Research Area: Neural Engineering

Diego L. Guarin, Ph.D

Diego L. Guarín has been an Assistant Professor in the Applied Physiology and Kinesiology Department at the University of Florida since August 2022. Before joining UF, Dr. Guarín was an assistant professor at the Florida Institute of Technology (2020-2022). Dr.… Read More

Marcelo Febo, Ph.D.

Current Research Our laboratory studies functional connectivity in rodent models of neurological and psychiatric brain disorders.  We utilize high field MRI to measure resting state and stimulus-evoked BOLD signal responses in rodent brains. We apply this approach to: (1) investigate… Read More

Mark E. Orazem, Ph.D.

Research Summary ELECTROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING The research performed in this group represents applications of electrochemical engineering to systems of practical importance. In recent work, electrokinetic phenomena were exploited to enhance continuous separation of water from dilute suspensions of clay associated with… Read More

Diba Mani, Ph.D.

Diba Mani earned her degrees under the mentorship of Dr. Roger Enoka in the Neurophysiology of Movement Laboratory at the University of Colorado. Her doctoral dissertation focused on evaluating the effects of electrical nerve stimulation on motor unit discharge properties and mobility… Read More

Abbas Babajani-Feremi, PhD

Dr. Abbas Babajani-Feremi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy at UF and the Director of the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Laboratory. Abbas joined as a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Neurology at the Henry Ford… Read More

Adam Khalifa

PRIMARY RESEARCH AREA Electronics RESEARCH INTERESTS Low-power analog/RF/Mixed-mode ASIC design, miniaturization, wireless powering, electrode design/microfabrication, coil design/fabrication for magnetic stimulation, neural stimulation and recording in animal models, and implant packaging ABOUT HOMEPAGE PUBLICATIONS HONORS AND AWARDS NIH T32 Fellow, 2019… Read More

Christopher Butson, Ph.D.

Dr. Butson received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Utah. He completed post-doctoral training at the Cleveland Clinic and… Read More

Shahab Vahdat, Ph.D.

Research Interests  Mechanisms of neuroplasticity in motor learning and stroke recovery Spinal cord and brain functional neuroimaging Optogenetic fMRI in rodents

David Clark, Sc.D.

Dr. Clark is the Associate Chief of Staff for Research Service (“Chief of Research”) for the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, and Professor of Neurology at UF. Dr. Clark studies the neural control of walking in people with neurological… Read More