Faculty Member Directory

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Name	Title	Department	College/Unit	Interests	Email
Abisambra, Jose, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Neuroscience	Medicine	Tauopathies, Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, Progressive supranuclear palsy	j.abisambra@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
Allen, William L., J.D.	Associate Professor and Director	Community Health and Family Medicine	Medicine	Bioethics and medicine, Ethical, legal, and social Issues in genetics, End of life care and social issues	allen@chfm.ufl.edu
Allred, David R., Ph.D.	Professor	Infectious Diseases and Immunology	Veterinary Medicine	Parasitic infection, Antigenic variation, Babesial parasites and persistent infections, Malaria and other similar diseases	allredd@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
Aris, John P., Ph.D.	Associate Professor, Program Director	Anatomy and Cell Biology	Medicine	Mechanisms of aging at cellular level, Autophagy and mitochondrial function in determining chronological longevity.	johnaris@ufl.edu
Atkinson, Mark A., Ph.D.	Director, Professor, Eminent Scholar	Diabetes Institute, Pathology, Pediatrics	Medicine	Pathogenesis/Type 1 diabetes, Immunology, Microbiomes, JDRF nPOD, Prevention studies, Endocrinology and metabolism	atkinson@ufl.edu
Austin, James D., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Conservation genetics and genomics, Molecular genetics of rare and endangered species, Population isolation and landscape structure, Phylogeographic analysis	austinj@ufl.edu
Bacher, Rhonda, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Biostatistics	Public Health and Health Professions; Medicine	Statistical genomics, Statistical genetics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics	rbacher@ufl.edu
Baer, Charles F., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Comparative evolutionary genetics and biology, Theoretical population genetics, Quantitative genetics and genetic variation	cbaer@ufl.edu
Baker, Henry V., Ph.D.	Professor and Chair	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Functional genomics/genetics in regulatory networks	hvbaker@ufl.edu
Barbazuk, (William) Brad, Ph.D.	Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Genomics, Bioinformatics, Alternative splicing, Genome evolution, Computational and comparative genomics	bbarbazuk@botany.ufl.edu
Berglund, Andy, Ph.D.	Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Medicine	Biochemistry, Regulation of RNA processing and molecular mechanisms of neurological disease	aberglund@ufl.edu
Berns, Kenneth, M.D.	Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Former UFGI Director	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
Bliznyuk, Nikolay, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Agricultural and Biological Engineering	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Bayesian statistics, Computational statistics, Environmental applications, High-dimensional data	nbliznyuk@ufl.edu
Bloom, David C., Ph.D.	Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Medicine	Regulation of Herpes Simplex Virus reactivation and the development of novel therapies	dbloom@ufl.edu
Bloom, Linda B., Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	DNA replication and repair, Genetic integrity and structure of DNA, Correlation of genetic diseases and replication errors	lbloom@ufl.edu
Bonning, Bryony C., Pd.D.	Eminent Scholar and Professor	Entomology and Nematology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Insect physiology and insect pathology, Alternatives to chemical insecticides for insect pest management	bbonning@ufl.edu
Borum, Peggy R., Ph.D.	Professor	Food Science and Human Nutrition	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Metabolic roles of nutrients in neonates and children with chronic disease	prb@ufl.edu
Brantly, Mark L., M.D.	Professor and Chief	Medicine	Medicine	Protein Trafficking, Folding, Genetics of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Rare lung diseases	Brantml@medicine.ufl.edu
Braun, Edward L., Ph.D.	Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Evolutionary genetics and genomics, Phylogenetics and computational biology, Evolution of genomes and organisms, Systematics	ebraun68@ufl.edu
Brooks, Samantha A., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Animal Sciences	Veterinary Medicine	Equine genomics, Traits of health, conformation and performance, Mapping and identification of mutations causing traits of interest	samantha.brooks@ufl.edu
Brown, Mary B., Ph.D.	Professor	Infectious Diseases and Immunology	Veterinary Medicine	Mycoplasmal infections, Comparative genomics of mollicutes, Host-pathogen interactions, Ureaplasma, Pathogens and immunology	mbbrown@ufl.edu
Brown, Daniel R., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Infectious Diseases and Immunology	Veterinary Medicine	Cellular microbiology with emphasis on mycoplasma models of host/pathogen interactions	drbrown@ufl.edu
