USF Chapter of the NAI

Chapter Members

Patents of the USF Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors

Inventors: Listed by Last Name

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Member Patent(s) Title College (or Company) Department

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Melissa D. Abercrombie Chief of Podiatry Bay Pines VA Healthcare System Surgery
Mildred Acevedo-Duncan Research Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Chemistry
John H Adams Distinguished Professor Public Health Global Health
Tolga Akkoc Mechanical Engineer ASELSAN Mechanical Engineering
Nicholas Albergo Professor Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering
Norma Alcantar Associate Professor Engineering Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Redwan M. Alqasemi Research Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Jahanshah Amin Associate Professor Medicine Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Luke Anderson 2010 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition  
Zekeriyya E. Ankarali Graduate Assistant Engineering Electrical Engineering
Jon Antilla Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Scott J. Antonia Chair H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology
Gary Arendash Professor (Retired) Arts & Sciences Psychology
Patrick Arnold Chemist Ketotech Inc.  
Gabriel Arrobo Sr. Wireless Engineer Intel Corporation Connected Home Division
Huseyin Arslan Associate Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
William Ash Adjunct Instructor Arts & Sciences Physics

B

Bill J. Baker Director Arts & Sciences Center for Drug Discovery and Innovation
Gregory R. Baker Senior ERP Analyst University of South Florida Research & Innovation
Srinath Balachandran RF MEMS Engineer Innovative Micro Technology Electrical Engineering
Emilee Bannister Product Manager Emerson Automation Solutions Product Engineering
Mohamed A. Barakat Professor of Environmental Sciences KAU University Environmental Sciences
Sean Barbeau Research Associate Engineering Center for Urban Transportation Research
Marilyn Barger Executive Director; Principal Investigator Florida Advanced Technological Education Center  
Samantha J. Barnes Administration Public Health Global Health
Scott Bayus Student Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Aruna K. Behera Scientific Review Officer National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health
Robert Belsole Professor (Retired) Medicine Orthopedic
Ivan F. Benavidez Alumni USF Architecture
Jeffrey M. Bentley General Surgery Anna Jaques Hospital General Surgery
Barry B. Bercu Professor Medicine Pediatrics
Thomas E. Bernard Professor Public Health Environmental & Occupational Health
Glen Besterfield Director; Associate Professor INTO USF Mechanical Engineering
Shekhar Bhansali Professor, Chair FIU College of Engineering and Computing Electrical and Computer Engineering
Srinivas Nagaraj Bharadwaj Assistant Professor Morsani College of Medicine Internal Medicine
Biplob Bhattacharya Senior Analytical Research Scientist Cellphire Inc Research & Development
Venkat Bhethanabotla Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Paula Bickford Professor Medicine Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology; Aging-Neuroscience
David E. Birk Distinguished Professor Medicine Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Kirpal Bisht Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Chemistry
George Blanck Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine; and Pathology and Cell Biology
Dennis Blankenship Grad Student Graduate Studies Graduate Studies
Cesario Borlongan Professor Medicine Neurosurgery; and Center for Aging-Neuroscience
K. Paul Boyev Assistant Professor Medicine Oncologic Sciences; and Otolaryngology
Marianne Brannon Laboratory Coordinator East Tennessee State University Pediatrics
Stephen E. Brauner Inventor Special Eyes, LLC Research & Innovation
Heather Broadbent Research Engineer Marine Science Global Science
Cynthia J. Bucher Senior Biological Scientist   Center for Biological Defense
Kenneth A. Buckle Postdoctoral Research Marine Science Marine Science
Whittney Burda Graduate Student Arts & Sciences Cell Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Robert H. Byrne Distinguished Professor Marine Science Seawater Physical Chemistry
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C

