Directory

MCB Program Leader: Scott Garman
garman@biochem.umass.edu

MCB Associate Program Leader: Tom Maresca
tmaresca@bio.umass.edu

MCB Program Coordinator:
Carrie Morrison Penland
Email: mpenland@umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-3246

MCB Mailing Address:
201 French Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9316

MCB Email: mcb@mcb.umass.edu

Name	Contact Information	Research Interests
Benjamin Adams PhD Student	bmadams@umass.edu
Afua Adusei PhD Student	aadusei@umass.edu
Esengul Akkus PhD Student	eakkus@umass.edu
Korin Albert PhD Student	korinalbert@umass.edu
R. Craig Albertson Associate Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts	albertson@bio.umass.edu 413-545-2902 336 Morrill II South	Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Berent Aldikacti PhD Student	baldikacti@umass.edu
Dominique R. Alfandari Professor of Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts	alfandar@vasci.umass.edu 4135774269 661 North pleasant street, ISB 427B	Cell migration in Developmental systems
Lauren Andrews Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering	lbandrews@umass.edu 413.545.1660 N265 Life Sciences Laboratories	Uncovering genetic design rules to reprogram regulation and metabolism in living cells for applications in health and biotechnology
Constance Angelou PhD Student	cangelou@umass.edu
Efecan Aral PhD Student	earal@umass.edu
Kathleen F. Arcaro Professor of Environmental Toxicology, University of Massachusetts	karcaro@vasci.umass.edu 413-577-1823 Office: LSL 529 Lab: LSL N540	Breast Cancer: Assesing Individual Breast Cancer Risk
Margaux Audett PhD Student	maudett@umass.edu
Dilay Hazal Ayhan PhD Student	dayhan@umass.edu
Courtney C. Babbitt Assistant Professor and Honors Faculty, Department of Biology	cbabbitt@bio.umass.edu 413-545-5574 Morrill 2, Room 360	Evolutionary Genomics
Cynthia L. Baldwin Professor of Virologoy & Microbiology, University of Massachusetts	cbaldwin@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-3167 427E ISB	Cellular Immunity: Intracellular Microbes and gamma delta T cells
Michael J.F. Barresi Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, Smith College	mbarresi@smith.edu 413-585-3697	Developmental Neurobiology, Assistant Neuron and Glial Cell Interactions; Astroglial Cell Development in the CNS
Madelaine Bartlett Assistant Professor, Biology	mbartlett@bio.umass.edu 413-545-2235 374B Morrill IV South	Evolution of plant development; Molecular evolution
Tobias Baskin Professor, Biology	baskin@bio.umass.edu 413-545-1533 375F Morrill IV South	Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis During Growth & Development
Christine Battle PhD Student	cbattle@umass.edu
Joseph Bergan Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences	jbergan@umass.edu 413-545-0071	We seek to understand the principles of how social and defensive stimuli are encoded in the activity of neurons, and how this process can be modulated by behavior state, experience, and neuromodulation.
Heather Bisbee PhD Student	hbisbee@umass.edu
Eric L. Bittman Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology	elb@bio.umass.edu 413-545-4344 420G Morrill III South	Circadian Rhythms, Reproduction, and Seasonal Changes in Brain Function
Katharine R. Bittner PhD Student	kbittner@umass.edu
Amye Black PhD Student	alblack@umass.edu
Samuel J. Black Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	sblack@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-2573 427G ISB	Molecular Basis of Innate Immunity Against Parasitic Protozoa
Jeffrey L. Blanchard Associate Professor, Department of Biology	jeffb@bio.umass.edu 413-577-2130 Morrill III Room409	Microbial cellular and community networks; influence of environmental change on the evolution of molecular processes; systems biology; bioinformatics
John P. Burand Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts	jburand@microbio.umass.edu 413-545-3629 202A Fernald Hall	Molecular Biology of Insect Viruses, and Insect Pathology
Cameron Butova PhD Student	cbutova@umass.edu
Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology	caicedo@bio.umass.edu 413-545-0975 Room N425, Life Sciences Laboratories	Evolutionary genomics of adaptation and divergence in wild, weedy and crop plant species
Mine Canakci PhD Student	mcanakci@mcb.umass.edu
Nathan Canniff PhD Student	ncanniff@umass.edu
Hunter Carpenter PhD Student	hcarpent@umass.edu
Katherine Chacon–Vargas PhD Student	kchaconvarga@umass.edu
Jianhan Chen Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	jianhanc@umass.edu 413-545-3386 S585B Life Science Laboratories	Computational Biochemistry & Biophysics