Bubb, Michael R., M.D.	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine	Cell motility, Arthritis, Autoimmunity, Rheumatology, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus	bubbmr@medicine.ufl.edu
Bungert, Jorg, Ph.D.	Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Medicine	Transcription, Erythroid cell biology, Synthetic transcription factors	jbungert@ufl.edu
Burleigh, J. Gordon, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Computational phylogenetics, Phylotranscriptomic analysis, Evolutionary biology, Phenotypes	gburleigh@ufl.edu
Burris, Thomas P., Ph.D.	UFGI Director and Professor	Pharmacodynamics	Pharmacy	Molecular biophysics, Chemical genomics, Pharmacology of nuclear hormone receptors	burris.thomas@ufl.edu
Byrne, Barry, M.D., Ph.D.	Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine	Cardiovascular disease, Gene therapies, Pediatric cardiology, Rare diseases	bbyrne@ufl.edu
Caglayan, Melike, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	College of Medicine	Oxidative Stress, Genome Stability, DNA Repair, and Nucleic Acids Enzymology	caglayanm@ufl.edu
Cahill, James., Ph.D.	Lecturer	Environmental Engineering Sciences	Engineering	Population Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Ancient DNA, and Evolution of Language	james.cahill@ufl.edu
Campbell-Thompson, Martha, D.V.M., Ph.D.	Professor	Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine	Medicine	AAV toxicology and transgene expression, Beta cell biology, Type 1 Diabetes, Neuroanatomy, Pancreas functionality	thompmc@pathology.ufl.edu
Cataldo, Tara T., M.L.S.	Associate University Librarian	Marston Science Library	Libraries	Studying the information seeking behavior of researchers and the use of digital collections and resources in science and medicine	ttobin@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, Clinical translation of genetic variants related to drug response	lcavallari@cop.ufl.edu
Cellinese, Nico, Ph.D.	Curator	Florida Museum of Natural History	Florida Museum of Natural History	Evolution, Biogeography and systematics of angiosperms, Phyloinformatics, Biodiversity informatics	ncellinese@flmnh.ufl.edu
Chaparro, Jose X, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Genetics and breeding of citrus, stone fruit varieties, and more	jchaparro@ifas.ufl.edu
Chen, Sixue, Ph.D.	Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Plant signal transduction, Plant metabolism, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Plant secondary metabolism	schen@ufl.edu
Choe, Keith P., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Cellular stress responses, Animal physiology, Aging, Cell Signaling, Molecular biology	kchoe@ufl.edu
Clark, David G., Ph.D.	Professor	Environmental Horticulture	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Biotechnology of floriculture crops, Consumer technologies, Basic and applied plant science	geranium@ufl.edu
Cogle, Christopher R. M.D., Ph.D.	Professor	Hematology/Oncology	Medicine	Oncology and public health systems, Stem cells and novel therapeutics, Oncology diagnostics	christopher.cogle@medicine.ufl.edu
Cohn, Martin J., Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Evolution and development of the vertebrate limb and the urogenital system, Origin of limbs and fins	mjcohn@ufl.edu
Concannon, Patrick J., Ph.D.	Professor, Former 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	patcon@ufl.edu
Conesa, Ana, Ph.D.	Courtesy Professor	Microbiology and Cell Science	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Bioinformatics, Functional annotation, Gene expression, Third generation sequencing, Multiomics	aconesa@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, Dietary preference, Zinc transport and pathways	cousins@ufl.edu
Dark, Michael J., D.V.M., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Comparative, Diagnostic and Population Medicine	Veterinary Medicine	Veterinary pathology, Rickettsial diseases such as Anaplasma marginale, Bacterial genomics and vector-borne diseases, Animal model systems	darkmich@vetmed.ufl.edu
Davis, John M., Ph.D.	Professor and Associate Dean	Forest Resources and Conservation	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Forest biotechnology, Forest genomics, Plant defense, Plant-pathogen interactions	jmdavis@ufl.edu
de Crecy-Lagard, Valerie, Ph.D.	Professor	Microbiology and Cell Science	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Microbial genetics, Microbial metabolism and physiology comparative genomics, RNA modification	vcrecy@ufl.edu
Denslow, Nancy D., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Physiological Sciences	Veterinary Medicine	Molecular ecotoxicology, Estrogen receptor mediated gene expression, Zoology and environmental health	ndenslow@ufl.edu
Devine, Darragh P., Ph.D.	Professor	Psychology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Neurobiology, Gene expression in stress-induced limbic neuroplasticity, Genetic basis of autism and self-injurious behavior	dpdevine@ufl.edu
DiGennaro, Peter, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Entomology and Nematology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Molecular basis of nematode parasitism in plants Plant pathology and genomics	pdigennaro@ufl.edu
Dinglasan, Rhoel R., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Infectious Diseases and Immunology	Veterinary Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute	Microbiology, Vector biology, Public health and vaccine development	rdinglasan@epi.ufl.edu
Dixit, Purushottam, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Physics	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Biophysics, Statistical physics, Evolutionary dynamics of bacteria	pdixit@ufl.edu
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
Duarte, Julio, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Pharmacogenomics	Pharmacy	Biological mechanisms behind disease development, Drug response in heart failure and pulmonary hypertension, Genomic predictors of drug response	juliod@cop.ufl.edu
Durham, Bryndan, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Marine microbial ecology, Sulfur metabolism in phytoplankton and bacteria, Microbial interactions and carbon flow	b.durham@ufl.edu
Efron, Philip A. M.D., Ph.D.	Professor	Surgery	Medicine	Inflammation and immunology, Dendritic cells and lymphocytes in sepsis, Anesthesiology and respiratory therapy	Philip.efron@surgery.ufl.edu
Esser, Karyn, Ph.D.	Professor	Physiology and Functional Genomics	Medicine	Myology, Skeletal muscle and exercise, Circadian rhythms, Longevity and metabolism relating to muscle function	kaesser@ufl.edu
Farrer, Matthew Ph.D.	Professor, Director	Neuroscience	Medicine	Genetics and neuroscience of Parkinson's disease, Dementia, Aging and degenerative diseases	m.farrer@ufl.edu
Ferl, Robert J., Ph.D.	Distinguished Professor, Director	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Space biology, Gene expression, Molecular genetics, Plant imaging	robferl@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
Folta, Kevin M., Ph.D.	Professor	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Photomorphogenesis, Fruit crop genomics, Public outreach and community education, Synthetic biology	kfolta@ufl.edu
Foster, Thomas C., Ph.D.	Professor	Neuroscience	Medicine	Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Integrative aging physiology	foster@mbi.ufl.edu
Foster, Jamie S., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Microbiology and Cell Science	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Molecular mechanisms underlying carbonate mineralization in modern lithifying microbial mats, Astrobiology, Meta-omics	foster@ufl.edu
Fujii, Kotaro, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Exploring the mRNA translation in embryonic development, aging, and disease, Mammalian molecular development and homeostasis, Biochemistry and animal model research	kotaro.fujii@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
Gader, Paul D., Ph.D.	Professor	Computer and Information Science and Engineering	Engineering	Machine learning, Imaging spectroscopy, Hyperspectral image analysis, Morphological networks	pgader@cise.ufl.edu
Ghivizzani, Steven, Ph.D.	Professor	Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation	Medicine	Genetic therapy, Immunology and Medical microbiology, Mitochondrial inscription	ghivisc@ortho.ufl.edu
Gillooly, James F., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Ecology and ecological theory, Metabolism, DNA Evolution	gillooly@zoo.ufl.edu
Gitzendanner, Matthew A., Ph.D.	Scientist	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Plant evolutionary genetics, Population genetics and genomics, Phylogeny of land plants, Bioinformatics, Conservation genetics	magitz@ufl.edu
Giusti-Rodriguez, Paola, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Psychiatry	Medicine	Psychiatric genetics, functional genomics, pharmacogenomics	giustirodriguezp@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
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
Goss, Erica M., Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Plant Pathology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant pathogens and their origins, evolution, population structure, and migration, Microbial ecology, Molecular evolution of virulence and host range	emgoss@ufl.edu
Graim, Kiley., Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Computer & Information Science & Engineering	College of Engineering	Bioinformatics, Genomics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, and Cancer	kgraim@ufl.edu
Gravlee, Clarence C., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Anthropology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Medical anthropology, Race and racism, Human biological variation, Cardiovascular disease, Health equity	cgravlee@ufl.edu
Gulig, Paul A., Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Molecular pathogenesis of bacterial-host interactions in disease, Genetic manipulation of microorganisms, Drug and vaccine development	gulig@ufl.edu