Wenjun Cai Assistant Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Amy Lynn Calfee Founder & Chief Listening Officer Temerity Creative, LLC  
Don Cameron Professor (Retired) Medicine Pathology & Cell Biology
John P. Cannon Assistant Professor Medicine Pediatrics
Andrew Cannons Scientific Director Medicine Internal Medicine; and Research Integrety & Compliance
Chuanhai Cao Assistant Professor Pharmacy Cell, Molecular and Micro Biology; Pharmacy Sciences
Michelle L. Cardenas Senior Research Engineer SRI International Global International
Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia Senior Research Engineer SRI International Global International
Stephanie L. Carey Assistant Research Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Curtis R. Carlson President & CEO SRI International Global International
Anthony J. Cascio Senior IP Analyst IP Technology Exchange  
Selim Chacour Professor Research & Innovation Research and Innovation
Robert S. Chang Professor (Retired) Arts & Sciences Physics
Srikumar Chellappan Faculty Arts & Sciences Cancer Biology
Jin Q. Cheng Professor Morsani College of Medicine Molecular Oncology, Pathology, and Cell Biology
Basil Cherpelis Associate Professor Morsani College of Medicine Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery
Kenneth Christensen Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Stephanie L. Ciarlone Student Morsani College of Medicine Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Noel Clark CFO Complete Benefit Solutions  
Katharine H. Cole Associate Dean Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Studies
Richard J. Connolly Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Denise Cooper Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine
Nathan Crane Assistant Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Anne E. Cress Professor Arizona Cancer Center Cell Biology
Eduardo Cruz Founder & CEO Cryopraxis Cryobiology; and Cell PRAXIS BioRio  
Javier Cuevas Professor Medicine Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Joseph Cuiffi Principal Investigator Draper Laboratory Bioengineering Center at USF

D

Dominic D'Agostino Assistant Professor USF MCOM Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
William S. Dalton Founder & CEO M2Gen Oncological Sciences - COM
My Lien Dao Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Mahasweta Das Research Associate Morsani College of Medicine Molecular Medicine
Tapas Das Professor Engineering Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
Summer J. Decker Assistant Professor USF MCOM Radiology
Kathryn J. De Laurentis Research Coordinator Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Shraddha Desai Project Specialist Duke University Duke Translational Medical Institute: INC Research
Robert Deschenes Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine
Caroline Desponts Senior Scientist Inception Sciences Global Sciences
Sebastian Dewhurst Director; Buisiness Development College of Engineering USF Research Foundation: Mechanical Engineering
Chad A. Dickey Professor and Vice Chair College of Medicine
Molecular Medicine
Molecular Medicine
Sonja Dickey Research Assistant Arts & Sciences Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Thushara Diyabalanage Research Scientist Actives International  
Jay Dlutowski Inventor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Guillermo A. Donate Associate Clinical Professor USF College of Medicine Surgery
Q. Ping Dou Professor and Co-Leader Wayne State University Department of Oncology, Pharmacology and Pathology
Rajiv Dubey Professor and Chair Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Lawrence Dunleavy Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
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E

Donna Eason Assistant Professor Medicine Cell, Molecular and Micro Biology
David M. Eddy Professor Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation  
Rutledge Ellis-Behnke Director Nanomedicine Translational Think Tank, University of Heidelberg Ophthalmology
Dwaine Emerich VP Research & Development NsGene, Inc. Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Jean-Pierre Emond Professor NsGene, Inc. Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Robert Engelman Associate Professor Medicine Pathology and Cell Biology
Steven A. Enkemann Research Scientist Molecular Genomics and Gene Expression Molecular Genomics and Gene Expression
Steven A. Eschrich Associate Member H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Biomedical Informatics
Jarrod F. Eubank Assistant Professor Florida Southern College: Arts and Science Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics

F

Kent Fanning Professor (Retired) Arts & Sciences Marine Science
Robert V. Farese Professor Health Sciences Center Internal Medicine
Larry Felix Engineer Gas Technology Institute Process Research & Evaluation
Christos Ferekides Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Gloria C Ferreira Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine
Jonathan M. Ford Faculty USF MCOM Radiology
Michael W. Fountain Director Business Center for Entrepreneurship; Industrial and Management Systems Engineering; Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Dawn I. Fox Lecturer II University of Guyana Department of Chemistry
James L. Fozard Professor Behavioral & Community Science School of Aging Studies
M. Rony Francois Director Georgia Department of Community Health Division of Public Health
Thomas Freeman Professor Medicine Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology; Neurosurgery
Christopher L. Frewin Researching Assoicate University of Texas at Dallas Bioengineering
David Fries Research Associate Marine Science Global Science
Robert D. Frisina Professor and BME Director Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Jutaro Fukumoto Faculty Morsani College of Medicine Internal Medicine

