Research Focus Areas: Brain and Behavior
Institute Members
William Alexander
Associate Professor, Psychology, College of Science
Office: BS-12, 310, Boca Raton Campus
Email: walexander@mblayst.com
Website
Shailaja Allani
Associate Scientist, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science
Director, Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Office: MC-17, Room 202, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8322
Email: skesaraj@mblayst.com
Website
Rindy Anderson
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science
Office: BC-90, Room 336, Davie Campus
Phone: 954.236.1144 (Davie), 561.297.4681 (Boca)
Email: andersonr@mblayst.com
Website
Gizelle Anzures, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 206, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.3368
Email: ganzures@.mblayst.com
Website
Nicole Baganz, Ph.D.
Assistant Director and
Director of Community Engagement and Programming,
Florida Atlantic Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
Research Assistant Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Office: MC-22, Room 201A, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8559
Email: nbaganz@health.mblayst.com
Website
Elan Barenholtz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 101, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.3433
Email: ebarenho@mblayst.com
Website
Lilah M. Besser, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention
Office: SO-284H, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0614
Email: lbesser@mblayst.com
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Executive Director, Florida Atlantic Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
Office: MC-22, Room 201G, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8100
Email: rblakely@health.mblayst.com
Website
Jana Strickler, Ph.D.
Advanced Cell Imaging Core Managing Director, Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
Office:MC-22, Rm 205B, Jupiter campus
Phone: 561.799.3321
Email: jboerner@mblayst.com
Website
Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Neuroscience, Honors College
Office: MC-22, Room 216H, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8115
Email: lcarvelli@mblayst.com
Website
Lun-Ching Chang
Associate Professor, Mathematics, College of Science
Office: SE43, Room 222, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.3351
Email: changl@mblayst.com
Website
David Cinalli, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Programming, Director of Mobile Minds Program
Office: MC-22, Room 201C, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561-799-8100
Email: dcinalli2013@mblayst.com
Andrea Cippitelli, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Room 309
Phone: 561-297-0896
Email: acippitelli@health.mblayst.com
Website
Maré Cudic, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Dean for Research, College of Science
Office: SE-43, Room 134
Phone: 561.297.4645
Email: mcudic@mblayst.com
Website
Predrag Cudic, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Dean for Research, College of Science
Office: MC-17, Room 208, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8375
Email: pcudic@mblayst.com
Website
Ali A. Danesh, Ph.D., FAAA
Professor, Director of Audiology Clinic, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Education
Professor of Integrated Medical Science, College of Medicine
Office: ED-47, Room 434, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.2071
Email: danesh@health.mblayst.com
Website
Kevin Darby, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 211, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.6033
Email: darbyk@mblayst.com
Website
Michael A. DeDonno Ph.D.
Professor, Educational Leadership, College of Education
Integrated Medical Science (Secondary)
Office: ED-47, Room 254
Phone: 561.297.3554
Email: mdedonno@health.mblayst.com
Website
Michael R. Dobbs, MD, MHCM
Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
FairfaxWood Endowed Chair of Clinical Neurosciences
Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Office: BC71 Rm 338
Phone: 561.297.1575
Email: sgabrielsen@health.mblayst.com
Deguo Du, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science
Office: PS-55, Room 301G, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0094
Email: ddu@mblayst.com
Website
Erik Duboue, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Wilkes Honors College
Office: RE, Room 205
Phone: 561-799.8069
Email: eduboue@mblayst.com
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Julie Earles, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Wilkes Honors College
Office: PSR 203, Jupiter campus
Phone: 561.799.8612
Email: jearles@mblayst.com
Website
Erik D. Engeberg, Ph.D.
Professor, Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & Computer Science
Office: EG-36, Room 178, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0537
Email: eengeberg@mblayst.com
Website
Cristina Fenollar Ferrer, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor, Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
Office: MC-22, Room 305, Jupiter Campus
Email: mfenollarferrer@mblayst.com
Gregg Fields, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science
Executive Director, I-HEALTH
Vice President for Research
Office: MC-17, Room 211, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8577
Email: fieldsg@mblayst.com
Website
Laura Fontenas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science
Office: MC-19, Room 202, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8053
Email: lfontenas@mblayst.com
Website
Paula Gajewski-Kurdziel, Ph.D.
Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
Office: MC-22, Rm 216, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561-799-8591
Email: pgajewski@health.mblayst.com
Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D., SMIEEE
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Office: EE-96, Room 319, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.4031
Email: bghoraani@mblayst.com
Website
Tanja A. Godenschwege, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science
Office: MC-19, Room 209, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.297.1390
Email: godensch@mblayst.com
Website
Patrick Grant, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Room 313, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.1053
Email: grantp@health.mblayst.com
Website
Wendy P. Guastaferro, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Office: SO210, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0428
Email: wguastaferro@mblayst.com
Website
Kathleen Guthrie, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Assistant Director for Graduate Education, Florida Atlantic Stiles-Nicolson Brain Institute
Office: BC-71, Room 208, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0457
Email: kguthrie@health.mblayst.com
Website
Maureen Hahn, Ph.D.
Neurobehavior Core Scientific DirectorResearch Associate Professor, College of Medicine
Office: MC-22, Room 216J, John D. MacArthur Campus, Jupiter
Phone: 561.799.8491
Email: hahnm@health.mblayst.com
William Hahn, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Office: BS-12, Room 405, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.2231
Email: whahn@mblayst.com
Jason Hallstrom, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of I-SENSE, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Office: EE-96, Room 324, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.4748
Email: jhallstrom@mblayst.com
Website
Erica Hoff, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology, College of Science
Office: ES, Room 274, Davie Campus
Phone: 954.236.1142
Email:ehoff@mblayst.com
Website
Sang Hong, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 209, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.2905
Email: shong6@mblayst.com
Website
Heather Howard, MSW, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Office: SO, Room 317
Phone: 561.297.3969
Email: howardh@mblayst.com
Website
Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Room 323, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0712
Email: cisgor@health.mblayst.com
Website
Hideki Iwamato, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: MC-22, Rm 216F, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561-799-8591
Email: hiwamoto@health.mblayst.com
Website
Kailiang Jia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science
Offices: SC-1, Room 261, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.799.8054
Email: kjia@mblayst.com
Website
Nancy Aaron Jones, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, College of Science
Office: MC-13, Room 215, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8632
Email: njones@mblayst.com
Website
Yunqing (Kevin) Kang
Associate Professor, Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Office: EW 177, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561-297-3943
Email: kangy@mblayst.com
Website
Marc Kantorow, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science
Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Room 207, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.2910
Email: mkantoro@health.mblayst.com
Website
J.A. Scott Kelso, Ph.D.
Glenwood and Martha Creech Eminent Scholar in Science and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Office: BS-12, Room 411, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.2229
Email: kelso@ccs.mblayst.com
Website
Alan Kersten, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 203, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.3382
Email: akersten@mblayst.com
Website
Andy V. Khamoui, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion
Office: Field House Labs FW11A-128, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.4450
Email: akhamoui@mblayst.com
Website
Ania Knapinska, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: MC-17, Rm 107, Jupiter Campus
Phone:
Email: aknapins@mblayst.com
Irem Korucu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology,
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 307 Boca Raton Campus
Phone:
Email: ikorucu@mblayst.com
Website
Cheryl Krause-Parello, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Research Professor, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Associate VP for Research
Faculty Fellow, (I-HEALTH)
Director, Canines Providing Assistance to Wounded Warriors (C-P.A.W.W.)
Office: AD-10, Room 392, Boca Campus
Phone: 561.297.3461
Email: ckrausep@health.mblayst.com
Website
Corinne Lasmezas, Ph.D., DVM
Director, David and Lynn Nicholson Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Schmidt College of Medicine
Office: MC-22, Room 310, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.228.3456
Email: clasmezas@health.mblayst.com
Website
Beatrice Mattison-Santos
Assistant Coordinator
Office: MC-22, Room 201B, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8300
Email: bmattisonsan2020@mblayst.com
Sarah Milton, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences, College of Science
Office: SC-1, Room 288, Boca Raton campus
Phone: 561.297.3327
Email: smilton@mblayst.com
Website
Lindsay Montgomery, B.S.
Operations & Budget Coordinator
Office: MC-22, Room 201F, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8662
Email: lmontgomery@mblayst.com
Rodney Murphey, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science
Office: MC-19, Room 101, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.297.0384
Email: rmurphey@mblayst.com
Website
Akihito Ozawa, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: MC-22, Room 205A
Phone: 561-297-4688
Email: aozawa@health.mblayst.com
Website
Alexandra Paz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow Community Engagement and Programming
Office: MC-22, Room 201C, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561-799-8067
Email: paza2018@mblayst.com
Ramin Pashaie, Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
Office: EE, 317, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.1041
Email: rpashaie@mblayst.com
Rodrigo de Oliveira Pena, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
Office: MC-19, Room 109, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8514
Email: penar@mblayst.com
Website
Linda Petersen
Neuroscience Graduate Program Coordinator
Office: Bldg. SE 43, Room 103A
Phone: 561.297.4989
Email: lpetersen@mblayst.com
Website
Gala M. Pierce, M.S.Ed.
