Diba Mani earned her degrees under the mentorship of Dr. Roger Enoka in the Neurophysiology of Movement Laboratory at the University of Colorado. Her doctoral dissertation focused on evaluating the effects of electrical nerve stimulation on motor unit discharge properties and mobility… Read More
Research Area: Biomechanics & Bionics
Markia Bowe, Ph.D.
With a dedication to higher education, Dr. Bowe completed her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at the University of Florida in 2023. Her research focuses on understanding the relationship between subchondral bone remodeling, gait changes, and pain in osteoarthritis. During her… Read More
Yong Zeng, Ph.D.
Precision Medicine represents a new era of medicine to revolutionize disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Central to this national mission is the development of enabling technologies and novel biomarkers that substantially improve early cancer diagnosis and personalized treatment. Our group… Read More
Brittany Taylor, Ph.D.
Research Summary: Dr. Taylor’s research group investigates the regenerative and reparative processes of musculoskeletal tissues to inform the development of tailored acellular regenerative engineering approaches. Her group is particularly interested in identifying the biological and structural mechanisms that contribute to… Read More
David Clark, Sc.D.
Dr. Clark is the Associate Chief of Staff for Research Service (“Chief of Research”) for the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, and Professor of Neurology at UF. Dr. Clark studies the neural control of walking in people with neurological… Read More
Kyle D. Allen, Ph.D.
Research Summary: Dr. Allen’s research seeks to improve the evaluation of preclinical osteoarthritis models and improve the preclinical-to-clinical translation of emerging diagnostics and therapeutics for joint diseases. Within this goal, Dr. Allen’s lab is currently developing new behavioral assays that… Read More
Walter Lee Murfee, Ph.D.
Research Summary Dr. Murfee’s research is focused on making scientific discoveries and developing new bioengineering approaches for connecting tissue level function to integrated cellular dynamics. Specifically, his laboratory applies in vivo, in vitro, and computational approaches to investigate the vascular… Read More
Daniel Ferris, Ph.D.
Research Summary: Dr. Ferris’ research focuses on the biomechanics and neural control of human locomotion. Most of his research focuses on human-machine interactions (mechanically and electrically). Projects include both technology development and basic research using mobile brain imaging, robotic lower… Read More
Lakiesha N. Williams, Ph.D.
Characterizing the structure and property relationships of biological tissues for implementation into physics-based constitutive models. Studying injury mechanics and damage mechanisms associated with high impact loads. Specific expertise includes biomechanics, tissue and bone mechanics, bio-inspired materials research, orthopedics research and… Read More
Peter McFetridge, Ph.D.
Research Summary: Dr. McFetridge’s primary research objective is to engineer viable ‘living’ tissue and organs for the repair and regeneration of diseased tissues. His groups research encompasses angiogenesis and arterial regeneration, articular cartilage development as well as effects on primary and… Read More