List of University of Florida faculty and administrators

The List of University of Florida faculty and administrators contains people currently and formerly serving the University of Florida as professors, deans, or in other educational capacities.

Academic administrators

Elizabeth Capaldi

Pramod Khargonekar

Judith Russell

Joseph Glover

Betty Siegel

• Orland K. Armstrong, founded the University of Florida School of Journalism and former member of the United States House of Representatives
• George Burgess, world-renowned shark expert; director of International Shark Attack File
• Roy C. Craven, founding director of the University Gallery and art professor
• Mark S. Gold, chairman of Department of Psychiatry and Distinguished Alumni Professor of University of Florida
• Bob Graham, former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator, founder of Bob Graham Center for Public Service
• Peter E. Hildebrand, director emeritus for the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and professor
• Rudolf Kalman, director at Center for Mathematical System Theory and mathematical system theorist, winner of IEEE Medal of Honor, and former graduate research professor
• Thomas Maren, founding father of the University of Florida College of Medicine, inventor of the drug Trusopt
• William McKeen, professor and chairman of Department of Journalism
• Jerald T. Milanich, anthropologist and archaeologist; curator of archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
• Howard Odum, ecologist; started and directed Center for Environmental Policy at the University of Florida, founded the University's Center for Wetlands in 1973
• John Anderson Palmer, philosopher and chairman of Department of Philosophy
• Leland Patouillet, former director of the University of Florida Alumni Association
• Ernest C. Pollard, professor of physics and biophysics; research scholar
• Sam Proctor, American historian, and founder of the oral history program; first UF Historian and Archivist
• Sartaj Sahni, computer scientist and chairman of the CISE department
• Richard L. Shriner, medical director, Shands Vista Psychiatric Hospital
• David Steadman, curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
• Lee Sweeney, current director of the Myology Institute and professor with the University of Florida College of Medicine
• Martin Uman, leading authority on physics of lightning, director of the UF Lightning Research Laboratory
• Baba C. Vemuri, Director of Laboratory for Vision Graphics and Medical Imaging at University of Florida and professor
• Sarah Whiting, currently director at Princeton University School of Architecture

Professors and faculty

Richard Adams

Jonathan Earle

Joe Feagin

Malcolm Grant

Harald von Boehmer

William Murrill

John Klauder

Marjorie Rawlings

John Thompson

Charles Thorn

Manuel Vasquez

Johannes Vieweg

Carl Van Ness

A

• Richard Adams, English novelist
• Ravindra K. Ahuja, computer scientist
• Ronald Akers, criminologist and professor emeritus of criminology and law
• Krishnaswami Alladi, Indian-American mathematician who specializes in number theory
• Warder Clyde Allee, zoologist
• Ida Altman, historian of colonial Spain and Latin America
• George J. Armelagos, anthropologist, and Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology at Emory University
• Donald Ault, Professor of English at the University of Florida
• James H. Austin, neurologist and author

B

• Stanley Ballard, physicist specializing in optics
• Aida Bamia, professor of Arabic language and literature
• Turpin Bannister, architectural historian
• Barbara Barletta, classical archaeologist and architectural historian
• Rodney J. Bartlett, Professor of Chemistry and Physics
• Linda Bartoshuk, Presidential Endowed Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
• Merle Battiste, chemist and emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida
• Fuller Bazer, animal scientist and Regents Fellow
• Robert de Beaugrande, Professor of English Linguistics
• Leonard Beeghley, sociologist
• Steven Albert Benner, molecular biologist
• Suresh Kumar Bhatia, chemical engineer, academic, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Karen Bjorndal, biologist
• David Boger, Australian chemical engineer
• Miklós Bóna, mathematician
• James Broselow, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine
• W. Fitzhugh Brundage, historian
• George H. Burgess, ichthyologistand fisheries biologist with the Florida Museum of Natural History
• Robert Burne, microbiologist
• David Bushell, Latin American historian, one of the first Americans to study Colombia

