| Name |
Rank |
Research |
Campus |
| J. Baldwin |
Assoc. Prof |
Population genetics and reproductive biology |
Davie |
| B. Benscoter |
Asst. Prof |
Plant & Wetland Ecology, Fire Ecology |
Davie |
| D. Binninger |
Assoc. Prof |
Role of oxidative damage to protein in aging |
Boca Raton |
| W.R. Brooks |
Professor |
Marine behavioral ecology; symbiology |
Boca Raton |
| J. Caruso |
Instructor Boca Raton |
Medical microbiology, immunology, parasitology |
Boca Raton |
| K.Dawson-Scully |
Asst. Prof |
Neurobiology of cellular stress and neuroprotection |
Boca Raton |
| D. Devlin |
Res. Asst. Prof |
Plant-invertebrate interactions |
HBOI |
| N. Dorn |
Assoc. Prof |
Freshwater Ecology, Community Ecology |
Davie |
| N. Esiobu |
Assoc. Prof |
Environ microbiology, drug resistance, antimicrobiosis |
Davie |
| E. Frazier |
Instructor |
entomology, plant/insect interactions |
Boca Raton |
| D. Gawlik |
Assoc. Prof |
Avian & wetland ecology |
Boca Raton |
| T. Godenschwege |
Assoc. Prof |
Neurological disorders and diseases, nervous system development, axonal guidance and synaptogenesis |
Boca Raton |
| J. Hartmann |
Professor |
Immunotherapy for adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia & lupus |
Boca Raton |
| C. Hughes |
Assoc. Prof |
Evolutionary genetics, and its relationship to conservation |
Davie |
| K. Jia |
Asst. Prof |
Molecular regulation of aging |
Boca Raton |
| S. Kajiura |
Assoc. Prof |
Functional morphology & sensory biology of fishes |
Boca Raton |
| M. Koch-Rose |
Professor |
Marine botany & nutrient cycling in tropical systems |
Boca Raton |
| J. Kumi-Diaka |
Assoc. Prof |
Reproductive pathopysiology - oncology |
Davie |
| H. Lyons |
Assoc. Prof |
Cellular physiology, cell signaling processes |
Davie |
| A. Marsh |
Emeritus |
marine invertebrate ecology |
Boca Raton |
| S. Milton |
Assoc. Prof |
Vertebrate anoxia tolerance, sea turtle physiology |
Boca Raton |
| R. Murphey |
Prof & Chair |
Development and Degeneration of synapses |
Boca Raton |
| J. Nambu |
Professor |
Nervous system development and cell death in Drosophila |
Boca Raton |
| R. Narayanan |
Professor |
Bioinformatics, cancer gene discovery, antisense |
Boca Raton |
| E. Noonburg |
Asst. Prof |
Ecological Modeling |
Davie |
| C. E. Proffitt |
Assoc. Professor |
Ecology of marine & estuarine macrophytes & invertebrates |
HBOI |
| M. Salmon |
Research Prof |
Animal behavior |
Boca Raton |
| T. Theisen |
Instructor |
Mechanisms affecting population distribution and gene flow in highly mobile marine fishes |
Davie |
| H. Weissbach |
Dist Res. Prof |
Oxidative damage,ageing, molecular biology, biochemistry |
Jupiter |
| J. Wyneken |
Assoc. Prof |
Integrative biology, comparative & functional morphology |
Boca Raton |
| X.-H. Zhang |
Assoc. Prof |
Plant molecular biology & biotechnology |
Boca Raton |
| Name |
Rank |
Research |
Campus |
| F. Dalgleish |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Underwater laser imaging and communications, optical properties in marine environments, sensor networks and fluorescence imaging |
HBOI |
| M. Davis |
Center Director, Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement |
Develop aquaculture species for food, stock enhancement and to ease fishing pressure on wild stocks. |
HBOI |
| S. Edge |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Use of molecular technology to detect and characterize environmental stress responses in corals
Investigate the effects of biotic and abiotic stressors on ecosystem health using biochemical and molecular approaches
Molecular mechanisms associated with marine invertebrate ecophysiology, species interactions, social behavior, invasiveness and disease
Ecotoxicology |
HBOI |
| J. Goldstein |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Clinical marine mammal and aquatic medicine; Cardiomyopathy in Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales; Aquatic Animal Diagnostic Ultrasound |
HBOI |
| E. Guzman-Ramirez |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Discovery of novel cancer therapeutics including both development of novel molecular target based assays and determination of the mechanism of action of compounds |
HBOI |
| D. Hanisak |
Director, Center of Marine Ecosystem Health |
Physiological Ecology of Marine Plants (Macroalgae and Seagrasses), Nutrient Dynamics, Coral Reef Ecology, Biology of Deep-water Macroalgae, Aquaculture (particularly Marine Plant Cultivation) |
HBOI |
| B. Lapointe |
Res. Prof |