Min Chen Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	mchen1@chem.umass.edu 413-545-0683 865 LGRT B	Application of Proteins in Biotechnology; Functional Mechanism of Membrane Protein Pores, Channels and Transporters
Alice Cheung Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	acheung@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-4027 LGRT 1226	Molecular and cell biology of male-female interaction and polarized cell growth in plant reproduction
Peter Chien Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts	pchien@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-2310 LSL N325	Regulated Protein Degradation in Bacterial Cell-Cycle Progression
Soonkyu Chung Associate Professor, Nutrition	soonkyuchung@umass.edu 211 Chenoweth	Obesity, Brown adipocytes, Adipose Inflammation, Dietary polyphenols, Epigenetics
John M. Clark Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	jclark@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-1052 Morrill I N311A	Molecular Action of Pesticides and Cellular Basis for Resistance
Eugenia Clerico Research Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	eclerico@biochem.umass.edu (413) 545-6079 LSL N361
Elizabeth A. Connor Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Development, CNS; Associate Professor, Department of Biology	econnor@bio.umass.edu	To determine the contribution of glial Schwann cells and extracellular matrix molecules to nerve terminal stability at the frog neuromuscular junction.
Hélène Cousin Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts	hcousin@vasci.umass.edu 413-577-1156 427N ISB	Cranial Neural Crest Migration during Embryonic Development
Sarah Czerwonka Business/Operations Manager	s.czerwonka@umass.edu 413-545-4408 204B French Hall
Edward P. Debold Associate Professor of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts	edebold@kin.umass.edu 413-545-4944 158 Totman Building	Muscle Myosin in Cardiovascular Disease and Muscular Fatigue
Nathan Derr Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College	nderr@smith.edu 413-585-3966 Sabin-Reed Hall 435	Biophysical and cell biological mechanisms of the cytoskeletal molecular motors dynein and kinesin
Jun Ding Jun Ding, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine	dingjun@stanford.edu (650) 726-9360 Building A, Stanford University School of Medicine	Striatal neurobiology and basal ganglia research
Gerald B. Downes Professor, Department of Biology	gbdownes@bio.umass.edu 413-545-1266 427C Morrill 2	Development and function of spinal cord networks
Noelle Dziedzic PhD Student	ndziedzic@umass.edu
Michelle Facette Assistant Professor, Biology	mfacette@umass.edu Morrill IV S, 375D	Cell polarization and asymmetric cell division; cytoskeletal regulation; cellular physiology
Michelle Farkas Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst	farkas@chem.umass.edu 413-545-4770 745C LGRT B	Development and Application of Chemical Biology Methods for the Study of Cancer Progression and Metastasis
Carline Fermino Do Rosario PhD Student	cferminodoro@umass.edu
Rafael A. Fissore Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	rfissore@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-5548 427A ISB	Ca2+ Release Mechanisms in Mammalian Oocytes during Maturation and Fertilization
Patrick Flaherty Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics	flaherty@math.umass.edu 413-545-1796 LGRT 1444	Statistical machine-learning methods for genomic and biomedical data analysis
Neil St. John Forbes Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts	forbes@ecs.umass.edu 413.577.0132 N525 Life Sciences Laboratories	Engineering Tumor-Targeting Therapies
Joshua Foster PhD Student	jcfoster@umass.edu
Lillian Fritz–Laylin Assistant Professor of Biology	lfritzlaylin@umass.edu Morrill II Room 340	Quantitative Evolutionary Cell Biology
Alam Garcia Heredia PhD Student	agarciahered@umass.edu
Scott C. Garman Graduate Program Director, MCB; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	garman@biochem.umass.edu 413-577-4488 LGRT 1230	Structural biology of glycoproteins in human disease
Yingying Geng PhD Student	ygeng@umass.edu
Anne Gershenson Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts	gershenson@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-1250 LSL N333	Protein Folding and Function, Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy
John G. Gibbons Assistant Professor of Food Science	jggibbons@umass.edu	Genomics, Evolution, Bioinformatics
Lila M. Gierasch Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	gierasch@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-6094 LSL N331	Protein folding in the cell and molecular chaperone functions
Kaitlyn Gilliam PhD Student	kgilliam@umass.edu
