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Former Graduate Students
Name email
website
Advisor(s)
Degree
Year
Title & Present Location
Cliff Abraham email
website
Bruce Hunter
Don Walker
Ph.D.
1981
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Antonio Acosta-Rua email
website
Charles Vierck Ph.D.
2003
Managing Partner, Health Choices International, LLC, Jacksonville, FL, 32204
Stephanie Amici email
website
Lucia Notterpek Ph.D.
2006
Postdoctoral Fellow (Lucia Notterpek), Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl 32610.
Ronald H. Baisden email
website
R. Isaacson

Ph.D.
1973

Professor, Department of Anatomy College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37610
Jianxin (Paul) Bao email
website
John Munson Ph.D.
1992
Research Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
Ray Beck email
website
John Petitto Ph.D.
2004
 
Sara Berens email
website
Robert Yezierski Ph.D.
2006
 
Craig Berridge email
website
Adrian Dunn Ph.D.
1988
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Madison, Wisconsin
Carl A. Boast email
website
Steve Zornetzer Ph.D.
1976
Principal Scientist, CNS Disorders Division, Wyeth-Ayerst Research, CN 8000, Princeton, NJ 08543-8000
Doug Bradley email
website
Marieta Heaton Ph.D.
1997
Product Manager, Media Cybernetics, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
James Bralley email
website
Don Walker Ph.D.
1980
President, Laboratory Director, MetaMetrix Medical Research Laboratory, Inc. Norcross, GA 30071
Samuel Browd email
website
Tiana Leonard

Ph.D.2000
M.D. 2000

Staff Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hopsital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Matt Carrigan email
website
Steve Benner & Art Edison Ph.D.
2002
Resesarch Fellow, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, FL
Anthony J. Castro   email
website
Charles Vierck Ph.D.
1970
Professor, Dept Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine , Maywood, IL 60153
Ann Chokas email
website
Harry Nick Ph.D.
2004
Postdoctoral Fellow (Edward Morrisey) Depts of Medicine and Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 938 Biomedical Rsch Bldg (BRB) II/III, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6140
Yun-Chia Chou email
website
William Luttge Colin Sumners Ph.D.
1990
Associate Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Richard H. Cohen email
website
Charles Vierck Ph.D.
1984
Senior Scientist, Braun A. G., Kronberg, Federal Republic of Germany
Jason Coleman email
website
Sue Semple-Rowland Ph.D.
2003
Postdoctoral Fellow ( Mark Bear) The Picower Center for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, HHMI/MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E19-553, Cambridge, MA 02139
Jessica Conde email website Wolfgang Streit

Ph.D. 2005

Student, UF College of Nursing MS program
Marcella Coutts email
website
Paul Reier M.S.
2008
 
James E. Crandall email
website
Tiana Leonard Ph.D.
1980
Research Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655; Senior scientist, Eunice Kennedy Schriver Center
Charles L. Densmore email
website
William Luttge Ph.D.
1987
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
Harveen Dhillon email
website
Pushpa Kalra Ph.D.
2000
Postdoctoral fellow (Bradford Lowell), Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School, Boston Ma 02215
Richard Doolin email
website
Barry Ache Ph.D.
2002
Assistant Professor, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, FL
Rebecca Ellis McFadyen email
website
Douglas Anderson

Ph.D. 2004

Law student, attending College of Law, University of Florida Gainesville FL 32611
Seyed M. Emadian email
website
William Luttge Ph.D.1987 M.D. 1991 Neurological Surgeon, Harton Regional Medical Center, Premier Neurosurgery and Spine Center, 730 Kings Lane, Tullahoma, TN
Laura Errante email
website
Gerry Shaw Ph.D.
1994
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Neurology, Yale University Medical School, New Haven CT 06520
Sarah Fendrick email
website
Wolfgang Streit Ph.D.
2006
 
