Congratulations, UF BME Class of 2024! “Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the Graduating Class of 2024. Your achievements fill us with pride! Here’s to your bright futures ahead, and remember, our doors are always open. Keep in touch!” Dr.… Read More
The Washington Post By Elizabeth Anne Brown Forget the soul — it turns out the eyes may be the best window to the brain. Changes to the retina may foreshadow Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and researchers say a picture of… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Hudalla, associate professor, for his article, “Charge guides pathway selection in β-sheet fibrillizing peptide co-assembly” which has published in the prestigious Nature journal Communications Chemistry. Communications Chemistry Paper Behind The Paper The assembly of peptides into… Read More
Alexis Brake Lab: Neuroprostheses Research Lab PI: Dr. Kevin Otto Hometown: Tampa, Fl Research focus: Broadly, I am interested in neuroinflammation. In the NPR Lab, my research has focused on the foreign body response to neural implants. Nearly 2.5 million… Read More
Education: B.S. Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Marquette University; M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida; Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida Hometown: Franklin, WI What is your favorite UF BME Memory: The day I realized that my lab group didn’t need me anymore… Read More
Education: BS with Highest Honors, Engineering Science (Biomechanics minor), University of Florida, 2001 MS Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics concentration, University of Florida, 2001 MS Engineering Management, Florida International University, 2004 Hometown: My dad was in the Air Force, so we moved… Read More
Education: Combined Bachelor and Master of Science, Department of Electromechanical Engineering specializing in medical devices, Moscow N.E. Baumann State Technical University, Moscow, Russia. Doctor of Philosophy, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida. Thesis: “Iron Biomineralization… Read More