Tag: Ana Maria Porras
Ana Porras receives 2024 AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
February 14, 2024Ana 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 the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This prestigious accolade recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate […]
Read more »Society for Biomaterials Announces 2024 Award Recipients: Porras receives Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
January 18, 2024The 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 Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, and Dr. Brian Aguado, Assistant Professor […]
Read more »Celebrating Women’s History Month: UF researcher paving the way for Latinas in STEM
March 30, 2023By 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 found out you could study engineering and work on living things and biology,” said Porras. […]
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