Department of Biomedical Science Faculty

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Patrick A. Grant, Ph.D.

Chair of the Biomedical Science Department
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Biomedical Science

561-297-1053
grantp@health.fau.edu
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Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.

Executive Director, FAU Brain Institute
Professor, Biomedical Science

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Ajay Bommareddy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

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Massimo Caputi, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

561-297-0627
mcaputi@health.fau.edu
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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

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

Professor, Biomedical Science

561-297-2443
xhuang@health.fau.edu
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Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
OURI Faculty Liaison

561-297-0712
cisgor@health.fau.edu
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Marc Kantorow, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Professor of Biomedical Science

Administrative Contact:
Bridget Smith, Ph.D. 561-297-4549
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Michael Lu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

561-297-0892
mlu3@health.fau.edu
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Andrew Oleinikov, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

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Howard M. Prentice, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

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Claudia de Oliveira Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

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Ning Quan, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

561-799-8100
nquan@health.fau.edu
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Wen Shen, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

561-297-0628
wshen@health.fau.edu
Headshot of Rui Tao, D.V.M., Ph.D.

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

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

561-297-0713
rtao@health.fau.edu
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Ilknur Telkes, Ph.D., M.S.

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

561-297-2278
itelkes@health.fau.edu
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Lawrence Toll, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

561-297-2578
ltoll@health.fau.edu
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Henriette van Praag, Ph.D., M.A.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

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Jianning Wei, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

561-297-0002
jwei@health.fau.edu
Headshot of Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz, Ph.D.

Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz, Ph.D.

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

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Jang-Yen Wu, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

561-297-0167
jwu@health.fau.edu

Research Faculty

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Lisa A. Brennan, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

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Andrea Cippitelli, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Headshot of Jacqueline Freire Machi, Ph.D.

Jacqueline Freire Machi, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Maureen Hahn, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

561-297-8100
hahnm@health.fau.edu
Headshot of Hideki Iwamoto, Ph.D.

Hideki Iwamoto, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

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Akihiko Ozawa, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

561-297-4688
aozawa@health.fau.edu
Headshot of Adele Stewart, Ph.D.

Adele Stewart, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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

Research Assistant Professor
Director, iPSC Shared Facility

Visiting Faculty

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Hartmut Malluche, M.D.

University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY

Secondary Appointments

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Nicole Baganz, Ph.D.

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

561-799-8100
nbaganz@health.fau.edu
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Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D.

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

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Katherine Freeman-Costin, Dr.P.H.

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

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

Assistant Vice President for Research, Comparative Medicine
Research Associate Professor

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Yunqing (Kevin) Kang, Ph.D.

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

561-297-3943
kangy@fau.edu
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Oge Marques, Ph.D.

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

561-297-3857
omarques@fau.edu
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Qi Zhang, Ph.D.

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

561-799-8575
zhangq@health.fau.edu

Post-Doctoral Fellows

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Deepak Berwal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Pilitsis Lab)

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David Cinalli, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

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Paula Gajewski-Kurdziel, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

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Aline Guimaraes Santana, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Rodrigues Lab)

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Daniel Nemeth, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)

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Alexandra Paz

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

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Sean Paz

Postdoctoral Fellow (Caputi Lab)

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Casey Rudzinski

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

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Matthew Schrier, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)

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