Robert A. Burne is an American microbiologist focusing on molecular mechanisms governing the ability of bacteria that are capable of causing diseases in humans to modulate their virulence in response to environmental influences. As of 2017 he was a Distinguished Professor at University of Florida. [1] [2] [3]
Burne received a B.S. in microbiology from Pennsylvania State University in 1981, and a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the University of Rochester in 1987.
The University of Florida is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.
The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, also known as UF Law, is the law school of the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest operating public law school in Florida, and second oldest overall in the state.
Pramod P. Khargonekar is the Vice Chancellor for Research and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. An expert in control systems engineering, Dr. Khargonekar has served in a variety of administrative roles in academia and federal funding agencies. Most recently, he served as Assistant Director for Engineering at the National Science Foundation (2013-2016), and as Deputy Director for Technology at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy. From 2001 through 2009 he was the Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Florida.
Barry W. Ache is an American neuroscientist currently a Distinguished Professor of Biology and Neuroscience at Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida.
Roger B. Fillingim is an American psychologist and distinguished professor at the University of Florida who won its Research Foundation Professorship.
Lonnie O. Ingram is an American microbiologist, focusing in microbial biotechnology, currently the Distinguished Professor at University of Florida and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and Society of Industrial Microbiology.
Bruce J. MacFadden is an American vertebrate paleontologist, a significant figure in his field, currently a Distinguished Professor at University of Florida.
Leonid L. Moroz is a Russian-American neuroscientist, focusing in neuroscience, comparative & evolutionary neurobiology, genomics and epigenomics, learning and memory and working in characterize basic mechanisms underlying the design of nervous systems and parallel evolution of neural circuits, neuronal signaling mechanisms and brains, currently the Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics, Biology and Chemistry at University of Florida.
Vasudha Narayanan is an American scholar of Hinduism at University of Florida and former President of the American Academy of Religion.
Brij M. Moudgil is an American materials scientist and engineer, focusing in developing structure-property-performance correlations in particulate materials based nanoengineered systems for enhanced performance in bioimaging, diagnosis and therapies, micro-electronics, advanced materials, energy, and water purification applications. He is currently a Distinguished Professor at University of Florida.
Michael Roger Perfit is an American geologist who is currently a distinguished professor at the University of Florida.
L. Philip Lounibos is an American entomologist.
Scott Powers is an American physiologist, focusing on investigating the effects of muscular exercise and inactivity on both cardiac and skeletal muscle currently the UAA Endowed Professor at University of Florida.
Mark E. Orazem is an American chemical engineer, focusing electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, energy systems, corrosion and mathematical modeling, currently Distinguished Professor at University of Florida and previously the UF Research Foundation Professor.
Leslie Paul Thiele is a professor at the University of Florida. Dr. Thiele focuses on the intersection of politics and sustainability. In addition to his academic work, he serves as the director for the Center for Adaptive Resilience, Ethics and Science at the University of Florida.
Peter J. Hirschfeld is an American physicist, currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. His lab is studying the problems of modern many-body theory associated with superconductivity and quantum materials.
David Burnham Tanner is a Distinguished Professor of Physics and an affiliate professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida.
Guenakh Mitselmakher is a Russian-American physicist, since 2004 the Distinguished Professor in the Institute for High Energy Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Florida (UFL). His main interests are in gravitational waves and experimental particle physics.
Richard A Yost is an American scientist and a professor at the University of Florida. He is best known for his work inventing the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Yost received his BS degree in Chemistry in 1974 from the University of Arizona, having performed undergraduate research in chromatography with Mike Burke and his PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1979 from Michigan State University, having performed graduate research with Chris Enke.
Janet K. Yamamoto is an American immunologist. Yanamoto is a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Florida where she studies the spread of HIV/AIDS. In 1988, she co-developed a vaccine for the feline version of HIV with Niels C. Pederson and was subsequently elected to the National Academy of Inventors.