Mailing Address:
Fifield Hall
2550 Hull Road
PO Box 110690
Gainesville, Florida 32611
Office: 2109 Fifield Hall
Phone: (352) 273-4835
E-mail: robferl@ufl.edu
Lab: UF Space Plants
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Areas of Research
- Space biology
- Transcriptomics
- Epigenomics
- Proteomics
- Plant Imaging
- Examination of 14-3-3 proteins
- Examination of chromatin structure
- Space biology
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Educational Background
- Ph.D., M.A., Genetics and Biochemistry, Indiana University (1980)
- B.A., Hiram College (1976)
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Work Experience
- Assistant Vice President for Research (2019-present)
- Distinguished Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department (1990-present)
- Director Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (2006-2019)
- Director Center for Exploration Life Sciences KSC (2001-present)
- Director of UF ICBR DNA Sequencing Laboratory (1988-2005)
- Assistant Director, UF Biotechnology Program (1994-2006)
- Director of UF ICBR BEECS Genetics Laboratory (1992-1995)
- Chairman, Institutional Biosafety Committee (1998-1995)
- Administrative Council, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research at UF (1990-1991)
- Biological Sciences Teaching Program, University of Florida (1985-1987)
- Acting Chairman, Department of Botany, University of Florida (1986-1987)
- Associate Professor, Department of Vegetable Crops (1987-1990)
- Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Florida (1986-1987)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of Florida (1980-1986)
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Honors and Awards
- NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, 2022
- The AIAA Jeffries Award, 2016
- NASA Exception Scientific Achievement Medal, 2016
- Co-recipient of NASA Award for Most Compelling Science on the ISS, awarded jointly with Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, 2015
- Member- National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council NASA Decadal Study, 2010
- Chair- Science Council –Division of Space Life Sciences for USRA 2010-2013
- UFRF Professorship 1999, 2005
- CREES Recognition Award 1997
- US Secretary of Agriculture Honor Award for Excellence 1997
- Award of Excellence for Graduate Research, IFAS, University of Florida, 1994
- Board of Examiners for GRE Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1989 – 1996
- Harper Collins Biology Texts
- Faculty Research Achievement Award 1987, 1989, 1992
- Distinguished Teaching Award, 1984 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida
- Teacher of the Year, Lambda Gamma Phi Honorary Society, University of Florida, 1984
- Visiting Research Scientist: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia 3/81 to 8/81