UF Research Foundation names 2019 professors
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 32 faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2019-2022.
The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.
“The UFRF Professorships recognize our most innovative and productive faculty, the best examples of researchers and scholars who have helped UF claim its place as a top 10 public university,” said David Norton, UF’s vice president for research. “Key to this recognition is that it is based not just on what they have done in the past, but what they are expected to achieve in the future. These are faculty who we anticipate will continue to generate cutting-edge research well into the future.”
The UFRF Professors were recommended by their college deans based on nominations from their department chairs, a personal statement and an evaluation of their recent research accomplishments as evidenced by publications in scholarly journals, external funding, honors and awards, development of intellectual property and other measures appropriate to their field of expertise.
The three-year award includes a $5,000 annual salary supplement and a one-time $3,000 grant.
The professorships are funded from the university’s share of royalty and licensing income on UF-generated products.
This year’s UFRF Professors are listed below:
College of the Arts
Maya Stanfield-Mazzi, Associate Professor of Art History
College of Dentistry
Marcelle Nascimento, Associate Professor of Restorative Dental Sciences
College of Education
Ester de Jong. Professor of Teaching and Learning
College of Health and Human Performance
Leonardo Ferreira. Associate Professor of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Levin College of Law
Berta Hernandez, Professor of Law
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hai-Ping Cheng. Professor of Physics
Natalie Ebner. Associate Professor of Psychology
Michael Hofmann. Professor of English
Fiona McLaughlin. Professor of Linguistics & African Languages
Mario Poceski. Professor of Religion
W. David Wei. Associate Professor of Chemistry
College of Medicine
Shannon Boye. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Kelly Foote, Professor of Neurological Surgery
Benoit Giasson, Professor of Neuroscience
Joanna Long, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Duane Mitchell, Professor of Neurosurgery
College of Medicine - Jacksonville
Mark Hudak, Professor of Pediatrics
College of Nursing
Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini, Associate Professor of Health Care Environments and Systems
College of Pharmacy
Rhonda Cooper-Dehoff, Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Ronald Cohen, Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Rowan J. Milner, Professor of Oncology
Florida Museum of Natural History
Akito Kawahara, Associate Professor and Curator of Lepidoptera
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
José A.B. Fortes, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aysegul Gunduz, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Tanmay Lele, Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Jeffrey Bloomquist, Professor of Entomology and Nematology
Stephen Flor, Associate Professor of Agronomy
Jiri Hulcr, Associate Professor of Forest Entomology
Matthew Smith, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology
Lukasz Stelinski, Associate Professor of Entomology and Nematology
Samantha Wisely, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Warrington College of Business
Jay Ritter, Eminent Scholar in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate