Our research is focused on engineering novel materials and therapeutic systems to stimulate damaged peripheral and spinal neurons to regenerate. We take a unique approach to this problem – we use electrically conducting polymers and natural-based materials (e.g., hyaluronic acid-based biomaterials, decellularized tissues) to create therapies that can electrically, chemically, biologically and mechanically trigger neurons, at both the macroscopic and nanometer-scales.

Christine E. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Chair
J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida
NEB 363
P.O. Box 116131
Gainesville, FL 32611

Phone: 352-273-9222
Fax: 352-273-9221
Email: schmidt@bme.ufl.edu