Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2024–25 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. Porras leads an interdisciplinary research… Read More
Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received the 2025 UF Center for Teaching Excellence Rising Star Award. This recognition highlights Porras’ commitment to innovative, student-centered education… Read More
Karen Mancera Azamar, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Basic Microbiology and Infectious Disease (BMID)… Read More
Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded the NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) to advance her research into how the human… Read More
Dr. Ana Maria Porras, assistant professor at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, will accept the 2024 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Diversity Lecture Award on behalf of LatinXinBME, an organization she co-founded… Read More
Dr. Ana Maria Porras, an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been recognized with two prestigious awards: the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science… Read More
Dr. Ana Maria Porras, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This esteemed recognition highlights… Read More
Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Engineering at the University of Florida, has been honored with the 2024 Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science by the American Association for… Read More
The Society for Biomaterials (SFB), a multidisciplinary society dedicated to advancing biomaterials science, education, and professional standards, recently revealed its 2024 award recipients. Among the distinguished awardees are Dr. Ana Maria Porras, Assistant Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family… Read More
By Brittany Sylvestri In 2006, Ana Maria Porras left everything she knew in her homeland of Colombia and moved to the United States to study biomedical engineering – a program that was scarce in her country. “After high school I… Read More