C

• Robert Cade, co-inventor of Gatorade
• William Calin, senior scholar of Medieval French literature and French Poetry at the University of Florida
• Clay Calvert, mass communications scholar
• Pierre Capretz, Professor of French
• Archie Carr, zoologist, conservationist, and founder of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation
• Gwendolen M. Carter, Canadian-American political scientist
• Jean C. Chance, Professor of Journalism
• Colin Chapman, professor and Canada Research Chair in Primate Ecology and Conservation at McGill University
• Shigang Chen, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Paul Chun, professor of thermodynamics
• John Ciardi, etymologist
• Jill Ciment, writer and Guggenheim Fellow
• Ronald A. Cohen, neuropsychologist and Evelyn F. McKnight chair for clinical translational research in cognitive aging and memory
• Theo Colborn, zoologist and environmental health analyst
• Suzy Covey, comics scholar and former university librarian emerita
• Patricia Craddock, author and professor of English
• Harry Crews, novelist
• Florin Curta, Romanian historian, medievalist and archaeologist on Eastern Europe

D

• Robert Dana, poet
• Radhika Ramana Dasa, Vaishnava scholar
• Susmita Datta, professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida
• Manning J. Dauer, political scientist, developed the 1967 reapportionment plan for Florida
• Paul W. Davenport, physiologist
• Jack E. Davis, environmental history and sustainability studies professor
• Martha Ellen Davis, anthropologist and ethnomusicologist
• Kathleen A. Deagan, archaeologist
• George R. Dekle Sr., Legal Skills Professor at the Levin College of Law
• Steven T. DeKosky, medical researcher and academic known for his work in the field of Alzheimer's disease
• Joel S. Demski, accounting researcher and educator
• Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian theoretical chemist
• Nils J. Diaz, former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• James Dickey, novelist
• Lawrence Dodd, political scientist and Manning J. Dauer Eminent Scholar in Political Science
• Ngô Đồng, entomologist and nematologist
• Herbert Grove Dorsey, engineer, inventor and physicist
• Jane Douglas, Professor of Management Communication
• Russell S. Drago, professor of inorganic chemistry
• Lester Dragstedt, surgeon and professor
• Alexander Dranishnikov, Russian-American mathematician
• Daniel C. Drucker, mechanical engineer, known for contributions to the theory of plasticity
• Stewart Duncan, philosopher known for contributions on philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
• Boaz Dvir, Israeli-American professor, journalist, and filmmaker

E

• Jonathan F. Earle, Professor of Engineering
• William F. Enneking, orthopaedic oncologist
• Georg Essl, Austrian Computer Scientist and Musician

F

• Albert Fathi, Egyptian-French mathematician
• Joe Feagin, sociologist and social theorist
• Mark Fenster, attorney and professor with the Levin College of Law
• Mark Flannery, economist
• Kevin Folta, professor and chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida
• David J. Foulis, mathematician

G

• Robert B. Gaither, mechanical engineer, professor and chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida College of Engineering
• Thomas Gallant, historian who specializes in modern Greek history and archaeology
• J. Matthew Gallman, educator and author of books about nineteenth-century history
• Michael Gannon, historian, former priest and author
• Jeremy Gardiner, contemporary British landscape painter
• Frank Garvan, Australian-born mathematician who specializes in number theory and combinatorics
• Robert Franklin Gates, muralist, painter, and art professor
• Patrick J. Geary, medieval historian
• Alan Dale George, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Susan D. Gillespie, anthropologist and archaeologist
• Mark S. Gold, researcher and author
• Maureen Goodenow, scientist and Professor of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
• Malcolm Grant, former professor and current President of University College London
• Debora Greger, poet and visual artist
• David Grove, anthropologist, archaeologist, and academic
• Jaber F. Gubrium, sociologist
• Louis J. Guillette Jr, former professor of embryology

