). | mlwayne@ufl.edu |
| Chen, Sixue, Ph.D. | Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Plant Secondary Metabolism | schen@ufl.edu |
| Gitzendanner, Matthew A., Ph.D. | Scientist | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | My research is focused on plant evolutionary genetics, employing tools that range from population genetics to genomics. | magitz@ufl.edu |
| McDaniel, Stuart, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | stuartmcdaniel@ufl.edu | |
| Baer, Charles F., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Evolutionary biology, population genetics, quantitative genetics and genetic variation | cbaer@zoo.ufl.edu |
| Kertes, Darlene A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Psychology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Gene environment interaction | dkertes@ufl.edu |
| Devine, Darragh P., Ph.D. | Professor | Psychology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Gene expression in stress-induced limbic neuroplasticity, genetic basis of autism and self-injurious behaviour | dpdevine@ufl.edu |
| Braun, Edward L., Ph.D. | Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | My research foci are evolutionary genomics, phylogenetics and computational biology. I am interested in models of genomic change and the use of evolutionary information to make inferences about the function at a variety of scales (ranging from molecules to whole organisms and populations). Although the majority of my recent work has focused on birds and reptiles I have worked on a variety of organisms (including plants on fungi) and I am not focused on any specific group of organisms. I use a variety of approaches, ranging from theory and data mining to laboratory methods and I am dedicated to fostering undergraduate research, integrating authentic research into the classroom, and improving pedagogy in the sciences. | ebraun68@ufl.edu |
| Gillooly, James F., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | gillooly@zoo.ufl.edu | |
| Miyamoto, Michael M., Ph.D. | Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Vertebrate Biology | miyamoto@clas.ufl.edu |
| Oppenheimer, David G., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Our lab is interested in the following topics: 1) the control of plant actin dynamics, focusing on a novel regulator of actin depolymerizing factor, 2) membrane protein localization by a new type of signal anchor, and 3) small molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interactions and allosteric inhibitors of protein function. | oppenhe@ufl.edu |
| Kimball, Rebecca T., Ph.D. | Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | The lab is focused on understanding evolutionary patterns and processes, primarily focusing on birds. | rkimball@ufl.edu |
| Sessa, Emily B., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Evolutionary and ecological processes that contribute to plant diversity. In particular, the study of reticulate evolution, including polyploidy/whole genome duplication, hybridization, and introgression. | emilysessa@ufl.edu |
| Soltis, Douglas E., Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor | Biology | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Floral developmental genetics, angiosperm systematics, genome doubling | dsoltis@botany.ufl.edu |
| Cataldo, Tara T., M.L.S. | Associate University Librarian | Marston Science Library | Libraries | Studying the information seeking behavior or researchers and the use of digital collections and resources in science and medicine. | ttobin@ufl.edu |
| Lamba, Jatinder, Ph.D. | Professor | Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research | Pharmacy | Identification, characterization and clinical validation of genomic/epigenomic markers predictive of therapeutic outcome cancer patients. | jlamba@cop.ufl.edu |
| Duarte, Julio, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Pharmacogenomics | Pharmacy | eylerfd@peds.ufl.edu | |
| Cavallari, Larisa H., Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., F.C.C.P. | Associate Professor and Director | Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research | Pharmacy | Warfarin pharmacogenetic research; Pharmocogenomics; Human genetics | lcavallari@cop.ufl.edu |
| Gong, Yan, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research | Pharmacy | Pharmacogenomics; Serious Adverse Drug Reactions; Genetic Association Analysis; Genome-wide Association Studies; Statistical Genetics; Genetic Epidemiology | gong@cop.ufl.edu |
| Johnson, Julie A., Pharm.D. | Distinguished Professor | Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research | Pharmacy | My research focuses on cardiovascular pharmacogenomics. I lead a research group in the NIH-supported Pharmacogenomics Research Network, with a project focused on pharmacogenomics of antihypertensive drugs. | johnson@cop.ufl.edu |
| Langaee, Taimour Y., Ph.D., M.S.P.H. | Research Professor | Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research | Pharmacy | langaee@cop.ufl.edu | |
| Song, Sihong, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Pharmaceutics | Pharmacy | The lab is focused on the development of gene and stem cell based therapies for the treatment of alpha 1 antitrypsin gene deficiency, type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases. | shsong@ufl.edu |
| Brown, Daniel R., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Infectious Diseases and Immunology | Veterinary Medicine | The lab is focused on cellular microbiology with emphasis on mycoplasma models of host/pathogen interactions. | drbrown@ufl.edu |
| Allred, David R., Ph.D. | Professor | Infectious Diseases and Immunology | Veterinary Medicine | Antigenic variation | allredd@ufl.edu |
| Brown, Mary B., Ph.D. | Professor | Infectious Diseases and Immunology | Veterinary Medicine | mycoplasmal infections, comparative genomics of Mollicutes, host:pathogen interactions | mbbrown@ufl.edu |
| Brooks, Samantha A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Animal Sciences | Veterinary Medicine | The use of genomics tools to study traits of health, conformation and performance. This work spans not only the mapping and identification of mutations causing traits of interest, but also the use of a variety of nucleic acid based techniques in genomic research. | samantha.brooks@ufl.edu |
| Mergia, Ayalew, Ph.D. | Professor | Infectious Diseases and Immunology | Veterinary Medicine | AIDS, FIV, retroviruses, ribozymes | mergiaa@ufl.edu |
| Martyniuk, Chris, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Physiological Sciences | Veterinary Medicine | Aquatic toxicology; Sex steroids; Neuroendocrinology; Gamma-aminobutyric acid; Transcriptomics; Proteomics; Reproduction; Fish biology | cmartyn@ufl.edu |
| Vulpe, Christopher | Professor | Physiological Sciences | Veterinary Medicine | cvulpe@ufl.edu | |
| Long, Maureen T., Ph.D. | Professor | Comparative, Diagnostic and Population Medicine | Veterinary Medicine | Arboviral Diseases of Man and Animals | longm@ufl.edu |
| Dark, Michael J., D.V.M., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Comparative, Diagnostic and Population Medicine | Veterinary Medicine | Veterinary Pathology, Rickettsiology | darkmich@vetmed.ufl.edu |
| Denslow, Nancy D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Physiological Sciences | Veterinary Medicine | Estrogen receptor mediated gene expression | ndenslow@ufl.edu |
| Tennant, Michele R., Ph.D. | University Librarian | MLIS, HSC Library/UFGI | VP Office for Health Affairs | Information Seeking Behavior; Library Liaison Programs; User Services | tennantm@ufl.edu |
| Seaver, Elaine C., Ph.D. | Professor | Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience | Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience | Patterning in the spiralian embryo and the evolution of identified cells; Regenerative Biology; Neurogenesis; Patterning of the germline | seaver@whitney.ufl.edu |
| Ryan, Joseph, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience | Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience | Bioinformatics | joseph.ryan@whitney.ufl.edu |
| Martindale, Mark Q., Ph.D. | Professor and Director | Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience | Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience | Pattern formation, experimental embryology, evolutionary developmental biology, comparative and functional genomics | mqmartin@whitney.ufl.edu |