{"id":37,"date":"2013-04-19T15:01:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T15:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testlab.bme.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:56:33","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2013\/04\/schmidt_christine1.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Schmidt\" class=\"wp-image-155\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/people\/christine-e-schmidt-ph-d\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/people\/christine-e-schmidt-ph-d\/\">Christine E. Schmidt, Ph.D.<\/a><br>Distinguished Professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NEB 363<br>352-294-8832<br><a href=\"mailto:schmidt@bme.ufl.edu\">schmidt@bme.ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2019\/04\/blanca-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3437\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Blanca Ostmark<br><\/strong>Research Coordinator I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. 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