Scott Thourson, Ph.D. Lab: Neuroprotheses Research Lab, PI: Dr. Kevin Otto Hometown: Mount Prospect, IL Degree: Ph.D. in Bioengineering Year you became a Gator: Fall 2018 From which institutions do you hold degrees? B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Bradley University, Peoria, IL… Read More
Kevin Otto Is Married to Neurotech by Jojo Platt Oh sure, he’s a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, and he has his neuroprostheses lab, and he’s dedicated to his work, but that’s not what I mean.… Read More
Walter Lee Murfee, associate professor, and collaborators research image was featured on the February 2020 issue of Microcirculation. The image is based on the original article titled, Lymphatic‐to‐blood vessel transition in adult microvascular networks: A discovery made possible by a… Read More
Julieth Gómez, BME student in the Brain Mapping Lab, was awarded the 2020-21 Diversity Enhancement Award from the UF Office of Graduate Diversity Initiatives. Julieth is from Colombia and is a Fulbright Scholar who is finishing her M.S. and starting… Read More
Christine E. Schmidt, Ph.D., known for her prominent contributions to biomaterials science and cellular/tissue engineering, has been chosen as a 2020 inductee into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Schmidt, professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair & BME Department Chair,… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has achieved its highest-ever position in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nations’ top biomedical engineering graduate programs. UF BME rose in rank to No. 13,… Read More
Congratulations to UF BME professors, Drs. Kevin Otto, Lakiesha Williams, Carlos Rinaldi and Wesley Bolch, who were elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows! Representing a select group of the top two percent of… Read More
Congratulations to Wesley Bolch, Ph.D., who received the 2019-2020 UF Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award from the UF Graduate School. The UF Graduate School’s annual Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award encourages and rewards excellence, innovation and effectiveness in mentoring doctoral and Master… Read More
The University Scholars Program introduces undergraduate students at the University of Florida to the exciting world of academic research. In the program, students work one-on-one with UF faculty on selected research projects. The University Scholars Program serves as an exceptional… Read More
Deanna Bousalis, Ph.D. candidate in the Schmidt Lab, received a 4-year $300K National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for her project titled, Creating Hydrogel Tissue Mimics to Better Understand Congenital… Read More