Department of Biomedical Science Faculty

Chair of the Biomedical Science Department
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Biomedical Science
grantp@health.fau.edu

Executive Director, FAU Brain Institute
Professor, Biomedical Science
rblakely@health.fau.edu



Assistant Director and Director of Graduate Education, Neuroscience Graduate Program, FAU Brain Institute
Professor, Biomedical Science
kguthrie@health.fau.edu


Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
OURI Faculty Liaison
cisgor@health.fau.edu

Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Professor of Biomedical Science
Bridget Smith, Ph.D. 561-297-4549




Claudia de Oliveira Rodrigues, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
crodrigues@health.fau.edu

Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator
nquan@health.fau.edu



Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute and Center for SMART Health Investigator
itelkes@health.fau.edu

Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator
ltoll@health.fau.edu

Henriette van Praag, Ph.D., M.A.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
FAU Brain Institute Investigator
hvanpraag@health.fau.edu


Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
Co-Director, Lifelong Learning and Discovery Thread
ewojciki@health.fau.edu

Research Faculty



Jacqueline Freire Machi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
jfreiremachi@health.fau.edu





Yingcai Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Director, iPSC Shared Facility
yingcaiwang@health.fau.edu
Visiting Faculty

Hartmut Malluche, M.D.
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Secondary Appointments

Director of Community Engagement and Programming, FAU Brain Institute
Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
nbaganz@health.fau.edu

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)
kfreemancostin@health.fau.edu

Sylvia I Gografe, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Research, Comparative Medicine
Research Associate Professor
sgografe@health.fau.edu

Associate Professor, Ocean & Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
kangy@fau.edu

Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
omarques@fau.edu

Qi Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
zhangq@health.fau.edu
Post-Doctoral Fellows

Deepak Berwal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Pilitsis Lab)

David Cinalli, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)



Daniel Nemeth, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)

Alexandra Paz
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

Sean Paz
Postdoctoral Fellow (Caputi Lab)

Casey Rudzinski
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)

Matthew Schrier, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)