G

Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis Associate Professor Medicine Aging Neuroscience; Pathology & Cell Biology; Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Rajesh Ganesan Assistant Professor George Mason University Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Julio Garay Research Scientist Medicine Internal Medicine
Luis Garcia-Rubio Professor (Retired) Marine Science Global Science
Syed Ali Zeeshan Gardezi Research Associate University of Houston Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Judy Genshaft President University of South Florida System
Nevine Labib Georggi Senior Research Associate; Grad Student Engineering Center for Urban Transportation Research; Civil & Environmental Engineering
Nasir Ghani Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Richard Gilbert Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering; Surgery
Federico Giovannetti Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Richard D. Gitlin Distinguished Professor USF Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation Electrical Engineering
Brian Giunta Associate Professor Health Sciences Center for Aging-Neuroscience; Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Dmitry Goldgof Professor Engineering Oncologic Sciences; Computer Science & Engineering
Burton Goldstein M. D. Emeritus Opthalmology  
Alexandrea NeSmith Gortot Co-founder Dosing Dials Global Dials
Rekha Govindaraj Teaching Assistant Engineering Computer Science and Engineering
D. Yogi Goswami Distinguished Professor; Co-Director USF Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation Engineering; Clean Energy Research Center
William Gower Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine; Pathology and Cell Biology; Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology; Surgery
Clifford M. Gross CEO Tekcapital  
Rasim Guldiken Associate Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Wayne Guida Professor Arts & Sciences Oncologic Sciences; Chemistry
Vinay Gupta Associate Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Ertugrul Guvenkaya PhD Candidate Engineering Electrical Engineering
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H

James Hall Utilities Division Manager Pinellas County Utilities Engineering
Lawrence O. Hall Distinguished University Professor Engineering Computer Science and Engineering
Robert W. Hammond Director of the Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation University of South Florida Marketing
Ismet Handzic Mechanical Research Engineer Barnett Outdoors, LLC  
Barbara C. Hansen Professor; Director Obesity, Diabetes and Aging Research Center Medicine Pediatrics & Internal Medicine; Center for Preclinical Research
Eric Hansen Manager Evoqua Water Technologies Product Manager/Applications Engineering Manager
Julianne Harmon Professor Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Jeffrey Harrow Chief VA Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Service, VAMC
Stuart R. Hart Associate Professor and Chief Medical Officer of Innovation Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology
John Hassell Professor (Retired) Medicine Molecular Medicine
Donald T. Haynie Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Chemical & Biomedical Engineering; Physics
Lori A. Hazlehurst Associate Professor H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Cancer Biology
John Heine Associate Professor H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Oncologic Sciences
Loree Heller Associate Professor Old Dominion University Medical Diagnostics and Translational Sciences
Richard Heller Professor, Eminent Scholar and Director Old Dominion University Frank Reidy Center for Bioelectrics
Eric R. Henderson Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics Orthopaedics Geisel School of Medicine
Daniel P. Hess Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
M. Jason Highsmith Assistant Professor School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences Medicine
Don R. Hilbelink Professor Arts & Sciences Pathology & Cell Biology
Diondra D. Hill Alumni    
James R. Hillier Instrumentation Specialist Mote Marine Laboratory Oceanographic Instrumentation Engineer
Philip Hipol Consultant Florida Institute of Commercialization of Public Research Research & Innovation
Andrew Hoff Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Jennifer J. Holloway Television Personality    
John Hopkins Inventor Research & Innovation Research & Innovation
M. Jeffrey Hornick Director of Design & Engineering Busch Gardens Tampa Design Engineering
Lennox Hoyte Associate Professor & Division Director Medicine Obstetrics/Gynecology
Kevin Hufford Medical Device Design Unemployed (currently)  
Joelle Hushen Executive Director National Institute of Crime Prevention  