Guralnick, Robert Ph.D.	Curator	Natural History	Florida Museum of Natural History	Biodiversity informatics, Macroecology, Global change biology, Systematics	rguralnick@flmnh.ufl.edu
Gurley, William, Ph.D.	Professor	Microbiology and Cell Science	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Transcriptional regulation in plants, Heat stress and transcription factors, General transcription factors such as TBP, TAFs, and TFIIB, Citrus greening	wgurley@ufl.edu
Hagen, Stephen J., Ph.D.	Professor	Physics	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Biological physics, Dynamics of biological systems, Bacterial quorum signaling, noise, and dynamics properties of bacterial communication	sjhagen@ufl.edu
Hahn, Daniel A., Ph.D.	Professor	Entomology and Nematology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Evolutionary physiology, Entomology and environmental stressors, Metabolic dormancy and arousal	dahahn@ufl.edu
Hansen, Peter J., Ph.D.	Distinguished Professor	Animal Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Reproductive biology and immunology, Preimplantation embryonic development, Cellular responses to heat shock, Embryo transfer	hansen@animal.ufl.edu
Harfe, Brian D., Ph.D.	Associate Dean and Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Developmental biology, Intervertebral discs and digit formation, Skeletogenesis and morphogenesis, Genetic instability and repair	bharfe@mgm.ufl.edu
Harmon, Philip F., Ph.D.	Professor	Plant Pathology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant pathology, Mycology/Fungal genetics metagenomics, Turfgrass and small fruit disease management	pfharmon@ufl.edu
Hauser, Bernard A., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Seed formation, Maternal tissues' critical processes and genetic mutations, Botany and physiology	bahauser@ufl.edu
Heldermon, Coy., M.D., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Hematology and Oncology	Medicine	Gene replacement and stem cell therapies for inherited lysosomal storage disorders, Stem cell movement from maternal or malignant sources	coy.heldermon@medicine.ufl.edu
Hoffman, Brad E., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Pediatrics and Neurosciences	Medicine	Gene immunotherapy, Autoimmunity, Neurodegenerative disease, AAV vector technology, Immunology, Regulatory T cells, Tolerance induction	bhoffman@ufl.edu
Hunter, Margaret E., Ph.D.	Courtesy Assistant Professor	Animal Sciences	Veterinary Medicine	Environmental gene sampling in invasive and endemic Florida species, Veterinary interests, Large animal clinical sciences	mhunter@usgs.gov
Huo, Zhiguang (Caleb), Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Biostatistics	Medicine	Statistical genomics, Bioinformatics, Statistical learning	zhuo@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 for transcription regulation	Ishov@ufl.edu
Jin, Shouguang, Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Host-pathogen interaction, Bacterial resistance to antibiotics, Bacteria mediated delivery of target proteins into mammalian cells	sjin@mgm.ufl.edu
Jin, Lingtao, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Anatomy and Cell Biology	Medicine	Signaling basis of cancer metabolism, Metabolic enzymes and onco-metabolites in cancer and drug resistance, Metabolic vulnerabilities in cancer	ljin1@ufl.edu
Johnson, Julie A., Pharm.D.	Distinguished Professor, Dean	Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research	Pharmacy	Cardiovascular pharmacogenomics, Antihypertensive drugs, Beta-blockers, Genomic medicine, Pharmacology	johnson@cop.ufl.edu
Jones, Jeffrey B., Ph.D.	Distinguished Professor	Plant Pathology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant-microbe interactions, Host plant resistance, Mechanisms affecting microbe fitness, Bacterial spot disease in tomatoes and peppers	jbjones@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	tamer@cise.ufl.edu
Kawahara, Akito Y., Ph.D.	Associate Curator	Florida Museum of Natural History	Florida Museum of Natural History	Macroevolution of Lepidoptera, Phylogenomic and community sequencing of insects, Predator-prey interactions	kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu
Kaye, Frederic J., M.D.	Professor and Director	Oncology	Medicine	Identification and study of the functional implications of genetic alterations in lung, head, and neck cancers	fkaye@ufl.edu
Kenworthy, Kevin E., Ph.D.	Professor	Agronomy	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Turfgrass breeding and genetics, Collection of germplasm with breeding directed towards the development of cultivars that require fewer inputs	kkenworthy@ifas.ufl.edu
Kertes, Darlene A., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Psychology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Gene environment interaction, Early childhood development, Cortisol production and emotional attachment	dkertes@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, Biopesticides, Chemical communications in insects	keyhani@ufl.edu
Kilberg, Michael S., Ph.D.	Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Medicine	Nutrient control of transcription, Drug resistance in leukemia, Transcription factor networks and genomic elements	mkilberg@ufl.edu
Kimball, Rebecca T., Ph.D.	Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Behavioral ecology, Evolutionary patterns and processes, primarily focusing on birds	rkimball@ufl.edu
Kirst, Matias, Ph.D.	Professor	Forest Resources and Conservation	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant genetic expression and regulation, Nitrogen fixation, Discovery of genes, metabolic and regulatory networks that control variation in wood quality and growth	mkirst@ufl.edu
Kladde, Michael P., Ph.D.	Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Medicine	Molecular biology, Epigenetic regulation of gene expression, Single-molecule studies of chromatin structure	kladde@ufl.edu
Klee, Harry J., Ph.D.	Eminent Scholar	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Genetics of fruits, 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	Sugar signaling and sensing, Plant biology, Carbohydrate metabolism	kek@ifas.ufL.edu
Kopinke, Daniel, Ph.D	Assistant Professor	Pharmacology and Therapeutics	Medicine	Stem cell biology, tissue regeneration, mouse genetics	dkopinke@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
Langaee, Taimour Y., Ph.D., M.S.P.H.	Research Professor	Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research	Pharmacy	Pharmacogenetics in cardiovascular and auto-immune diseases, Developing microarray-based methods to facilitate disease diagnosis	langaee@cop.ufl.edu
Lavoie, Matthew, Ph.D.	Professor	Neurology	Medicine	Molecular events leading to neurodegenerative diseases, Proteostasis, Familial Parkinson's and mitochondria	mlavoie@ufl.edu
Lee, Yoosook, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Molecular Ecology, Population Genomics, Bioinformatics	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Population genetics, Entomology with a focus on mosquitos, Molecular Ecology, Malaria and disease vectors, and Insecticides	yoosook.lee@ufl.edu
Lewin, Alfred S., Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Gene and pharmacologic therapies for blinding diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age related macular degeneration, Non-coding RNA treatments	lewin@ufl.edu
Li, Yuqing, Ph.D.	Professor	Neurology	Medicine	Pathophysiology and experimental therapeutics of dystonia, Animal models of movement disorders, Molecular and cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity during development and learning	yuqingli@ufl.edu
Liao, Daiqing, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Anatomy and Cell Biology	Medicine	Cancer, Cell biology, Molecular biology, Drug discovery, Targeted protein degradation	dliao@ufl.edu
Liu, Tie, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Postharvest biology and improvement of agronomic properties, Systems biology and plant growth	tieliu@ufl.edu
Long, Maureen T., Ph.D.	Professor	Comparative, Diagnostic and Population Medicine	Veterinary Medicine	Arboviral diseases, Equine and large animal infectious diseases, Immunology and endocrine diseases	longm@ufl.edu
Lorca, Graciela L., Ph.D.	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
Lu, Jianrong, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Medicine	Oncology, metabolism, and epigenetics, Molecular mechanisms underlying tumor progression, Transcription and chromatin regulation of angiogenesis and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT)	jrlu@ufl.edu
Lu, Qing, Ph.D.	Professor	Biostatistics	PHHP & College of Medicine	Statistical Genetics, Machine Learning, and Statistical methods development	lucienq@ufl.edu
Maden, Malcolm, Ph.D.	Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Developmental biology, Discovering and inducing regeneration in mammals, Mechanisms of regeneration in organisms that can already regenerate perfectly, Re-inducing crucial developmental signaling pathways	malmaden@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
Makki, Nadja, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Anatomy and Cell Biology	Medicine	Human genetics and genomics, Developmental biology	Nadja.makki@ufl.edu
Mandel, Ron, Ph.D.	Professor	Neuroscience	Medicine	Neurodegenerative disorders, Molecular pathobiology of neural disease, Physiology and clinical neuroscience	rmandel@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
Martyniuk, Chris, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Physiological Sciences	Veterinary Medicine	Aquatic toxicology, Neuroendocrinology, Gamma-aminobutyric acid, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Reproduction and fish biology	cmartyn@ufl.edu
Mathews, Carol, Ph.D.	Professor	Psychiatry	Medicine	Tourette's syndrome, Psychiatric genomics, ADHD and OCD genetics, Genetic basis of anxiety disorders	camathews@mac.com
Maupin-Furlow, Julie A., Ph.D.	Professor	Microbiology and Cell Science	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Microbial biochemistry and physiology, Global regulatory mechanisms, Molecular genetics, Biotechnology and metabolic engineering, Extremophiles and archaea	jmaupin@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
McDaniel, Stuart, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Evolutionary genetics of mosses, Botany, Dioecy and its causes and consequences, Community genomics in Arctic mosses	stuartmcdaniel@ufl.edu
McIntyre, Lauren M., Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Statistical genetics and genomics, Modeling gene regulatory networks	mcintyre@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
Mergia, Ayalew, Ph.D.	Professor	Infectious Diseases and Immunology	Veterinary Medicine	Antiviral therapy for immunodeficiency viruses (AIDS, FIV), HIV replication, Retroviruses and ribozymes	mergiaa@ufl.edu
Merritt, Matthew, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Medicine	hyperpolarized 13C, metabolic imaging, intermediary metabolism	matthewmerritt@ufl.edu
Meyer, Julie L.	Assistant Professor	Soil and Water Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Microbial ecology and bioinformatics, Marine microbial ecology and genomics, Biogeography and community structure	juliemeyer@ufl.edu
Miller, Christine W., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Entomology and Nematology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Evolution of behavior, Morphology and the environment's role in trait expression and evolution	cwmiller@ufl.edu
Moore, Erika., Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Materials Science & Engineering	College of Engineering	Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, and Biomaterials	moore.erika@ufl.edu
Moroz, Leonid L., Ph.D.	Distinguished Professor	Neuroscience	Medicine	Epigenetics, Genome biology, Genomic bases of memory, Neuronal identity and plasticity, Animal phylogeny and evolution	moroz@whitney.ufl.edu
Mou, Zhonglin, Ph.D.	Professor	Microbiology and Cell Science	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant biology and defense responses to pathogens, Signal transduction pathways in plant immunity, Extracellular pyridine nucleotides	zhlmou@ufl.edu
Mulligan (Kolman), Connie J., Ph.D.	Professor	Anthropology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Human genetics and population history, Human evolution and adaptation, Origin and spread of human disease and human pathogens, Biocultural perspectives	cmulligan@ufl.edu
Nick, Harry S., Ph.D.	Professor	Neuroscience	Medicine	Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR), Molecular biology, Cell culture, Immunohistochemistry, Immunofluorescence	hnick@ufl.edu
Ogram, Andrew, Ph.D.	Professor	Soil and Water Science	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Microbial Ecology, Genetics of biodegradation of xenobiotics, Soil microbial ecology, Wetlands and aquatic systems	avo@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Oppenheimer, David G., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Cell biology, Plant actin and microtubule assembly and disassembly dynamics, Plant evolution, Cytoskeleton regulation	oppenhe@ufl.edu
Ostrov, David A., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine	Medicine	Microbiology and immunology, Novel therapeutic approaches for various cancers, Graft versus host disease, Drug resistant pathogens	ostroda@pathology.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
Paul, Anna-Lisa, Ph.D.	Research Professor, Director	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant biology and chromatin structure, Plant genomic responses to novel abiotic stresses and extreme environments	alp@ufl.edu
Paulay, Gustav, Ph.D.	Curator	Florida Museum of Natural History	Florida Museum of Natural History	Phylogenetics and biodiversity in the context of the climate crisis, Zoology, Coral reefs and pacific island taxonomies, Paleontology	paulay@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
Prosperi, Mattia, Ph.D.	Professor	Epidemiology	Medicine	Biomedical modeling and big data mining, Biomedical informatics, Epidemiology, Molecular evolution	m.prosperi@ufl.edu
Ranka, Sanjay, Ph.D.	Distinguished Professor	Computer and Information Science and Engineering	Engineering	Bioinformatics, Data mining, High performance computing, Artificial intelligence, Biomedical informatics	ranka@cise.ufl.edu
Ranum, Laura P.W., Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Neurodegenerative disease, microsatellite expansions, RAN translation, RNA biology, Understanding how repeat expansions cause myotonic dystrophy and ataxia	ranum@ufl.edu
Rathinasabapathi, Bala, Ph.D.	Professor	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Metabolic adaptations of plants to various abiotic stress factors especially those that generate oxidative damage, Developing biotechnologies for improving the tolerance of crop plants to environmental stresses	brath@ufl.edu
Reed, David L., Ph.D.	Curator, Associate Provost	Florida Museum of Natural History	Florida Museum of Natural History	Mammalogy, Host/parasite coevolution, Phylogenetics, Bioinformatics, Population genetics	dlreed@ufl.edu