Algal physiology and biochemistry, seagrass and coral reef ecology, eutrophication, marine bioinvasions, marine conservation |
HBOI |
| S. Laramore |
Asst. Res. Prof |
Aquatic animal health issues, including biosecurity and disease prevention
Aquatic diseases of aquacultured species, with an emphasis on viral diseases of crustaceans and parasitic diseases of bivalves |
HBOI |
| P. McCarthy |
Res. Prof |
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. |
HBOI |
| G. O'Corry-Crowe |
Assoc. Res Prof |
Investigating interactions between these apex predators and their environment |
HBOI |
| S. Pomponi |
Sr. Res. Prof |
Developing in vitro techniques for production of sponge-derived bioactive molecules. |
HBOI |
| J. Scarpa |
Res. Prof |
Bivalve aquaculture in the fields of culture and breeding. |
HBOI |
| J. Voss |
Asst. Res. Prof |
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 |
HBOI |
| P. Wills |
Assoc. Res. Prof |
Aquaculture of finfish for food and stock enhancement. Development of new fish species for aquaculture. |
HBOI |
| A. Wright |
Director, Center for Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research |
Investigation of marine natural products from marine invertebrates and associated bacterial symbionts |
HBOI |
| C. Armishaw |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Molecular bioscience, conotoxins |
Torrey Pines |
| I. Baines |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Chief Scientific Facilities Officer of the Max Planck Florida Institute |
Max Planck Florida Inst. |
| M. Bausher |
Affiliate Prof |
Citrus blight, plant disease resistance, molecular differentiation of healthy and diseased states in citrus plants |
USDA |
| G. Bossart |
Affiliate Prof |
Clinical domestic, marine mammal, fish, and avian medicine and wildlife pathology |
Georgia Sea Aquarium |
| M. Cameron |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Inflammatory responses to virus infection, SARS, high throughput genoic screening, gene expression profiling |
VGTI-Fl |
| A. Chiba |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Molecular Neuroscience |
University of Miami |
| N. Chomont |
Aff. Asst. Prof |
Mechanisms of HIV persistence and eradication of HIV resevoir |
VGTI-Fl |
| J. Christie |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Research Group Leader of Synapse Physiology |
Max Planck Florida Inst. |
| R. Davis |
Affiliate Prof |
Molecular and cellular basis for learning; Diseases that affect learning and memory |
Scripps Florida |
| C. Dooley |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Pain relief, addiction, food regulation, cells’ response to stresses |
Torrey Pines |
| V. Encomio |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
The oyster reef restoration project: restoration of the oyster beds of the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon |
Florida Oceanographic Society |
| I. Feller |
Aff. Res. Scientist |
Animal-plant interactions; insect-plant interactions in estuarine and forested ecosystems |
Smithsonian Enviro Research Center |
| G. Fields |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Extracellular matrix biochemistry, synthetic protein design and construction |
Torrey Pines |
| D. Fitzpatrick |
Aff. Res. Prof/Scholar |
Functional organization and development of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex, neural basis of visual perception |
Max Planck Florida Inst. |
| T. Frank |
Assoc. Res. Prof |
adaptations to dim light environments in pelagic and benthic organisms
zooplankton ecology, with emphasis on effects of downwelling light on distribution patterns;
vertical migrations of macrozooplankton and micronekton |
Nova Southeastern University |
| R. Gibble |
Aff Res. Asst. Prof |
Ecological effects of mineral enrichment in an oligotrophic wetland located in the remaining Everglades |
A.R.M. Lox. National Wildlife |
| B. Grill |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Molecular mechanisms of nervous system development |
Scripps Florida |
| E. Haddad |
Aff. Res. Assoc. Prof |
Generation and maintenance of memory B cells, T follicular helper cell differentiation and function |
VGTI-Fl |
| D. Herzing |
Aff. Asst. Prof |
Marine mammal behavior |
Wild Dolphin Project |
| J. Hiscott |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Early events involved in the host response to human pathogenic virus infection, virus-host interactions and novel anti-cancer oncolytic vaccines |
VGTI-Fl |
| R. Hueter |
Aff. Res. Sci. |
Anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, and fisheries biology of sharks worldwide |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
| R. Houghten |
Aff. Res. Prof |
The tea bag method (solvent permeable packets used during polypeptide synthesis), combinatorial chemistry |
Torrey Pines |
| W. Ja |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Dissect genetic pathways involved in health & aging |
Scripps |
| N. Kamasawa |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Electron Microscopy |
MPFI |
| S. Kishi |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Gene identification and phenotype characterization; Age-related disorders in humans, using zebrafish as a model system |
Scripps Florida |
| H. Kwon |
Aff Res. Assoc. Prof |
Understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms of experience-dependent neural circuit modification using a mouse model |
MPFI |
| S. Lapointe |
Affiliate Prof |
Development of environmentally appropriate control strategies for the Diaprepes root weevil |
USDA |
| K. Mansfield |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Marine biology, ecology, conservation and management; animal behavior; fisheries bycatch reduction; telemetry |
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
| T. Maple |
Aff. Res. Prof |
President and CEO, biomedical science research |
Palm Beach Zoo |
| K. Martinez-Mayorga |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Computational techniques for the development of structural models to aid in the design of new compounds |
Torrey Pines |
| C. McKenzie |
Aff. Assoc. Prof |
Development of ecologically sound methods to manage pests and diseases of vegetables and ornamentals |
USDA |
| J. McLaughlin |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Medications for the treatment of pain and drug abuse |
Torrey Pines |
| M. McLean-Bolton |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Disorders of Neural Circuit Function |
MPFI |
| J. Medina-Franco |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Computer aided drug design |
Torrey Pines |
| D. Miller |
Aff. Res. Assoc. Prof |
Pathology of wildlife and exotic species (especially amphibians, sea turtles and marine mammals) |
University of Georgia |
| M. Miller |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Director of Conservation Medicine |
Palm Beach Zoo |
| J. Moore |
Assoc. Prof |
Fish ecology and aquatic habitats, herpetology, and conservation |
Wilkes Honor College |
| B. Paegel |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Assembly of cell-like compartments |
Scripps |
| V. Paul |
Affiliate Prof |
Ecological roles of marine natural products, Impact of toxic cyanobacterial (Lynbya spp.) blooms on coral reef habitats |
Smithsonian Marine Station |
| M. Porter |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Biomechanics and functional morphology, ecology, and physiology |
Vassar College |
| A. Rathinavelu |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Standardization and Application of Real-Time PCR techniques in gene expression |
Nova Southeastern University |
| B. Sakmann |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Research Group Leader of Digital Neuroanatomy |
Max Planck Florida Inst. |
| J. Schatzle |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Genetic and Molecular mechanisms of autoimmunity and tolerance |
VGTI-Fl |
| J. Schummers |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Research Group Leader of Cortical Circuits |
Max Planck Florida Inst. |
| R. Sekaly |
Aff. Res. Prof |
HIV Pathogenesis, Eradication of HIV resevoir |
VGTI-Fl |
| T.T. Sutton |
Aff. Asst. Prof |
Population dynamics of elasmobranchs, ecology (coastal and deep-sea) of elasmobranchs |
Virginia Inst. Of Marine Sciences |
| N. Thompson |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Science and Research Director
Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
NOAA |
| L. Trautmann |
Aff. Res. Asst. Prof |
Acute virus infections, cytolytic T cell function, chronic infectious diseases and T cell exhaustion |
VGTI-Fl |
| J. Volin |
Aff. Res. Prof |
Conservation Biology |
University of Connecticut |
| C. Wahlestedt |
Affiliate Prof |
Multidisciplinary approach to drug discovery in diseases of the brain (ranging from addiction, pain, affective disorders, Alzheimer’s to ADHD) |
Scripps Florida |
| E. Widder |
Affiliate Prof |
Protection and restoration of marine ecosystems, and the species they sustain |
ORCA |
| S. Young |
Aff. Res. Assoc. Prof |
Research Group Leader of Molecular Neurobiology |
Max Planck Florida Inst. |