I

Anirudh S. Iyengar Doctoral Student Pennsylvania State University Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

J

Surbhi Jain Neurological Surgery Florida Hospital Undersea and Hyperbaric Mediciine
Vijay Jain Distinguished Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Xiaomei Jiang Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Physics
Umesh Jinwal Assistant Professor Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mark Jaroszeski Associate Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Adrian S. Johnson Graduate Student Computer Science University of South Florida
Wesley M. Johnson Director of Spine Biomechanics Laboratory University of South Florida Neurosurgery
Babu Joseph Professor Engineering Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Chand K. Jotshi Visiting Scientist Engineering Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
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K

Siddharth Kamath Associate In Research Morsani College of Medicine Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Bradley Kane Research Lab Technician Nursing Biological Sciences
Dennis Karaiskaj Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Physics
Dinuka K. Karunaratne Research and Development Process Engineer Intel Corporation Logic Technology Development
Rangachar Kasturi Douglas H. Wood Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Srinivas Katkoori Associate Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering; Center for Urban Transportation Research
Chris P. Katnik Research Associate Medicine Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Autar Kaw Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Mark L. Kayton Associate Professor Medicine General Surgery
William D. Kearns Associate Professor Behavioral & Community Sciences Rehabilitation & Mental Health Counseling
William G. Kerr Empire Scholar of SUNY Upstate Medical University; Murphy Family Professor of Children's Oncology Research; Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Pediatrics SUNY Upstate Medical University  Research & Innovation
Shannon L. Kesl Graduate Research Assistant Morsani College of Medicine  Molecular Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Thomas P. Ketterl Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Dennis Killinger Professor (retired) Arts & Sciences Physics
Myung K. Kim Professor Arts & Sciences Physics
James H. Kirby III Managing Director Soros Fund Management  
Gary Kirkpatrick Senior Scientist; Manager Mote Marine Laboratory; Phytoplankton Ecology Program Phytoplankton Ecology
Elijah Klay Lead Developer EverydayFamily, Inc.  
Thomas Klein Professor (retired) Medicine Molecular Medicine
Piyush Koria, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Selcuk Kose Assistant Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Ted Kostis President Silent Partner Technologies  
Ravi Kothapalli Assistant Professor Arts & Sciences Pathology
Burton Krakow Senior Research Scientist    
Stanley C Kranc Professor (retired) Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering
Jean C. Krause Assistant Professor Behavioral and Community Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders
Vanja Kravarusic Mechanical Engineer BIC Graphic Mechanical Engineering
Subramanian Krishnan Sr. Research Scientist Mustang Vacuum Systems  
Patricia A. Kruk Professor Medicine Pathology & Cell Biology; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Oncologic Sciences
John N. Kuhn Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Arun Kumar Assistant Professor University of Delaware College of Health Sciences
Ashok Kumar Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Mukesh Kumar Assistant Professor Duke University Civil & Environmental Engineering
Nicole Kuzmin-Nichols President & COO Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc.  
Dennis Kyle Professor Public Health Molecular Medicine; Internal Medicine; Global Health