Toby Ferguson email
website
David Muir Ph.D.1998
M.D. 2000
Resident in Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Tanya S. Ferguson (McGraw) email
website
Kevin Anderson Ph.D.
1998
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Barry Flanary email
website
Wolfgang Streit Ph.D.
2005
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Wolfgang Streit, UF Department of Neuroscience
Robert C. Foehring email
website
John Munson George Sypert Ph.D.
1985
Professor, The Neuroscience Institute, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163
Jenny Fortun email
website
Lucia Notterpek Ph.D.
2005
Postdoctoral Associate, Miami Project to Cure paralysis, University of Miami, Room 5-23 Lois Pope Life Center, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136
Michael Francis email
website
Roger Papke Ph.D.
1998
Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 S 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Robert M. Friedman email
website
Charles Vierck Ph.D.
1995
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University Medical School, New Haven CT 06510
Nichole Gebhart email
website
Fumi Ono

M.S.
2007

 
Robert F. Geisler email
website
Don Walker M.S. 1977 M.D. 1981 Private Practice (Radiation Therapy), Lykes Cancer Center, Clearwater, FL 34684
John B. Gelderd email
website
J. J. Bernstein Ph.D.
1972
Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Texas A & M University, Olin E. Teague Research Center, College Station, TX 77843
Diana S. Glendinning email
website
Charles Vierck Ph.D.
1991
Associate Professor. Department of Physical Therapy, School of Graduate Medical Education, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079
Marjorie R. Grafe email
website
Tiana Leonard Ph.D.1981
M.D. 1985
Professor, Department of Pathology, Medical Director of Neuropathology, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098
Harry E. Gray email
website
William Luttge Ph.D.
1982
Senior Scientist, Biological Research, Becton Dickinson, Bloomingdale, NJ 07417
Thomas Ha email
website
Leonid Moroz Ph.D.
2006
 
Shannon Boye (Haire) email
website
Sue Semple-Rowland Ph.D.
2006
Postdoctoral Fellow (William Hauswirth), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl 32610.
Nicholas Hall email
website
Adrian Dunn Ph.D.
1976
Director, Wellness Center at SaddleBrooks Resort, Tampa, FL 33543
Jeff Harris email
website
Gerry Shaw Ph.D.1992
M.D. 1994
Medical Director/Clinical Lead at Protein Design Labs, Inc., 34801 Campus Drive, Fremont, CA 94555 and Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Immunology, UCSF Children's Hospital, Box 0105, San Francisco, CA 94143-0105
John-David Herlihy email
website
Harry Nick Ph.D.
2006
 
Sean D. Hurley email
website
Wolfgang Streit Ph.D.
1998
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Rochester, New York
P. Michael Iuvone email
website
Adrian Dunn Ph.D.
1976
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
Lyn B. Jakeman email
website
Paul Reier Ph.D.
1990
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
G. Andrew James email
website
Yijun Liu Ph.D.
2006
Post-doctorial trainee, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Thomas W. Jasper email
website
William Luttge Ph.D.
1980
Optometrist, St. Louis, MO
O.D. degree 1989 from University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Optometry
Nik Karkanias email
website
Roger Papke Ph.D.
1999
Novartis, East Hanover, NJ
Shannon Janssen email
website
Lewis Baxter
Ph.D.
2008
 
Sami Jezzini email
website
Leonid Moroz Ph.D.
2006
 
Erik Johnson email
website
Ronald Hayes Ph.D.
2004
 
Christopher King email
website
Robert Yezierski Ph.D.
2006
Postdoctoral fellow (Andre Mauderli), Comprehensive Center for Pain Reseasrch, University of Florida
Michael A. King email
website
Don Walker
Bruce Hunter
Ph.D.
1985
Associate Scientist, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610.
Firas Kobeissy email
website
Kevin Wang Ph.D.
2007
 
Pavlo Kuzyk email
website
Leonid Moroz Ph.D.
2007
 
Patrick Larkin email
website
Susan Semple-Rowland Ph.D.
2000
Biology Instructor, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL
Stephen Larner email
website
Ronald Hayes Ph.D.
2004
Postdoctoral Associate , Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610.
Linda Wen-Hua Lee email
website
Mark Lewis Ph.D.
2008
 
Michele Lemons email
website
Douglas Anderson Ph.D.
1998
Postdoctoral fellow, Mentor: Dr. Maureen Condic, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Kryslaine Lopes email
website
Wolfgang Streit Ph.D.
2008
 
