Directory

Graduate Program Director:
Dr. Meg Stratton
mstratton@umass.edu

Associate Graduate Program Director:
Dr. Tom Maresca
tmaresca@bio.umass.edu

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

Please submit general inquiries to the IDGP Office using the following Google form:

IDGP Inquiries

Name	Contact Information	Research Interests
Ruth Adafia PhD Student	radafia@umass.edu
R. Craig Albertson Professor, Biology	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, Veterinary and Animal Sciences	alfandar@vasci.umass.edu 4135774269 661 North pleasant street, ISB 427B	Cell migration in Developmental systems
Seema Amin PhD Student	samin@umass.edu
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
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
Courtney C. Babbitt Associate Professor, Biology Associate Professor, Commonwealth Honors College	cbabbitt@bio.umass.edu 413-545-5574 Morrill 2, Room 360	Evolutionary Genomics
Hyerim Ban PhD Student	hban@umass.edu
Kimberly Barker MS Student	kbarker@umass.edu
Daniel Barnes MS Student	djbarnes@umass.edu
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 Associate 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 Associate 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.
Eric L. Bittman Professor Emeritus, 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
Jeffrey L. Blanchard Associate Professor, 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
Stephanie Brody PhD Student	smbrody@umass.edu
Maxwell Campbell MS Student	mbcampbell@umass.edu
Nathan Canniff PhD Student	ncanniff@umass.edu
Adrija Chakrabarty PhD Student	achakrabarty@umass.edu
James Chambers Light Microscopy Director, Cell Culture Director, UMass Amherst	jjchambe@umass.edu (413) 577-4580	Applying novel chemical biology tools and emerging biophysical techniques to solve fundamental questions in neuroscience
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 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
Wen–Chuan Chou PhD Student	wenchuanchou@umass.edu
Soonkyu Chung Associate Professor, Nutrition	soonkyuchung@umass.edu 211 Chenoweth	Obesity, Brown adipocytes, Adipose Inflammation, Dietary polyphenols, Epigenetics
Eugenia Clerico Research Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	eclerico@biochem.umass.edu (413) 545-6079 LSL N361
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
Aliyah Dalier PhD Student	adalier@umass.edu
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
David DeCoeur PhD Student	ddecoeur@umass.edu
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
Andrew Doig PhD Student	adoig@umass.edu
Kairong Dong PhD Student	kairongdong@umass.edu
Lea Dooerries MS Student	ldoerries@umass.edu
Gerald B. Downes Professor, Biology	gbdownes@bio.umass.edu 413-545-1266 427C Morrill 2	Development and function of spinal cord networks
Divya Dubey PhD Student	divyadubey@umass.edu
Jay English PhD Student	jeenglish@umass.edu
Stephen J. Eyles Extension Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Director, Mass Spectrometry Core, Institute for Applied Life Sciences	eyles@umass.edu (413) 577-1528 S503 Life Science Laboratories	Biological mass spectrometry, protein folding and dynamics
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
Matthew Finkelberg MS Student	mfinkelberg@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
Cristina Ford MS Student	cristinaford@umass.edu
Joshua Foster PhD Student	jcfoster@umass.edu
Dylan Frank PhD Student	dafrank@umass.edu
Lillian Fritz–Laylin Associate Professor, Biology	lfritzlaylin@umass.edu Morrill II Room 340	Quantitative Evolutionary Cell Biology
Scott C. Garman Associate 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
John G. Gibbons Associate Professor, Food Science	jggibbons@umass.edu	Genomics, Evolution, Bioinformatics
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
Kyla Gomard–Henshaw PhD Student	kgomardhensh@umass.edu
Charlotte Gridley MS Student	cgridley@umass.edu
Kevin Guay PhD Student	kpguay@umass.edu
Taylor Guertin MS Student	tguertin@umass.edu
Hanling Guo PhD Student	hanlingguo@umass.edu
Yizhan Guo PhD Student	yizhanguo@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
Rebecca Hartman PhD Student	rhartman@umass.edu
Lili He Associate Professor, Food Science	lilihe@foodsci.umass.edu (413) 545-5847 344 Chenoweth Laboratory	The analysis of chemical, physical and biological targets in complex systems
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
Matthew Hinderhofer PhD Student	mhinderhofer@umass.edu
Kaito Hioki PhD Student	khioki@umass.edu
Tyler Hogan PhD Student	tchogan@umass.edu
Nicole Houppermans PhD Student	nhouppermans@umass.edu
Sungwoo Hwang MS Student	sungwoohwang@umass.edu
Kiserian Jackson PhD Student	kiserianjack@umass.edu
Abigail Jensen Associate Professor, 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 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, Biology	karlstrom@bio.umass.edu 413-577-3448 330 Morrill 2	Developmental neurobiology; axon guidance and forebrain patterning
Laura A. Katz 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 Professor, 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
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
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
Oguz Can Koc PhD Student	okoc@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
Riley Kussmaul MS Student	rkussmaul@umass.edu
Jun–Goo Kwak PhD Student	jungookwak@umass.edu
Thomas Laskarzewski PhD Student	tlaskarzewsk@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 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering	jungwoo@engin.umass.edu 413-545-6290 N567 Life Sciences Laboratories	Translational Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Daniel Li MS Student	gengtanli@umass.edu
Pamelia Lim PhD Student	plim@umass.edu
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
Li–Jun Ma Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	lijun@biochem.umass.edu 413-545-1205 LSL N433	Fungal comparative genomics, eukaryotic genome evolution and organism adaptation
Olivia Macrorie MS 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 Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	jmager@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-7368 427M ISB	Developmental Biology: Cell-Cell Signaling
Simin Manole PhD Student	smanole@umass.edu
Thomas J. Maresca Graduate Program Director, MCB; Associate Professor of Biology	tmaresca@bio.umass.edu 413-545-0957 436 Morrill IV South	Ensuring Genomic Integrity through Cell Division
Craig T. Martin Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	cmartin@chem.umass.edu 413-545-3299 862 LGRT B	Transcription; Protein-DNA Interactions
Beatriz Martinez–Martin PhD Student	bmartinezmar@umass.edu
Jose Martinez–Montes PhD Student	jmartinezmon@umass.edu
Jessica McGory PhD Student	jmcgory@umass.edu
Lynne A. McLandsborough 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
Orvin Mejia MS Student	omejia@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
Ekaterina Mironova PhD Student	emironova@umass.edu
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 Associate 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.
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
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
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
Saman Nayyab PhD Student	snayyab@umass.edu
Bao Nguyen PhD Student	vietchibaong@umass.edu
Jamie Northup PhD Student	jnorthup@umass.edu
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
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
Alexi Panagiotou MS Student	apanagiotou@umass.edu
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
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
Leonid A. Pobezinsky Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts	lpobezinsky@umass.edu 413-545-2393 427E ISB	Non-coding RNAs in the immune system
Emma Poirier PhD Student	epoirier@umass.edu
Lydia Proskauer PhD Student	lproskauer@umass.edu
Sarah Prostak	sprostak@umass.edu
Hidayet Putun PhD Student	hputun@umass.edu
Akaansha Rampal PhD Student	arampal@umass.edu
Jenny Rauch Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	rauch@umass.edu	The neurodegenerative protein tau and its role in disease progression
Thomas Redden MS Student	tredden@umass.edu
Luke Remage–Healey Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences	healey@cns.umass.edu 413-545-0772 525 Tobin	Neural basis of behavior
Heather N. Richardson 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.
Katherine Rickelton PhD Student	krickelton@umass.edu
Stephanie Ridley PhD Student	sridley@umass.edu
Kristyn Robinson PhD Student	kristynrobin@umass.edu
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
Alissa Rothchild Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences	arothchild@umass.edu	Alveolar macrophages and innate immunity, immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, host-pathogen interactions
Patrick Ryan PhD Student	prryan@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
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
Nathan Schnarr Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts	schnarr@chem.umass.edu 413-545-2294 613 LGRT	Polyketide Synthase Engingeering
Samantha Schultz PhD Student	slschultz@umass.edu
Samantha Schultz MS Student	saschultz@umass.edu
Larry M. Schwartz Professor, Department of Biology	schwartz@bio.umass.edu 417 Morrill South	Molecular mechanisms that mediate programmed cell death
Thomas Scudder MS Student	tscudder@umass.edu
Navya Sebastian MS Student	nsebastian@umass.edu
David A. Sela Associate Professor, 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
Jacqueline Sharp PhD Student	jrsharp@umass.edu
Spencer Albert Shorkey PhD Student	sshorkey@umass.edu
Andrew Shultz PhD Student	ashultz@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
Kelly Simpson MS Student	kmsimpson@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
Augustine Sobo PhD Student	asobo@umass.edu
Daniel Splittstoesser PhD Student	dsplittstoes@umass.edu
Jennifer Stadnicki MS Student	jstadnicki@umass.edu
Vanessa Stahl PhD Student	vstahl@umass.edu
Andrew Stephens Assistant Professor of Biology	andrew.stephens@umass.edu	Nuclear mechanics
Meg Stratton Associate 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
Yubing Sun Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Adjunct Professor, Biomedical 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 MS Student	lftaylor@umass.edu
Gregory Michael Teicher PhD Student	gteicher@umass.edu
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
Iris Thesmar PhD Student	ithesmar@umass.edu
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
Samuel Tillona MS Student	stillona@umass.edu
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
Thomas Tran PhD Student	thomastran@umass.edu
Kimberly D. Tremblay Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts	kdtrembl@vasci.umass.edu 413-545-5560 427C ISB	Stem Cells and Developmental Biology
Sarah Tucker MS Student	stucker@umass.edu
Ludmila Tyler Senior 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.
Kirsten Underwood PhD Student	klunderwood@umass.edu
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 Associate Professor, Departement of Biology	evazey@umass.edu (413) 545-8659 368A Morrill IVS	Neuromodulation and Neurodegeneration
Gabrielle Villafana PhD Student	gvillafana@umass.edu
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
Manya Vivek MS Student	mvivek@umass.edu
Patricia Wadsworth Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts Director, IDGP	patw@umass.edu 413-545-4877 456 Morrill IV South	Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Living Cells
Elsbeth Walker Professor, Biology	ewalker@bio.umass.edu 413-545-0861 374C Morrill IV South	Molecular genetic approaches to studying mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis in plants
Caiqin Wang PhD Student	caiwang@umass.edu
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
Hewan Weldai MS Student	hweldai@umass.edu
Janelle Welton PhD Student	jwelton@umass.edu
Khadija Wharton PhD Student	kawharton@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
Sarah Witkowski Chair and Associate Professor of Exercise & Sport Studies, Smith College	switkows@kin.umass.edu 413-545-6102 106 Totman Building	Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to Deleterious changes in Myocardial and Vascular Tissue
William Witt PhD Student	wwitt@umass.edu
Siu Wong PhD Student	siuwong@umass.edu
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
Siyuan Wu PhD Student	siyuanwu@umass.edu
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.
Kubra Yigit PhD Student	kyigit@umass.edu
Hyejin Yoon MS Student	siyuanwu@umass.edu
Mingxu You Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry	mingxuyou@chem.umass.edu 413-545-4711 LGRT 867	DNA/RNA nanotechnology, bioimaging and biosensing
Ying Zhang Post Doctoral Research Associate	yinzhang@umass.edu Wadsworth Lab, Morrill Science Center III

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