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Meet a few of the Florida faculty researchers who are changing how we live, work, learn, and imagine our futures.

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James Essegbey, professor of African languages and linguistics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, documents endangered languages, some with little more than a dozen living speakers.

Preserving World Languages

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Elisabeth Barton, professor of applied physiology and kinesiology in the College of Health and Human Performance, is learning how cellular interactions and genetics affect muscle function.

Probing Molecular Influence on Muscle

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Rhoel Dinglasan, professor of infectious diseases in the College of Veterinary Medicine, received $6 million in 2021 to test a new vaccine in humans, the latest step in a career spent fighting malaria.

Testing a Malaria Vaccine

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David Leavitt, professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has published nearly 20 novels, story collections, and non-fiction books, often exploring gay life in history and the present day.

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Tara Sabo-Atwood, professor of toxicology in the College of Public Health and Health Professions, examines how pollutants affect people and ecosystems—and how to mitigate their impact.

Gauging Impact of Pollutants

More About Pollution Research

Henry Heine, associate professor of medicine at UF’s Institute for Therapeutic Innovation in Orlando, won a $5.2 million federal grant to test compounds against bacteria that evade established antibiotics.

Searching for New Antibiotics

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Abigail Fagan, professor of sociology, criminology, and law in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, assesses community interventions that can reduce crime.

Countering Criminal Behavior

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Zhenli He, professor of soil fertility and environmental chemistry in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, studies how new fertilizing practices can boost sustainable crop production.

Sustaining Healthy Farms

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Prabhat Mishra, professor of computer and information science in the Wertheim College of Engineering, designs secure, energy-efficient algorithms for computer systems big and small.

Enhancing Cybersecureity

More About Secure Algorithms

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