Alexandra Chertok
Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering
alexandrachertok@ufl.edu

Education and Training:

• B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida

Fellowships & Funding

• HWCOE Dean’s Research Award
• McJunkin Fellow

Ryan McCloskey
Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
r.mccloskey@ufl.edu

Education and Training:

• B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

Dissertation: Evaluation of markerless motion capture for knee osteoarthritis: Efficiency, accuracy, and clinical insights

Fellowships & Funding

• HWCOE Dean’s Research Award

Jenna Qualter
M.S. Student, Biomedical Engineering
jqualter@ufl.edu

Education and Training:

• B.S. in Comprehensive Science, Villanova University

Peter Schaefer
Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
schaeferp@ufl.edu

Education and Training:

• M.S in Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
• B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine

Dissertation: Knee osteoarthritis accelerometery: Exploring patterns of human activity

Kaitlin Southern
Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
ksouthern@ufl.edu

Education and Training:

• M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, East Carolina University
• B.S. in Engineering, East Carolina University

Dissertation: Identifying translational measures of osteoarthritic pain between preclinical models and patients

Co-mentored by Dr. Kyle Allen

Fellowships & Funding

• NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship