Category: BME News

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce that Jai Raccioppi, a Ph.D. student in the Williams lab, has been awarded the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship (MDF). This prestigious fellowship, allocated by the Florida Education Fund (FEF) to fifty incoming Ph.D. students each year, aims to increase academic diversity. Raccioppi’s research […]

Taylor Lansberry, Ph.D. candidate in the Stabler lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her project titled “Engineering a Multi-Therapeutic, 3D-Printed Scaffold for Local Immunoprotection and Favorable Engraftment of Pancreatic Islets for Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes.” The prestigious fellowship […]

Dr. Lakiesha Williams, professor and associate chair for graduate studies, has been invited to serve as a standing member of the Bioengineering of Neuroscience, Vision Technologies Study Section (BNVT). This appointment recognizes Dr. Williams’ expertise and contributions to bioengineering and neuroscience. The BNVT study section reviews applications focused on developing and utilizing bioengineering, materials engineering, […]

Congratulations to Bryce Shirk, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, who has been awarded the prestigious USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Predoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship will support Bryce’s research on silk production, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Whitney Stoppel in […]

We are thrilled to announce that Ph.D. student Grace Lowor has been recognized as a Rising BME Scholar at the 2024 Rising Scholars Conference. This prestigious event will be held at the University of Illinois Chicago from June 19 to June 21, 2024. Grace Lowor is a doctoral student at the University of Florida (UF), […]

Dr. Daniel Ferris, the Robert W. Adenbaum Professor in Engineering Innovation at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, is among the University of Florida’s (UF) most productive and promising researchers named to the 2024 cohort of UF Research Foundation Professors. “This recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of […]

The University of Florida’s Human Neuromechanics Laboratory, led by Dr. Daniel Ferris, is celebrating a significant achievement in mobile brain imaging. Two researchers from the lab, Chang Liu, Ph.D., and Noelle Jacobsen, Ph.D., have been honored with the prestigious Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI) Award 2024 for their contributions to the study of brain dynamics during […]

Juan Martinez (Nickname: Juancho) Lab: BEAT Cancer Lab Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (For now 😉) Hometown: Maracay, Venezuela Research focus: Ecological dynamics modeling of non-small cell lung cancer. Fun fact: I love to run and my fastest 5k is 27 minutes with 40 seconds. What motivates you? I love to learn something new and then challenge myself to […]

Karen Siena Villancio-Wolter Lab: Human Neuromechanics Lab Degree: I am graduating with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering Research focus: Assistive lower-limb robotics and rehabilitation biomechanics Fun fact: I love exploring national parks! What motivates you?  From a very young age, I’ve wanted to help people with limited mobility. At UF, I’ve been able to conduct […]

Jenielle Urquia Lab: Dr. Jennifer A. Nichols Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory Degree: I am graduating with my Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. Hometown: Lake Mary, Florida Research focus: Evaluating force propagation across the thumb joints in individuals with Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis. What attracted you to UF BME? I joined UF in 2019 as a freshman. I was […]