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Department of Biomedical Science Faculty

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Janet D. Robishaw, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Biomedical Science
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Biomedical Science
Executive Director, Research Distinction Track

Phone: 561-297-4399

Email: jrobishaw@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.

Executive Director, FAU Brain Institute
Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-799-8100

Email: rblakely@health.fau.edu

Biography

Ajay Bommareddy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Phone: 561-297-3153

Email: abommareddy@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Massimo Caputi, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-0627

Email: mcaputi@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Patrick A. Grant, Ph.D.

Associate Chair, Department of Biomedical Science
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-1053

Email: grantp@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Kathleen M. Guthrie, Ph.D.

Assistant Director and Director of Graduate Education, Neuroscience Graduate Program, FAU Brain Institute
Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-0457

Email: kguthrie@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Xupei Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-2443

Email: xhuang@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Vijaya L. Iragavarapu, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-3304

Email: iragavar@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
OURI Faculty Liaison

Phone: 561-297-0712

Email: cisgor@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Marc Kantorow, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Graduate Programs
Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-2910

Email: mkantoro@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Dawei Li, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-6061

Email: lid@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Michael Lu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-0892

Email: mlu3@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Andrew Oleinikov, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-4424

Email: aoleinikov@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Howard M. Prentice, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-0362

Email: hprentic@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Claudia de Oliveira Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-2878

Email: crodrigues@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Ning Quan, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

Phone: 561-799-8100

Email: nquan@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Wen Shen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-0628

Email: wshen@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Rui Tao, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-0713

Email: rtao@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Ilknur Telkes, Ph.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute and Center for SMART Health Investigator

Phone: 561-297-2278

Email: itelkes@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Lawrence Toll, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

Phone: 561-297-2578

Email: ltoll@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Henriette van Praag, Ph.D., M.A.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

Phone: 561-799-8689

Email: hvanpraag@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Jianning Wei, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-0002

Email: jwei@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
Co-Director, Lifelong Learning and Discovery Thread

Phone: 561-297-2678

Email: ewojciki@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Jang-Yen Yen Wu, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-0167

Email: jwu@health.fau.edu

Biography

Research Faculty

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Lisa A. Brennan, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Phone: 561-297-3806

Email: lbrenna6@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Andrea Cippitelli, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Phone: 561-297-4288

Email: acippitelli@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Jacqueline Freire Machi, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Phone: 561-297-4434

Email: jfreiremachi@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Maureen Hahn, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Phone: 561-297-8100

Email: hahnm@health.fau.edu

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Khalid A. Hanafy, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Phone: 561-955-2785

Email: khanafy@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Hideki Iwamoto, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Phone: 561-799-8100

Email: hiwamoto@health.fau.edu

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Janet M. Menzie Suderam, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Phone: 561-297-0273

Email: jmenzie@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Akihiko Ozawa, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Phone: 561-297-4688

Email: aozawa@health.fau.edu

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Adele Stewart, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Phone: 561-799-8100

Email: stewarta@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Yingcai Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science
Director, iPSC Shared Facility

Phone: 561-297-2855

Email: yingcaiwang@health.fau.edu

Visiting Faculty

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Hartmut Malluche, M.D.

University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY

 
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Katarzyna Targowska-Duda, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Medical University of Lublin, Poland

 

Secondary Appointments

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Nicole Baganz, Ph.D.

Assistant Director and Director of Community Engagement and Programming, FAU Brain Institute & Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)

Phone: 561-799-8100

Email: nbaganz@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Wilkes Honors College
FAU Brain Institute Investigator
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)

Email: lcarvelli@health.fau.edu

Biography

Katherine Freeman-Costin, Dr.P.H.

Biostatistics Collaborative Core Leader and Biostatistician
Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)

Phone: 561-297-4858

Email: kfreemancostin@health.fau.edu

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Sylvia I Gografe, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Director of Comparative Medicine
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Phone: 561-297-4233

Email: sgografe@health.fau.edu

Biography

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Yunqing (Kevin) Kang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Ocean & Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)

Phone: 561-297-3943

Email: kangy@fau.edu

Biography

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Joanne B. Krasnoff, Ph.D.

Director of Operations for Research & Strategic Initiatives
Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science
Director, Research Distinction Track

Phone: 561-297-1027

Email: jkrasnoff@health.fau.edu

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Oge Marques, Ph.D.

Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)

Phone: 561-297-3857

Email: omarques@fau.edu

Biography

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Qi Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Chemistry
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)

Phone: 561.799.8575

Email: zhangq@health.fau.edu

Post-Doctoral Fellows

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Lorena Areal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

Email: lbianchineareald@health.fau.edu

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Deepak Berwal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Pilitsis Lab)

 

Joshua Disatham, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Kantorow Lab)

 
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David Cinalli, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

 
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Hadi Choudhary, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Hanafy Lab)

 
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Paula Gajewski-Kurdziel, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

Email: pgajewski@health.fau.edu

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Rezwanul Islam, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Hanafy Lab)

 

Lara Carolina Mario, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Rodrigues Lab)

 
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Felix Mayer, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

Email: mayerf@health.fau.edu

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Daniel Nemeth, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)

 

Matthew Schrier, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)

 

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