Category: BME News

Congratulations to Dr. Parisa Rashidi and Dr. Blanka Sharma for their recent award of tenure and promotion to associate professor! This recognition reflects Rashidi and Sharma’s scholarly contributions to the discipline, the department and the institution. The tenure process involves recommendation by the department, review by the Board of Trustees and approval by the Dean. […]

Jorge A. Mojica Santiago, Ph.D. Lab: The Schmidt Lab: Biomimetic Materials & Neural Engineering, PI: Dr. Christine E. Schmidt Hometown: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Degree: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Year you became a Gator: Fall 2018 From which institutions do you hold degrees? B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR (2012) Ph.D. Biomedical […]

Kyle See Lab: SMILE Lab Hometown: Jacksonville, FL Degree: Ph.D. student, Biomedical Engineering, UF Year you became a Gator: 2017 From which institutions do you hold degrees? University of Florida, B.S. in BME Research focus: Using machine learning algorithms to effectively understand and predict neural connections in the brain. I aim to improve predictive capabilities […]

Dear BME Family, This has been a heartbreaking and painful time. The recent senseless and violent attacks against black citizens – George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor (to name a few) – have left us all hurt, disheartened, and angry. There are many more acts of violence and microaggressions towards our black friends and […]

David Hall Lab: Professors Dr. Jon Dobson and Dr. Kevin Otto Hometown: Spring Texas Degree: I am currently working towards the completion of my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Year you became a Gator: 2019 From which institutions do you hold degrees: University of Texas at San Antonio, BS in Biomedical Engineering Research focus: Deep-Brain Stimulation […]

Nora Hlavac, Ph.D. Lab: Biomimetic Materials and Neural Engineering Lab, PI: Dr. Christine E. Schmidt Hometown: Charleston, SC Degree: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech Year you became a Gator: 2019 From which institutions do you hold degrees? BS, Bioengineering, Clemson (2014); PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (2018)   Research focus: A major focus of my research within the Schmidt lab is developing cell and […]

Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, associate professor, has been selected for induction into the 2020 class of the UF Graduate School Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The Bouchet Society, named for the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in the United States (in physics at Yale in 1876), promotes diversity in higher education by recognizing noteworthy […]

Robert Accolla Lab: Stabler Lab Hometown: Yorktown, VA Degree/current status: Ph.D. Candidate Year you became a Gator: 2017 From which institutions do you hold degrees? Virginia Tech, BA in Biological Systems Engineering Research focus: My research focuses on biomaterials fabrication and clinical islet transplantation (CIT), a potential cure for type 1 diabetes. Islets, which are […]

Congratulations to Shreedevi Kumar, Ph.D. candidate, who was a recipient of the Tau Beta Pi Fellowship award. Kumar conducts research in the Sharma Laboratory and focuses on the use of biomaterial properties and cell-material interactions for drug delivery of therapeutics that are being translated into in vivo mechanistic studies and therapeutic evaluation. Specifically, she conducts […]

Blanka Sharma, Ph.D., assistant professor, has been named the recipient of the 2019-2020 Pramod P. Khargonekar Junior Faculty Award for Excellence. This recognition is awarded each year at the conclusion of the tenure process to the tenure candidate who best reflects the following leadership attributes exhibited by Dr. Khargonekar, former Dean of the College of […]