L

Miguel Labrador Assistant Professor Engineering Center for Urban Transportation; Computer Science & Engineering
Alexis N. LaCrue Research Associate Public Health Global Health
Evan Lafalce Research Assistant Professor Science Physics & Astronomy
Susana K. Lai-Yuen Associate Professor Engineering Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Maria G. Lakkios Junior Architect USF School of Architecture and Community Design Architecture
Balaji Lakshminarayanan Ph.D. Student University College at London Gatsby Unit
Lawrence C. Langebrake Director SRI St. Petersburg Research & Innovation
Nicholas J. Lawrence Professor Medicine Oncologic Sciences
Tuan Le Tran Student Business Administration Management; Business Administration
James W. Leahy Professor Arts & Sciences Molecular Medicine; Chemistry
German Leparc Affiliate Associate Professor Florida Hospital Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
Jay Ligatti Associate Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Stephen B. Liggett Vice Dean for Research & Professor Medicine Personalized Med and Genomics; Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology; Internal Medicine
Daniel Lim Distinguished University Professor Arts & Sciences Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Bingxiong Lin Computer Vision Engineer/Scientist DAQRI Vision and Sensor Group
Kersti K. Linask Professor Medicine Translational Cardiology
Alan F. List President & CEO; Professor H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Internal Medicine & Oncology
Charles J. Lockwood VP; Professor Medicine Health Sciences (VP); Health Policy & Management
Franco Lodato Chief SKYLABS Product Innovation
Carl Luer Senior Scientist Mote Marine Laboratory Marine Biomedical
Joshua Lujan Operations Project Leader Honeywell Aerospace  
Derek Lura Asstant Professor Florida Gulf Coast University Bioengineering
Craig Lusk Assistant Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Vasiliki Lykourinou Assistant teaching Professor Northeastern University Chemistry
Erin Lyon Quality Engineer    
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M

Mokenge P. Malafa Department Chair H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Gastrointestinal Oncology
Abdul Malik Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Chemistry
William Marshall Professor/Vice-Chair of Finance and Administration Medicine Psychiatry, Surgery
Dean F. Martin Distinguished Professor Emeritus Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Robert T. Masserini Postdoctoral Scholar Marine Science Global Science
Erick Maxwell Senior Research Engineer Georgia Tech Research Institute Research & Innovation
Patrick McCabe      
Mark L. McLaughlin Professor Arts and Sciences Chemistry
Maria M. Medveczky Research Associate Public Health Molecular Medicine
Peter G. Medveczky Professor Morsani College of Medicine Molecular Medicine
Clifford Merz Program Director Marine Science COMPS
Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler Associate Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine
Wilbur Milhous Professor and Associate Dean for Research Public Health Global Health
Daniel J. Miller Student Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Shyam Mohapatra Distinguished Professor Medicine Internal Medicine
Subhra Mohapatra Associate Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine
Israel Morejon CEO & President LEDnovation, Inc. LED lighting
Don Morel Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Wilfrido Moreno Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
David G. Morgan CEO & Professor Medicine USF Health Byrd Alzheimer Institute
Salvatore D. Morgera Professor & Director Engineering Electrical Engineering
Merry Lynn Morris Instructor The Arts Theatre and Dance
Matthew A. Morrison Assistant Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Peter R. Mouton President & CEO Stereology Resource Center, Inc. Stereology and Neuroscience
Subrahmanya R. Mudhivarthi Staff Module Engineer Intel Corporation  
Patricia Muisener Instructor Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Pritish Mukherjee Professor & Chair Arts & Sciences Physics
Andreas Muller Assistant Professor Arts & Sciences Physics
Austin Gray Mullins Professor Civil Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering
Gokhan Mumcu Assistant Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Cindy L. Munro Associate Dean of Research and Innovation Nursing Nursing
Martin M. Muschol Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Physics

N

Meera Nanjundan Assistant Professor Arts & Sciences Cell Biology
Ibrahim T. Nassar Applications Engineer ANSYS  
Adel Nefzi Director Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies Chemistry
Benjamin Nelson Payload and Structural Design Engineer Boeing  
George R. Newkome Vice President for Research Emeritus and Professor The University of Akron Chemistry & Polymer Science
Mary Newman Director RUSH University Medical Center; Biotechnology Center Neurosurgery
Kimberly Nicholson Resident Physician McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Dermatology
William Nikolic Assistant Director    
Charles C. Nofsinger Faculty Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
George S. Nolas Distinguished Professor Arts & Sciences Physics
Liang Nong H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Molecular Diagnostics  
Alexei Novitzky Inventor, Looshes Labs LLC Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Francis B. Ntumngia Research Assistant Professor Public Health Global Health

