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Lisa Taylor
Assistant Research Scientist
Lisa Taylor researches biodiversity and the extravagant and brilliantly colored displays that arthropods use to communicate.
lisa.taylor@ufl.edu
352-273-3937
Animal Behavior
Animal Cognition
Animal Coloration
Animal Communication
Spider Biology
Russell Terry
Assistant Professor
Dr. Terry specializes in the medical and surgical management of kidney stones.
russell.terry@urology.ufl.edu
251-753-9186
robotoic surgery
Urinary tract imaging
Artificial Intelligence in Urology
Metabolic Kidney Stone Disease
Ureteroscopy
Todd Thrift
Associate Professor
Todd Thrift is a beef cattle specialist with expertise in cow/calf management and feedlot management.
tathrift@ufl.edu
352-538-3146
Beef Quality Assurance
Cow Calf Management
Feedlot Management
Beef Cattle Breeding
Ranch Management
Patrick Tighe
M.D./Associate Professor/Co-Director
Dr. Patrick Tighe’s research examines how AI can improve acute postoperative pain and patient safety.
ptighe@anest.ufl.edu
352-273-7844
Tools to Reduce Disparities in Perioperative Outcomes
Perioperative Medicine
Biomedical Informatics
Anesthesiology
Artificial Intelligence
Patrick Traynor
Professor
Patrick Traynor is an expert in cybersecurity.
traynor@ufl.edu
352-294-2093
Digital Payments
Cellular Networks
Cybersecurity
Computer Networks
Welson Tremura
Professor/Associate Director
Welson Tremura specializes in ethnomusicology, including folk religion, technology and interdisciplinary projects, and world music.
tremura@ufl.edu
352-273-4728
Music and Religion (Folk Catholicism), Samba, and Bossa-Nova
Portuguese Language (Culture, Politics, and Identity)
Musicology
Latin American Studies
Business in Latin America (Management, Law, and International Consulting)
Steve Tufts
Clinical Professor
Steve Tufts has an extensive real estate background and serves as an expert in entrepreneurship, marketing, sales and real estate.
steve.tufts@warrington.ufl.edu
352-273-3268
Entrepreneurial Firm Development
Salesperson Success Factors
Salesperson Influence
Entrepreneurial Exit
Business
Ana Turner
Assistant Professor
Dr. Ana Turner's expertise is street psychiatry, treating those experiencing both homelessness and mental illness on the streets.
aturner@ufl.edu
904-394-8066
Community Psychiatry
Homelessness
Stress Psychiatry
Nikos Tziolas
Assistant Professor
Nikos Tziolas develops interpretable AI techniques and integrated sensing systems to support informed decision-making in agriculture.
ntziolas@ufl.edu
239-255-9925
Soil Science
Deep Learning
Spectroscopy
AI
Artificial Intelligence
David Vaillancourt
Professor/Chair
David Vaillancourt’s studies how the brain regulates voluntary and involuntary movement with a specific focus on motor disorders.
vcourt@ufl.edu
352-294-1770
Structural and Functional Imaging in Rodents and Humans
Rehabilitative, Surgical and Pharmacological Interventions for Motor Disorders
Cortical Oscillations that Underlie Voluntary and Involuntary Movement
Neuroscience and the Brain
Progression Markers of Parkinson’s Disease
