| Name | Area of Emphasis | Institution |
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Ajemian, Matthew | Fisheries ecology and conservation | FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Anderson, Rindy | Behavioral ecology, communication, cognition, sexual selection | FAU College of Science | Asghar, Waseem | Micro and nanotechnology in medicine | FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science | Baldwin, John D. | Population genetics and reproductive biology | FAU College of Science | Benscoter, Brian | Plant and wetland ecology and fire ecology | FAU College of Science | Binninger, David | Role of oxidative damage to proteins in aging | FAU College of Science | Blakely, Randy D. | Synaptic Genetics, Neurochemistry and Pharmacology; Animal Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Transporter Proteins and Psychoactive Drugs | Brain Institute, FAU | Blanks, Janet | Mammalian retinal development, differentiation and neuroprotection | FAU College of Science Office of the Dean | Bolton, M. McLean | Disorders of neural circuit function | Max Planck Florida Institute | Bossart, Gregory | Clinical domestic, marine mammal, fish, and avian medicine and wildlife pathology | Georgia Aquarium | Brew, Keith | Developing and evaluating a novel approach for OA treatment employing engineered proteins and other molecules that specifically block the enzymes responsible for degrading cartilage in OA | FAU College of Medicine | Brooks, Randy | Marine behavioral ecology, symbiology, coral reefs | FAU College of Science | Caputi, Massimo | mRNA processing, mRNA splicing regulation, HIV-1 replication, Bcl apoptotic gene family regulation | FAU College of Medicine | Chiba, Akira | Molecular neuroscience | Biology University of Miami | Christie, Jason | Mechanisms of synaptic signaling and computation | Max Planck Florida Institute | Claiborne, Brenda J. | Neuronal development in human hippocampal formation and learning in aged individuals | FAU College of Science | Davis, Ronald L. | Molecular and cellular basis for learning; diseases that affect learning and memory | The Scripps Research Institute | Dawson-Scully, Ken | Neurobiology of cellular stress and neuroprotection using live cell imaging, electrophysiology and behavior genetics | FAU College of Science | Detwiler, Kate | Primate hybridization and speciation, molecular primatology, primate behavioral ecology, conservation of African monkeys and their rainforest habitats | FAU College of Arts and Letters | Dorn, Nathan | Freshwater ecology and community ecology | FAU College of Science | Encomio, Vincent | The oyster reef restoration project: restoration of the oyster beds of the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon | Florida Oceanographic Society | Esiobu, Nwadiuto | Environmental microbiology, drug resistance and antimicrobiosis | FAU College of Science | Fadiman, Maria | Ethnobotany, Latin America, world cultures and environments, environmental issues, rain forest ecosystems | FAU Geosciences | Feller, Ilka | Animal-plant interactions; insect-plant interactions in estuarine and forested ecosystems | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | Fenton, Andre | Neuro coordination, recording electrical brain activity | Center for Neural Science, New York University | Fields, Gregg B. | Extracellular matrix biochemistry, synthetic protein design and construction | FAU Chemistry and Biochemistry; Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology | Fitzpatrick, David | Functional organization and development of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex, neural basis of visual perception | Max Planck Florida Institute | Frank, Tamara | Zooplankton/nekton ecology and the visual ecology of marine animals | Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Nova Southestern University | Gawlik, Dale | Avian and wetland ecology | FAU College of Science | Gibble, Rebekah | Wetland management and conservation | Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | Godenschwege, Tanja | Molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurodevelopment, cellular basis of neurological disorders and drug discovery | FAU College of Science | Grill, Brock | Molecular mechanisms of nervous system development | The Scripps Research Institute | Guthrie, Kathleen | Neurobiology | Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | Guzman-Ramirez , Esther | Discovery of novel cancer therapeutics including both development of novel molecular target based assays and determination of the mechanism of action of compounds | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Hanisak, M. Dennis | Physiological Ecology of Marine Plants (Macroalgae and Seagrasses), Nutrient Dynamics, Coral Reef Ecology, Biology of Deep-water Macroalgae, Aquaculture (particularly Marine Plant Cultivation) | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Hartmann, James X. | Immunotherapy for adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia and lupus | FAU College of Science | Herzing, Denise | Marine mammal behavior | Wild Dolphin Project | Houghten, Richard | The tea bag method (solvent permeable packets used during polypeptide synthesis), combinatorial chemistry | Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies | Huang, Xupei | Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology, molecular cardiology | Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | Hueter, Robert | Anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, and fisheries biology of sharks worldwide | Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium | Hughes, Colin | Evolutionary and conservation genetics | FAU College of Science | Iragavarapu-Charyulu, Vijaya | Immunology, inflammation and cancer | FAU Biomedical Science | Isgor, Ceylan | Neuromorphological, behavioral and molecular consequences of chronic, variable stress during peripubertal-juvenile period in rats | Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | Ja, William | Molecular genetics of aging, behavior and disease | The Scripps Research Institute | Jia, Kailiang | Molecular regulation of aging | FAU College of Science | Kajiura, Stephen | Functional morphology and sensory biology of marine fish | FAU College of Science | Kamasawa, Naomi | Electron microscopy | Max Planck Florida Institute | Kantorow, Marc | The molecular genetics of eye diseases including age-related human cataract and age-related macular degeneration | Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | Keene, Alex | Neurogenetics and the evolution of behavior | FAU College of Science | Kishi, Shuji | Gene identification and phenotype characterization; Age-related disorders in humans, using zebrafish as a model system | The Scripps Research Institute | Klofstad, Casey | Societal and biological influences on human behavior | Department of Political Science, University of Miami | Koch-Rose, Marguerite | Marine botany, nutrient cycling and climate change in tropical marine systems | FAU College of Science | Kumi-Diaka, J. K. | Reproductive pathophysiology and oncology | FAU College of Science | Kwon, Hyungbae | Understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms of experience-dependent neural circuit modification using a mouse model | Max Planck Florida Institute | Li, Zhongwei | RNA metabolism, oxidative stress, biodefense | Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | Lu, Michael | RNA metabolism, RNA therapy, bacterial genomics | Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | Lyons, Jay | Cellular physiology and cell signaling processes | FAU College of Science | Macleod, Greg | Mitochondrial support of neurotransmission, pH influences on synaptic plasticity, neurotransmission and aging | FAU College of Science | Mansfield, Kate | Marine biology and vertebrate zoology with an emphasis on sea turtle ecology, behavior, habitat use, and conservation | Biology University of Central Florida | Martemyanov, Kirill | Striatal signaling and drug addiction, G protein signal transduction pathways, molecular mechanisms of vision | Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute | McCarthy, Peter | Cultivation and identification of the symbiotic microbes present in deep-water marine sponges; screening for novel antimicrobial agents from marine invertebrates and microbes; and finding biotechnological applications for microbial products | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Miller, Courtney | Neurobiological underpinnings of memory disorders, with the goal of developing novel therapeutics | Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute | Miller, Debra | Pathology of wildlife and exotic species (especially amphibians, sea turtles and marine mammals) | Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee | Milton, Sarah L. | Vertebrate anoxia tolerance, marine turtle physiology | FAU College of Science | Murphey, Rod | Development and degeneration of synapses | FAU College of Science | Narayanan, Ramaswamy | Bioinformatics, cancer gene discovery and drug discovery | FAU College of Science | Noonburg, Erik | Ecological modeling | FAU College of Science | O'Corry-Crowe, Greg | Investigating interactions between these apex predators and their environment | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Oleinikov, Andrew | Malaria studies with emphasis on mechanisms of sequestration of infected erythrocytes, protective immune response and vaccine development, anti-adhesion drugs; high throughput and engineering approaches to advance studies of complex biological systems | Department of Biomedical Science, FAU | Paegel, Brian | Assembly of cell-like compartments | Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute | Paul, Valerie | Ecological roles of marine natural products, impact of toxic cyanobacterial (Lynbya spp.) blooms on coral reef habitats | Smithsonian Marine Station | Perry, Gary | Molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating cell growth during neural development, regeneration, plasticity and neo-plasticity; SIDS; educational neuroscience: brain-based learning | Office of the Provost, FAU | Pomponi, Shirley | Developing in vitro techniques for production of sponge-derived bioactive molecules | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Porter, Marianne E. | Biomechanics and functional morphology and physiology | FAU College of Science | Prentice, Howard | Hypoxia and the cardiovascular system | Department of Biomedical Science, FAU | Proffitt, C. Edward | Ecology of marine macrophytes and invertebrates | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Puthanveettil, Sathyanarayanan | Molecular and cellular basis of long-term memory storage and its disorders | Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute | Rathinavelu, Appu | Standardization and application of real-time PCR techniques in gene expression | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University | Rumbaugh, Gavin | How synaptic proteins actively contribute to memory formation and storage | Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute | Salmon, Michael | Animal behavior | FAU College of Science | Saunders, Mary Jane | Plant biology, nanostructures, electron microscopy | FAU College of Science | Schummers, James | Cortical circuits | Max Planck Florida Institute | Shen, Wen | Neurophysiology, receptor pharmacology, synapsis, glutamate toxicity | Department of Biomedical Science, FAU | Shibata, Yoshimi | Immunology | Department of Biomedical Science, FAU | Stackman, Jr., Robert W. | Learning and memory | Department of Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, FAU | Stewart, Kelly | Marine vertebrate ecology and behavior, population dynamics and genetics, biogeography, threatened species biology and conservation and field biology | Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Sutton, Tracey T. | Quantitative ecology and structure of marine ecosystems | Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Nova Southeastern | Taniguchi, Hiroki | Development and function of inhibitory neural circuits | Max Planck Florida Institute | Tao, Rui | Neural circuits affected by drug abuse, Psychostimulant-induced hallucinations, Environmental factor-dependent effects of psychostimulants | Department of Biomedical Science, FAU | Thompson, Nancy | Marine science | Keys Marine Laboratory | Tomchik, Seth | Neuromodulation of memory circuits, neuronal circuits and behavior, imaging brain function in health and disease | Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute | Vertes, Robert | Behavioral neuroscience, functional organization of the brainstem and its role in controlling the activity of the forebrain and neurophysiology of sleep | Department of Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, FAU | Volin, John | Conservation biology | Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut | Voss, Joshua | Coral reef ecology, development of advance molecular technologies with field-based ecological applications, molecular profiling of bacterial communities, marine conservation and management, integration within and among academic disciplines | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Wang, Guojun | Marine natural product biosynthesis and drug discovery, microbial genetics, genome mining, metagenomics, single cell genomics, enzyme function and engineering, metabolic engineering, and medicinal chemistry | FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Wei, Jianning | Neurodegenerative disorders | Department of Biomedical Science, FAU | Weissbach, Herbert | Effect of oxidative stress on normal and cancer cells | FAU College of Science | Widder, Edith | Protection and restoration of marine ecosystems, and the species they sustain | Ocean Research and Conservation Association | Wojcikiewicz, Ewa | Inflammation and cancer research | Department of Biomedical Science, FAU | Wu, Jang Yen | Neurotransmission and brain disorders | Department of Biomedical Science, FAU | Wyneken, Jeanette | Integrative biology, comparative and functional morphology | FAU College of Science | Xu, Baoji | How neural circuits are formed, modified, and maintained in the brain | Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute | Yasuda, Ryohei | Neuronal signal transduction | Max Planck Florida Institute | Zhang, Xing-Hai | Plant physiology, molecular biology and biotechnology | FAU College of Science |