Chris Lucas email
website
Floyd Thompson M.D. 1994
M.S. 1999
Resident in Aerospace Medicine, Naval Operational Medicine Institute, Pensacola, FL 32508
James C. Makous   email
website
Charles Vierck Ph.D.
1993
Product-Line Manager for Neurosurgical Devices, Axon Instruments Inc., Foster City, CA 94404
Fredric Manfredsson email
website
Ronald Mandel Ph.D.
2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mentor: Dr. Ron Mandel, Department of Neuroscience, Univ of Florida McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL 32611
Paul B. Manis email
website
William Brownell Ph.D.
1981
Professor & Director, Curriculum in Neurobiology, Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christopher Mariani, DVM email
website
Wolfgang Streit Ph.D.
2006
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University
Eugene Martin email
website
Purvis Bedenbaugh Ph.D.
2005
Postdoctoral Fellow (Dr. Donald Pfaff) Rockefeller University, NY
Andre P. Mauderli email
website
Charles Vierck Ph.D.
1996
Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
J. Jean Mitchell email website Kevin Anderson Ph.D.
1995
 
Sally A. Moody   email
website
Marieta Heaton Ph.D.
1981
Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, George Washington University Medical Center, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Washington, DC 20037.
Blaine Moore email
website
Marieta Heaton Ph.D.
1998
Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041
Dennis R. Mosier   email
website
Janet Zengel Ph.D.
1989
Assistant Professor (Neurology) Internal Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX 77030
Steven D. Munger email
website
Barry Ache Ph.D.
1997
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201
Wendy Norman email
website
Douglas Anderson Ph.D.
2002
Postdoctoral Fellow (Dr. Paul Carney) Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610
Wilda Orisme email
website
Clay Smith Ph.D.
2008
 
Mary A. Pacheco email
website
Steve R. Childers Ph.D.
1992
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
Carmen Soccaras Peden

email
website

Ronald Mandel Ph.D.
2004
MD/Ph.D. Medical Student, University of Florida
Alyson L Peel email
website
Paul Reier Ph.D.
1998
Postdoctoral Fellow (Dale E. Bredesen), Buck Center for Research in Aging, Novato, CA 94948
Jeff Petruska   email
website
Richard Johnson Ph.D.
2000
Postdoctoral Fellow (Lorne Mendell), Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Nate Pennell email
website
Wolfgang Streit

Ph.D.1997
M.D. 2002

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Robert E. Poage, Jr. email
website
Janet Zengel Ph.D.
1995
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC 28352
Michael Presti email
website
Mark Lewis Ph.D.
2004
Medical Student, University of Florida
Sasha Rabchevsky   email
website
Paul Reier Ph.D.
1995
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
Kristofer Rau email
website
Rick Johnson & Brian Cooper Ph.D.
2006
 
Erin Rhinehart email
website
Pushpa Kalra Ph.D.
2003
Postodoctoral Associate (Dr. Mark Wilson), Emory University School of Medicine, Yerkes Primate Research Center, Division of Psychobiology, Atlanta, GA
N. Clair Ringger, DVM email
website
Ron Hayes Ph.D.
2004
 
Louis A. Ritz   email
website
William Brownell Ph.D.
1980
Associate Professor, Departments of Neuroscience & Neurological Surgery University of Florida, College of Medicine Gainesville, FL 32610
Anthony Rodrigues email
website
Andre Mauderli Ph.D.
2005
 
Carl J. Rogers email
website
Bruce Hunter
Don Walker
Ph.D.
1985
Group Leader, Department of Pharmacology Merrell-Dow Research Institute Cincinnati, OH 45202
Brad S. Rothberg email
website
Bruce Hunter Ph.D.
1994
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Kyle Roux email
website
Lucia Notterpek Ph.D.
2004
Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UF College of Medicine
Shankar Sadasivan email
website
Kevin Wang
Ph.D.
2008
Postdoctoral Associate (Richard Smeyne, PhD) St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105
Diana Sarko email
website
Roger Reep Ph.D.
2006
 