H

• R. M. Hare, English moral philosopher
• Mike Haridopolos, faculty member at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service
• Willis Harman, social scientist and futurist
• Marvin Harris, anthropologist
• Molly Harrower, South African clinical psychologist
• Melissa Hart, actress, singer, and teacher
• Todd Hasak-Lowy, formerly an Associate Professor of Hebrew Literature at the University of Florida
• Kenneth Heilman, behavioral neurologist
• Sumi Helal, computer scientist
• Seymour Hess, meteorologist and planetary scientist
• So Hirata, Professor of Chemistry, received the Annual Medal of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
• Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., carcinologist
• David A. Hodell, geologist
• Michael Hofmann, German poet
• Norman N. Holland, former literary critic and Marston-Milbauer Eminent Scholar Emeritus at the University of Florida
• Noy Holland, writer
• C. S. Holling, Canadian ecologist and winner of the Volvo Environment Prize
• Shih-Wen Huang, Taiwanese pediatric allergist and professor of pediatrics
• Aparna V. Huzurbazar, statistician

I

• Lonnie Ingram, microbiologist and Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and Society of Industrial Microbiology

J

• Suzanne Bennett Johnson, psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association
• Donald Justice, poet and Pulitzer Prize winner

K

• Lynda Lee Kaid, former Telecommunications and Research Foundation Professor in the College of Journalism and Communications
• Rudolf E. Kálmán, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor
• Henry Kandrup, astrophysicist and professor at the University of Florida
• John Kaplan, photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner
• Akito Y. Kawahara, American and Japanese entomologist, scientist, and advocate of nature education
• Ken Kerslake, archivist and Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus for the University of Florida
• Erich Kesse, librarian for preservation and digitization initiatives
• Solon Kimball, anthropologist
• Elmer E. Kirkpatrick, former Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture at the University of Florida
• John Klauder, professor of physics and mathematics
• Karen Koch, plant biologist in the horticultural science department in the University of Florida
• Marvin Krohn, criminologist
• G. Pradeep Kumar, cell biologist and a scientist

L

• Elizabeth Lada, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Florida
• Louis J. Lanzerotti, Professor of Physics
• Jean A. Larson, mathematician; professor at the University of Florida
• Robert Lawless, cultural anthropologist
• David Leavitt, novelist and Professor of English
• David Lee, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1996, and Professor
• René Lemarchand, French political scientist
• Tracy R. Lewis, professor of economics
• Bernard J. Liska, food scientist
• William Logan, poet, critic, and scholar
• Ira Longini, biostatistician and infectious disease epidemiologist
• Prakash Loungani, macroeconomist
• Per-Olov Löwdin, Swedish physicist
• Andrew Nelson Lytle, Professor of Literature; helped start the Masters of Fine Arts program at UF

M

• Neill W. Macaulay Jr., writer and professor
• Murdo J. MacLeod, Scottish historian of Latin America
• G. S. Maddala, Indian-American economist and mathematician
• John K. Mahon, historian
• William R. Maples, forensic anthropologist; worked with the Florida Museum of Natural History
• Maxine Margolis, anthropologist; American Academy of Arts and Sciences inductee
• A. H. de Oliveira Marques, Portuguese historian
• Fletcher Martin, painter
• William Clifford Massey, anthropologist
• Walter Mauderli, Swiss professor of Medical physics
• Lisa McElwee-White, Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida
• Robert McMahon, international relations expert
• William McRae, lawyer and judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• Kenneth Megill, philosopher, trade unionist, social activist, records and knowledge manager
• Jawahar L. Mehta, former Professor of Medicine
• John H. Moore, anthropologist and former Chair of the Anthropology Department
• Jacques Morcos, neurologist and fellow with the University of Florida
• Charles W. Morris, semiotician and philosopher
• Michael Moseley, anthropologist
• William Murrill, mycologist

N

• Vasudha Narayanan, scholar of Hinduism at University of Florida and former President of the American Academy of Religion
• Charles Nelson, legal scholar and former U.S. Representative from Maine
• Wilmon Newell, entomologist

O

• Howard T. Odum, ecologist
• Neil D. Opdyke, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida
• Ants Oras, Estonian translator and writer
• Paul Ortiz, historian
• Harry Ostrer, geneticist

P

• John Anderson Palmer, philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Florida and awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
• Alfred Browning Parker, Modernist architect
• Karen F. Parker, sociologist and criminologist known for her research on urban violence
• Rembert W. Patrick, historian, longtime University of Florida history professor, and author
• Simon Penny, professor in the field of interactive art
• Michael Perfit, geologist
• Anna L. Peterson, scholar of religious studies
• Nicole Leeper Piquero, criminologist
• S. Jay Plager, professor with the Levin College of Law and judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Philip Podsakoff, professor of management
• Ernest C. Pollard, professor of physics and biophysics and an author
• Frank Moya Pons, leading contemporary historian on the Dominican Republic
• Padgett Powell, novelist
• Frank W. Putnam, biologist and author