Renne, Rolf, Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	DNA tumor viruses, Non-coding RNAs, Epigenetics	rrenne@ufscc.ufl.edu
Resende, Marcio, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Genetics and genomics, Breeding population genetics, Statistical analysis	mresende@ufl.edu
Resnick, James, Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Molecular mechanisms underlying genetic imprinting at the locus responsible for Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes	resnick@mgm.ufl.edu
Rincon-Limas, Diego E., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Neurology	Medicine	Drosophila and cellular models of neurodegenerative diseases, Prion disorders, Alzheimer's disease, Protein misfolding mechanisms	diego.rincon@neurology.ufl.edu
Riva, Alberto A., Ph.D.	Director, Scientist	Bioinformatics	ICBR	Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Artificial intelligence, Computer sciences	ariva@ufl.edu
Rollins, Jeffrey A., Ph.D.	Professor	Plant Pathology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and multicellular development in plant pathogenic fungi, Molecular genetics, Functional gene analyses, Genomics and transcriptomics	rollinsj@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
Ryan, Joseph, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience	Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience	Bioinformatics, Evolutionary biology, Adaptation to extreme environments, Phylogenetics, Marine Biology	joseph.ryan@whitney.ufl.edu
Salemi, Marco M., Ph.D.	Professor	Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine	Medicine	Phylogenetic analysis, Molecular evolution, Virus evolution and molecular epidemiology, Virology	salemi@pathology.ufl.edu
Santos, Jose Eduardo P., Ph.D., D.V.M.	Professor	Animal Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Reproductive physiology and management, Nutrients and hormonal manipulation of the estrous cycle influence establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in dairy cattle	jepsantos@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
Sayour, Elias, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Neurosurgery	Medicine	Pediatric hematology-oncology, Nanoparticle immunotherapies and treatments	elias.sayour@neurosurgery.ufl.edu
Schatz, Desmond A., M.D.	Professor, Director	Pediatrics	Medicine	Pediatrics, Etiology, Pathophysiology and prevention of Type 1 diabetes, Cardiovascular disease in the context of diabetes	schatda@peds.ufl.edu
Scott, Edward W., Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Gene regulation during white-blood cell development, Biology of hematopoietic progenitor cells, Transcription factors in lymphoid and myeloid differentiation	escott@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
Semple-Rowland, Susan L., Ph.D.	Professor	Neuroscience	Medicine	Retinal photoreceptor bilogy and disease, Biochemical mechanisms controlling light entrainment of photoreceptor clocks	rowland@ufl.edu
Sessa, Emily B., Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Plant systematics and genetics, Reticulate evolution including polyploidy, hybridization, and introgression	emilysessa@ufl.edu
Sitharam, Meera, Ph.D.	Professor	Computer and Information Science and Engineering	Engineering	Symmetric macro molecular structure, Conformational landscapes and rigidity, Assembly of geometric constraints	sitharam@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, Vector-virus interactions	ctsmart@ufl.edu
Soltis, Douglas E., Ph.D.	Distinguished Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Phylogenetics, Floral developmental genetics, Angiosperm systematics, Genome doubling, Big data and computational genetics	dsoltis@botany.ufl.edu
Soltis, Pamela S., Ph.D.	Distinguished Professor, Curator	Florida Museum of Natural History	Florida Museum of Natural History	Plant diversity, Phylogenetics, Polyploidy, Angiosperm phylogeny, Conservation genetics	psoltis@flmnh.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, Engineering broad spectrum and durable resistance in crops	wsong@ufl.edu
Song, Sihong, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Pharmaceutics	Pharmacy	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
Srivastava, Arun, Ph.D.	Professor and Division Chief	Pediatrics	Medicine	Gene therapy for genetic diseases, Parvoviruses, namely the non-pathogenic adeno-associated virus (AAV) and the parvovirus B19	aruns@peds.ufl.edu
Swanson, Maurice S., Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	RNA processing, Microsatellites, Neurological disease, Aging	mswanson@ufl.edu
Tansey, Maria, Ph.D.	Professor	Neuroscience	Medicine	Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's, Neuroinflammation and aging	mgtansey@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, Library informatics	tennantm@ufl.edu
Thai, My T., Ph.D.	Professor	Computer and Information Science and Engineering	Engineering	Biological networks, Explainable AI, Network science and optimization, Security and privacy	mythai@cise.ufl.edu
