ERIKA MOORE, PHD

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Assistant Professor, Rhines Rising Star Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida (July 2020- Present)

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering (July 2018- July 2020)

Ph.D., Duke University, Biomedical Engineering (2013-2018)

BS, Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering (2009-2013)

Email: moore.erika[at]ufl.edu

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 Dr. Moore is a passionate advocate for the consideration of the immune system in regenerative engineering, for the effective mentorship of students, and for creating opportunities for others through diversity and equity initiatives. In addition to leading the Moore Lab, she is the Executive Director and Founder of Moore Wealth Inc. When she is not in the office, you will find her searching for a Zumba class, working out on Peloton, or reading books! One of her favorite quotes is “Growth and comfort do not coexist” by former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty.

NOTABLE AWARDS INCLUDE:

2023    Early Career Award, EDGE in Tech Athena Awards

2023     Emerging Scholar, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education’s

2022     BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award, BMES

2022     3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 3M 

2022     N.I.H. R35, Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA)

2022     Constellation Prize for Financial Equity in Engineering, Constellation Prize

2021     Keystone Fellow, Keystone Symposia, Class of 2022

2020     Forbes 30 Under 30, Class of 2021- Healthcare

2020     KL2 Scholar, National Center for Advancement of Translational Science via UF Clinical Translational Science Institute 

2018     Rhines Family Rising Star Professorship (an endowed assistant professorship), The University of Florida

2018     Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University

2018     BME Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering

2017     M.I.T. Rising Star, MIT Rising Stars in Biomedical Engineering and Science

2017     Trustee, Duke University Board of Trustees

2016     NextProf Scholar, The University of Michigan NextProf for Engineering

2013     National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation

2013     Pre-doctoral Ford Foundation Fellow (awarded but declined), Ford Foundation Fellowship Program

2013     James B. Duke Fellowship, The Graduate School of Duke University

2013     Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, The Graduate School of Duke University

2013     Inducted into Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society

2012     U.N.C.F./Merck Undergraduate Research Fellowship, U.N.C.F./Merck Science Initiative

2009     Hodson-Gilliam Success Scholar, Johns Hopkins University