Lori Goldner Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts	lgoldner@physics.umass.edu 413-545-0594 Has-407A	Single Molecule Biophysics
Rebecca Gordon PhD Student	ragordon@umass.edu
Jill Graham PhD Student	jbgraham@mcb.umass.edu
Kevin L. Griffith Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts	griffith@microbio.umass.edu 413-577-1311 314 Morrill Science Center IVN	Regulation of Biological Networks by Cell-Cell Signaling
David J. Gross Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts	dgross@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-3170 LGRT 1021G	Cell Surface Receptor Signaling
Kevin Guay PhD Student	kpguay@umass.edu
Taylor Guertin MS Student	tguertin@umass.edu
Hanling Guo PhD Student	hanlingguo@umass.edu
Jeanne A. Hardy Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	hardy@chem.umass.edu 413-545-3486 745A LGRT B	Design of allosteric pathways in caspases and phosphatases; x-ray crystallography
Thomas Harrington PhD Student	taharrington@umass.edu
Sam Hazen Associate Professor, Biology	hazen@bio.umass.edu 413-545-4546 LSL N427	Regulatory Networks and Natural Variation in Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Growth
Daniel N. Hebert Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts	dhebert@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-0079 LSL N327	Protein Folding, Quality Control and Degradation of Membrane Glycoproteins
Alejandro P. Heuck Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts	heuck@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-2497 LGRT 1228	Bacterial Pathogenesis
Patrick Hill PhD Student	phill@mcb.umass.edu
Matthew A. Holden Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst	mholden@chem.umass.edu 413-545-2582 745D LGRT B	Cell membrane mimics; Membrane transport studies; Functional bionetworks
Emily Houle MS Student	ehoule@umass.edu
Di Huang PhD Student	dihuang@mcb.umass.edu
Fuu-Jiun Hwang PhD Student	fhwang@umass.edu
UMass Seminars IDGP UMass Seminars IDGP, MCB, NSB, OEB, PB Programs	umassseminars-idgp@umass.edu
Kiserian Jackson PhD Student	kiserianjack@umass.edu
Abigail Jensen Associate Professor, Department of Biology	ajensen@bio.umass.edu 413-545-4750 414A Morrill III South	Molecular and cellular mechanisms of vertebrate retinal development and retinal disease.
Taewon Jeon PhD Student	taewonjeon@umass.edu
D. Joseph Jerry Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	jjerry@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-5335 427P ISB	Tumor Suppressor Genes and the Cellular Basis for Susceptibility to Breast Cancer
Juan M Jiménez Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	juanjimenez@umass.edu N575 LSL	Fluid flow characteristics and fluid flow-dependent biomolecular pathways relevant to diseases and processes in the body.
Parag Juvale PhD Student	pjuvale@umass.edu
Igor A. Kaltashov Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	kaltashov@chem.umass.edu 413-545-1460 N369 Life Sciences Laboratory	Architecture and Dynamics of Transport Proteins
Ilia Karatsoreos Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences	ikaratsoreos@umass.edu Morrill IV North N216	The general research objective in our lab is to understand the neural and physiological systems that the brain and body use to protect us from harm and adapt to changes in the environment. We focus on biological rhythms, stress, immunology, and metabolism
Rolf O. Karlstrom Professor, Department of Biology	karlstrom@bio.umass.edu 413-577-3448 330 Morrill 2	Developmental neurobiology; axon guidance and forebrain patterning
Laura A. Katz Elsie Damon Simonds Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College	lkatz@smith.edu 413-585-3825 201 Burton Hall, Smith College	Genome evolution and biodiversity studies of microbial eukaryotes
Paul S. Katz Director of Neuroscience and Professor of Biology	pkatz@umass.edu 413-545-0486 106 Morrill 3	Neuroethology, central pattern generators, single neuron RNA-seq, developmental neuroscience, evolution of neural circuits, molluscan systems
Colin Kelly MS Student	cdkelly@umass.edu
Hyuna Kim PhD Student	hyunakim@umass.edu
Young–Cheul Kim Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts	yckim@nutrition.umass.edu 413-577-4553 206B Chenoweth	Impact of Nutrients and Dietary Bioactive Components on Chronic Diseases
Anastasiia Klimova PhD Student	anklimova@umass.edu
Michele M. Klingbeil Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts	klingbeil@microbio.umass.edu 413-577-3823 N269 Life Science Lab	Parasitology, the replication and repair of mitochondrial DNA (kinetoplast DNA network) in African trypanosomes
Mike Knapp Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry	mknapp@chem.umass.edu 413-545-4001 512 LGRT Tower A	Biological and Inorganic Chemistry; Enzyme structure and mechanisms, Hypoxia sensing, Metalloenzymes, Redesign of the second coordination sphere
