The University of Florida College of Dentistry announced that 11 faculty members were promoted by the UF Board of Trustees during the 2023-24 Promotion and Tenure cycle, effective July 1, 2024.
“This success represents an exceptional effort and speaks volumes about the expertise and accomplishment of these dedicated faculty members, their mentors, their department chairs and others in our college who helped make this possible,” said A. Isabel Garcia, dean.
“We are very fortunate to have such talented people leading the way in education, patient care and research in our profession. Each of these faculty members of our college have already contributed so much to the Gator Nation and to Gator Dentistry and I am looking forward to seeing the contributions they’ll make in the future,” she said.
Congratulations to the following faculty members:
Maria Aguilar, D.D.S., M.S.D., MS-Cl
- Clinical Professor
- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Prosthodontics
Eleonora Bakiri, D.D.S., FICD
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Department of Endodontics
Monica Fernandez, D.D.S., M.S.
- Clinical Professor
- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Prosthodontics
Danielle Freburg-Hoffmeister, M.D., D.D.S.
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Frank Gibson, III, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Department of Oral Biology
Jaana Gold, D.D.S., M.P.H., C.P.H., Ph.D.
- Adjunct Clinical Professor
- Department of Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science
Jessica Kajfasz, B.Sc., Ph.D.
- Research Associate Professor
- Department of Oral Biology
Dayane Oliveira, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Operative Dentistry
Andre Reis, D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D.
- Clinical Professor
- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Operative Dentistry
Margarete Ribeiro Dasilva, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
- Clinical Professor
- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Prosthodontics
Mateus Rocha, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Operative Dentistry