Category: Faculty News

UF engineers named 2026 NAI Senior Members

UF College of Engineering’s Curtis Taylor, Ph.D., and Hamed Dalir, Ph.D., have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors.

From physics to farming

UF/IFAS Associate Professor Emily Miller-Cushon, Ph.D., took a path far from agriculture, into physics and math, but looped back in a way that melded her two passions: data and animal welfare.

UF researchers identify IDD study priorities as part of national work group

The work group recommended a research agenda addressing gaps in health outcomes for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD.

UF research fights crimes against cats

UF’s Veterinary Forensic Sciences Laboratory identifies causes of death in free-roaming cats and investigates animal cruelty.

These couples have major chemistry — Meet the marrieds from CHE.

Raise your beaker in a Valentine’s Day toast and say, “Awww.” There are sweet love stories afoot in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Out of nearly 30 faculty members, there are three married couples, and two others have spouses who work elsewhere at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.

So what gives? Something in the lab water? Pheromones brewing in the beakers? Read on to find out.

UF faculty help shape strategy for human exploration of Mars

Two UF faculty members with the Astraeus Space Institute played key leadership roles in a major report intended to guide U.S. science priorities for future human missions to Mars.

Aline Fares selected for international lung cancer program

Thoracic oncologist Aline Fares, M.D., has been selected for the highly competitive 2026 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Academy.

UF lecturer authors National Geographic article

Cynthia Barnett is the author of “See a ghost ‘fairyland’ forest reemerge in Florida,” published in National Geographic earlier this month.

Ji-Hyun Lee reflects on her year as ASA president

While her presidency has ended, UF PHHP biostatistics professor Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, has no plans to stop leading or serving her community.

UF researchers identify new cancer-killing compounds

UF collaborators recently published research that brings scientists one step closer to finding a safe, effective treatment for certain cancers.