Department of Biomedical Science Faculty
![Patrick Grant](/medicine/images/directory/patrick-grant.jpg)
Chair and Professor of Biomedical Science
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research
![Randy Blakely](/medicine/images/directory/randy-blakely.jpg)
Executive Director, FAU Brain Institute
Professor
![Ajay Bommareddy](/medicine/images/directory/ajay-bommareddy.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
![Massimo Caputi](/medicine/images/directory/massimo-caputi.jpg)
![Andrea Cippitelli](/medicine/images/directory/andrea-cippitelli.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science
![Kathleen Guthrie](/medicine/images/directory/kathleen-guthrie.jpg)
Professor, Biomedical Science
Assistant Director and Director of Graduate Education, Neuroscience Graduate Program, FAU Brain Institute
![Xupei Huang](/medicine/images/directory/xupei-huang.jpg)
Professor of Biomedical Science
![Ceylan Isgor](/medicine/images/directory/ceylan-isgor.jpg)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Science
OURI Faculty Liaison
![Marc Kantorow](/medicine/images/directory/marc-kantorow.jpg)
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Director Medical Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Professor of Biomedical Science
Bridget Smith, Ph.D. 561-297-4549
![Michael Lu](/medicine/images/directory/michael-lu.jpg)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Science
![Andrew Oleinikov](/medicine/images/directory/andrew-oleinikov.jpg)
Professor, Biomedical Science
![Marilyn Pray-Grant](/medicine/images/directory/placeholder.jpg)
![Howard Prentice](/medicine/images/directory/howard-prentice.jpg)
Professor, Biomedical Science
![Ning Quan](/medicine/images/directory/ning-quan.jpg)
Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator
![Claudia Rodrigues](/medicine/images/directory/claudia-rodrigues.jpg)
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
![Wen Shen](/medicine/images/directory/wen-shen.jpg)
![Rui Tao](/medicine/images/directory/rui-tao.jpg)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Science
![Lawrence Toll](/medicine/images/directory/lawrence-toll.jpg)
Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator
![Henriette van Praag](/medicine/images/directory/henriette-van-praag.jpg)
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator
![Jianning Wei](/medicine/images/directory/jianning-wei.jpg)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Science
![Ewa Wojcikiewicz](/medicine/images/directory/ewa-wojcikiewicz.jpg)
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
Co-Director, Lifelong Learning and Discovery Thread
![Jang-Yen Wu](/medicine/images/directory/jang-yen-wu.jpg)
Research Faculty
![Lisa Ann Brennan](/medicine/images/directory/lisa-ann-brennan.jpg)
Research Professor
Director, Graduate Programs Curriculum & Student Access
![Jacqueline Freire Machi](/medicine/images/directory/jacqueline-freire-machi.jpg)
Jacqueline Freire Machi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor Biomedical Science
![Maureen Hahn](/medicine/images/directory/maureen-hahn.jpg)
Maureen Hahn, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Biomedical Science
![Hideki Iwamoto](/medicine/images/directory/hideki-iwamoto.jpg)
Hideki Iwamoto, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor Biomedical Science
![Akihiko Ozawa](/medicine/images/directory/akihiko-ozawa.jpg)
Research Associate Professor Biomedical Science
![Yingcai Wang](/medicine/images/directory/yingcai-wang.jpg)
Yingcai Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor Biomedical Science
Director of iPSC Shared Facility
Visiting Faculty
![Hartmut Malluche](/medicine/images/directory/hartmut-malluche.jpg)
Hartmut Malluche, M.D.
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Secondary Appointments
![Nicole Baganz](/medicine/images/directory/nicole-baganz.jpg)
FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Assistant Director
Director of Community Engagement and Programming
![Lucia Carvelli](/medicine/images/directory/lucia-carvelli.jpg)
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Wilkes Honors College
FAU Brain Institute Investigator
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
![Katherine Freeman-Costin](/medicine/images/directory/katherine-freeman-costin.jpg)
Katherine Freeman-Costin, Dr.P.H.
Biostatistics Collaborative Core Leader and Biostatistician
Professor of Biomedical Science
![Sylvia Gografe](/medicine/images/directory/sylvia-gografe.jpg)
Sylvia I. Gografe, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Research, Comparative Medicine
Research Associate Professor
![Yunqing Kang](/medicine/images/directory/yunqing-kang.jpg)
Associate Professor, Ocean & Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
![Qi Zhang](/medicine/images/directory/qi-zhang.jpg)
Qi Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
Post-Doctoral Fellows
![placeholder](/medicine/images/directory/placeholder.jpg)
Muhammad Zaka Asif, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)
![Headshot of David Cinalli, Ph.D.](/medicine/images/directory/david-cinalli.jpg)
David Cinalli, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)
![placeholder](/medicine/images/directory/placeholder.jpg)
Cassio Marais Loss
Postdoctoral Fellow (Van Praag Lab)
![placeholder](/medicine/images/directory/placeholder.jpg)
Beatriz de Oliveira Monteiro
Postdoctoral Fellow (Van Praag Lab)
![Headshot of David Nemeth, Ph.D.](/medicine/images/directory/daniel-nemeth.jpg)
Daniel Nemeth, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)
![placeholder](/medicine/images/directory/placeholder.jpg)
Alexandra Paz
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)
![Headshot of Sean Paz](/medicine/images/directory/sean-paz.jpg)
Sean Paz
Postdoctoral Fellow (Caputi Lab)
![placeholder](/medicine/images/directory/placeholder.jpg)
Casey Rudzinski
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)
![Headshot of Aline Guimaraes Santana](/medicine/images/directory/aline-guimaraes-santana.jpg)
![Headshot of Matthew Schrier, Ph.D.](/medicine/images/directory/matt-schrier.jpg)
Matthew Schrier, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)