{"id":6139,"date":"2023-12-16T16:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T16:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bme.ufl.edu\/labs\/schmidt\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:46:00","slug":"dr-schmidt-promoted-to-distinguished-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/2023\/12\/16\/dr-schmidt-promoted-to-distinguished-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Dr. Schmidt Promoted to Distinguished Professor<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aug. 16, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kudos to Dr. Schmidt for receiving promotion to Distinguished Professor. The title &#8220;Distinguished Professor&#8221; is the highest honor that the University of Florida bestows on its own faculty member<strong>s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to UF, \u201cThe title of Distinguished Professor\/Curator acknowledges an exceptional record of achievement in the areas of teaching, research and publication, and professional and public service that is recognized both nationally and internationally. An exceptional record of achievement is one that places the candidate at the top of their discipline in at least one area, with a record of significant distinction in the other areas.\u00a0 The title of Distinguished Professor\/Curator is a rare and special achievement.\u201d &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fora.aa.ufl.edu\/Provost\/IndependentFora\/Distinguished-Professors\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/fora.aa.ufl.edu\/Provost\/IndependentFora\/Distinguished-Professors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, Professors Schmidt on this significant milestone!<\/p>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6139 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2023\/12\/image010.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2023\/12\/image010.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2023\/12\/image010-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Aug. 16, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":6149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-templates\/single-sidebar-none.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7215,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6139\/revisions\/7215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}