Kit Kolbert MS Student	kkolbert@umass.edu
Nathan J Kuhlmann PhD Student	nkuhlmann@umass.edu
Ashish Kulkarni Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering	akulkarni@engin.umass.edu N565 Life Sciences Laboratories	Immunoengineering Nano-immunotheraputics Immunotheranostics Bio-inspired Materials Drug Delivery
Jun-Goo Kwak PhD Student	jungookwak@umass.edu
Gwenael Layec Assistant Professor of Kinesiology	glayec@umass.edu 110 Totman Building	Musculoskeletal Physiology, Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, Cardiovascular Physiology, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/imaging
Jungwoo Lee Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering	jungwoo@engin.umass.edu 413-545-6290 N567 Life Sciences Laboratories	Translational Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Zhenhua Liu Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts	zliu@nutrition.umass.edu 413-545-1075 209 Chenoweth	Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
Emily Lopes PhD Student	emlopes@umass.edu
John M. Lopes Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts	jmlopes@cns.umass.edu 413-545-8080 207 Morrill Science Center IVN	Regulation of Gene Expression in Yeast
Li–Jun Ma Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	lijun@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-1205 LSL N433	Fungal comparative genomics, eukaryotic genome evolution and organism adaptation
Kirk Mackinnon PhD Student	kmackinnon@umass.edu
Olivia Macrorie PhD Student	omacrorie@umass.edu
Daniel Macveigh–Fierro PhD Student	dmacveighfie@umass.edu
Sibongile Mafu Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	smafu@umass.edu (413) 545-4083 LSL N431	Biological chemistry of plant natural products
Jesse Mager Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	jmager@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-7368 427M ISB	Developmental Biology: Cell-Cell Signaling
Samar A Mahmoud PhD Student	smahmoud@umass.edu
Ira Male PhD Student	imale@umass.edu
Jacob Maman PhD Student	jmaman@umass.edu
Simin Manole	smanole@umass.edu
Tyler Marcinko PhD Student	tmarcinko@mcb.umass.edu
Thomas J. Maresca Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Graduate Program Director, MCB	tmaresca@bio.umass.edu 413-545-0957 436 Morrill IV South	Ensuring Genomic Integrity through Cell Division
Michele Markstein Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	mmarkstein@bio.umass.edu 413-545-8757 Morrill 3 Room 406	Regulation of gene expression, Genome architecture, Epigenetics of intestinal and neural stem cells.
Michael J. Maroney Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	mmaroney@chem.umass.edu 413-545-4876 N373 Life Sciences Laboratory	Metallobiochemistry
Craig T. Martin Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	cmartin@chem.umass.edu 413-545-3299 862 LGRT B	Transcription; Protein-DNA Interactions
Javier Mas PhD Student	jamas@umass.edu
Jessica McGory	jmcgory@umass.edu
Lynne A. McLandsborough Associate Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts	lm@foodsci.umass.edu 413-545-1016 248 Chenoweth Laboratory	Involvement of Bacterial Surface Molecules in Attachment to Food and Food Processing Surfaces
Danny McSweeney PhD Student	dmcsweeney@umass.edu
Matthew Metcalf PhD Student	mmetcalf@student.umass.edu
Mark S. Miller Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology	markmiller@kin.umass.edu (413) 577-4701 106 Totman Building,	Aging, Exercise, Skeletal Muscle, Muscle Mechanics, Sex Differences
Lisa M. Minter Associate Professor of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	lminter@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-6327 427K ISB	Notch signaling in autoimmune diseases
Matthew D. Moore Assistant Professor of Food Science	mdmoore@umass.edu 413-545-1019 Room 250, Chenoweth Laboratory	Food microbiology; food and environmental virology; eukaryotic virus-bacteria interactions; portable detection and sequencing platforms; viral inactivation strategies and therapeutics; viral concentration techniques.
Sarah Moore Assistant Professor of Engineering, Smith College	sjmoore@smith.edu
David E. Moorman Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences	moorman@cns.umass.edu 413-545-0663	Cellular and network mechanisms of motivation, learning, and executive functions (e.g., decision-making). Neural function in animal models of addiction, ADHD, obesity, and depression. Neurotechnology and neural computation.
Stephanie Morin PhD Student	smorin@umass.edu
Yasu S. Morita Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts	ymorita@microbio.umass.edu 413-545-4604 N275 Life Science Lab	Mycobacterial Pathogenesis: Glycobiology, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology
Carrie Morrison Penland MCB Program Coordinator	mpenland@umass.edu 413-545-3246 201 French Hall
Mandy Muller Assistant Professor of Microbiology	mandymuller@umass.edu 413-545-6693 101B Morrill Science Center IVN	Using viruses as a tool to understand cell biology
Edwin Murenzi PhD Student	emurenzi@vasci.umass.edu
Murugappan Muthukumar Wilmer D. Barrett Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts	muthu@polysci.umass.edu 413-577-1212 A212 Conte Research Center	Statistical Mechanics of Polymers
Stacey Nash PhD Student	snash@umass.edu
Saman Nayyab PhD Student	snayyab@umass.edu
Jennifer Normanly Professor and Head, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	normanly@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-3422 LGRT 913K	Plant Natural Products
Justyne Ogdahl PhD Student	jogdahl@umass.edu
Barbara A. Osborne Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	osborne@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-4882 427F ISB	Immunoglobulin Gene Diversification; Induction of Apoptosis in Lymphocytes
Can Ozden PhD Student	canozden@umass.edu
Stephanie L. Padilla Assistant Professor of Biology	slpadilla@umass.edu (413) 545-8010 LSL N227	Sex hormones, feeding behavior and body weight homeostasis, circadian rhythms, women’s health
ChangHui Pak Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	cpak@umass.edu LSL N225	synaptic adhesion molecules
Sarah Pallas Associate Professor, Biology	spallas@umass.edu	Developmental neuroscience, Sensory neurophysiology
Om Parkash Dhankher Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture	parkash@umass.edu 413-545-0062 318 Paige Laboratory	Plant genetic engineering and biotechnology, phytoremediation of soil contaminants
Sandra Petersen Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences	spetersen@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-1808	Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the brain signal for ovulation.
Shelly Peyton Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts	speyton@ecs.umass.edu 413-545-1133 N531 LSL	Breast Cancer, Metastasis, Drug Resistance, Biomaterials
Randall W. Phillis Associate Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts	rphillis@bio.umass.edu 413-545-3494 355 Morrill IV South	Molecular Genetics of Neural Develoment in Drosophila
Nils Pilotte PhD Student	npilotte@mcb.umass.edu
J. Richard Pilsner Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences	rpilsner@schoolph.umass.edu 413-545-0036 173A Goessmann	Reproductive and environmental health, sperm epigenetics, embryo development
Jason Pizzollo PhD Student	jpizzollo@umass.edu
Leonid A. Pobezinsky Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	lpobezinsky@umass.edu 413-545-2393 427E ISB	Non-coding RNAs in the immune system
Anthony Poluyanoff MS Student	apoluyanoff@umass.edu
Akaansha Rampal PhD Student	arampal@umass.edu
Archit Rastogi PhD Student	arastogi@umass.edu
Peter H. Reinhart Director, Institute of Applied Life Sciences & Clinical Professor	phr@umass.edu (413) 577-4313 Life Sciences Lab, Rm N510A
Luke Remage–Healey Associate Program Leader / GPD of Neuroscience and Behavior Program; Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences	healey@cns.umass.edu 413-545-0772 525 Tobin	Neural basis of behavior
Heather N. Richardson Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences	hrichardson@cns.umass.edu 413-545-0166 Tobin 527	The focus of the Stress and Addiction Lab is to determine the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stress-related disorders using rodent models.
Kristyn Robinson PhD Student	kristynrobin@umass.edu
Allyson Rosati MS Student	arosati@umass.edu
Jennifer L. Ross Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts	rossj@physics.umass.edu 413-545-2399 302 Hasbrouck	Biological Physics of Microtubules
Vincent M. Rotello Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	rotello@chem.umass.edu 413-545-2058 379 LGRT Tower C	Synthetic Models of Biomolecular Activity
Aurelia Saftien Exchange Student	asaftien@umass.edu
Ana M. Salicioni Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts	asalicioni@vasci.umass.edu 413-577-3315 427S ISB	Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Sperm Function. Role of Testis-Specific Kinases in Male Fertility and as Targets for Contraception
Steven J. Sandler Professor and Department Head of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts	sandler@microbio.umass.edu 413-577-4391 210 Morrill Science Center IVN	The Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Homologous Recombination
Katherine Sanidad PhD Student	ksanidad@umass.edu
Carolina Santamaria PhD Student	carolinasant@umass.edu
Maria M. Santore Professor of Polymer Science & Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts	santore@mail.pse.umass.edu 413-577-1417 A417 Conte Research Center	Interfacial Polymer Physics, Dynamics, and Colloidal Phenomena
Thomas Sawyer PhD Student	tksawyer@umass.edu
Jake Schnabl PhD Student	jmschnabl@mcb.umass.edu
Nathan Schnarr Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	schnarr@chem.umass.edu 413-545-2294 613 LGRT	Polyketide Synthase Engingeering
Alan L. Schneyer Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts	schneyer@cns.umass.edu 617-922-5384 221 Morrill III South	New Regulators of Glucose Homeostasis and Insulin Sensitivity
Larry M. Schwartz Professor, Department of Biology	schwartz@bio.umass.edu 417 Morrill South	Molecular mechanisms that mediate programmed cell death
Stylianos P. Scordilis Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College	Sscordil@email.smith.edu 413-585–3824 Ford Hall 202B	Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Stress and Contractile Proteins
David A. Sela Associate Professor, Department of Food Science	davidsela@umass.edu 413-545-1010 340 Chenoweth Laboratory	Nutrition, human milk, gut microbiome, systems biology, host-microbe interactions/co-evolution, translational research
Tricia Serio Dean, College of Natural Sciences	tserio@umass.edu (413) 545-4091 LSL N375	Prion cycle regulation in vivo, cellular mechanisms and consequences of protein misfolding and resolution
Varun Sheel MS Student	vsheel@umass.edu
Heather Sherman PhD Student	hsherman@umass.edu
Spencer Albert Shorkey PhD Student	sshorkey@umass.edu
M. Sloan Siegrist Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts	siegrist@microbio.umass.edu 413-545-2735 N271 Life Sciences Laboratory	Adaptation of Intracellular Pathogens to the Host Environment
Paul Sinno MS Student	psinno@umass.edu
Allison R Sirois PhD Student	asirois@umass.edu
Sallie W. Smith–Schneider Scientist, Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	Sallie.Schneider@baystatehealth.org 413-794-0941 BayState Medical Center	Signaling During Mammary Gland Development and Carcinogenesis
James V. Staros Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	jvs@umass.edu 413-545-2093 LGRT 920	Protein structure and function; biochemical and biophysical aspects of signal transduction
Andrew Stephens Assistant Professor of Biology	andrew.stephens@umass.edu	Nuclear mechanics
Meg Stratton Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department	mstratton@umass.edu (413) 545-0631 LGRT 1226	Molecular level understanding of proteins that are involved in long-term memory formation
Eric R Strieter Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry	estrieter@chem.umass.edu LGRT 745D	Protein Post-Translational Modifications
Prakrit Subba MS Student	psubba@umass.edu
Yubing Sun Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	ybsun@umass.edu (413) 545-4543 N571 LSL	Harnessing the mechanobiology of stem cells
Alexander Suvorov Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences	asuvorov@schoolph.umass.edu 413-545-3487 173B Goessmann	Effects on behavior by environmental xenobiotics with endocrine disruptive properties
Louis Taylor PhD Student	lftaylor@umass.edu
Gregory Michael Teicher PhD Student	gteicher@umass.edu
Janice C. Telfer Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	telfer@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-5564 427D ISB	The Role of RUNX Family Transcription Factors in Immune System Development
Emily Robin Tetrault PhD Student	tetra22e@umass.edu
Gregory N. Tew Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts	tew@mail.pse.umass.edu 413-577-1612 A617 Conte Research Center	Supramolecular Polymer Science
Nidhi Thaker PhD Student	nthaker@umass.edu
Sankaran (Thai) Thayumanavan Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	thai@chem.umass.edu 413-545-1313 1540 LGRT Tower C	Biomimetic Organic Molecules and Polymers
Lynmarie K. Thompson Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Director, Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program	thompson@chem.umass.edu 413-545-0827 864 LGRT B	Structure and Mechanism of Membrane Proteins
Alicia R. Timme–Laragy Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts	aliciat@schoolph.umass.edu 413-545-7423 Morrill 1 N425	Developmental toxicology of environmental contaminants, transcription-factor-mediated antioxidant defenses, pancreatic B-cell development
Madeline Tompach PhD Student	mtompach@umass.edu
Ana Torres-Ocampo PhD Student	atorresocamp@umass.edu
Thomas Tran PhD Student	thomastran@umass.edu
Kimberly D. Tremblay Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts	kdtrembl@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-5560 427C ISB	Stem Cells and Developmental Biology
