Professor of Infectious Diseases and Immunology College of Veterinary Medicine Type 1 diabetes is often understood as a disease driven by the immune system’s destruction of insulin- producing cells. Clayton Mathews’ research has helped reshape that view by showing that the insulin-producing cells themselves play a critical role in their own survival — and failure. […]

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology College of Medicine Robert McKenna’s research reveals the detailed structures of viruses and enzymes, showing how biological systems function and can be targeted for therapy at the atomic level. Over three decades at the University of Florida, McKenna has built a research program centered on a simple but powerful […]

Professor of English College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ange Mlinko is a poet and literary scholar whose work explores how language captures place, emotion and perception. Through poetry, criticism and essays, she examines how the natural world and human experience are translated into written form, advancing a body of work that is both artistically […]

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering As computing systems scale toward unprecedented power densities — driven by artificial intelligence and data-centric technologies — thermal management has emerged as a fundamental limiter to performance, energy efficiency and the ability to scale computing systems to higher power densities. Saeed Moghaddam has built […]

Professor of Astronomy College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Desika Narayanan is a leading computational astrophysicist whose work is reshaping our understanding of how the earliest galaxies in the Universe formed and evolved. His research sits at the intersection of large-scale cosmological simulations and cutting-edge artificial intelligence, allowing his group to decode the massive datasets […]

Associate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology College of Public Health and Health Professions How the brain changes with age — and how those changes interact with conditions like substance use, HIV and metabolic disease — is central to understanding long-term health. Eric Porges’s research examines those connections, revealing how brain chemistry and function evolve […]

Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Whether guiding magnetic nanoparticles through the human body or building new tools to visualize disease in real time, Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos works at the frontier where engineering meets medicine. His research has helped establish new ways to design, measure, and deploy nanomaterials for medical […]

Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Climate change, wildlife trade and biological invasions are reshaping ecosystems around the world, often in ways that are difficult to predict. Brett Scheffers’s research focuses on understanding those changes. That helps scientists and policymakers anticipate how species will respond and identify opportunities […]

Professor of Theatre and Dance College of the Arts Dance can carry history, identity and memory in ways words cannot. Augusto Soledade’s work explores that power through Afro-Fusion, a choreographic approach that brings together African and Afro-diasporic movement traditions with contemporary global forms to create new ways of telling stories on stage and on screen. […]

Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology Laura A. Solt is a biomedical scientist whose work explores how the immune system interprets molecular cues — and how those signals can shift immune responses from protective to harmful. Known for her clarity of vision and collaborative approach, […]