Maya Trotz AEESP Fellow Awarded: 2025 Dr. Maya Trotz is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida. Her work fosters convergence research around various natural and built infrastructures with and within coastal communities. She has led projects to increase research experiences for undergraduate...READ MORE

Ana Velez IDSA Fellow Awarded: 2025 Ana Paula Velez, MD, is a Professor in the Division of Infectious Disease in the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. She completed her medical school studies at CES University Medellin, Colombia, her residency in internal medicine at Hospital Municipal of San Juan, and Or...READ MORE

Joshua Scacco Andrew Carnegie Fellow Awarded: 2025 Joshua M. Scacco (PhD, University of Texas at Austin) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. Dr. Scacco also is the founding and current Director of the Center for Sustainable Democracy in the College of Arts & Sciences at USF. His research i...READ MORE

Michael Francis AIMBE Fellow Awarded: 2025 Michael Francis, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine in the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. With 100+ patents anchoring dozens of bioengineered products that have helped 100,000+ patients & generated ~$500M in r...READ MORE

James Leahy AIMBE Fellow Awarded: 2025 Dr. James Leahy is professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida. He is also a faculty member of the Florida Center of Excellence for Drug Discovery and Innovation (CDDI), and he holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Molecular Medicine in the Morsa...READ MORE

Christian Brechot American Academy of Microbiology Fellow Awarded: 2025 Christian Brechot, MD, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Morsani College of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Research on Global Affairs and Associate Vice President for International Partnerships and Innovation at the University of South Florida. Prior, he was President of the Global Virus Network...READ MORE

Lindsey (Les) Shaw American Academy of Microbiology Fellow Awarded: 2025 Lindsey N. Shaw, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and holds joint appointments in the departments of Infectious Disease and Global Health. Dr Shaw is also the Richard and Patricia Wood Endowed Chair in Natural Sciences and Director of the USF Center for Antimicrobial R...READ MORE

Chuanmin Hu Optica Fellow Awarded: 2025 Chuanmin Hu, Ph.D. is Professor of optical oceanography in the College of Marine Science, who also directs the Optical Oceanography Lab. His research focuses on studying marine algal blooms (e.g., red tides), oil spills, and coastal water quality changes using field, laboratory, and remote sensing t...READ MORE

Uma Nair SBM Leadership Institute Fellow Awarded: 2025 Uma Nair, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of South Florida. She is a health disparities researcher with a primary focus on reducing cancer-related morbidity and mortality in medically understudied and marginalized populations. A behavioral scientist by tr...READ MORE

Lawrence Dunleavy IEEE Fellow Awarded: 2025 Dr. Larry Dunleavy co-founded Modelithics, Inc. in 2001, to provide improved modeling solutions and high quality microwave measurement services for RF and microwave designers. He also is a Professor within USF's Department of Electrical Engineering, where he has been a faculty member since 1990. In...READ MORE

Olukemi Akintewe AIMBE Emerging Leader Awarded: 2025 Dr. Olukemi Akintewe is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Medical Engineering and the Director of the First-Year Engineering Program. She holds a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from USF, a Masters in Materials Science & Engineering from the Ohio State University, and a Ba...READ MORE