Category: BME News

Congratulations to Dr. Ruogu Fang who was featured on WCJB TV 20’s segment, Tech Tuesday for her research using AI. Tech Tuesday is partners with UF Innovate and SCAD Media. Tech Tuesday News segment  

Congratulations to Jennifer Nichols, Ph.D., assistant professor, and collaborators for being awarded a $2.2 million R01 grant from the NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) for her project titled “Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: Understanding the Intersection of Muscle Mechanics, Joint Instability, and Pain.” Nichols (PI) and UF co-investigators, Yenisel Cruz-Almedia, Ph.D., associate professor and […]

UF BME recognized the hard work of our students with a graduation reception and pinning ceremony to celebrate the new class of bachelor’s graduates. Faculty, staff, family, and friends all gathered to celebrate this year’s students. The celebration started with students receiving the ceremony pins to recognize their alumni status. These custom-designed pins recognize our […]

Name: Olivia Palmer Lab: Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky Hometown: Punta Gorda, FL Research focus: Immunoengineering! During undergraduate research I’ve been looking into using immunotherapeutic biomaterials to modulate the integrated stress response and characterizing a novel hydrogel that assembles via co-assembly of two charged peptides for the delivery of chemotherapies. In graduate school I am focusing on […]

Name: Omar Zermeno Lab: Dr. Gunduz Hometown: Jacksonville FL Fun fact: UF Housing Fair is my favorite holiday 🙂 What motivates you? I’m motivated by helping people by making things and being a lifelong learner What attracted you to UF BME? It sounded cool? I initially did it as a way to keep on the […]

Name: Bri Pawlyshyn Lab: None, but I’m a Learning Assistant for Dr. Mansy (best experience of my 4 years here!) Hometown: Naples, FL Research focus: None, but I’m industry bound, and I love the field of orthobiologics Fun fact: I drive a motorcycle and I think 3D printing is really cool What motivates you? I […]

Name: Mary Kasper, Ph.D. Lab: Schmidt Lab (Biomimetic Materials and Neural Engineering) Hometown: Cary, North Carolina Research focus: My research focuses on creating biomimetic hyaluronan-based scaffolds for peripheral nerve applications. I focus on understanding the native microenvironment of neural tissue and applying our knowledge to tissue-engineered constructs that include physical, biochemical, and enzymatic cues that […]

Name: Parker Kotlarz Lab: Nino Research Group Hometown: Pensacola, FL Research focus: My research focuses on identifying biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease using connectomics, percolation theory, and artificial intelligence. My goal is to create a point-of-care algorithm to predict the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease using fMRI. Fun fact: I love movies, and I write screenplays […]

Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2022 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE) Faculty, Student, and Staff Excellence Awards: Ismael Arroyo received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Staff Award for Innovation. This award recognizes and rewards an HWCOE staff member who has best demonstrated extraordinary innovation and creativity in their job duties and […]

Congratulations to BME’s six outstanding students and alumni who have been selected for the 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), which recognizes exceptional students who are pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We are so proud of our students and alumni being honored with […]