Department of Biomedical Science Faculty

Patrick A. Grant, Ph.D.

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

Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.

Executive Director, FAU Brain Institute
Professor, Biomedical Science

Ajay Bommareddy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Massimo Caputi, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Kathleen M. Guthrie, Ph.D.

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

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

Professor, Biomedical Science

Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
OURI Faculty Liaison

Marc Kantorow, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Professor of Biomedical Science

Michael Lu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Andrew Oleinikov, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Howard M. Prentice, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Claudia de Oliveira Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Ning Quan, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

Wen Shen, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

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

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

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

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

Lawrence Toll, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

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

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator

Jianning Wei, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Science

Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz, Ph.D.

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

Jang-Yen Wu, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Science

Lisa A. Brennan, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Andrea Cippitelli, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Jacqueline Freire Machi, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Maureen Hahn, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Hideki Iwamoto, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Akihiko Ozawa, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Adele Stewart, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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

Research Assistant Professor
Director, iPSC Shared Facility

Nicole Baganz, Ph.D.

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

Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D.

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

Katherine Freeman-Costin, Dr.P.H.

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

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

Assistant Vice President for Research, Comparative Medicine
Research Associate Professor

Yunqing (Kevin) Kang, Ph.D.

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

Oge Marques, Ph.D.

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

Qi Zhang, Ph.D.

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

Paula Gajewski-Kurdziel, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

Aline Guimaraes Santana, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Rodrigues Lab)