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  • 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 & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow
    Gregory Hudalla

    Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator

    BME Department Committee Chairs

    Kyle D. Allen
    Engagement, Outreach and Public Relations Committee
    Wesley E. Bolch
    Executive Committee
    Aysegul Gunduz
    Honors and Awards Committee
    Gregory Hudalla
    Faculty Search Committee
    Benjamin Keselowsky
    Graduate Program Committee
    Walter Lee Murfee
    Undergraduate Program Committee
    Ana Maria Porras
    Departmental Seminar Committee
    Blanka Sharma
    Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Faculty Committee
    Cherie Stabler
    Tenure and Promotion Committee
    Lakiesha Williams
    Research Committee