O

Alberto Van Olphen Director Virology USF Health
O. Geoffrey Okogbaa Professor Engineering Industrial Engineering
Rebecca O'Malley Professor (retired) Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Shinzo Onishi Senior Research Engineer Engineer SRI International
Aaron Osborne Resident Physician Medicine Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Richard H. Paetsch Facility & Grounds Maintenance Manager Mote Marine Laboratory Facilities
Jay W. Palmer Inventor    
Kimberly N. Palubin Inventor Resident Physician McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Christopher Passaglia Associate Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Niketa Patel Associate Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine
Rekha Patel Research Associate Veterans' Hospital Chemistry
Vinod Patel Inventor Interventional Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiology
Yashwant Pathak Associate Dean College of Pharmacy Faculty Affairs
John H. Paul Distinguished Professor Marine Science Global Science
William Pearce Student Medicine USF Health
Alfredo J. Perez Assistant Professor Columbus State Univery Engineering
Rafael Perez Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Calvin Perumalla Research Assistant Engineering Electrical Engineering
Melinda Peters Senior Biological Scientist University of South Florida Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
George Philippidis Associate Professor Patel College of Global Sustainability  
M. Ian Phillips Professor Keck Graduate Institution Gene and Stem Cell
Les Piegl Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Richard H. Pierce Senior Scientist Mote Marine Laboratory Center for Ecotoxicology
Victor L. Poirier Professor Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation VP Research
Leonard Polizzotto Vice President Draper Laboratory Strategic Business Development & Marketing
Lina Maria Posso-Blandon Engineer HDR, Inc. Wastewater Engineer
Lisa B. Posso-Blandon Engineer Water Wastewater Engineer
Huntington Potter Professor and Vice Chair, Research (BASIC) Director University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Rocky Mountain Alzheimer's Disease Center
Robert Potter Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate & Undergraduate Studies Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Anna Pyayt Assistant Professor Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Engineering

R

Muhammad M. Rahman Bloomfield Chair Professor and Department Chair Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Manoj K. Ram Associate Research Professor Engineering Clean Energy Research Center
Kandethody M. Ramachandran Professor Arts & Sciences Mathematics and Statistics
Kenneth Ramclam Vice President of Sales/Marketing The King of Vape
Ramiro A. Ramirez Graduate Teaching Assistant Engineering Electrical Engineering
Nagarajan Ranganathan Distinguished Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Rudraskandan Ratnadurai Researcher Globalfoundries  
Kyle B. Reed Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Vanessah Rhodus Student Arts and Sciences Physics
Dan Richard Director and Founder Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc.  
David Richards Professor Medicine Ophthalmology
Al-Aakhir A. Rogers Courtesy Faculty University of South Florida Electrical Engineering
Paul R. Rosen Assistant Professor University of South Florida Computer Science & Engineering
Jean-François Rossignol Co-Founder Romark  
Meredeth A. Rowe Professor Nursing  
Ronald H. Rozensky Service Developer Raymond James Information Security
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S