Tibbetts, Scott, Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Pathogenesis of oncogenic viruses, Virus-host interactions, Viral latency, Viral miRNAs, Viral long noncoding RNAs	stibbe@ufl.edu
Toth, Zsolt, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Oral Biology	Dentistry	Nuclear host-pathogen interactions, Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus	ztoth@dental.ufl.edu
Traktuev, Dmitry, Ph.D.	Research Associate Professor	Cardiovascular Medicine	Medicine	Molecular cardiac preservation, Human adipose stem cells	dmitry.traktuev@medicine.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, Molecular microbial ecology, Host microbe interactions	ewt@ufl.edu
Vaillancourt, David, Ph.D.	Professor & Chair	Physiology & Kinesiology	Health & Human Performance	Movement disorders, Physiology, Motor control and learning, Neuroscience and genetics	vcourt@ufl.edu
Vallejos, Carlos E., Ph.D.	Professor	Horticultural Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant molecular biology, Genetics of Phaseolus vulgaris, Bean genetics and genomics	vallejos@ufl.edu
Vermerris, Wilfred, Ph.D.	Professor	Microbiology and Cell Science	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant cell wall chemistry, Sorghum and maize breeding and genetics, Nanomaterials from plant biomass, Biofuels	wev@ufl.edu
Vulpe, Christopher, M.D.	Professor	Physiological Sciences	Veterinary Medicine	Human and environmental toxicology, Nanotoxicology, Ecotoxicology, Ecotoxicogenomics	cvulpe@ufl.edu
Wallace, Peggy, Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Genetic and cell biology approaches to neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), Multifactorial disorders and non-Mendelian inheritance	peggyw@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
Wang, Jianping, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Agronomy	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Plant genetics and genomics, Bioinformatics, Genetic mechanisms controlling and regulating important crop traits	wangjp@ufl.edu
Wang, Gary Ping-Chuan, M.D., Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Medicine	Medicine	Viral evolution, Drug resistance, Human oral microbiome, Molecular ecology of gut microbiota, Molecular studies of HCV pathogenesis and drug resistance	Gary.Wang@medicine.ufl.edu
Wayne, Marta L., Ph.D.	Professor	Biology	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Host-parasite evolution in Drosophila melanogaster and its parasite sigma virus, Maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations, Quantitative and population genetics and genomics	mlwayne@ufl.edu
Wong, Adam Chun Nin, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Entomology and Nematology	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Insect microbiome interactions, Gut microbiome and pathogens, Metabolism and behavior	adamcnwong@ufl.edu
Wood, Charles E., Ph.D.	Professor and Chair	Physiology and Functional Genomics	Medicine	Fetal development, physiology, and birth mechanisms, Fetal stress responses and prematurity, Improving health outcomes for newborns	woodc@ufl.edu
Wu, Dapeng Oliver, Ph.D.	Professor	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Engineering	Network science, Complexity theory, Deep learning, Artificial intelligence, Signal processing, Computer vision	wu@ece.ufl.edu
Wu, Lizi, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	Signal transduction, Notch Signaling, Mouse models, Cancer therapeutics	lzwu@ufl.edu
Xiao, Rui, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Aging and Geriatric Research	Medicine	Genetics of aging, Biophysics, Cell biology, Sensory and motor systems	rxiao@ufl.edu
Xie, Mingyi, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Medicine	Non-coding RNA-regulated gene expression, RNA-processing	mingyi.xie@ufl.edu
Yue, Feng Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Animal Sciences	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Stem cell and developmental biology, Skeletal muscle, Cell fate determination, Cellular metabolism, Gene regulation, Neuromuscular disorders	fengyue@ufl.edu
Zhao, Jinying, M.D., Ph.D.	Professor and Director	Epidemiology	Public Health and Health Professions	Genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics for complex human diseases, Diabetes and aging, Genome-wide mapping and integrative analysis of DNA	jzhao66@ufl.edu
Zhou, Lei, Ph.D.	Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	Medicine	How apoptosis is initiated in oncogenic cells or in cells infected by viruses	leizhou@ufl.edu
Zolotukhin, Sergei, Ph.D.	Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine	Gene therapy in pediatrics, rAAV vectors, Gene therapy Approaches to treat obesity using neurocytokines	szlt@ufl.edu
Zori, Roberto T., M.D.	Professor and Chief	Pediatrics	Medicine	Pediatric genetics, Medical cytogenetics, Pathology and metabolism, Clinical genetics and genetic counseling	zori@peds.ufl.edu