Ning-Hsuan Tseng PhD Student	ntseng@umass.edu
Ludmila Tyler Lecturer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	ltyler@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-4026 LSL N463	Using the model grass Brachypodium distachyon to understand development and bioenergy traits.
Richard Vachet Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	rwvachet@chem.umass.edu 413-545-2733 N363 Life Sciences Laboratory	Bioanalytical Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Protein Folding, Metal-Protein Interactions, Gas-Phase Chemistry, Nanomaterials
Elena Vazey Assistant Professor, Departement of Biology	evazey@umass.edu (413) 545-8659 368A Morrill IVS	Neuromodulation and Neurodegeneration
Elizabeth Vierling Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	vierling@biochem.umass.edu 413-577-2890 LSL N329	Molecular chaperone function in the cytosol and organelles, plant stress response
Pablo E. Visconti Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	pvisconti@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-5565 427W ISB	Signal Transduction Pathways During Sperm Capacitation
Patricia Wadsworth Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts Director, IDGP	patw@bio.umass.edu 413-545-4877 456 Morrill IV South	Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Living Cells
Elsbeth Walker Professor, Biology Department	ewalker@bio.umass.edu 413-545-0861 374C Morrill IV South	Molecular genetic approaches to studying mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis in plants
Dong Wang Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	dongw@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-4806 LSL N429	Mechanisms of symbiosis between plant hosts and beneficial microbes
Emma Weir PhD Student	eweir@umass.edu
Christine A. White–Ziegler Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College	cwhitezi@smith.edu 413-585–3815 Ford Hall 110	Environmental Regulation of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli
Steven A. Williams Gates Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College	swilliam@smith.edu 413-585–3826 Ford Hall 113	Molecular Biology of Human Parasitic Diseases/Genome Projects
Olivia Hope Williamson PhD Student	owilliamson@umass.edu
Sarah Witkowski Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts	switkows@kin.umass.edu 413-545-6102 106 Totman Building	Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to Deleterious changes in Myocardial and Vascular Tissue
Amanda Woerman Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	awoerman@umass.edu LSL N263	Protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disease, prion strains, and the effect of protein aggregation on neuronal function
Hen–ming Wu Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts	hmwu@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-4423 LGRT 1024	Molecular Biology of Plant Development
Hang Xiao Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts	hangxiao@foodsci.umass.edu 413-545-2281 338 Chenoweth Laboratory	Cancer Preventive Dietary Components, Diet-based Strategy for Cancer Prevention
Nagendra Yadava Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	nyadava@umass.edu 413-794-0786	Understand how mitochondrial dysfunction leads to neurodegeneration and other age-associated diseases such as diabetes and cancer, and the molecular, biochemical and physiological causes of mitochondrial dysfunction.
He Yang PhD Student	heyang@mcb.umass.edu
Mingxu You Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry	mingxuyou@chem.umass.edu 413-545-4711 LGRT 867	DNA/RNA nanotechnology, bioimaging and biosensing
Robert Yvon PhD Student	ryvon@umass.edu
Rilee Zeinert PhD Student	rzeinert@umass.edu
Guodong Zhang Associate Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts	guodongzhang@umass.edu 413-545-1014 253 Chenoweth Laboratory	Angiogenesis, Inflammation and Tumorigenesis
Ying Zhang Post Doctoral Research Associate	yinzhang@umass.edu Wadsworth Lab, Morrill Science Center III
Shu Zhao PhD Student	shuzhao@umass.edu
Trisha Zintel PhD Student	tzintel@umass.edu
R. Thomas Zoeller Professor, Department of Biology	tzoeller@bio.umass.edu 413-545-2088 412A Morrill III South	Environmental endocrine disrupters

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Spliceosome biochemistry in the era of cryo-EM

Aaron Hoskins

MCB Seminar

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Allison Sirois
Advisor: Sarah Moore, Engineering, Smith College

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French 209

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Seemay Chou

MCB Seminar

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