Primary Faculty

Jonathan Bird, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Email: j.bird@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-294-8633

Research Interests

• Hearing loss
• Molecular motors and cytoskeletal disease
• Gene therapy
• High-content screening and drug discovery

Olga Guryanova, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: oguryanova@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-294-8590

Research Interests

• Cancer
• Hematopoietic Stem Cells
• Epigenetics
• Drug discovery

Jeffrey Harrison, Ph.D.
Professor

Email: jharriso@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-627-9208

Research Interests

• Cancer
• Chemokines
• Receptors

Daniel Kopinke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Email: dkopinke@ufl.edu
Phone: 352 294-5355

Research Interests

• Tissue Regeneration
• Primary Cilia and Cilopathies
• Fatty Fibrosis
• Drug Discovery

Brian K. Law, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: bklaw@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-9423

Research Interests

• Cancer
• Cell Cycle Regulation
• Drug Discovery

Steven D. Munger, Ph.D.
Professor

Email: steven.munger@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-294-5479

Research Interests

• Neuropharmacology
• Olfaction

Roger Papke, Ph.D.
Professor

Email: rlpapke@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-4712

Research Interests

• Drug Discovery
• Ion Channels
• Receptors

Thomas C. Rowe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: tomrowe@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-9421

Research Interests

• Cancer
• Drug Discovery
• Drug Resistance
• Topisomerases

Lee Sweeney, Ph.D.
Professor

Email: lsweeney@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-9416

Research Interests

• Cardiovascular Disease
• Muscular Distrophy
• Gene Therapies

Nikhil Urs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Email: nikhilurs@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-294-5727

Research Interests

• Dopamine neurotransmission
• Neuropharmacology
• Dopamine Circuit mapping
• Parkinson’s disease
• Schizophrenia

Daniel Wesson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Chair

Email: danielwesson@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-294-8767

Research Interests

• Olfaction
• Sensory-driven motivated behaviors
• Attention & learning
• Addiction