Wajeeh Saadi Senior Member Draper Laboratory Bioengineering Center; Technical Staff
Stephen E. Saddow Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Alberto A. Sagues Distinguished University Professor Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mustafa E. Sahin Senior Engineer QualComm  
Mini P. Sajan Assistant Professor Health Science Center Internal Medicine
Cyndy D. Sanberg President Natura Therapeutics Global Therapeutics
Paul R. Sanberg Senior VP; Distinguished University Professor Medicine Research & Innovation; Neurosurgery & Brain Repair
Jaime E. Sanchez Assistant Professor of Surgery Tampa General Hospital USF General Surgery Division
Juan Sanchez-Ramos Professor Medicine Neurology
Marco E. Sanjuan Associate Professor Universidad del Norte Mechanical Engineering
Thomas Sanocki Professor Arts & Sciences Psychology
Samuel Saporta Professor (Emeritus) Medicine Pathology & Cell Biology
Sudeep Sarkar Associate VP; Professor Engineering Research & Innovation; Computer Science & Engineering
Rudy Schlaf Associate Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Peter Schrock Mechanical Engineer II Harris Corporation - GCSD Mechanical Engineering
Joshua Schumacher Physical Scientist National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale and Technology
Said Sebti Chair; Professor H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Department of Drug Discovery; Cancer Biology
Scott S. Segro Technical Applications Specialist - Team Lead Metrohm USA Applications
Rajan Sen Professor Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering
Beerelli Seshi Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Emily G. Severance Research Associate Johns Hopkins University Pediatrics
Andreas Seyfang Assistant Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine & Neurosurgery
Rania Shamekh Resident Medicine Pathology and Cell Biology
John E. Sexton Student University of South Florida
Lindsey Shaw Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Cell Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Biology
David Sheehan Distinguished Professor Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Jeung-Yeop Shim Director Noroo Holdings Co., Ltd Agro-Bio R&D Center
R. Timothy Short Manager SRI International Global International
R. Douglas Shytle Associate Professor Medicine Neurosurgery & Brain Repair
Kevin Sill Chief Science Officer Intezyne, Inc. Global Inc.
Archie A. Silver Professor Emeritus Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
Daniel C. Simkins, Jr. Associate Professor Engineering Civil and Enviornmental Engineering
Mario Alves Simoes Staff 1987 CAMLS
Habib Skaff Chief Executive Officer Intezyne, Inc. Global Inc.
David M. Smith Assistant Professor University of West Virginia School of Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry
Douglas K. Smith Professional Engineer Mechanical & Aerospace Engineer  
Glenn G. Smith Professor Education Educational and Psychological
Shijie Song Assistant Professor Medicine Neurology
Hariharan Srikanth Professor Arts & Sciences Physics
Joseph A. Stanko Assoc. Prof. (Retired) Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Victoria Statzer Student College of the Arts School of Architecture and Community Design
Elias K. Stefanakos Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Mark Stewart Professor Arts & Sciences Geology
James Stikeleather Board of Trustee Member
Marissa Streng 2011 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition Research & Innovation
Jean-Baptiste Subils Student Engineering Computer Science and Engineering
Kelly L. Sullivan Assistant Professor Public Health Epidemiology
Hoi-Cheong (Steve) Sun Business Area Lead Draper Laboratory Global Laboratory
Jiazhi Sun Assistant Professor Medicine Molecular Medicine; Pharmaceutical Science
Yu Sun Assistant Professor Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Shivshankar Sundaram BioMEMS Center Director Draper Laboratory Global Laboratory
Stephen Sundarrao Associate Director USF Center for Rehab Engineering  
Aydin Sunol Professor Engineering Chemical Engineering
G. Michael Swor Assistant Clinical Profesor Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology

T

Arash Takshi Associate Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Jun Tan Silver Professor Medicine Psychiatry & Behavorial Medicine
LaNetra C. Tate Materials & Processes Composites Engineer NASA-Kennedy Space Center  
Sylvia W. Thomas Assistant Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Ryan G. Toomey Associate Professor Engineering Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Javier Torres-Roca Associate Member and Director of Research H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Oncology
Maya A. Trotz Associate Professor Engineering Civil Engineering
John Tsibris Professor Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology
Edward Turos Professor Arts & Sciences Chemistry

U

Thomas Unnasch Professor Public Health Global Health
Orhun Aras Uzun Student Engineering Electrical Engineering
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Alberto Van Olphen Director Public Health Global Health; Virology
David Vesely Professor Medicine Internal Medicine
Alex A. Volinsky Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering

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Thomas E. Wade Professor Emeritus Engineering Electrical Engineering
Catherine Walsh Senior Scientist Mote Marine Laboratory Marine Immunology
Jia-Wang Wang Research Associate Internal Medicine  
Jing Wang Associate Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
Eric R. Weaver Editorial Assistant Business Management
Thomas Weller Associate Dean for Research and Professor Engineering Electrical Engineering
DeAndre Wells Medicine Molecular Medicine
Glenn Whichard Licensing Manager Technology Transfer Office Division of Patents & Licensing
Samuel A. Wickline Endowed Chair and Director Morsani College of Medicine Cardiovascular Sciences
Stuart Wilkinson Associate Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Randolph D. Williams Process Engineer Engineering  
Matthew A. Wills Mechanical Design Engineer    
Philip Winters Director, TDM Program   Center for Urban Transportation & Research
Alison Willing Professor Medicine Neurosurgery & Brain Repair
Marzenna Wiranowska Associate Professor Morsani College of Medicine Pathology and Cell Biology
Sarath Witanachchi Professor Arts & Sciences Physics
Henry Lee Woodcock Associate Professor University of South Florida Chemistry
Lilia M. Woods Professor and Graduate Studies Director Art and Sciences Physics
Steve Wozniak Co-Founder of Apple, Inc. Apple, Inc.  
Jie Wu Associate Professor Arts & Sciences Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Michael A. Wyatt Chief Engineer Exelis INC Global INC
James J. Wynne Program Manager IBM, T. J. Watson Research Center Office of Director of Research

Y

Daniel H. Yeh Associate Professor Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ashraf Samy Youssef Assistant Professor Medicine Neurosurgery
Tansel Yucelen Assistant Professor Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Z

Michael Zaworotko Professor Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Ankarali E. Zekeriyya Graduate Assistant Engineering Electrical Engineering
Souheil M. Zekri Adjunct Faculty Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering
Theresa A. Zesiewicz Professor, Director Ataxia Research Center Medicine Neurology
Geoffrey Zhang Associate Professor H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Oncology
X. Peter Zhang Professor Arts & Sciences Chemistry
Weidong Zhang Professor Medicine Internal Medicine
Kenneth Zuckerman Professor H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Medical Oncology
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Honorary Members

Member Title College (or Company)
Haskell Adler Senior Licensing Manager, Office of Technology Management and Commercialization H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Ben Anderson 2011 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Randy Berridge President Florida High Tech Corridor Council
Robert H. Bishop Dean College of Engineering
Ashley Blessin 2010 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Bob Buckhorn Mayor of Tampa  
Katie Burcaw 2012 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Ariane Custic 2012 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Gene Engle Owner and President, Gene Engle Real Estate, Inc. Board Member, USF Research Foundation
Melissa Feingold 2014 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Daniel Florentino 2011 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Gracie Fredrickson 2017 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Edmund F. Funai Chief Operating Officer, USF Health Vice President for Strategic Development, USF System
Bill Green Show Host HSN
Max Hartle 2009 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Michael Hoad Vice President of Communications University of South Florida System
Karen A. Holbrook Sr. Vice President for Global Affairs and International Research University of South Florida
Anton Hopen, ESQ. Partner Smith & Hopen, P.A.
Mica Jadick 2013 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Adrian S. Johnson Graduate Student Computer Science, University of South Florida
David Kappos Former Under Secretary for Commerce for Intellectual Property and Former Director U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alex Kimball 2012 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Stephen K. Klasko President Thomas Jefferson University
Sir Harold Walter Kroto Nobel Laureate Chemistry and Biochemistry
Keara Leach Program Director University of South Florida
Judy Lowry Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President for Research University of South Florida
Alexis Martin 2015 Winner USF Young Innovator Competition
Valerie McDevitt Associate Vice President for Technology Transfer & Business Partnerships Patents & Licensing, University of South Florida
Frank Morsani   Automotive Investments
Jim Pirius USF Washington Representative University of South Florida System
Steven D. Prevaux General Counsel University of South Florida System
Ed Schons President Florida High Tech Corridor
Mark Sharpe Commissioner Hillsborough County
Adam Smith Neurosurgery and Brain Repair Center of Excellence For Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida
April Turley Director, Patents & Licensing Research & Innovation, University of South Florida
John Wiencek Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs Virginia Commonwealth University
Ralph C. Wilcox Provost, Executive Vice President University of South Florida System
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