Director, Research Programs & Services
Office: MC-22, Room 201H, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8046 (ext. 6-8046)
Email: pierceg@mblayst.com
Simon Pieraut, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Science
Office: RE-MC-19, Room 106, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561 799 8205
Email: spieraut@mblayst.com
Website
Beth A. Pratt, Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Associate Director, C-P.A.W.W. Office: Boca Campus, LA, Room 226E
Phone: 561-296-1131
Email: bpratt4@health.mblayst.com
Website
Howard Prentice, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Room 225, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0362
Email: hprentic@mblayst.com
Website
Ning Quan, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: MC-22, Rm 216G, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8100
Email: nquan@health.mblayst.com
Website
Mahsa Ranji, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and I-SENSE Fellow
Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Office: EE, 325, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0089
Email: mranji@mblayst.com
Claudia Rodrigues, Ph.D.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Rm 224, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561-297-2984
Email: crodrigues@health.mblayst.com
Monica Rosselli, Ph.D.
Professor and Assistant Chair, Psychology, College of Science
Office: E&S, Room 268A, Davie Campus
Phone: 954.236.1108
Email: mrossell@mblayst.com
Website
Adam Schaefer, M.P.H.
Principal Investigator and Epidemiologist
Office: 5600 US 1 North, Ft. Pierce
Phone: 772.242.2311
Email: aschaef3@mblayst.com
Website
Susan Schneider, Ph.D.
Director, Center For the Future Mind, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Office:SO 283, Boca Raton Campus
Phone:561-297-3878
Email: sschneider@mblayst.com
Website
Wen Shen, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Room 229, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0628
Email: wshen@health.mblayst.com
Website
Summer Sheremata, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 207, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.3362
Email: ssheremata@mblayst.com
Website
Robert Stackman, Ph.D.
Dean, Graduate College
Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Science
Office: MC-19, Room 110, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.297.4358
Email: rstackma@mblayst.com
Website
Maciej Stawikowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science
Office: SE-43, Room 246
Phone: 561.297.4871
Email: mstawikowski@mblayst.com
Website
Srinivasa Subramaniam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Office:
Phone:
Email: ssubramaniam@fau.health.edu
Website
Rui Tao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Room 327, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0713
Email: rtao@health.mblayst.com
Website
Ruth Tappen, EdD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Christine E. Lynn Eminent Scholar, College of Nursing
Office: AZ-79, Room 119, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.3188
Email: rtappen@mblayst.com
Website
Carol Tessel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Office: 47 - ED 449, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.1138
Email: ctessel@mblayst.com
Website
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: MC-22, Room 215J, Boca Raton Campus
Email: ltoll@health.mblayst.com
Website
Henriette van Praag
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: MC-22, Room 215G, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8689
Email: hvanpraag@health.mblayst.com
Website
Anne van Zelst, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Director, David and Lynn Nicolson Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research
Assistant Professor, Dept of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Speech-Language Pathologist, College of Education
Office: ED 47 Room 450, Boca Campus
Phone:
Email: avanzelst@health.mblayst.com
Website
Laura Vernon, Ph.D.
Professor, Wilkes Honors College
Office: MC-19, Room 109, Jupiter campus
Phone: 561.799.8411
Email: lvernon@mblayst.com
Website
Robert Vertes, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 329, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.2362
Email: rvertes@mblayst.com
Website
Hongjie Wang
Assistant Research Professor, Institute for Human Health & Disease Intervention, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Office: MC-17, Jupiter Campus
Email: wangh@mblayst.com
Website
Jianning (Jenny) Wei, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science, College of Medicine
Office: BC-71, Room 210, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561.297.0002
Email: jwei@health.mblayst.com
Website
Herbert Weissbach, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science
Office: MC-17, Room 225, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8345
Email: hweissba@mblayst.com
Website
Teresa Wilcox, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Science
Office: BS-12, Room 101B, Boca Campus
Email: wilcox@mblayst.com
Website
Dale Williams, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Education
Office: ED-23, Room 427, Boca Raton Campus
Phone: 561-297-3238
Email: dwilliam@mblayst.com
Website
Amy Wright, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research, HBOI
Office: HB-01, Room 236, Harbor Branch Campus
Phone: 772.242.2459
Email: awrigh33@mblayst.com
Website
Ilyas Yildirim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science
Office: MC-17, 224, Jupiter Campus
Email: iyildirim@mblayst.com
Website
Qi Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advanced Cell Imaging Core Scientific Director
Office: MC-22, Room 303, Jupiter Campus
Phone: 561.799.8575
Email: zhangq@health.mblayst.com
Website