Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida Research Interests: Using optogenetics, small implantable devices, and 3D organoid cultures to answer questions related to mechanisms of visceral pain and function.
Research Summary: Dr. Allen’s research seeks to improve the evaluation of preclinical osteoarthritis models and improve the preclinical-to-clinical translation of emerging diagnostics and therapeutics for joint diseases. Within this goal, Dr. Allen’s lab is currently developing new behavioral assays that… Read More
Research Summary: Dr. Ferris’ research focuses on the biomechanics and neural control of human locomotion. Most of his research focuses on human-machine interactions (mechanically and electrically). Projects include both technology development and basic research using mobile brain imaging, robotic lower… Read More
Characterizing the structure and property relationships of biological tissues for implementation into physics-based constitutive models. Studying injury mechanics and damage mechanisms associated with high impact loads. Specific expertise includes biomechanics, tissue and bone mechanics, bio-inspired materials research, orthopedics research and… Read More
Research Summary: Dr. Gunduz’ research focuses on finding precursors to behavior and aftereffects of stimulation in neural networks through electrophysiology and bioimaging. Her lab aims to translate this knowledge into clinical diagnostic and therapeutic systems to improve the quality of… Read More
Research Summary: Dr. Ding’s research focuses on applying engineering approaches to understand the neural basis of cognitive functions and their impairments by neurological and psychiatric disorders. Specific areas of interest include the following: 1) multimodal neuroimaging (single unit, multiunit, LFP,… Read More
Professor Tang received his Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include cell and molecular mechanics in cancer development and metastasis, cardiovascular system, and neurons; unconventional mechano-electrophysiology; quantitative in vivo/vitro functional bio-imaging; nanotechnology; and development of new… Read More
Karim G. Oweiss received his Ph.D. degree (2002) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor. He is currently a Pre-eminent Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (Hebert Wertheim College of Engineering)… Read More
Dr. Mitchell is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, hired under UF’s preeminence campaign. Dr. Mitchell leads the new UF Center for Respiratory Biology and Rehabilitation and is a member of the McKnight Brain Institute. Mitchell served as… Read More
