APS member-researchers are at the forefront of advancements in biomedical science. From early-career scientists to established investigators to the educators preparing the next generation of researchers, our members explore the fundamental and emerging questions that inform our understanding of life, health and disease. Meet some of them and learn more about their work.
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Jose Arevalo
University of California, Berkeley
![Cesar Barrabi 200 Cesar Barrabi 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/cesar-barrabi-200.jpg?sfvrsn=667b7883_6&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=844F0BD3C93E63104AAB6676A1AEB6B2DA1126CB)
Cesar Barrabi
Wayne State University
Melissa Bates, PhD, FAPS
Associate Professor of Health and Human Physiology, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Iowa
Sue C. Bodine, PhD, FAPS
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Kristine DeLeon-Pennell, PhD
Assistant Professor | Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
![Jeanmarie Gonzales 200 Jeanmarie Gonzales 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/jeanmarie-gonzales-200.jpg?sfvrsn=1862fc70_4&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=4DB9F31AEA7F33E4A1C9D55494C8D5CAA4B71300)
Jeanmarie Gonzalez
University of California, San Francisco
Barbara E. Goodman, PhD, FAPS
Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences of Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota in Vermillion
Michael S. Hedrick, PhD, FAPS
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, East Bay
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Jonathan J. Herrera
University of Michigan
![Michelle Herrera 200 Michelle Herrera 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/michelle-herrera-200.jpg?sfvrsn=ae739afb_6&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=56EF05ACBA6B71AC98C99F99C67AB246AAA649AB)
Michelle Herrera
University of California, Irvine
Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, PhD, FAPS
Research Physiologist, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
Daria Ilatovskaya, MS, PhD
Associate Professor, Augusta University
Bina Joe, PhD
Distinguished University Professor, Chair, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
![Maria Jones-Muhammad 200 Maria Jones-Muhammad 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/maria-jones-muhammad-200.jpg?sfvrsn=5233fc3e_6&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=C6A8B7DBE2D0EE458EE051B129A68F77FCB9C4B0)
Maria Jones-Muhammad
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Scott Kirkton, PhD, FAPS
Associate Professor of Biological Science | Union College
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Emily Larson
University of Oregon
Ronald M. Lynch, PhD, FAPS
Director, Arizona Research Institute for Biomedical Imaging, Professor of Physiology, University of Arizona
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Rosario Marroquin-Flores
University of New Mexico
Sadis Matalon, PhD, FAPS
Alice McNeal Endowed Chair of Anesthesiology, Director, Division of Molecular and Translational Biomedicine, University
of Alabama at Birmingham
David Mattson, PhD, FAPS
Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
![Ronald McMillan 200 Ronald McMillan 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/ronald-mcmillan-200.jpg?sfvrsn=111559a6_6&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=EAF19153146D796A311750F8B3C26F0A7E3B266F)
Ronald McMillan
University of Delaware
![Cesar Meza 200 Cesar Meza 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/cesar-meza-200.jpg?sfvrsn=d97c9748_6&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=BBCCC1BA33CC2C40B5FFBAD8690A2F90AE9D6352)
Cesar Meza
Florida State University
Evangeline Motley-Johnson, PhD, FAPS
Professor of Physiology, Interim Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College
Jennifer Pluznick, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Franco Puleo
Boston University
![Lindsey Ramirez 200 Lindsey Ramirez 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/lindsey-ramirez-200.jpg?sfvrsn=420315cf_6&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=CF54E91B957A95B82B881ED635E4AFF6FA7271C2)
Lindsey Ramirez
Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia
![Luis Rivera Arce 200 Luis Rivera Arce 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/luis-rivera-arce-200.jpg?sfvrsn=b8b64f52_6&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=0C92113C1E7A509AED5D8B27901139F4221383EE)
Luis A. Rivera-Arce
Ponce Health Sciences University
Jeff M. Sands, MD, FAPS
Renal Division Director and Juha P. Kokko Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Emory University
Ann Schreihofer, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Professor, Department of Physiology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Harold Schultz, PhD, FAPS
Distinguished Professor of Physiology, Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine
![Luke Schwerdtfeger 200 Luke Schwerdtfeger 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/luke-schwerdtfeger-200.jpg?sfvrsn=fa1e8852_6&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=26EAD3F46F17327A49C09E46CC845DEAC891E959)
Luke Schwerdtfeger
Colorado State University
Marion J. Siegman, PhD, FAPS
Professor and Chair, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Dee U. Silverthorn, PhD, FAPS
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Physiology, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
Todd Trappe, PhD
Professor of Exercise Science, Human Performance Lab, Ball State University
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Adaku Ume
Wright State University
Jan M. Williams, PhD
Professor and Graduate Program Director, University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson
![Rashaun Williams 200 Rashaun Williams 200](/images/default-source/member-headshots/porter-fellows/rashaun-williams-200312dc0e2ac3a4d9d83eae40007e6a469.jpg?sfvrsn=79178d16_2&MaxWidth=100&MaxHeight=100&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=C90996B8F008F28A642596B0BF74B26183809E47)
Rashaun Williams
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Licy L. Yanes-Cardozo, MD
Physician and Associate Professor, Departments of Cell and Molecular Biology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Irving Zucker, PhD, FAPS
Theodore F. Hubbard Professor of Cardiovascular Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center