John A. Schetz email
website
Peter Anderson Ph.D.
1994
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Sue Semple-Rowland email
website
William Dawson Ph.D.
1986
Professor and Director of the Neuroscience IDP Graduate Program, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, College of Medicine Gainesville, FL 32610-0244
Tim Shepherd, M.D. email
website
Steven Blackband Ph.D.
2003
Postdoctoral Fellow (Dr. Steve Blackband) Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610
David M. Sherry email
website
Robert Ulshafer Ph.D.
1989
Associate Professor of Optometry & Physiological Optics, University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX 77204-6052
Michelle Simon email
website
O. Rennert Ph.D.1976 M.D. 1978 Private Practice (Pediatrics) Washington, DC 20037
James L. Smith email
website
Steve Benner, Jeff Hillman & Art Edison Ph.D.2002
MBA 2002
Director of Business Development, iviGene, Incc., Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator, 12085 Research Dr., Alachua Florida 32615-6832
Corigan T. Smothers email
website
Bruce Hunter
Don Walker
M.S. 1990 Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425
Maria Sosa Llorens email
website
Janet Zengel Ph.D.
1993
Professor, Interim Director, Department of Anatomy, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
Douglas J. Swanson email
website
Marieta Heaton Ph.D.
1994
Postdoctoral Associate (Dr. Elaine J. Lewis) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, OR 97201
Katherine H. Tabor email
website
Steve Zornetzer M.S. 1977
Ph.D.1982
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology Baylor College of Medicine, The Woodlands, TX 77380
Nicole Tester email
website
Dena Howland Ph.D.
2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Dena Howland-Department of Neuroscience and Dr. Andrea Behrman - Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl 32610.
Daniel F. Theele email
website
Paul Reier DVM 1992 Ph.D.1996 Director, Animal Resource Facility, University of New Mexico, BMSB G-32, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5186
Margaret F. Tremwel email
website
Bruce Hunter Ph.D.1993
M.D. 1998
Chief Resident, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610
Cortney Turner email
website
Mark Lewis Ph.D.
2003
Postdoctoral research fellow, Mental Hlth Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0704
Amanda Waber email
website
Lucia Notterpek M.Sc.
2006
 
Matt Wachowiak email
website
Barry Ache Ph.D.
1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215
Noah Walton email
website
Dennis Steindler Ph.D.
2006
 
David Wang email
website
Floyd Thompson Ph.D.
2002
Medical Student, University of Miami Medical School, Fall 2003
Barbara W. Webb email
website
Don Walker Ph.D.
1995
Assistant in Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244
Elizabeth L. Webster (Manis) email
website
E. B. DeSouza Ph.D.
1989
Clinical Development Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Michael R. Wells email
website
J. J. Bernstein Ph.D.
1977
Director Neurological Research Institute of Molecular Biology, Inc. Worcester, MA 01605-4308
Todd White email
website
Paul Reier Ph.D.
2006
Research Associate, (Dr. Paul Reier), Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida
Kristin Wildeboer email
website
William Kem Ph.D.
2005
 
Melissa Fisher (Williams) email
website
Sue Semple-Rowland M.Sc.
2006
High School Science Teacher, Lake Wales High School, Lake Wales, FL
David L. Winialski email
website
Paul Reier M.S.
1987
Legislative Planning Director, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL
Celeste Wirsig-Wiechmann email
website
Tiana Leonard Ph.D.
1985
Assosciate Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190
Edward Wirth, III email
website
Paul Reier Ph.D.1992 M.D. 1994 Associate Medical Director, Stem Cell Therapies, Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA
Paul Wright email
website
Yijun Liu Ph.D.
2006
 
Bill J. Yates email
website
Floyd Thompson Ph.D.
1986
Professor of Otolaryngology & Neuroscience, Eye & Ear Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
David C. Yeomans email
website
Charles Vierck Brian Cooper Ph.D.
1989
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Management, Stanford School of Medicine,
Zane Zeier email
website
David Bloom Ph.D.
2007
Postdoctoral Fellow - (Thomas Foster, Ph.D), Department of Neuroscience, UF
Yan Zhang email
website
Sue Semple-Rowland Ph.D.
2004
Postdoctoral Fellow - (Weihong Pan, MD, PhD), Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Zhiqun Zhang email
website
Kevin Wang
Ph.D.
2007
 
Michael Zidanic email
website
William Brownell Ph.D.
1989
Research Scientist, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
         
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