Kai Wu NSF CAREER Award Awarded: 2026 Dr. Kai Wu is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of South Florida. Before joining USF, he was a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engin...READ MORE

Pushpak Taunk Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology Awarded: 2026 Dr. Pushpak Taunk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and serves as the Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship in the Morsani College of Medicine. He grew up in the Tampa Bay area, attended the University of Miami for medical school and did his internal medicine r...READ MORE

Camille Thelin American Gastroenterological Association Fellow Awarded: 2026 Camille Thelin, MD, is an Associate Professor and Director of the Women’s GI Health Program, Gastroenterology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of South Florida. READ MORE

Nancy Diaz-Elsayed NSF CAREER Award Awarded: 2026 Dr. Nancy Diaz-Elsayed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF). She is the Director of the Smart and Sustainable Systems Laboratory (S3 Lab) where her research integrates data-driven methods to advance smart, sustai...READ MORE

Lucas Griffin ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award Awarded: 2026 Lucas Griffin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of South Florida, where he leads the Griffin Marine Sustainability Lab. His research sits at the intersection of movement ecology and applied conservation, using integrated field methodologies to under...READ MORE

Kevin Sneed, Ph.D. Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) Awarded: 2026 Dr. Kevin Sneed is professor in the Taneja College of Pharmacy, and was the founding Dean of the Taneja College of Pharmacy and former Senior Associate Vice-President for USF Health at the University of South Florida. His research and clinical interests include advanced pharmacological treatment of...READ MORE

Bill Baker AIMBE Fellow Awarded: 2026 Dr. Bill Baker is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of South Florida. He is being honored for his contributions to the field of natural products chemistry, particularly for studies of the chemical ecology of Antarc...READ MORE

Anthony McGuire Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Fellow Awarded: 2026 Dr. McGuire has been in Nursing since 1978 starting as a CNA in a small hospital in Maine. He went on to become an RN in 1985, an Acute Care NP in 1998 at UCLA, and finished a PhD at UCLA in Nursing with a biobehavioral focus in 2011. Along the way he earned a BS in Business Administration at the Un...READ MORE

Catherine Nadeau American Association of Nurse Practitioners Fellow Awarded: 2026 Dr. Catherine Nadeau, DNP, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, is an Assistant Professor and Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director at the University of South Florida College of Nursing. She is a clinician-scholar whose work focuses on advancing cardiovascular health for women across the lifespan, with an e...READ MORE

Andrea Efre American Association of Nurse Practitioners Fellow Awarded: 2026 Dr. Andrea Efre is an Associate Professor in the graduate programs for the College of Nursing at the University of South Florida. She holds a Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) from Case Western Reserve University, is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C), and is a recognized speaker, clini...READ MORE

John Ferron AERA Fellow Awarded: 2026 John Ferron is a scholar of research methodology, who focuses on methods for studying the effectiveness of interventions for individuals who have special needs and may struggle to respond to typical educational practices. He has contributed to the conduct of single-case experimental research through...READ MORE

Fred Mannering National Academy of Engineering Member Awarded: 2026 Dr. Fred Mannering is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Executive Director of the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida. He was previously the Charles Pankow Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, Head of Civi...READ MORE