People

  • Primary Faculty
  • Affiliate Faculty
  • Staff

    • More than 45 faculty, staff and researchers contribute to the advancement of biomedical engineering at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. The close-knit community of faculty, students and staff creates a unique environment in which world-class research and education flourish.

    All of the BME faculty are highly collaborative with other departments in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (e.g Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering) and across other Colleges at UF (e.g., Medicine, Dentistry, Public Health).

    Department Leadership

    Christine Schmidt

    Professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair & Department Chair
    Kevin Otto

    Professor & Senior Associate Chair
    Benjamin Keselowsky

    Professor & Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
    Walter Lee Murfee

    Associate Professor & Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies

     

    Other Administrative Appointments

    Sarah Furtney

    Instructional Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Coordinator
    Peter McFetridge

    Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator

    BME Department Committee Chairs

    Mingzhou Ding
    Executive Committee
    Ruogu Fang
    Engagement, Outreach and Public Relations Committee
    Daniel Ferris
    Research Committee
    Aysegul Gunduz
    Honors and Awards Committee
    Gregory Hudalla
    Faculty Search Committee
    Benjamin Keselowsky
    Graduate Program Committee
    Walter Lee Murfee
    Undergraduate Program Committee
    Edward A. Phelps
    Departmental Seminar Committee
    Parisa Rashidi
    Inclusion, Diversity and Access Faculty Committee
    Cherie Stabler
    Tenure and Promotion Committee