R

• Michael L. Radelet, sociologist
• Anil K. Rajvanshi, Indian engineer
• Subramaniam Ramakrishnan, Indian polymer chemist
• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, writer, Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel The Yearling
• George Alan Rekers, psychologist and ordained Southern Baptist minister
• David Reitze, professor of physics
• Mary Robison, short-story writer and novelist
• Katheryn Russell-Brown, legal scholar
• Darrett B. Rutman, historian

S

• Kevin Sabet, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida
• Helen Safa, anthropologist, feminist scholar and academic
• Chih-Tang Sah, Professor of Physics, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Robert Satcher, physician, chemical engineer, NASA astronaut, and fellow with the University of Florida College of Medicine
• Paul Satz, psychologist, and one of the founders of the discipline neuropsychology
• Lawrence Scarpa, architect, educator, leader in austainable design
• John Schrieffer, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• Samuel Sears, psychologist
• Leland Shanor, mycologist and botanist
• Wei Shyy, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, religious scholar
• Robert Singerman, Judaica bibliographer; held the position of University Librarian at the George A. Smathers Libraries where he was the bibliographer for Jewish Studies, Anthropology, and Linguistics
• John C. Slater, physicist; made major contributions to the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids
• Laura Sjoberg, international affairs scholar
• Benjamin Smith, political scientist
• Ottón Solís, scholar of Latin American studies
• Alexander Stephan, specialist in German literature and area studies
• Evon Streetman, faculty with the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art

T

• Bron Taylor, scholar and conservationist
• Henri Theil, Dutch econometrician
• Michael C. Thomas, entomologist and writer; works for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as a Taxonomic Entomologist, Entomology Section Administrator, and curator of Coleoptera and Orthoptera
• John G. Thompson, mathematician, Abel Prize and Fields Medal winner
• Charles Thorn, Professor of Physics
• Jalie Tucker, Professor of Clinical Psychology
• James B. Twitchell, author and former professor of English

U

• Jerry Uelsmann, photographer
• Stanislaw Ulam, Polish mathematician
• Gregory Ulmer, Professor of English at the University of Florida

V

• James Van Fleet, Commander for the University of Florida ROTC Program, commanding General of U.S. Army and other United Nations forces during the Korean War
• Carl Van Ness, University of Florida historian and archivist
• Gonda Van Steen, Cassas Chair in Greek Studies
• Manuel Vasquez, Professor of Latin American studies
• Johannes Vieweg, Professor of Urology, Eminent Scholar Chair, College of Medicine
• Harald von Boehmer, German immunologist

W

• Sidney Wade, poet
• Alexander Wagenaar, professor of health outcomes and policy at the University of Florida College of Medicine
• Michael Warren, forensic anthropologist
• Count Albert Wass, Hungarian Professor of Literature and History
• James L. Wattenbarger, Professor of Education, and Father of the Community College System of Florida
• Rudolph Weaver, first professor of architecture, first dean of architecture, second architect for Florida Board of Control
• Wilse B. Webb, psychologist and sleep researcher
• Phillip E. Wegner, Marston-Milbauer Eminent Scholar in English at the University of Florida
• Colin Welford, Professor of Music, conductor
• John Daniel Wild, philosopher
• Hiram D. Williams, painter and professor of art at the University of Florida
• Joy Williams, author
• Kate Vixon Wofford, educator and elected official
• William Woodruff, British Historian of World History
• Donald E. Worcester, American historian who specialized in Southwestern United States and Latin American history
• Bertram Wyatt-Brown, historian of the Southern United States

Y

• Linda J. Young, Chief Mathematical Statistician at the National Agricultural Statistics Service

Z

• Miriam Zach, musicologist
• Michael Zerner, physicist
• Robert Zieger, labor historian

See also

• List of University of Florida alumni
• List of University of Florida presidents